Dr. Nabil Grace Announcements
Upcoming Workshop in Japan
US -Japan Workshop on Life Cycle Assesment of Sustainable Infastructure Materials

Oct. 21-22 Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan

Visit the site and read more
Beam Test Videos
On Friday, April 24, 2009 two demonstrations of prestressed box beam bridge failures were held at the Center for Innovative Materials Research (CIMR) on the campus of Lawrence Tech...see the video
Solving the Pothole Epidemic
One of Dr. Grace's many projects includes carbon fibers and how they could potentially replace some of the steel rebars in roads and bridges...Read more (featured in metromode)
CIMR was featured on Modern Marvels
Dr. Nabil Grace and CIMR were featured on the History Channel's Modern Marvels...see the video
In the News:
Grace awarded $800,000 grant for military testing...Read More
CIMR Dedication Photos
See the Gallery
CIMR Video Tour
See the Video
Press Release
Press Release about the Center for Innovative Materials Research...here
Congresswoman Candice Miller successfully sponsored an amendment to the National Highway Bridge Reconstruction Act which directs the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the cost benefit of using carbon fiber composite materials in bridge replacement projects. 

Read More and see Video from the House Floor

 

 

 

 

Nabil F. Grace Ph.D, PE
 

Chair and University Distinguished Professor, Civil Engineering Department
Director, Center for Innovative Materials Research

Lawrence Technological University
21000 West Ten Mile Road Southfield, MI 48075

248.204.2556 p
248.204.2568 f
nabil@ltu.edu 


Welcome to NabilGrace.com

Dr. Grace received his Ph.D. from the University of Windsor, Ontario. His specialization is Structural Engineering. Dr. Grace is the Director of the Center for Innovative Materials Research (CIMR) at Lawrence Tech University. This facility is primarily devoted to the investigation of the use of composite materials in concrete structural applications. His research interests include application of carbon fiber composites to structural engineering, assessment of dynamic behavior of composite automobile components, environmentally dependent behavior of composites, and infrastructure rehabilitation using composite materials. His research activities have been implemented in the design and construction documents of the first CFRP prestressed bridge in the USA.

Dr. Grace was recently featured in the April issue of Metromode ...more


Michigan Leadership Visits Dr. Nabil Grace and CIMR

 

The Honorable Carl Levin, Senator

 

The Honorable Debbie Stabenow, Senator

The Honorable Jennifer Granholm, Governor

 

The Honorable Sander Levin, Congressman

The Honorable Joe Knollenberg, Congressman

 

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