Cameron Murray

I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas. I received my B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2012 and 2014, then I went to the University of Oklahoma for my Ph.D. from 2014-2017.

I am interested in all kinds of concrete research, primarily I have focused on prestressed concrete and rapid setting cement.

Elizabeth Poblete, M.S. (Ph.D. Started Spring 2020)

Elizabeth (Bette) Poblete earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas in Spring 2019. Bette competed for the Arkansas Razorbacks Soccer team while she was an undergraduate. She earned her MS in Fall 2020. Bette’s M.S. research involved measuring the moisture content in mass timber panels in a dormitory on the University of Arkansas campus. She was awarded a University of Arkansas Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship for the duration of her Ph.D. program. Her Ph.D. work involves structural repair using rapid setting cements

Rilye Dillard, M.S. (Ph.D., Started Summer 2021)

Rilye Dillard graduated with her B.S. in civil engineering in the spring of 2019. Her MS thesis work involved microbially induced corrosion in concrete and was funded by the City of Fayetteville, AR. She earned her M.S. in the Spring of 2021. Rilye’s PhD work involves mixture proportioning with magnesium phosphate cement.

Behzad Farivar (Ph.D., Started Summer 2021)

Behzad comes to the UofA from Tabriz, Iran. He earned a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Tabriz in 2012 and 2014, respectively. Behzad’s Ph.D. work will involve investigating the properties of CSA cements cast in extreme temperatures. Specifically he will investigate retarders and accelerators and their influence on the physical properties of the resulting concrete.

Shuyah Ouoba (Ph.D., Started Fall 2021)

Shuyah graduated from the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with a BS in Water and Environmental engineering (2016) and a MS in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering (2019). She then earned another MS from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln in Civil Engineering in 2021. She is currently working on analyzing early-age strain data recorded in Arkansas bridge decks. The topic of her PhD dissertation is TBD.

Gabe Johnson (M.S., Started Summer 2021)

Gabe graduated from LaTourneau University in Longview, Texas in 2021 with a BS in Civil Engineering. He began his MS at the University of Arkansas in the summer of 2021 and is studying the stress-strain response of BCSA cement concrete as part of a project funded by the American Concrete Institute Concrete Research Council (ACI CRC).

Swikar Pyakurel (M.S., Started Fall 2022)

Swikar is from Kathmandu, Nepal. He earned his BS from UofA in 2019 and worked as an Engineering Intern for 3 years before returning to the university for a masters degree. His research involves Rapidly Deployable Bridges. Swikar’s hobbies include hiking, playing soccer and attending concerts.

Mariel Mayori Rivero (M.S. Started Fall 2022)

Mariel is originally from Bolivia. She earned her BS in Civil Engineering from The University of Arkansas in 2020. Her BS Honors Thesis involved investigation of the required amount of BCSA cement for rapid strength gain soil-cement mixtures. She began her MS in Fall of 2022 and her research will investigate the BCSA Soil-Cement to Repair Waterway Structures.

Micaiah Rivers (Started M.S. Fall 2022)

Cai is an MS student from Boston, Massachusetts. He earned his BS in civil engineering from Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio. Cai also worked as the men's soccer team manager at Cedarville. His research involves testing the effects of batch and placement size on the setting time and temperature response of BCSA cement concrete.

Amanda Dutra (M.S., Started Summer 2023)

Amanda is originally from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, but earned her BS in Civil Engineering from Christian Brothers University (CBU) in Memphis, TN, in Spring 2022. She played soccer at CBU while earning her degree. After working as a structural engineer for one year in the steel industry, she started pursuing her MS at the University of Arkansas in Summer 2023. Her research is about determining the properties of a special expansive cement, specifically, how the expansion affects the performance of prestressed concrete.