Konstantin Sobolev

Konstantin Sobolev

  • Lawrence E. Sivak '71 Faculty Fellowship
  • Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Education

  • PhD, Research Institute of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete (NIIZhB), Russia, 1993
  • BS/MS (summa cum laude), Moscow State Civil Engineering University (MISI-MGSU), Russia, 1988

Research Focus

  • Superhydrophobic materials
  • Photocatalytic and photovoltaic materials
  • Nanotechnology for advanced cement-based materials
  • High-strength, high-performance and ultra-high-performance composites
  • Computational modeling of particles packing

Publications

  • Sobolev K. and Batrakov V., The Effect of a Polyethylhydrosiloxane Admixture on the Durability of Concrete with Supplementary Cementitious Materials. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (in press).
  • Albayrak M., Aras A., Arikan M., and Sobolev K., Evaluation of Selected Kaolins as a Raw Material for the Turkish Cement and Concrete Industry. Clays and Clay Minerals (in press).
  • Sobolev K., Türker P., Soboleva S., and Iscioglu G., Utilization of Waste Glass in Eco-Cement: Properties and Microstructural Observations. Waste Management, Vol. 27, No. 7, 2007, pp. 971-976.
  • Sobolev K. and Amirjanov A., The Simulation of Particulate Materials Packing based on the Solid Suspension Model. Advanced Powder Technology, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2007.
  • Amirjanov A. and Sobolev K., Fractal Properties of Dense Packing of Spherical Particles. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 14, 2006, pp. 789-798.
  • Sobolev K. and Ferrada-Gutiérrez M., How Nanotechnology Can Change the Concrete World:  Part 2. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, No. 11, 2005, pp. 16-19.
  • Sobolev K. and Ferrada-Gutiérrez M., How Nanotechnology Can Change the Concrete World:  Part 1. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, No. 10, 2005, pp. 14-17.
  • Sobolev K., Mechano-Chemical Modification of Cement with High Volumes of Blast Furnace Slag. Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 27, No. 7-8, 2005, pp. 848-853.
  • Sobolev K., The Development of a New Method for the Proportioning of High-Performance Concrete Mixtures. Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 26, No. 7, 2004, pp. 901-907.

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