KevinFolliard

Bio
Kevin J. Folliard is a professor and Austin Industries Endowed Teaching Fellow in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, where he has been on the faculty since 1999. Prior to this, Folliard was an assistant professor at the University of Delaware from 1997 to 1999 and a senior research engineer at W.R. Grace & Co. from 1995 to 1997. Folliard received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1995.  His main research interest is in the area of the durability of portland cement concrete, and he teaches courses related to civil engineering materials, concrete technology and concrete durability. 

Folliard is a fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and he received the ACI Young Member Award for Professional Achievement in 2003 and the ACI Wason Medal for Materials Research in 2010 and 2014. Folliard received the Ervin S. Perry Student Appreciation Award four times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2009) while at the University of Texas at Austin, and he also received the College of Engineering Award for Outstanding Teaching by an Assistant Professor in 2004.  In 2013, Folliard was honored with the highest teaching award given by the University of Texas System, the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.

Folliard has been the Principal Investigator on over $15 million in research projects while on the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin, primarily in the area of concrete durability (especially ASR) and, in more recent years, on the use of alternative binders for rapid repair applications.  Folliard has authored or co-authored over 150 technical publications in his career, including more than 65 refereed journal papers.  

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1995
M.S., University of California at Berkeley, 1991
B.S., Florida Institute of Technology, 1990

Select Awards & Honors

• Wason Medal for Materials Research – American Concrete Institute (2010, 2014) 
• Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award – The University of Texas at Austin (2013) 
• Ervin S. Perry Student Appreciation Award – CAEE Department (2001, 2002, 2003, 2009)
• Dean’s Award for Outstanding Engineering Teaching by an Assistant Professor – The University of Texas at Austin (2004-05) 
• Young Member Award for Professional Achievement – American Concrete Institute (2003)
• American Concrete Institute fellow

Related Websites
Concrete Bridge Engineering Institute
Center for Transportation Research
Texas Materials Institute

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