Moe Pourghaz
Professor
- mpourgh@ncsu.edu
- Fitts-Woolard Hall 3235
Dr. Pour-Ghaz earned his BS in Civil Engineering from Tabriz University, Iran, in 2003. Before pursuing his MS in Civil Engineering, he practiced as a research engineer in the area of nondestructive testing of composites and concrete in a research and development company in Concord, Canada. After receiving his MS degree in 2007 from Carleton University, Canada, he attended Purdue University where he earned his PhD in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in concrete materials in 2011. While at Purdue, he received the William L. Dolch award for outstanding research in material science and the Magoon award for excellence in teaching.
Dr. Pour-Ghaz’s current research interests includes:
Durability of cementitious materials including: corrosion kinetics of steel in concrete, mass transport in concrete, fracture and damage mechanics of concrete, chemical degradation of cementitious materials
Understanding the microstructure and nanostructure of inorganic polymers
Electrical imaging of cementitious material
Simultaneous X-ray, neutron, and electrical imaging of materials
Large-area sensors (sensing skins)
Electromagnetic sensors and sensing techniques
Durability of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites
Education
Civil Engineering
Purdue University
Civil Engineering
Carleton University
Civil Engineering
Tabriz University
Research Description
Dr. Pour-Ghaz studies the durability of reinforced concrete materials and structures, the long-term durability Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites for civil infrastructure, and electromagnetic sensors and sensing techniques. The overall goal of his research program is to contribute to the development of mechanistic service life prediction models that integrate measurement techniques (structural health monitoring and nondestructive testing) for model updating.
Publications
- Critical Bending Strain and Mechanical Properties of Corroded Reinforcing Bars
- Calderon, V., Pourghaz, M., & Kowalsky, M. (2023), ACI MATERIALS JOURNAL, 120(2), 77–86. https://doi.org/10.14359/51738461
- Investigating the use of electrical capacitance tomography to image rapid transient moisture flow through cracks in concrete
- Dalton, L. E., Rasanen, M., Voss, A., Seppanen, A., & Pourghaz, M. (2023), CEMENT & CONCRETE COMPOSITES, 140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2023.105070
- A new monitoring approach for sustainability assessment of subsurface utilities gasket materials against gasoline and chlorinated solvents: Field evaluation and model development
- Faeli, Z., Hosseini, P., Gabr, M. A., & Pour-Ghaz, M. (2022), Journal of Environmental Management, 323, 116217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116217
- Diffusion of benzene and tetrachloroethylene through saturated cement paste
- Hosseini, P., McElroy, A., Knappe, D. R. U., Gabr, M., & Pour-Ghaz, M. (2022), Construction and Building Materials, 329, 127196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.127196
- Does ITZ Influence Moisture Transport in Concrete?
- Dalton, L. E., LaManna, J. M., Jones, S., & Pour-Ghaz, M. (2022, July 24), TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-022-01826-z
- Quantifying moisture damage in asphalt concrete using axisymmetric flexural vibration technique
- Rashetnia, R., Kusam, A., Yadav, S., Pour-Ghaz, M., & Tayebali, A. (2022), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 23(3), 523–535. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2020.1757671
- Supercritical, liquid, and gas CO2 reactive transport and carbonate formation in portland cement mortar
- Dalton, L. E., Crandall, D., & Pour-Ghaz, M. (2022), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, 116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103632
- Assessment of Mitigation Measures against Benzene Breakthrough into Subsurface Concrete Pipe
- Alhomair, S., Faeli, Z., Hosseini, P., Gabr, M., Pour-Ghaz, M., & Parker, C. (2021), JOURNAL OF PIPELINE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND PRACTICE, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)PS.1949-1204.0000512
- Deep learning surrogate interacting Markov chain Monte Carlo based full wave inversion scheme for properties of materials quantification
- Rashetnia, R., & Pour-Ghaz, M. (2021), JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION, 497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2021.115934
- Effects of MgSO4 on Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate
- Jativa, F. W., Hosseini, P., Gabr, M., & Pour-Ghaz, M. (2021), Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, 10(1), 20210013. https://doi.org/10.1520/ACEM20210013