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Franz-Josef Ulm

Franz-Josef Ulm

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Materials Science

D-Index
87
Citations
28770
World Ranking
1951
National Ranking
587

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Theodore von Karman Medal
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Franz-Josef Ulm is a researcher affiliated with MIT in the United States, specializing in engineering with a primary focus on civil and structural engineering. Their work spans several subfields including mechanics of materials, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and building and construction. The research topics covered extensively include concrete and cement materials research, concrete properties and behavior, smart materials for construction, rock mechanics and modeling, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, advanced battery technologies research, and grouting, rheology, and soil mechanics.

The scientist has contributed to numerous papers published in prominent venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Carbon-cement supercapacitors as a scalable bulk energy storage solution (2023), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The physics of cement cohesion (2021), Science Advances
  • Nacre toughening due to cooperative plastic deformation of stacks of co-oriented aragonite platelets (2020), Communications Materials
  • The role of concrete in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of US buildings and pavements (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Creep in reactive colloidal gels: a nanomechanical study of cement hydrates (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)

The scholar has collaborated frequently with various co-authors, including Roland J.-M. Pellenq, Katerina Ioannidou, Admir Mašić, Thibaut Divoux, and Meshkat Botshekan. Publications have appeared repeatedly in several venues, with multiple papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review E, arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review Letters, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Major topics of research reflect a broad engagement with materials used in construction and energy storage technologies. The specific focus on concrete and cement materials, as well as smart materials for construction, illustrates an interdisciplinary approach integrating mechanical behavior and chemical properties. The interest in advanced battery technologies and supercapacitor materials also indicates work at the intersection of material science and energy applications.

Among their recognized achievements, Franz-Josef Ulm received the Theodore von Karman Medal in 2012 and is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • The effect of two types of C-S-H on the elasticity of cement-based materials: Results from nanoindentation and micromechanical modeling

    Georgios Constantinides;Franz Josef Ulm

  • A realistic molecular model of cement hydrates

    Roland J. M. Pellenq;Akihiro Kushima;Rouzbeh Shahsavari;Krystyn J. Van Vliet

  • The nanogranular nature of C–S–H

    Georgios Constantinides;Franz-Josef Ulm

  • A multiscale micromechanics-hydration model for the early-age elastic properties of cement-based materials

    Olivier Bernard;Franz Josef Ulm;Éric Lemarchand

  • The nano-mechanical signature of Ultra High Performance Concrete by statistical nanoindentation techniques

    Luca Sorelli;Georgios Constantinides;Georgios Constantinides;Franz Josef Ulm;François Toutlemonde

  • Grid indentation analysis of composite microstructure and mechanics: Principles and validation

    G. Constantinides;K.S. Ravi Chandran;F.-J. Ulm;K.J. Van Vliet

  • Statistical indentation techniques for hydrated nanocomposites: concrete, bone, and shale

    Franz-Josef Ulm;Matthieu Vandamme;Chris Bobko;Jose Alberto Ortega

  • Microprestress-Solidification Theory for Concrete Creep. I: Aging and Drying Effects

    Zdenek P. Bazant;Anders Boe Hauggaard;Anders Boe Hauggaard;Sandeep Baweja;Franz-Josef Ulm

  • Combinatorial molecular optimization of cement hydrates

    M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi;K.J. Krakowiak;M. Bauchy;M. Bauchy;M. Bauchy;K.L. Stewart

  • Nanogranular origin of concrete creep.

    Matthieu Vandamme;Franz-Josef Ulm

  • A multi-technique investigation of the nanoporosity of cement paste

    Hamlin M. Jennings;Jeffrey J. Thomas;Julia S. Gevrenov;Georgios Constantinides

  • Surface Roughness Criteria for Cement Paste Nanoindentation

    Mahalia Miller;Christopher Bobko;Matthieu Vandamme;Franz-Josef Ulm

  • On the use of nanoindentation for cementitious materials

    G. Constantinides;F. J. Ulm;K. Van Vliet

  • Thermo-chemo-mechanics of ASR expansion in concrete structures

    Franz-Josef Ulm;Olivier Coussy;Li Kefei;Catherine Larive

  • Nanogranular packing of C–S–H at substochiometric conditions

    Matthieu Vandamme;Franz-Josef Ulm;Philip Fonollosa

  • Is concrete a poromechanics materials?—A multiscale investigation of poroelastic properties

    F. J. Ulm;G. Constantinides;F. H. Heukamp

  • A Coupled Nanoindentation/SEM‐EDS Study on Low Water/Cement Ratio Portland Cement Paste: Evidence for C–S–H/Ca(OH)2 Nanocomposites

    Jeffrey J. Chen;Luca Sorelli;Matthieu Vandamme;Franz-Josef Ulm

  • Microporomechanics: Dormieux/Microporomechanics

    Luc Dormieux;Djimédo Kondo;Franz-Josef Ulm

  • Realistic molecular model of kerogen's nanostructure

    Colin Bousige;Camélia Matei Ghimbeu;Cathie Vix-Guterl;Andrew E. Pomerantz

  • Modeling of Thermochemomechanical Couplings of Concrete at Early Ages

    Franz-Josef Ulm;Olivier Coussy

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathieu Bauchy
Mathieu Bauchy University of California, Los Angeles
Farhang Radjai
Farhang Radjai University of Montpellier
Younane N. Abousleiman
Younane N. Abousleiman University of Oklahoma
Benoit Coasne
Benoit Coasne Grenoble Alpes University

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