Maria Lopez de Murphy, associate professor of civil engineering, was elected a fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI).
She will be formally announced as a fellow at the opening session and award ceremony at ACI's spring convention on March 18, 2012, in Dallas, Texas.
Lopez de Murphy's research interests include the use of innovative materials and technology for sustainable infrastructure, the repair and retrofit of concrete structures using composite materials and the structural health monitoring of these repairs, the durability of concrete bridges and pavements, fiber-reinforced cement based composites for structural applications and the prediction of interfacial damage and crack propagation in structures.