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Construction materials engineering
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Portland cement concrete and cementitious
materials – petrographic
analysis, durability, chemical attack,
alkali-silica reactivity, mixture design
optimization |
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Forensic structural analysis
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Concrete and asphalt pavements
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Sustainable construction materials
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Non-Destructive testing
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Bachelor of Science with Honors and Distinction,
Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State
University, 1998 |
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Master of Science, Civil Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University, 1999
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Doctor of Philosophy, Infrastructure and
Environmental Systems, University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, (in progress)
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Professional Engineer licensed in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, and Pennsylvania |
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University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, Department of Engineering
Technology, Faculty Associate,
August 2006 to present |
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Sutton-Kennerly & Associates, Inc., Project Engineer, February 2003 to
August 2006 |
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MACTEC Engineering and Consulting,
Inc., Senior Engineer, January 2000
to February 2003 |
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The
Pennsylvania Transportation
Institute, Research Assistant, May
1998 to December 1999
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Petrographic Examination of
Concrete Core Samples, Pavement
Management Program,
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport, Atlanta,
Georgia. Client: United
Consulting, Norcross, Georgia
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Note: Some publications are
under maiden name, Tara L. Krize |
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Cavalline, Tara L. “Petrographic
Examination of Concrete Core
Samples.”
2007 Pavement Management
Program, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
International Airport, Atlanta,
Georgia.”
Final report submitted to
United Consulting, September 2007.
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Scheetz, Barry E., Roy, Della M.,
Tikalsky, Paul J., Cavalline, Tara
L., “Delayed Ettringite Formation
and the Influence of Cement
Characteristics,”
World Congress of Cement
Chemistry, Durban, South Africa.
Pp. 75-83.
May 2003.
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Tikalsky, Paul J., Scheetz, Barry
E., Roy, Della M., Rosenberger,
James, Arjinan, P., and Cavalline,
Tara.
“Relationship between Cement
Characteristics, Heat of Hydration
and Concrete Strength,” World
Congress of Cement Chemistry,
Durban, South Africa.
Pp. 1054-1062. May 2003.
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Scheetz, Barry, Roy, Della M.,
Tikalsky, Paul J., Cavalline, Tara
L., Arjunan, P., and Rosenberger,
James.
“Influence of Portland Cement
Characteristics on Alkali-Silica
Reactivity.”
Presented at 82nd
Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Board, January 2003.
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Roy, Della M., Tikalsky, Paul J.,
Scheetz, Barry E., Rosenberger,
James, Cavalline, Tara L., and
Arjunan, P. “Influence of Portland
Cement Characteristics on Alkali
Silica Reactivity,” 11th
International Congress on the
Chemistry of Cement (ICCC) meeting,
2002.
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Tikalsky, Paul J., Roy, Della M., Scheetz, Barry
E., and Krize, Tara L., “Redefining
Cement Characteristics for Sulfate
Resistant Portland Cements,” Journal
of Cement and Concrete Research, pp.
1239 -1246. Vol. 32, No. 8, 2002. |
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Roy, Della M., Tikalsky, Paul J.,
Scheetz, Barry, Rosenberger, James
L., Krize, Tara L., Malek, Raafat
Isaak.
“Influence of Cement
Composition on AASHTO T 277 Rapid
Chloride Ion Permeability:
Recommended Changes to the
Method.”
Presented at 81st
Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Board, January 2002.
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Tikalsky, Paul J., Krize, Tara L.,
Roy, Della M., Scheetz, Barry, and
Gottschall, Christopher.
“Influence of Cement
Characteristics on Sulfate Attack.”
Presented at 80th
Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Board, January 2001.
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Tikalsky, Paul
J., Roy, Della M., Krize, Tara L.,
Gottschall, Christopher, Arjunan,
Periaswamy, and Rosenberger, James
L.
“Influence of Portland Cement on
Alkali Silica Reactivity.”
Presented at
80th
Annual Meeting of the Transportation
Research Board, January 2001.
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Krize, Tara L.
Influence of Cement Characteristics
on Concrete Durability.
Master’s Thesis, The
Pennsylvania State University, 1999.
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Krize, Tara L.
Prediction of Municipal Roadway
Conditions Using PAVER and Markov
Models.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis,
The Pennsylvania State University,
1998.
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