Biography

Dr. Hongyan Ma is currently a Francisco Benavides Scholar and Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Missouri S&T. He joined Missouri S&T in October 2015 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering and granted tenure in September 2021. Before joining Missouri S&T, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Dr. Ma is currently directing the Laboratory of Future Cements and Carbon-negative Initiatives (FuCCI) at Missouri S&T, and leading major research projects funded by National Science Foundation, Department of Energy (ARPA-E, FECM, etc.), Department of Defense, Department of Transportation, industry, and private foundations. He is a member of American Concrete Institute (ACI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), and serving as an editorial board member for three journals, grant evaluator for the national science foundations of four countries, and reviewer for more than 50 reputable journals.

Research Interests

Future cements (cement efficiency enhancing strategies, novel supplementary cementitious materials, and alternative cements); solid waste upcycling; massive CO₂ capture, utilization, and mineralization; thermal energy storage and micro-grid integration; materials characterization; multi-scale modeling; concrete durability; NDT and sensing; nano- and biological technologies in construction; and carbon-negative recovery of critical minerals (e.g., Ni, Co, Li, and Cu).

Work Experience

• 2022/12 – present, Francisco Benavides Scholar and Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
• 2021/09 – 2022/12, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
• 2015/10 – 2021/08, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
• 2013/03 – 2015/10, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Education

• 2013 – Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• 2008 – M.Eng. in Structural Engineering, Shenzhen University
• 2005 – B.Law., Chongqing University
• 2005 – B.Eng. in Inorganic Non-metallic Materials Engineering, Chongqing University

Awards, Honors, and Recognitions

• Joseph H. Senne Jr. Academy of Civil Engineers Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award, April 2024
• Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri S&T (five/year, based on 5-year performance regarding research, teaching and service), December 2023
• Marquis Who’s Who, May 2023
• Francisco Benavides Scholar, December 2022
• Faculty Research Award, Missouri S&T (based on 2-year performance regarding research), December 2022
• Game Changer Academies Panel Fellow, CMMI, NSF, May 2022
• Outstanding Teaching Award, Missouri S&T, December 2021
• Faculty Excellence Award, Missouri S&T (five/year, based on 5-year performance regarding research, teaching and service), December 2020
• Top 2%Scientists of “Building & Construction”, according to science-wide Composite Citation Indicator[1], 2020 (Career rank=394; Single year rank=136); 2021 (Career rank=291; Single year rank=118); 2022 (Career rank=268; Single year rank=107)
• Faculty Research Award, Missouri S&T (seven/year, based on 2-year performance regarding research), December 2019
• College of Engineering and Computing Dean’s Scholar, Missouri S&T, October 2019
• Joseph H. Senne Jr. Academy of Civil Engineers Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award, April 2019
• ExCEEd Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, June 2017
• [1] https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918 (or database)