Chengcheng Tao
Chengcheng Tao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
tao133@purdue.edu
765-494-2454
DUDL 4518
Wednesday 12:30 - 2:30 pm or by appointment
Biography
Dr. Chengcheng Tao is an assistant professor in the School of Construction Management Technology at Purdue University. Dr. Tao earned her Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from the University of Florida. Prior to joining Purdue, Dr. Tao worked as an ORISE postdoctoral research fellow at DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).
Dr. Tao’s research interests include sustainable construction materials and manufacturing, rheological modeling for fresh cement & concrete with computational fluid dynamics (CFD), multi-objective optimization and machine learning application, hazard-resilient Infrastructure, and computational mechanics of materials. Dr. Tao led/co-led research projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), American Concrete Institute (ACI), Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG), Department of Energy (DOE) - National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Purdue Polytechnic Holistic Safety and Security (HSS) research impact area, Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, and Purdue Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship (DUIRI) program.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. (Advisor: Dr. Forrest Masters)
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai.
AWARDS:
- Outstanding Faculty in Discovery Award, School of Construction Management Technology, Purdue University, 2023
- NSF Travel Award for Natural Hazards Engineering Research Summit, 2022
- Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Faculty Scholars Award, 2022
- Purdue Polytechnic Research Impact Area Travel Award, 2022
- NSF-NHERI Facility Workshop Travel Award, Florida International University, 2021
- DOE ORISE Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 2018-2021
- Dynamics Days Travel Award, Northwestern University, 2019
- Marilyn Little Scholarship, University of Florida, 2017
- Department Scholarship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011
- Summa Cum Laude, Shanghai Normal University, 2011
- First runner-up of Shanghai Structural Design Competition, Shanghai University, 2010
- National Scholarship, 2010, 2009
GRANTS:
External
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PI: American Concrete Institute (ACI) - Concrete Research Council (CRC), "Rheological Behavior of Fresh Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) Enhanced by Nano-additives and Data-Driven Approaches", 08/2023-07/2026.
- PI: National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps, "Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Sustainable Cement Manufacturing Technology", 02/2023-07/2024.
- Co-PI: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) - Pipeline Safety Research Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP), "All-in-One Multifunctional Cured-In-Place Structural Liner for Rehabilitating of Aging Cast Iron Pipelines", 09/2022 - 09/2025.
- PI: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Faculty Scholars Award, "Improving Infrastructure Flood Resilience of the Southern Lake Michigan Region with Fluid-Structure Interaction Model ", 06/2022 - 06/2023.
- PI & Administrative Lead: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Graduate Student Scholars Program, "Recycling Bottom Sediments from Great Lakes in Sustainable Construction Materials", 03/2023 - 04/2024.
- PI & Administrative Lead: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Graduate Student Scholars Program, "Data-Driven Modeling for Hazard-Resilient Infrastructure in Southern Lake Michigan Communities", 03/2023 - 04/2024.
- Co-PI: Departement of Energy (DOE) - National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) - Carbon Capture Program, "Industrial Capture Research Guidance, Carbon Capture Simulation for Industry Impact (CCSI2), EY20 Field Work Proposal", 04/2020 - 04/2021.
Internal
- PI: Purdue Polytechnic Holistic Safety and Security (HSS) Research Impact Area Seed Grant, "Improving Community Hazard Resilience through Data-driven Physics-based Crowdsourcing Approach", Purdue University, 05/2023 - 06/2024.
- PI: Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship (DUIRI) - Institute for a Sustainable Future (ISF), "Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Construction Materials", Purdue University, 05/2023 - 08/2023.
- PI: Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship (DUIRI), "Life Cycle Assessment for Infrastructure Vulnerable to Flood Hazard in the Great Lake Region", Purdue University, 08/2022 - 12/2022.
- Co-PI: Purdue Polytechnic Holistic Safety and Security (HSS) Research Impact Area Seed Grant, "Crowd-Machine Partnership on Road Infrastructure Quality Recognition and Resilience", Purdue University, 10/2021 - 06/2022.
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REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
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Tao, C., and Guan, S. (2023). A Method to Identify the Critical Seismic Input for Curved Bridges. CivilEng, 4(2), 567-583.
- Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., and Massoudi, M. (2021). Pulsating Poiseuille Flow of a Cement slurry. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 133, 103717
- Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B. G., & Massoudi, M. (2021). A Brief Review of Gas Migration in Oilwell Cement Slurries. Energies, 14(9), 2369.
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Tibbetts, C. M., Tao, C., Paris, J.M., and Ferraro, C. C., (2020). Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry Parameters for Use in Concrete Penetrability Qualification Using the Katz-Thompson Relationship. Construction and Building Materials, 263, 119834.
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Tao, C., Kutchko, B., Rosenbaum, E, and Massoudi, M. (2020). A Review of Rheological Modeling of Cement Slurry in Oil Well Applications. Energies, 13 (3), 570.
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Tao, C., Wu, W., and Massoudi, M (2019), Natural Convection in a Non-Newtonian Fluid: Effects of Particle Concentration. Fluids, 4 (4), 192.
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Tao, C., Kutchko, B., Rosenbaum, E., Wu, W., and Massoudi, M. (2019). Steady Flow of a Cement Slurry. Energies, 12 (13), 2604.
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Tao, C., Watts, B., Ferraro, C. C., and Masters, F. J. (2019). A Multivariate Computational Framework to Characterize and Rate Virtual Portland Cements. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 34 (3), 266-278.
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Watts, B. E., Tao, C., Ferraro, C. C., and Masters, F. J. (2018). Proficiency Analysis of VCCTL Results for Heat of Hydration and Mortar Cube Strength. Construction and Building Materials, 161, 606-617.
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Zhang, Q., Gao, X., Tao, C., and Liang, Y. (2013). Nonlinear Analysis on Different Cross Sections of Short-pier Shear Wall with Different Angles of Inclination of Embedded Column. Building Science Research of Sichuan, 39 (1), 20-22.
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Zhang, Q., Gao, X., Tao, C., Wang, Y., and Liang, Y. (2012). Nonlinear Analysis on Different Cross Sections of Short-pier RC Shear Wall with Embedded Column based on ANSYS. Building Science Research of Sichuan, 38 (5), 16-18.
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Zhang, Q., Tao, C., Tan, P., and Liang, Y. (2012). Nonlinear Analysis on Cross-section Short Limb Shear Wall with Coupling Beams. Building Science Research of Sichuan, 38 (6), 43-46.
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Zhang, Q., Tao, C., Yang, K., Chen S., Tan P., and Liang, Y. (2011). Elastic-plasticity Analysis on Cross-section Short-limb Shear Wall with Changes in Depth-thickness Ratio. Journal of Shanghai Normal University, Natural Science, (1): 63-67.
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Zhang, J., Zhang, Q., Tao, C., and Song, L. (2011). Construction Techniques on Reinforced Structure of Extradosed Dazheng Bridge on Road A15. East China Highway, 5, 11-14
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Zhang, Q, Tao, C., Wei, C., Zhuang, J., Tan, P., and Liang, Y. (2011). The Elastic-plasticity Analysis on Cross-section Short-limb Shear Wall. Advanced Materials Research vol. 163, 913-917. Trans Tech Publications Ltd.
TECHNICAL PATENT
- Tao, C., Masters, F. J., Ferraro, C. C., and Watts, B. (2023). Cement Kiln Modeling for Improved Operation, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 17773179.
- Tao, C., Masters, F. J., Ferraro, C. C., and Watts, B. (2020). Virtual Rotary Kiln Modeling to Optimize Cement Production and Testing, T17372WO001(222107-2550).
TECHNICAL REPORTS
- Huang, Y., Jiang, L., Lin, Z., Tao, C., Huang, L. (2022-2025). All-in-One Multifunctional Cured-In-Place Structural Liner for Rehabilitating of Aging Cast Iron Pipelines, US Department of Transportation - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), No. 693JK32250009CAAP. [Quarterly Report 1-Task 1; Quarterly Report 2-Task 2.1, 3.1, 3.3, & 3.4]
- Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B. G., and Massoudi, M. (2020). The Importance of Vane Configuration on Yield Stress Measurements of Cement Slurry, Report to National Energy Technology Laboratory, No. DOE/NETL-2020/2116.
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Tao, C., Watts, B., Ferraro, C. C., and Masters, F. J. (2018). Advanced Analysis, Validation and Optimization of Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing, Report to Florida Department of Transportation, 01687187, BDV31-977-06.
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Tao, C. (2011). Computational Modeling and Experimental Validation on Short-limb Shear Wall Structure under Low-cyclic Loading, Report to Shanghai Scientific Innovation Program.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
- Guan, S., Tao, C., and Liu, S (2023). Imagery-Based Post-Flooding Infrastructure Damages Assessment, SPIE Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2023, Long Beach, CA, March 12-16, 2023.
- Tao, C. (2022). Optimization of Cement Production and Hydration for Improved Sustainability, Performance, and Cost, SPE Workshop: Cementing in an Unconventional World, Galveston, TX, September 27-29, 2022.
- Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., and Massoudi, M. (2022). Steady and Pulsating Flow of Cement Slurries, 2022 NETL Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science (Virtual), National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2-3, 2022.
- Tao, C., Chang, S., and Fernández-Cabán, P. (2022). Review of Building Renovation Materials for Structural and Non-Structural Components, 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference (ASC2022), vol 3, pages 101-109, Atlanta, GA, April 20-23, 2022.
- Deng, L., Caballero, D., Zamarripa, M., Kutchko, B., Tao, C., Omell, B., Matuszewski, M., Design of an MEA-Based Carbon Capture System for Cement Industry, 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting (Virtual), November 15-19, 2021.
- Mofakham, A., Tao, C., Ahmadi, G., Massoudi, M., Rosenbaum, E., and Kutchko, B. (2020). Computational Modeling of Oil Well Cementing and Gas Migration Process, Fluids Engineering Division’s Summer Meeting (FEDSM2020), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Orlando, FL, July 13-15, 2020.
- Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., and Massoudi, M. (2019). Flow of a Cement Suspension in a pipe, 2019 Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, August 28, 2019.
- Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., Massoudi, M., Spaulding R., Tao, C., Haljasmaa, I., Fazio, J., and Dayal, K. (2019). Well Cement Behavior and Gas Migration during Early Hydration – Methods to Determine Cement Slurry Gelation to Ensure Wellbore Integrity, 2019 Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, August 28, 2019.
- Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., and Massoudi, M. (2019). Flow of a Cement Slurry Modeled as a Generalized Second Grade Fluid, ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2019 (AJKFluids), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), San Francisco, CA, July 28-August 1, 2019.
- Tao, C., Kutchko, B., Rosenbaum, E., and Massoudi, M. (2019). Steady and Transient Flow of a Cement Slurry, Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2019 (EMI2019), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, June 18-21, 2019.
- Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., and Massoudi, M. (2019). Flow of Cement Slurry in a Vertical Pipe, 2019 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), American Mathematical Society (AMS), Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Baltimore, MD, January 16-19, 2019.
- Tao, C., Rosenbaum, E., Kutchko, B., and Massoudi, M. (2019). Effects of Shear-rate Dependent Viscosity on the Flow of a Cement Slurry, Dynamics Days 2019, International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, January 4-6, 2019.
- Tao, C., Kutchko, B., and Massoudi, M. (2018). Numerical Analysis for Flow of a Cement Slurry, Mid-Atlantic Numerical Analysis Day (NA-Day 2018), Department of Mathematics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, November 9, 2018.
- Tao, C., Watts, B., Ferraro, C. C., and Masters, F. J. (2017). Exploring Pareto Frontier with Metaheuristic in Virtual Modeling of Cement, 8th Advances in Cement-Based Materials (Cements 2017), Atlanta, GA, June 26-28, 2017.
- Watts, B. E., Tao, C., Ferraro, C. C., and Masters, F. J. (2017). Evaluation of the VCCTL as a Replacement for Physical Testing Using Traditional Laboratory Proficiency Metrics, 8th Advances in Cement-Based Materials (Cements 2017), Atlanta, GA June 26-28, 2017.
- Tibbetts, C.M., Tao, C. and Ferraro, C. C., (2017). Comparison of Durability as Measured by Electrical Resistivity and MIP, 3rd International Congress on Durability of Concrete (ICDC 2017), Adelaide, Australia, October 22-27, 2017.
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Shahba, A., Tao, C., Pilchak, A. and Ghosh, S., “Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Single-phase Titanium Alloys”, 17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, East Lansing, MI, June 18-20, 2014.
- Zhang, Q, Tao, C., Wei, C., (2015). The Nonlinear Analysis on Cross-section Short-limb Shear Wall. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Transportation, pp. 608-611, Atlantis Press.
- Zhang, Q, Tao, C., Wei, C., Tan, P. and Liang, Y. (2010). Nonlinear Analysis on Cross-section Short-limb Shear Wall with Longitudinal Reinforcement Ratio Changes. International Conference on Engineering Computation (ICEC2010). London Science Publishing Limited, 105-108.
Industry Engagement:
- SCMT Faculty-Industry Collaborative Development Summer Program, ILAB Research Development + Innovation | Buildings + Places @ AECOM, New York, NY, Summer 2022.
Professional Affiliations:
- Associate Member, American Concrete Institute (ACI) Committee 135, 238, &241
- Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Member, Low Carbon Cements and Concretes Consortium, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
- Member, Center for Intelligent Infrastructure (CII), Purdue University
- Member, Institute for a Sustainable Future, Purdue University
- Guest Editor, Energies-Special Issue: Advances in Sustainable Infrastructure System, MDPI
- Guest Editor, Fluids-Special Issue: Advances in Computational Mechanics of Non-Newtonian Fluids, MDPI
- Guest Editor, Buildings-Special Issue: Health Monitoring of Building Structures: Emerging Technologies and Approaches, MDPI
- Topic Editor, Frontiers in Built Environment - Computational Methods in Structural Engineering - Advances in Structural Resilience Modeling in Natural Hazard
- Panel Reviewer, NSF-CBET
- Reviewer, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CACAIE), Wiley
- Reviewer, Cement and Concrete Research, Elsevier
- Reviewer, Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, Springer
- Reviewer, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier
- Reviewer, Energies/Fluids/Sustainability/Materials/Buildings/Symmetry/Electronics/Sensors/Processes/Heritage/Agriculture/Applied Sciences, MDPI
- Reviewer, Petroleum Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis
- Reviewer, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, Taylor & Francis
- Reviewer, Cogent Engineering, Taylor & Francis
- Reviewer, Physics of Fluids, AIP Publishing
- Reviewer, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Elsevier
- Reviewer, Fluid Dynamics Research, IOPscience
- Reviewer, Simulation, SAGE Journals
- Reviewer, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma
- Reviewer, the Annual Associated School of Construction International Conference (ASC2022)
- Reviewer, International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM2022)