Mija H. Hubler

  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Chair for Faculty Advancement
  • Co-Director of the Center for Infrastructure, Energy and Space Testing (CIEST)
  • STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL MECHANICS
  • MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
Address

Office: ECOT 542

Education

  • BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, May2006
  • MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May 2009
  • PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, December 2013
  • Postdoc, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, December 2014

Honors and Distinctions

  • University of baby直播app Faculty Fellow 2022
  • NSF Career Awardee 2021
  • Leonardo Da Vinci Award, ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute 2020
  • Gustavo Colonnetti Medalist, RILEM 2020

Professional Activities

  • American Concrete Institute 
  • ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute 
  • Associate Editor of the Journal of Engineering Mechanics (JEM ASCE)
  • RILEM International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures

Interests

  • Cementitious materials
  • Micro-structure quantification and design
  • Permeability
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Micro- and Meso- scale experimental testing and simulation techniques
  • Failure prediction of construction materials
  • Construction material health risks and toxicity

Latest Publications

  1. M. H. Hubler and Z. Alquraini, 鈥淲orking with Randomness: A Perspective on Using Spatial Statistics to Engineer the Mechanics of Heterogenous Materials,鈥 Mechanics Research Communications, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechrescom.2021.103788
  2. L. Li, Y. Zhang, M. H. Hubler, and Y. Xi, 鈥淓xperimental Study on Nanoparticle Injection Technology for Remediating Leaks of Gas Storage and Transportation,鈥 Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.108829
  3. L. Li, M. Abdelrahman, M. H. Hubler, Y. Xi, 鈥淣umerical Modeling of the Injection of Nanoparticles in Saturated Cementitious Material by Electromigration,鈥 In production Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2021.
  4. J. Qiu, J. Artier, S. M. Cook, W. V. Srubar III, J. C. Cameron, M. H. Hubler, 鈥淓ngineering Living Building Materials (LBMs) towards Enhanced Bacterial Viability and Mechanical Properties,鈥 iScience, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102083
  5. L. Li, M. H. Hubler, and Y. Xi, 鈥淭heoretical Modeling on Chemical Composition and Mechanical Properties of Well Cement under Carbonation Reactions,鈥 Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124270
  6. M. H. Hubler, S. Al Wakeel, and B. Wang, 鈥淚mproving Concrete Toughness by Aggregate Arrangement,鈥 RILEM Technical Letters, 5, 2020.
    https://doi.org/10.21809/rilemtechlett.2020.109
  7. Y. Zhang, L. Li, Y. Xi, and M. H. Hubler, 鈥淓xperimental and theoretical study of the restrained shrinkage cracking of early age well cement,鈥 Construction and Building Materials, 11, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120368
  8. Y. Zhang and M. H. Hubler, 鈥淭he role of early drying cracks in the shrinkage size effect of cement paste,鈥 Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2020.
  9. L. Li, M. H. Hubler, and Y. Xi, 鈥淢odelling the Corrosion of Steel Casing and the Damage of Well Cement in a Borehole System,鈥 Construction and Building Materials, 259, 119701. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.119701
  10. C. M. Heveran, S. L. Williams, J. Qiu, J. Artier, M. H. Hubler, S. M. Cook, J. C. Cameron, and W. V. Srubar III, 鈥淏iomineralization and Successive Regeneration of Engineered Living Building Materials.鈥 Matter, 2 (2), 481-494. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2019.11.016