Qingli Dai

Dr. Dai’s research focuses on sustainable materials and structures for civil infrastructure applications. Her research focuses on sustainable materials and structures for civil infrastructure applications. Her research integrates computational analysis, experimental testing and sensor techniques to investigate asphalt mixture performance, asphalt pavement distresses, cement microstructure and concrete durability. Her research has also been involved with other multidisciplinary areas: micromechanics, finite element method, discrete element method, fracture mechanics, acoustic emission detection, imaging processing, rock mechanics, self-healing materials, alternative asphalt materials, active materials and structural damping control. She has taught class such as matrix structural analysis, finite element analysis and advanced mechanics of materials.

Dr. Dai has been one of the principle investigators of research projects funded by National Science Foundation and State Department of Transportation. Her group has been investigating the performance and behavior of asphalt mixtures, viscoelastic responses of asphalt pavements, fracture simulation, self-healing construction materials and internal frost-damage in concrete. She has authored and co-authored more than 40 peer reviewed papers including 25 journal articles in ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Mechanics of Materials,  Construction & Building Materials, Materials and Structures, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Journal of Transportation Research Board, Journal of Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, and Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. She has presented technical papers in various international and national conferences. She is a member of ASCE granular material committee, pavement committee, and geophysics committee.