Narayanan Neithalath
Assistant Professor
126 Rowley Laboratories
Clarkson University
PO Box 5710
Potsdam, NY 13699-5710
Phone: 315-268-1261
FAX: 315-268-7985
E-mail: nneithal@clarkson.edu
Personal Web site
Education
B.S., University of Calicut, India (1996)
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras (1999)
Ph.D., Purdue University (2004)
Teaching Interests
Materials science, Engineering Materials, Properties and performance of cement and concrete materials, Repair and Rehabilitation of infrastructure facilities
Research Interests
General area of research includes the characterization, performance evaluation, and modeling of the behavior of special cement based materials. Specific areas of interest are multi-functional cement based materials, sustainable concretes, very high porosity cementitious systems, and techniques for performance enhancement of special cement based systems.
Professional Affiliations
American Concrete Institute (ACI) – Member
- Committee 236 "Material Science of Concrete" - Member
- Committee 522 "Pervious Concrete" - Member
- Committee 123 "Research and Current Development" – Associate Member
- Committee 232 "Fly Ash and Natural Pozzolans in Concrete" – Associate Member
Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) - Member
Professional Experience
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN (2004-2005) Assistant Professor, College of Basic and Applied Sciences
Cera-Chem Limted (India) – (2000-2001) Concrete Admixtures and Specialty Repairs Division - High performance concrete mixture proportioning, repair applications
Grasim Industries Limited (India) – (1999-2000) Cement quality control, technical services for cement and concrete use, training and technology dissemination
Honors
Fellowship of the Portland Cement Association (PCA), 2003
Best Paper Award, Indian Society for Construction Materials and Structures, 2001, for the paper "Influence of composition and curing on the drying shrinkage of Aerated Concrete," Materials and Structures, RILEM, Vol.33, pp 243-250.
Selected Publications
Refereed Journals:
N. Neithalath, J. Weiss and J. Olek, "Modeling the effects of pore structure on the acoustic absorption of Enhanced Porosity Concrete," Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, Japan Concrete Institute, Vol.3, No.1, Feburary 2005, pp. 29-40, (2005).
N. Neithalath, J. Weiss and J. Olek, (2004). "Acoustic performance and damping behavior of cellulose-cement composites," Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 26, pp 359-370
A. Marolf, N. Neithalath, E. Sell, J. Weiss and J. Olek, (2004). "Influence of aggregate gradation on the acoustic absorption of Enhanced Porosity Concrete," ACI Materials Journal, Vol. 101, No.1, January – February 2004, pp. 82-91
N. Narayanan, and K. Ramamurthy, (2000). "Prediction relations for compressive strength of Aerated Concrete," ACI Materials Journal, May-June 2000, pp 367-373
N. Narayanan, and K. Ramamurthy, (2000). "Structure and properties of Aerated Concrete – A review," Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol.22, pp 321-329
N. Narayanan, and K. Ramamurthy, (2000). "Microstructural investigations on Aerated Concrete," Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.30, pp 457-464
N. Narayanan, and K. Ramamurthy, (2000). "Prediction relations based on gel-pore parameters for the compressive strength of Aerated Concrete," Concrete Science and Engineering, RILEM, Vol.2, pp 206-212
K. Ramamurthy, and N. Narayanan, (2000). "Influence of composition and curing on the drying shrinkage of Aerated Concrete," Materials and Structures, RILEM, Vol.33, pp 243-250
K. Ramamurthy, and N. Narayanan, (2000). "Factors influencing the density and compressive strength of Aerated Concrete," Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol.52, No.3, pp 163-168
Refereed Conference Proceedings
N. Neithalath, R. Garcia, J. Weiss and J. Olek, (2005). "Tire-Pavement Interaction Noise: Recent research on concrete pavement surface type and texture," 8th International Conference on Concrete Pavements, International Society for Concrete Pavements, Colorado Springs, August 2005.
N. Neithalath, B. Pease, J.H. Moon, F. Rajabipour, J. Weiss and E. Attiogbe, (2005). "Considering moisture gradients and time-dependent crack growth in restrained concrete elements subjected to drying," Proceedings of the Indo-US workshop on High Performance Cement based Concrete Composites, American Ceramic Society, Chennai, India, January 2005
N. Neithalath, Weiss, W.J., and Olek, J., (2005). "Acoustically efficient concretes through engineered pore structure," ACI SP 226 – Autoclaved Aerated Concrete: Properties and Structural Design, Ed. Shi, S., and Fouad, F.H., American Concrete Institute, April 2005, pp. 135-147