H. Celik Ozyildirim, Ph.D., P.E.

Research Interests:

• Concrete
• High performance concrete
• Concrete pavements
• Permeability
• Admixtures
• Workability
• Specifications

Education:

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, 1974
• MSCE, Robert College, Turkey, 1969
• BSCE, Robert College, Turkey, 1967

Registrations:

• Registered Professional Engineer, Commonwealth of Virginia

Memberships:

• American Concrete Institute
  • ACI Committee 211, Proportioning Concrete Mixtures
  • ACI Committee 233, Ground Slag in Concrete
  • ACI Committee 234, Silica Fume in Concrete
  • ACI Committee 236, Material Science of Concrete
  • ACI Committee 237, Self-Consolidating Concrete
  • ACI Committee 238, Workability of Fresh Concrete
  • ACI Committee 308, Curing Concrete
  • ACI Committee 309, Consolidation of Concrete
  • ACI Committee 327, Roller Compacted Concrete Pavements
  • ACI Committee 329, Performance Criteria for Ready Mixed Concrete
  • ACI Committee 506, Shotcreting
  • ACI Committee 544, Fiber Reinforced Concrete
  • Chairman, ACI Committee 309 -Consolidation of Concrete (1992-1998)
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
  • Member, Committee C-9, Concrete and Concrete Aggregates (1984-present)
  • Member, ASTM Subcommittees
    • C09.24 Supplementary cementitious materials
    • C09.27 Ground slag
    • C09.45 Roller compacted concrete
    • C09.47 Self-consolidating concrete
    • C09.49 Pervious concrete
    • C09.60 Testing fresh concrete
    • C09.61 Testing for strength
    • C09.64 Non-destructive and in place testing
  • Chairman, ASTM C 39 Task Group on Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens (2002 -2008)
    
    
• Transportation Research Board
• • Member Emeritus, Section AKM50 (AFN10,A2E06) – Advanced Concrete Materials and Characterization
  • Member, AFN15T Task Force on Nanotechnology-Based Concrete Materials
    Chairman, Section A2E00 - Section on Concrete (1994-2000)
  • Member Committee A2E05 - Chemical Additions and Admixtures for Concrete (1984-1994)
  • Chairman, Committee A2E05 (1987-1993)
  • Member, NCHRP Panel 18-03, Silica Fume Concrete
  • Member, NCHRP Panel 18-08A, Supplementary Cementitious Materials to Enhance Durability of Concrete Bridge Decks
  • Member, NCHRP Panel, 18-09A, Guidelines for Reducing Premature Deterioration of Hydraulic Cement Concrete
  • TRB Section AFN10, Basic Research and Emerging Technologies Related to Concrete
    

Awards:

• VDOT Commissioner’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 2023
• VTRC Wallace T. McKeel Award, 2023
• VTRC Jack H. Dillard Best Paper Award, "Corrosion Resistant Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer for Prestressed Piles" (with A. Moruza and S. Sharp), 2018
• ACI Ambassador Speaker to Thailand, 2018
• VTRC Jack H. Dillard Best Paper Award, 2017
• ACI Ambassador Speaker to Singapore, 2017
• ACI Cedric Willson Lightweight Concrete Award, 2014
• Robert E. Philleo award of the Concrete Research Council, ACI Foundation, 2010
• Katharine and Bryant Mather Commemorative Lecture, ACI, 2010
• Frank G. Erskine award of the Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute, 2009
• TRB Profile in TR News, Number 251, Transportation Research Board, 2007
• TRB Member Emeritus, Committee AFN10, Basic Research and Technologies Related to Concrete, 2001
• VDOT Commissioner's Award for Excellence, 1998
• Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, 1993
  

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