Dr. Benjamin Mohr

Position: Assistant Professor

Office: Prescott Hall, Room 322
Phone: (931) 372-3546
E-mail: bmohr@tntech.edu
Personal Webpage: http://iweb.tntech.edu/bmohr

Educational Background:

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005

M.S., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, 2001

Areas of Specialty:

Durability, microstructure, and chemistry of cement-based materials; early-age behavior of cement and concrete; fiber-reinforced concrete; supplementary cementitious materials.

Recent Publications:

Mohr, B.J., Biernacki, J.J., Kurtis, K.E. “Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Mitigating Kraft Pulp Fiber-Cement Composite Degradation.” Cement and Concrete Research, 37(11): 1531-1543.

Mohr, B.J., Hood, K.L. “Internal Curing Water Movement in High Performance Cement-Based Materials.” In Proceedings of the Material Science and Technology 2006 – Advances in Cement-Based Materials: Manufacture, Hydration, Admixture Interaction, Properties, and Degradation , V. 4: Processing, 2006: 13- 24.

Mohr, B.J., Hood, K.L., Buchanan, G.R. “Mitigation of Autogenous Shrinkage in Mortars: Analysis and Modeling of Water Migration and Comparison of Various Internal Curing Materials.” In: Proceedings of the International RILEM Conference on Volume Changes of Hardening Concrete: Testing and Mitigation , Lyngby, Denmark, RILEM Proceedings PRO 52, Eds. Jensen, O.M., Lura, P., Kovler, K., 2006: 127-136.

Mohr, B.J., Biernacki, J.J., Kurtis, K.E. “ Microstructural and Chemical Effects of Wet/Dry Cycling on Pulp Fiber-Cement Composites .” Cement and Concrete Research, 2006; 36(7): 1240-1251.

Mohr, B.J., Nanko, H., Kurtis, K.E. “Aligned Kraft Pulp Fiber Sheets for Reinforcing Mortar.” Cement and Concrete Composites 2006; 28(2): 161-172.