Conductive Cold Weather Concrete

Status: Completed June 2021 

Funding Agency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

Project Abstract: An emerging technology for deicing and anti-icing of roadways and pavements involves the use of a thin layer of electrically conductive concrete. This layer, when given a power source, can generate adequate heat to prohibit ice formation on a pavement. This is important during the winter for airfields and runways to ensure safety and low maintenance costs to keep snow and ice from forming. While this technology could improve the life of a pavement during the winter season, it has not been proven to be placed in a winter season. This project will consist of developing conductive cold weather concrete that allows placement during sub-freezing temperatures and will continue to be used as a durable deicing pavement through its lifetime. 

Rowan Principal Ivestigator: Dr. Gilson Lomboy, PhD

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