Research conducted by CIR-affiliated faculty, staff and collaborators helps advance infrastructure resilience and innovation.
Come discover a few of the latest scholarly publications from CIR-affiliated researchers!
| Title | Journal / Conference | CIR Affiliated Author(s) | Publication Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrating Interdisciplinary Thinking and Education in Graduate Disaster Research Curricula: Insights from Statistical, Sentiment, and Thematic Analysis | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | Abdullah M. Braik Maria Koliou | 2025 |
| Bentonite as an engineered barrier material for nuclear waste repository-Geotechnical perspectives, key properties, knowledge gaps, and opportunities | Nuclear Engineering and Technology | Yong-Rak Kim | October 2025 |
| Utilizing Recycled Concrete Aggregate Fines as Co-Additives in Low-Carbon Cement for Problematic Soil Stabilization | Transportation Research Record | Muddassir Sanei Sopharith Chou Anand Puppala | October 2025 |
| Direct Ink Writing Silver/PVDF/MXene Multilayered Multifunctional Tactile Sensor | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | Chenglin Wu | November 2025 |
| Three-dimensional evaluation of effective thermal conductivity in micro-carbon fiber reinforced clay soils with varying fiber distributions | Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment | Yong-Rak Kim | December 2025 |
| Physical, mechanical, and microstructural characterization of NUW-LHT-5M lunar highland simulant through spark plasma sintering | Advances in Space Research | In Kyu Jeon Yong-Rak Kim | December 2025 |
| Tissue-adhesive hydrogel–MXene biosensor for in situ intraoral TNF-α detection | Science Advances | Weijia Liu Jiaoli Li | January 2026 |
| Spatially Correlated Multi-State Fragility via a Warped Gaussian Process | Structural Safety | Abdullah M. Braik Maria Koliou | January 2026 |
| Assessing Hurricane Risks in Coastal Communities: A Participatory and Probabilistic Approach Incorporating Evolving Hazard Conditions. | Engineering Structures | Abdullah M. Braik Xuan Ma Maria Koliou James M. Kaihatu | January 2026 |
| Laboratory and field assessment of gypsum-modified aluminosilicate blends for expansive clay stabilization | Transportation Geotechnics | Ayazhan Bazarbekova Yong-Rak Kim Dallas Little | February 2026 |
| Desiccation Cracking Behavior of Carbon Microfiber Reinforced Bentonite Clay for Deep Geological Repositories | Geotechnical and Geological Engineering | Abdullah Azzam Mohammad Rahmani Yong-Rak Kim | February 2026 |
| Multi-Hazard Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Equitable Multi-Objective Optimization of Building Retrofit Strategies in Hurricane-Vulnerable Communities | Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering | Abdullah M. Braik Maria Koliou | March 2026 |
| Insights into the Influence of Environmental Stressors on Expansive Subgrades Stabilized with Different Calcium-Based Stabilizers for Resilient Transportation Infrastructure | Transportation Research Record | Sopharith Chou Jianxin Huang Balaji Lakkimsetti Anand J Puppala | March 2026 |
| Sustainability Benefits Assessment of Cement and Recycled Concrete Aggregate Fines in Subgrade Stabilization Application | Geo-Congress 2026 | Muddassir Sanei Jianxin Huang Anand Puppala | March 2026 |
| Laboratory Study on Stiffness and Strength of Cement Stabilized Clay Subjected to Four-Season Durability Cycles | Geo-Congress 2026 | Kyle Parr Jianxin Huang Anand Puppala | March 2026 |
| Methodological Framework for Evaluating Alternative Housing Technologies In Post-Disaster Recovery Contexts Within Texas | 2026 Residential Building Design & Construction Conference | Evan Kennedy Julie Hartell | March 2026 |
| Evaluating the Drainage Performance of Wicking Geotextile Under Freeze–Thaw Conditions below Pavement Infrastructure | Transportation Research Record | Avinash Gonnabathula Anand Puppala | March 2026 |
| Regulatory Barriers on Construction Planning: Introducing A Meta-Ethnographic Review of Housing Regulation Constraints on Market Innovation | ASCE CI and CRC Joint Conference 2026 | Evan Kennedy Julie Hartell | March 2026 |
| Finite deformation implementation of a mixed-mode single-integral type cohesive zone with reorienting surfaces of separation | Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids | Yong-Rak Kim | April 2026 |
| Investigation on the corrosion properties of Al-Epoxy/Zn based bilayer hybrid coatings on cold rolled steel | Materials Chemistry and Physics | Shaik Merkatur Hakim Marjuban Deeparekha Narayanan Victor Ponce Valderrama Ulises Martin Homero Castaneda | April 2026 |
| Machine learning-based prediction of corrosion resistance in pulse electrodeposited coatings | Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects | Shaik Merkatur Hakim Marjuban Ulises Martin Homero Castaneda | April 2026 |
| Crack Performance Modeling of Mixtures and Pavements with Consideration of Aging, Moisture Conditioning, Climatic Zone, and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Mitigation Strategies | Transportation Research Record | Santosh Reddy Kommidi Yong-Rak Kim | May 2026 |
| Experimental study on engineering and microstructural behavior of lime sludge stabilized expansive soils under cyclic environmental stressors | Engineering Geology | Sopharith Chou Jianxin Huang Balaji Lakkimsetti Kyle Parr Anand J. Puppala | May 2026 |
| Assessment of Geopolymer Synthesis Parameters for Strength of Stabilized Fat Clay Using Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques | Transportation Research Record | Muddassir Sanei Vinany Krishnan Anand Puppala | May 2026 |
| Fatigue Crack Modeling of Railheads Using a Nonlinear Cohesive Zone Model | Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures | Santosh Reddy Kommidi Hesam Mortazavi Yong-Rak Kim | June 2026 |
| Two-way coupled multiscale modelling and comparison with field observations of fatigue cracks in bituminous pavements | Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment | Santosh Reddy Kommidi Yong-Rak Kim | June 2026 |
| Efficacy and Sustainability Benefits of Innovative Materials for Stabilization of Problematic Pavement Subgrades | American Society of Civil Engineers | Muddassir Sanei Vinany Krishnan Jianxin Huang Anand Puppala | June 2026 |
| Novel Four-Season Durability Methods for Cement-Stabilized Clays | Transportation Research Record | Kyle Parr Jianxin Huang Balaji Lakkimsetti Sopharith Chou Anand Puppala | June 2026 |
| An investigation of cement treated clay subjected to cyclic wetting and drying degradation: Influence of compaction conditions | 21st ICSMGE | Kyle Parr Jianxin Huang Anand Puppala | June 2026 |
| PRJ-6289 – Housing Recovery after the 2011 Joplin Tornado | DesignSafe-CI | Tran (Albert) Tuan Abdullah M. Braik Maria Koliou | July 2026 |
| Multiscale Characterization and Effective Elastic Properties of Avery Island Rock Salt | Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment | In Kyu Jeon Yong-Rak Kim | July 2026 |
| Experimental Investigation of Environmentally Induced Deterioration Mechanisms for Light-Frame Wood Structures | 13th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering | Abul Hasnat Xuechen Ni Maria Koliou | July 2026 |
| Assessment of Test Methods for Freeze-Thaw Durability Performance of Additively Constructed Concrete Material | 17th International Conference on the Durability of Building Materials and Components (XVII DBMC) | Chen Lyu Julie Hartell | July 2026 |
| Sustainability assessment of concrete pavement overlays reinforced with hybrid recycled and manufactured steel fibers | Journal of Cleaner Production | ||
| Resilience Assessment of Transportation Systems Subjected to Hurricane-Induced Storm Surge | International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction | ||
| Physics-Based Multi-Hazard Fragility Modeling of Low-Rise Wood-Frame Buildings under Hurricane-Induced Wind and Surge | Journal of Building Engineering | ||
| Instructions to Apply TornadoNET to 2011 Joplin Tornado and 2021 Mayfield Tornado Datasets in TornadoNET: A Deep Learning Approach for Geospatial Data to Automate Housing Recovery Assessment. | DesignSafe-CI. | ||
| Laboratory Evaluation of Desiccation Cracking and Microstructure Change of Carbon Fiber-reinforced Bentonite Subjected to Thermo-Hydro Coupled Environment for Geological Repositories | Nuclear Engineering and Technology | ||
| Fatigue Crack Modeling of Railheads Using a Nonlinear Cohesive Zone Model | Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures | ||
| Mechanistic modeling of deformation in conventional and asphaltic rail tracks in Indonesia considering the viscoelasticity and modified Drucker-Prager-Cap with creep. | Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials | ||
| Electrical resistivity for non-destructive durability assessment of stabilized soils under drying-wetting cycles | Frontiers in Built Environment | ||
| Improving Network-Based Security and Resilience of the Power Grid: Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence | IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, Special Issue on Cybersecurity for Smart Grid in the AI Age | ||
| Structural and Temporal Analysis Real-Time Techniques (START) to Improve Understanding and Operation of Intertwined Cyber-Physical System Architectures | IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory and Applications | ||
| Exploring Power Systems’ Inherent Resilience Against Multi-Hazards: Ecological Robustness-Oriented Optimal Power Flow with Consideration of Reactive Power | IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering | ||
| Containing Cyber Risks on Energy Critical Infrastructure: Effective Practices and Gaps | IEEE Security and Privacy | ||
| A Reinforcement Learning Engine with Reduced Action and State Space for Scalable Cyber-Physical Optimal Response | IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory and Applications | ||
| FADEG: Feature-Adaptive Asymmetric Dynamic Reweighting GNN Ensemble-Based Intrusion Detection for Power Systems | IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications | ||
| Design Principles and Experimental Analysis of Secure Data Exchange Approaches for Distributed Cyber-Physical Sensors in Electric Grid Systems | Energy Informatics | ||
| DESTinE Block: Private Blockchain Based Data Storage Framework for Power System | IEEE Access | ||
| Certifying the Nonexistence of Feasible Paths Between Power System Operating Points | IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS) | ||
| Federated Learning-Based Distributed Localization of False Data Injection Attacks on Smart Grids | IEEE Systems Journal | ||
| A Guide for Pavement Repair Before Preventive Maintenance | Texas A&M Transportation Institute | ||
| Develop Best Practices for Flexible Pavement Repairs | Texas A&M Transportation Institute |
This is a rolling 12-month list of publications and is updated monthly to reflect the most recent research contributions.
Further Publications for CIR affiliated researchers can be found directly at their university websites:
| Researcher(s) | Publications & News Weblink |
|---|---|
| Thomas Overbye | Overbye.engr.tamu.edu/publications |
| Jonathan Snodgrass | https://snodgrass.engr.tamu.edu/publication-3/ |
| Petros Sideris | https://sites.google.com/view/petros-sideris-sem-group/publications |
| Anand Puppala | https://apuppala.engr.tamu.edu/news/ |
| Katie Davis | https://katedavis.engr.tamu.edu/publications/ |
| Stefan Hurlebaus | https://sites.google.com/tamu.edu/shurlebaus/publications |
| Yong-Rak Kim | https://kimlab-materials.engr.tamu.edu/ |
| Maria Koliou | https://sites.google.com/view/mariakoliou/publications |
| TTI Research | https://tti.tamu.edu/research/publications/ |
| TEES Research | https://www.tamu.edu/research/index.html |
Contact:
Katie Carroll, CIR Communications | [email protected]
