Matthew P. Adams, Ph.D., EIT

Matthew P. Adams is an assistant professor in the John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He graduated with his Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 2015 where he worked in the laboratory of Dr. Jason H. Ideker and was the Kerneos Aluminate Technologies Graduate Fellow from 2012 to 2015. He received his BSCE from the University of New Hampshire in 2006 and his MSCE from Oregon State University in 2012. He received a Certificate in College and University Teaching from Oregon State University in 2014. He also worked for four years as a structural designer in Cambridge, MA. He is an active and dedicated member of the American Concrete Institute, where he was awarded the 2015 Young Member Award for Professional Achievement.

His research interests include early-age properties of concrete and long-term durability, with a specific focus on alternative cements and recycled materials in concrete. His Master’s thesis focused on the durability of concrete made with recycled concrete aggregates. His Ph.D. work focused on early-age properties of alternative cement systems including calcium aluminate cement and calcium sulfoaluminate cements. He is also interested in educational initiatives within STEM education, particularly matters of inclusivity and mentoring of young professionals.

Matthew’s work is focused on developing scientific understanding of construction materials in order to better understand how they perform in the field. He is experienced in both advanced scientific techniques (X-ray diffraction, ICP-OES, SEM Imaging, energy dispersive x-ray analysis) as well as accelerated laboratory testing of concrete materials. See CV or LinkedIn for publications list.