Bio

Dr Rudi Seracino is a Professor of Structural Engineering and the Director of the Constructed Facilities Laboratory (CFL) in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at NC State University, USA. He serves as the NC State Site Director of the NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) for the Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI). Dr Seracino is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

Dr Seracino is a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and is an elected Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC). He is a voting member of ACI Committee 440 on FRP Reinforcement, and serves as an editorial board member of the ASCE Journal of Composites for Construction. Dr Seracino is a member of the American Composites Manufacturing Association (ACMA), the Prestressed/Precast Concrete Institute (PCI), and the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI).

Area(s) of Expertise

Dr. Seracino's research interests are broadly categorized as the application of advanced materials and systems to enhance the resilience of critical civil infrastructure. He is interested in the application of advanced fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) in the development of: (i) FRP systems for the repair or strengthening of existing concrete infrastructure; and (ii) internal FRP reinforcement or prestressing in the construction of new concrete infrastructure. His research includes large-scale destructive testing at the Constructed Facilities Laboratory and analytical modeling.