Director

ACE-MRL Director

Professor Victor C. Li  

James R. Rice Distinguished University Professor
E. Benjamin Wylie Collegiate Chair
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
University of Michigan
2132 G. G. Brown Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
Phone: (734)764-3368
Fax: (734)764-4292
Email: [email protected]


Education

Ph.D.Solid & Structural MechanicsBrown University1981
M.S.Mechanical EngineeringBrown University1978
M.A.Mechanical EngineeringBrown University1977
B.S.EconomicsBrown University1977

Experience

2005 – PresentE. Benjamin Wylie Collegiate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
2004 – PresentProfessor of Materials Science and Engineering, 
U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
1993 – 2005Professor of Civil and Envirn. Engineering, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
1990 -1993Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
1985 -1990Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA.
1983 -1985Edgerton Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA.
1981 -1983Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA.

Honors and Awards

  • Ranked 1st in the 2021, 2022 top 2% highly cited authors in Building & Construction / Materials by Stanford University and Elsevier.
  • James R. Rice Distinguished University Professorship, 2018
  • Nominee, Golden Apple Award, 2017
  • RILEM Life-Time Achievement Award, 2016
  • International Innovation Grand Prize Award, 2015
    Awarded by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) for innovations, impact and applicability in construction technology
  • Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award, 2015
    Awarded by UM Rackham Graduate School, in recognition of “demonstrated commitment to fostering the intellectual, creative, scholarly and professional growth of their doctoral students at the highest level”
  • Fellow, American Concrete Institute, 2010
  • Fellow, IA-FraMCoS, 2010
  • Member, General Council, Int’l Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems, and Structures (RILEM), 2005-present
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, RILEM J. of Materials and Structures, 2004-present
  • Member, Advisory Board, J. of Adv. Concrete Technology, Japan Concrete Institute, 2001-present
  • Guest Professorship, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2006-present
  • Hua Ying Honorary Lectureship, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, 2006
  • U-M Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, 2005-2006
  • Fellow, World Innovation Foundation, 2005-
  • Finalist, Frank Annunzio Award for “cutting edge” innovations Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, 2005
  • UM College of Engineering Stephen S. Attwood Excellence in Engineering Award, 2004-2005
  • Honorary Doctorate, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, 2004
  • President, Association of Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, 2001-2004
  • Member, Editorial Board, J. of Cement and Concrete Composites, 2000-2002
  • Højgaard Visiting Professor of Concrete Technology, Techn. Univ. of Denmark, 1999 – 2004
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1999 –
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998
  • Member, Executive Committee, ASCE Materials Technology Division, 1996 – 1998
  • Invited Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1996-1997
  • Visiting Professor of Civil & Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, 1997 summer
  • Member, Executive Committee, Materials Engineering Division, ASCE, 1996 –
  • Editor-in-Chief, ASCE J. Materials in Civil Engineering, 1996 – 1999
  • U-M College of Engineering Research Excellence Award, 1995-1996
  • Distinguished Lecturer Award, ICCE, 1994
  • U-M CEE Department Research Excellence Award, 1993-1994
  • Invited Guest Editor, J. of Cement and Concrete Composites, 1992
  • Invited Professor of Structural Engineering, Techn. Univ. of Denmark, 1992 summer
  • Rackham Research Partnership Award, 1991-1992
  • Edgerton Career Development Chair, M.I.T., 1983-1985
  • University Fellowship, Brown University, 1977-1978
  • Tau Beta Pi, 1977- ; Sigma Xi, 1977-

Keynote/Plenary Speaker (selected list)

  • 3rd National Workshop on Engineered Cementitious Composites, Hong Kong, Oct., 2018.
  • International Forum on Engineering Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chongqing, China, Oct., 2018.
  • Summer School on Low Clinker High Performance Cement Composites,” India, June, 2018.
  • SHCC-4, Dresden, Germany, Sept., 2017.
  • BEFIB 2016, Vancouver, Canada, Sept., 2016.
  • ECC Workshop, Tsinghua University, Bejing, China, July, 2016.
  • National Academy of Engineering DMMI Workshop, Washington, D.C., May 2016.
  • International Symposium on Advanced Materials and Structures, Hong Kong, Jan., 2016.
  • Institute of Civil Engineers Hong Kong Association Annual Conference 2015, Hong Kong, April 2015.
  • 1st Int’l Workshop on Self-healing & Intelligent Materials, Seoul, Korea, 2015, March, 2015.
  • Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, March, 2014.
  • World Congress on Advanced Materials, Suzhou, China, 2013.
  • Workshop on Sustainable Materials for Infrastructure Renewal, UWM, Wisconsin, 2013.
  • ECC Summit, Beijing, China, 2012.
  • Nanyang Technological University Civil Engineering Workshop, Singapore, 2011.
  • International Conf. on Future Concrete, Doha, Qatar, 2010.
  • European Fracture Conference (ECF18), Dresden, Germany, 2010.
  • Japan Concrete Institute Workshop, Tokyo, 2010.
  • Int’l Conf. on Advanced Concrete Materials, Stellenbosch, S. Africa, 2009.
  • 2nd Int’l Conf. on Self-Healing Materials, Chicago, 6/2009.
  • Int’ Conf. on Sustainable Concrete Construction’s, Dundee Scotland, 2008.
  • NRMCA Concrete Tech Forum, Denver, 2008.
  • ACI Convention State-of-the-Art Cement and Concrete Applications, Puerto Rico, 2007
  • 1st Int’l Conf. on Self Healing Materials, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 2007
  • 10th Int’l Inorganic-Bonded Fiber Composites Conf., Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2006
  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers – TC334 Workshop, 2006
  • Int’l Workshop on Fracture of Materials, Sydney, Australia, 2006
  • ECI on Advances in Cement and Concrete – Sustainability, Switzerland, 2006
  • Knud Højgaard Conf. on Advanced Cement-Based Materials, Denmark, 2005
  • Int’l Seminar on Better Quality of Concrete and Competitiveness of the Construction Industry,” Seoul, Korea, 2005
  • 6th RILEM Symp. on Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC), Varenna, Italy, 2004
  • Conf. on Fibre Composites, HPC and Smart Materials, Chennai, India , 2004
  • Int¹l Workshop on Sustainable Concrete Technology, Beijing, China, 2004
  • JCI Japanese Symposium on DFRCC, Japan, 2003
  • Fiber Society on Engineering with Fibers, Loughborough, UK, 2003
  • Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, US, 2002
  • Japan Concrete Institute Workshop on DFRCC, Takayama, Japan, 2002
  • 1st fib Congress ­ Concrete Structures in 21st Century, Osaka, Japan, 2002
  • High Performance Concrete Workshop, Kungmin, China, 2001
  • Int’l Conference on High Performance Concrete, China, 2000
  • 6th Int’l Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites, Warsaw, Poland, 2000
  • FRAMCOS-3, Gifu, Japan, 1998
  • 5th Int’l Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites, Warsaw, Poland, 1997
  • ICF-9, Sydney, Australia, 1997
  • Meso-Fracture ‘96, Tomsk, Russia, 1996
  • 4th Japan SAMPE Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 1995
  • 4th Int’l Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites, Warsaw, Poland, 1994
  • 4th RILEM International Symposium on FRC, Sheffield, UK, 1992
  • MIT Sea Grant Program, WS on Breaking Process of Ice Plates, US, 1984

Member/Chair, Scientific Board of Advisors/Organizing Committee (selected list) 

  • Int’l Conference on Self-Healing Materials (ICSHM 2017), Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2017
  • 4th SHCC Int’l Conference, Dresden, Germany, 2017
  • 9th RILEM Int’l Sympsoium on Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Vancouver, Canada, 2016
  • Istanbul Bridge Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016
    • 3rd Microdurability conference, Southeast University, Nanjing, 2016
    • Int’l Conference on Concrete Sustainability (ICCS16), Barcelona, Spain, 2016
    • 5th Int’l Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, MI, 2015
    • High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites, HPFRCC 7, Stuttgart, Germany, 201
  • 9th RILEM Int’l Sympsoium on Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Vancouver, Canada, 2016
  • Istanbul Bridge Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016
  • 3rd Microdurability conference, Southeast University, Nanjing, 2016
  • Int’l Conference on Concrete Sustainability (ICCS16), Barcelona, Spain, 2016
  • 5th Int’l Workshop on Performance, Protection & Strengthening of Structures under Extreme Loading, MI, 2015
  • High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites, HPFRCC 7, Stuttgart, Germany, 2015
  • 5th Int’ Conf. on Self-Healing Materials, N Carolina, US, 2015
  • Int’l Symp. On Pavement LCA, CA, 2014
  • 3rd Int’l Conf. on Service Life Design for Infrastructures, Zhuhai, China, 2014
  • 3rd Int’l Conf. on Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites, the Netherlands, 2014
  • 1st Int’l Conf. on Advanced Nano Composite for Construction Materials, Kerala, India, 2013
  • UHPFRC 2013, Marseille, France, 2013
  • 4th Int’l Conf. on Self-healing Materials, Ghent, Belgium, 2013
  • 1st Int’l Conf. on Concrete Sustainability, Tokyo, Japan, 2013
  • 1st Int’l Conf. on Performance-based and Life-cycle Structural Engineering, Hong Kong, 2012
  • Int’l Symp. on LCA and Construction, Nantes, France, 2012
  • 2nd Int’l Conf. on Microstructure Durability of Cementitious Comp., Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2012
  • BEFIB 2012 on Fibre Reinforced Concrete, Guimaraes City, Portugal, 2012
  • 7th Int’l Symp. on Cement & Concrete (ISCC), Ji’nan, China, 2010
  • 2nd Int’l Conf. on Service Life Design for Infrastructure, Delft, The Netherlands, 2010
  • 18th European Conference of Fracture (ECF 18), Dresden, Germany, 2010
  • Fracture Mechanics of Concrete & Concrete Structures (FraMCoS 7), Korea, 2009
  • 1st Int’l Conf. on Computational Technologies in Concrete Structures (CTCS’09), Korea, 2009
  • 2nd Int’l Conf. on Self-Healing Materials (ICSHM), Chicago, US, 2009
  • Int’l Conf. on Durability of Concrete Structures (ICDCS 2008), Hangzhou, China, 2008
  • Int’l Symp. on Hydration, Microstructure and Durability, Nanjing, China, 2008
  • Int’l Conf. on Challenges for Civil Construction, Porto, Portugal, 2008
  • 8th Int’l Symp. on Utilization of High Strength & High Performance Concrete, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
  • Int’l Workshop on HPFRCC, Mainz, Germany, 2007
  • 1st Int’l Conf. on Self Healing Materials, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2007
  • Int’l Workshop on Fracture of Materials, Sydney, Australia, 2006
  • 11th Int¹l Conf. On Fracture (ICF11), Turin, Italy, 2005
  • Int’l Conf. on Advances in Concrete & Construction (ICACC-2004), India 2004
  • FraMCoS 5th Int’l Symp. on Concrete Fracture, Vail, Colorado, 2004
  • 6th RILEM Symposium on Fibre-Reinforced Concrete, Varenna, Italy, 2004
  • Int’l Conf. on Concrete under Severe Conditions CONSEC 04 Seoul, Korea, 2004
  • HPFRCC-4 Int¹l Workshop, Ann Arbor, US, 2003
  • Int¹l Fiber Society Symposium, Loughborough, UK, 2003
  • Japan Concrete Institute Workshop on DFRCC, Takayama, Japan, 2002
  • International Board of JCI Committee on High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites, 2001- 2004
  • Int’ Conf. on Advances in Building Technology, Hong Kong, 2002
  • 2nd Int’l Workshop on Self-Compacting Concrete, Japan, 2001
  • FraMCoS 4th Int’l Symp. on Concrete Fracture, France, 2001
  • Int’l Conference on High Performance Concrete, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, 2000
  • Int’l Workshop on High Performance FRC Composites, Mainz, Germany, 1999
  • Civil & Envir. Engrg. Conf. – New Frontiers & Challenges, AIT 40th Anniv. Celebration, Thailand, 1999
  • Meso-Fracture ’98, Haifa, Isreal, 1998
  • Int’l Workshop on Self-Compacting Concrete, Japan, 1998
  • FraMCoS 3rd Int’l Symp. on Concrete Fracture, Japan, 1998
  • Sixth Int’l Symp. on Ferrocement, Ann Arbor, US, 1998
  • Damage and Failure of Interfaces, Vienna, Austria, 1997
  • ICF-9, Sydney, Australia, 1997
  • Int’l Workshop on HPFRCC, US, 1995
  • FraMCoS 2nd Int’l Symp. on Concrete Fracture, Switzerland, 1995
  • RILEM 4th Int’l Symp. on FRC, UK, 1992
  • RILEM Int’l Conf. Frac./Damage of Conc. & Rock, Austria, 1992
  • FraMCoS 1st Int’l Conf. Frac. Mech. of Conc. Struct., US, 1992
  • SEM Int’l Conf. Micromech. Failure of Quasi-Brittle Mat’ls, US, 1990
  • Int’l Assoc. BEM – Int’l Sym. on BEM, 89, US, 1989
  • ITA Int’l Conf. on Jointed and Faulted Rock, Austria, 1989
  • RILEM Int’l Conf. Frac. Toughness and Frac. Energy, UK, 1989
  • RILEM Int’l Conf. in Fracture of Concrete and Rock, UK, 1987

Publications

Approximately 300 articles in referred journals and proceedings (ref. ACE-MRL Publications)