Lin Shen


Lin Shen

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Office: Holmes 344 
Phone: (808) 956-6561
E-mail:  linshen@hawaii.edu

Areas of Specialty and Research Interest: 
concrete rheology, aggregate packing, sustainable concretes, characterization of microstructure of cementitious materials, early age properties of concrete

Education:

  • Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 2002
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China 1999

Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, August 2011-present
  • Senior Engineer, Kal Krishnan Consulting Services, Inc., Oakland, CA, August 2007-June 2011

Professional Activities:

  • Member, American Concrete Institute, ACI

Selected Publications:
Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Shen, L., Struble, L., Lange, D., “Modeling Dynamic Segregation of Self-Consolidating Concrete,” ACI Materials Journal, Volume 106, Issue  4, July 2009,  Pages 375-380
  2. Shen, L., Struble, L., Lange, D., “Modeling Static Segregation of Self-Consolidating Concrete,” ACI Materials Journal, Volume 106, Issue  4, July 2009,  Pages 367-374
  3. Shen, L., Struble, L., Lange, D., “New Method for Measuring Static Segregation of Self-Consolidating Concrete”, Journal of Testing and Evaluation, Volume 35, Issue 3, May 2007, Pages 303-309
  4. Caspe, M., Ji, J., Shen, L., and Wang, Q. (2009). “Choosing the right antiterrorism crash barrier.” Security Management Journal, November 2009.
  5. Caspe, M., Ji, J., Shen, L., and Wang, Q. (2011). “Physical Marine Barrier Systems Preventing Waterborne Terrorist Attacks.” Security Management Journal, February 2011.

Standard Tests Developed

  1. AASHTO PP58-08: Static Segregation of Hardened Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC) Cylinders, January 2008
  2. Illinois Test Procedure SCC-9, Standard Test Method for Dynamic Segregation of Fresh Self-Consolidating Concrete by Flow Trough
  3. Illinois Test Procedure SCC-8, Standard Test Method for Assessment of Dynamic Segregation of SCC during Placement
  4. Illinois Test Procedure SCC-7, Standard Test Method for Static Segregation of Fresh SCC Cylinders Using the Static Segregation Probe
  5. Illinois Test Procedure SCC-6, Standard Test Method for Static Segregation of Hardened Hydraulic-Cement SCC Cylinders

Conference Proceedings, Reports, and other publications

  1. Caspe, M., Ji, J., Shen, L., Wang, Q., and Zhai, Y. (2010). “Advantages of precast concrete barrier systems for perimeter security.” NPCA Precast Inc. Magazine, Green Issue, July/August 2010.
  2. Caspe, M., Ji, J., Shen, L., and Wang, Q., and Zhai, Y. (2010). “Maximize design options: innovations in precast security barriers.” NPCA Precast Solutions Magazine, Green Issue, Summer 2010.
  3. Caspe, M., Ji, J., Shen, L., and Wang, Q. (2009). “An innovative energy-absorbing anti-terrorism crash barrier for homeland security.” Building Design + Construction, April 2010
  4. Caspe, M., Ji, J., Shen, L., and Wang, Q. (2009). “Marine barriers for homeland security preventing waterborne terrorist attacks.” Sea Technology, March 2010
  5. Caspe, M., Ji, J., Shen, L., and Wang, Q. (2009). “New developments in crash barriers.” Engineering News-Record (ENR), 07/15/2009.
  6. Shen, L., Struble, L., Lange, D., “Modeling Segregation of SCC,” SCC2008, Proceedings of the 3rd North American Conference on The Design and Use of SCC, November 1 – 3, 2008, Chicago, IL
  7. Shen, L., Struble, L., Lange, D., “Measuring Dynamic Segregation of SCC,” SCC2008, Proceedings of the 3rd North American Conference on The Design and Use of SCC, November 1 – 3, 2008, Chicago, IL
  8. Bonen D., Deshpande Y., Olek J., Shen L., Struble L., Lange D., and Khayat K., “Robustness of Self Consolidating Concrete,” SCC 2007 & 5th International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete, Ghent, Belgium
  9. Shen, L., Struble, L., Lange, D., “Testing Static Segregation of SCC,” SCC2005, Proceedings of the 2nd North American Conference on The Design and Use of SCC, November 1 – 3, 2005, Chicago, IL, 729-737
  10. Beaupre, D., Chapdelaine, F., Domone, P., Koehler, Shen, L., E., Sonebi, M., Struble, L.,Tepke, D., Wallevik, O., Wallevik, J., “Comparison of Concrete Rheometers: International Tests at MB in May 2003,” Research report, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Editor Ferraris, C. October 2003
  11. Bonen D., Sun Z., Shen L., Birch B., Deshpande Y., Gregori A., Ferron R., Shah S., Struble L., Lange D., Khayat K., Olek J., “ACBM Theme Paper-Self Consolidating Concrete,” Published on Portland Cement Association website: http://www.cement.org/bookstore/profile.asp?itemid=RP440
  12. Lange, D., Struble, L., Shen, L., M., D’Ambrosia, B., Birch, “Performance and Acceptance of Self-Consolidating Concrete,” IDOT final report, ICT R-44, March 2008

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