Peter C. Taylor

Title(s):

Research Professor [CCE E]

Director of National Concrete Pavement Tech Center

Office

Ste 4700 Research Park 4
2711 S Loop Dr Ste 4700
Ames, IA 50010-8664

Information

  • Research related to materials aspects of concrete technology
  • Performance Engineered Mixtures
    • A national program to change the way concrete is specified and prepared (Federal Highway Administration [FHWA] and Transportation Pooled Fund [TFP] Program)
    • Optimizing concrete mixtures for performance and sustainability
  • FHWA Cooperative Agreement
    • Implementation of innovative technologies in concrete pavements nationwide
  • FAA Cooperative Agreement
    • Research addressing all aspects of airfield concrete pavement construction
  • Development of tools to optimize concrete mixture proportions
  • Developing understanding of how vibration effects concrete mixtures

Honors & Awards

  • Marlin J. Knutson Award for Technical Achievement, American Concrete Pavement Association, 2023
  • Iowa State University, College of Engineering, Excellence in Extension and Outreach, Faculty Award, 2023
  • American Concrete Institute, The Charles S. Whitney Award to CPTech Center, 2022
  • Iowa Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Concrete State Award for Technical Achievement, 2017
  • Portland Cement Association, PCA Education Foundation J.P. Gleason Fellowship Award, 2015
  • Concrete Society of Southern Africa, Western Cape Branch, Annual Grant for Post-Graduate Research in Concrete, 1990

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, 1995
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, 1982

Interest Areas

  • Concrete Materials
  • CO2 Footprint
  • Durability
  • Mixture Proportioning
  • Pavements

Publications

  1. Etienne Beya Nkongolo, Daniel King, Peter Taylor, John T Kevern. “Preliminary Investigation into Using Resistivity to Assess Concrete Curing,” Transportation Research Record, Ms. No. 23-01329, Accepted January 2024.
  2. Md Lutfor Rahman, Halil Ceylan, Sunghwan Kim, Peter Taylor, “Influence of Electrode Placement Depth on Thermal Performance of Electrically Conductive Concrete: Significance of Threshold Voltage for Long-Term Stability,” Construction and Building Materials, CONBUILDMAT-D-23-11176R1, Accepted January 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.134883
  3. Daniel King and Peter Taylor, “Survival Analysis of Concrete Overlays on Low-Volume Roads in Iowa,” Transportation Research Record, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221147263, 2023
  4. Daniel King and Peter Taylor, “Concrete Overlay Strategies for Improving Pavement Resilience,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231156570, 2023
  5. Goran Adil, Seyedhamed Sadati, Yifeng Ling, Peter Taylor, Kejin Wang, John T. Kevern, “Penetrating Sealer Effects on the Durability Performance of Concrete Joints”, Materials Journal, Volume 119, Issue 6, 8/24/2022
  6. Md Lutfor Rahman, Amir Malakooti, Halil Ceylan, Peter C Taylor, Sunghwan Kim, “A Review of Electrically Conductive Concrete Heated Pavement System Technologies: From the Laboratory to the Full-Scale Implementation,” Construction and Building Materials, CONBUILDMAT-D-22-00695R1, Accepted March 2022
  7. Yu-an Chen, Peter Taylor, Halil Ceylan, Xuhao Wang, Evaluation of Joint Activation and Slab Length in Concrete Overlays, Road Materials and Pavement Design, RMPD-19-04-23.R1, https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2021.2005669, 2021
  8. Wen Sun, Kejin Wang, Peter C. Taylor, Xuhao Wang, “Air void clustering in concrete and its effect on concrete strength,” International Journal of Pavement Engineering (GPAV), https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2021.2000986, November 2021.
  9. Kwangwoo Wi, Kejin Wang, Peter C. Taylor, Simon Laflamme, Sri Sritharan, Hantang Qin, “Properties and microstructure of Extrusion-Based 3D Printing Mortar Containing a Highly Flowable, Rapid Set Grout,” Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume 124, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2021.104243, November 2021.
  10. Goran Adil, Seyedhamed Sadati, Yifeng Ling, Peter Taylor, Kejin Wang, John T. Kevern, “Penetrating Sealer Effects on the Durability Performance of Concrete Joints”, Materials Journal, Volume 119, Issue 6, 8/24/2021

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