Matthew Adams
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- matthew.p.adams@njit.edu
- 973-596-3681
- 237 Colton Hall (COLT)
About Me
Dr. Adams received a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 2006 from the University of New Hampshire. He then received his M.S. and Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 2012 and 2016, respectively. He is a fellow of the American Concrete Institute and a member of ASTM International. He is currently an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at NJIT in Newark, NJ.
Education
Ph.D.; Oregon State University; Civil Engineering; 2015
B.S.; University of New Hampshire-Main Campus; Civil Engineering; 2015
Graduate Certificate; Oregon State University; College And University Teaching; 2014
M.S.; Oregon State University; Civil Engineering; 2012
Awards & Honors
2021 Excellence in Upper-Level Undergraduate Teaching Award, New Jersey Institute of Technology
2020 Richard P. Nathan Fellow, Rockefeller Institute for Technology
2020 Editor's Choice: ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers
2020 Best Presentation, Gordon Research Seminar Series
2019 ASTM Emerging Professional, ASTM, International
2019 Fellow, American Concrete Institute
2015 ACI Young Member Award for Professional Achievement, American Concrete Institute
2026 Fall Courses
CE 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
CE 491 - RESEARCH EXPER-CIVIL ENGR
CE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
CE 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CE 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CE 727 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH III
CE 465 - GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CIVIL ENGR
CE 490 - CIVIL ENGR PROJECTS
Teaching Interests
Civil engineering materials, composite materials, cement based materials, sustainable design, sustainability, information literacy, technical writing, concrete materials, concrete durability
Past Courses
CE 360: CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS
CE 360: SUSTAINABLE CIVIL ENGR MAT
CE 465: GREEN & SUSTAINABLE CIVIL ENGR
CE 702: SPECIAL TOPICS
CE 702: ST:CONCRETE DURABILITY
CE 703: CONCRETE DURABILITY
CE 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR
Research Interests
advanced cement based materials, corrosion, concrete durability, sustainable construction materials, construction methods, cement hydration, low carbon concrete, sustainable construction policy.
Journal Article
Shashank Gupta, Matthew P. Adams, Aaron Strand, Yan Zhang, Wei Huang, Matthew J. Bandelt, Hao Wang, Reza Moini. 2026. "Behavior and Design of Short Reinforced Ultra-High Performance Concrete Columns." Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 123, no. 115860, pp. 1-20.
Jin Fan, Aaron J Strand, Matthew J. Bandelt, Matthew P. Adams. 2025. "Numerical and Experimental Analysis of the Impact of Cracking and Chloride Concentrations on Corrosion in Steel-Reinforced Concrete." Journal of Materials in Civil Engienering, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 04025433.
Jin Fan, Wei Huang, Hao Wang, Matthew P. Adams, Matthew J. Bandelt. 2025. "Multi-Physics Simulation–Driven Assessment of Environmental and Cost Performance in Concrete and Ultra-high Performance (UHPC) Bridge Decks under Local Climate Effects." Engineering Structures, vol. 343B, no. 121029, pp. 1-13.
F. Oppong, M. M. Hasan, Oladoyin Kolawole, Matthew P. Adams. 2025. "Influence of permeability and strength of bentonite-based and low-carbon-based grouts on long-term wellbore integrity and sealing." Progress in Engineering Science, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 100068.
Noah A Thibodeaux, Md. Maruf Hassan, Matthew J. Bandelt, Matthew P. Adams. 2025. "Impact of Freeze-Thaw Cycling on the Mechanical and Durability Properties of Rapid Repair-Based Overlay Systems." Construction Materials, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-27.
Jin Fan, Yi Shao, Matthew J. Bandelt, Matthew P. Adams, Claudia P. Ostertag. 2024. "Sustainable Reinforced Concrete Design: The Role of Ultra-high Performance Concrete (UHPC) in Life-cycle Structural Performance and Environmental Impacts." Engineering Structures, vol. 316, no. 118585, pp. 1-12.
Jin Fan, Matthew P. Adams, Matthew J. Bandelt. 2024. "Meso-scale Numerical Study on Time-dependent Non-uniform Steel Corrosion Induced Damage in Recycled Aggregate Concrete Systems." ASCE Jouranl of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 04024064.
Oladoyin Kolawole, Rayan Hassane Assaad, Matthew P. Adams, M C Ngoma, A Anya, G Assaf. 2023. "Coupled Experimental Assessment and Machine Learning Prediction of Mechanical Integrity of MICP and Cement Paste as Underground Plugging Materials." Biogeotechnics, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 100020.
Yarden Rahamim, Isabel Zayas, Matthew P. Adams, Matthew J. Bandelt, Alva Peled. 2023. "Enhancements in Bond in Textile Reinforced Concrete: Experiments and Modeling." NanoWorld Journal, vol. 9, no. S2, pp. 121-124.
Maedeh Soleimanifar, Anuruddha Jayasuriya, Matthew P. Adams, Lucia Rodriguez Freire. 2022. "Leaching composition and associated microbial community of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA)." Hazardous Materials, vol. 442.
Jin Fan, Matthew P. Adams, Matthew J. Bandelt. 2022. "Predicting Corrosion in Reinforced UHPC Members through Time-Dependent Multi-Physics Numerical Simulation." Construction and Building Materials, vol. 340, pp. 1-19.
Anuruddha Jayasuriya, Matthew J. Bandelt, Matthew P. Adams. 2022. "Stochastic Mesoscopic Modeling of Concrete Systems Containing Recycled Concrete Aggregates using Monte Carlo Methods.." ACI Materials Journal, vol. 119, no. 2, pp. 3-18.
Anuruddha Jayasuriya, Matthew J. Bandelt, Matthew P. Adams. 2022. "Stochastic mesoscopic modeling of concrete systems containing recycled concrete aggregates using Monte Carlo methods." ACI Materials Journal.
Noah Thibodeaux, Daniel E Guerrero, Jose L Lopez, Matthew J. Bandelt, Matthew P. Adams. 2021. "Impact of Cold-Plasma Treatment of Plastic Fibers on Mechanical Properties of Concrete." Fibers / MDPI, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 1-21.
Anuruddha Jayasuriya, Emily S. Shibata, Tola Chen, Matthew P. Adams. 2021. "Development and Statistical Analysis of a Database of Hardened Concrete Properties Made with Recycled Concrete Aggregates." Journal of Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 164, pp. 105-121.
Matthew P. Adams, Jason H Ideker. 2020. "Using supplmentary cementitious materials to mitigate alkali-silica reaction in mortar bars made with recycled concrete aggregate." ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 32, no. 8.
Anuruddha Jayasuriya, Matthew P. Adams, Matthew J. Bandelt. 2020. "Generation and numerical analysis of random aggregate structures in recycled concrete aggregate systems." ASCE Jouranl of Materials in Civil Engineering, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 04020044.
Megan E. O'Neill, Matthew P. Adams, Matthew J. Bandelt, Siva P.V. Nadimpalli, Wenbo S. Cai, Shawn A. Chester. 2019. "Cohort Learning Supporting transdisciplinary communication and problem solving skills in graduate STEM researchers." International Journal of Teaching and Learning.
Megan E. O'Neill, Matthew P. Adams, Matthew J. Bandelt, Shawn A. Chester, Wenbo S. Cai, Siva P.V. Nadimpalli. 2019. "Cohort Learning: Supporting Transdisciplinary Communication and Problem-Solving Skills in Graduate STEM Researchers." International Journal of Teaching and Learning, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 166-175.
Bryce D. Fiore, Kenneth Gerrow, Matthew P. Adams, Jennifer E. Tanner. 2018. "Variability in the Accelerated Mortar Bar Test for Testing Alkali-Silica Reaction in Recycled Concrete Aggregate." ACI Materials Journal/American Concrete Institute, vol. 115, no. 4, pp. 531-540.
Anuruddha Jayasuriya, Matthew P. Adams, Matthew J. Bandelt. 2018. "Understanding variability in recycled aggregate concrete mechanical properties through numerical simulation and statistical evaluation." Construction and Building Materials, vol. 178, pp. 301-312.
B Fiore, K Gerrow, Matthew P. Adams, Jennifer E Tanner. 2018. "Accelerated mortar bar test for precision with recycled concrete aggregates." .
Matthew P. Adams, Rachael D. Lute, Edward G. Moffatt, Jason H. Ideker. 2018. "Evaluation of a Procedure for Determining the Converted Strength of Calcium Aluminate Cement Concrete." ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation/ASTM International, vol. 100, pp. 284-296.
Matthew P. Adams, Jason H. Ideker. 2017. "Influence of aggregate type on conversion and strength in calcium aluminate cement concrete." Cement and Concrete Research/Elsevier, vol. 100, pp. 284-296.
Matthew P. Adams, Tengfei Fu, Adal Guerra Cabrera, Monica Morales, Jason H. Ideker, O. Burkan Isgor. 2015. "Cracking susceptibility of Concrete Made with Coarse Recycled Concrete Aggregates." Journal of Construction and Building Materials, vol. 102, no. 1, pp. 802-810.
Matthew P. Adams, Angela Jones, Sean Beauchemin, Robert Johnson, Benoit Fournier, Medhat Shehata, Jennifer E. Tanner, Jason H. Ideker. 2013. "Applicability of the ASTM C1260 Accelerated Mortar Bar Test for Alkali-Silica Reactivity Testing of Recycled Concrete Aggregates." Advances in Civil Engineering Materials/ASTM International, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 78-96.
Conference Proceeding
"Assessing the Effectiveness of the Rapid Chloride Permeability Test for Fiber Reinforced Concrete: A Comparative Study with Long-Term Chloride Diffusion Test"
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Durability and Sustainability of Concrete Structures, September, 2025.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Durability and Sustainability of Concrete Structures, September, 2025.
"Evaluating Analytical Expression Prediction Accuracy for Low-Carbon Concrete Mechanical Properties"
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Durability and Sustainability of Concrete Structures, September, 2025.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Durability and Sustainability of Concrete Structures, September, 2025.
"Evaluating Low Carbon Concrete Systems: Analyzing Mechanical and Durability Performance for Sustainable Engineering Construction"
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Durability and Sustainability of Concrete Structures, September, 2025.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Durability and Sustainability of Concrete Structures, September, 2025.
"Aggregate impacts on chemistry, conversion, and strength in calcium aluminate cement concrete systems"
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2022.
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2022.
"Electric resistivity testing method to assess conversion in calcium aluminate cement concrete"
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2022.
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2022.
"Impact of conversion on drying shrinkage of calcium aluminate cement systems"
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2022.
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2022.
"Use of high ettringite producing ternary blend systems for use in thermochemical energy storage"
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2022.
July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2022.
"Meso-scale Simulation of Non-Uniform Steel Corrosion Induced Damaged in Recycled Aggregate Ductile Concrete"
Proceedings of Computational Modeling of Concrete and Concrete Structures (EURO-C 2022), May, 2022.
Proceedings of Computational Modeling of Concrete and Concrete Structures (EURO-C 2022), May, 2022.
"Multi-physics Simulation of Steel Corrosion in Reinforced UHPC Beam under Coupled Sustained Loading and Chloride Attack"
Proceedings of Computational Modeling of Concrete and Concrete Structures (EURO-C 2022), May, 2022.
Proceedings of Computational Modeling of Concrete and Concrete Structures (EURO-C 2022), May, 2022.
"Finite Element Simulation of Mechanical-Electrochemical Coupling Effect of Steel Corrosion in Concrete Structures"
Proceedings of fib Symposium 2021, June, 2021.
Proceedings of fib Symposium 2021, June, 2021.
"Prediction of mechanical properties of concrete made with recycled concrete aggregates using statistical analysis of data available in literature"
Springer, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2020.
Springer, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2020.
"Estimation of compressive strength performance trends of recycled concrete aggregate systems through a statistical database analysis"
Bridge Engineering Institute, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
Bridge Engineering Institute, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
"Methods for promoting conversion and determining converted strength of calcium aluminate cement concrete"
Bridge Engineering Institute, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
Bridge Engineering Institute, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
"Estimation of compressive strength performance trends of recycled concrete aggregate systems through a statistical "
Bridge Engineering Institute, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
Bridge Engineering Institute, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
"Methods for promoting conversion and determining converted strength of calcium aluminate cement concrete"
Bridge Engineering Institute, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
Bridge Engineering Institute, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2019.
"Simulation of Cracking Susceptibility in Recycled Concrete Aggregate Systems"
Proceedings of Computational Modeling of Concrete and Concrete Structures (EURO-C 2018), February, 2018.
Proceedings of Computational Modeling of Concrete and Concrete Structures (EURO-C 2018), February, 2018.
"A review on using calcined clays to mitigate alkali-silica reaction"
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction/Instituto Brasiliero do Concreto, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2016.
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction/Instituto Brasiliero do Concreto, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2016.
"Re-evaluation of testing parameters in the accelerated mortar bar test"
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction/Instituto Brasiliero do Concreto, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2016.
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction/Instituto Brasiliero do Concreto, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2016.
"A Preliminary Study on Calcium Aluminate Cement Concrete Maturity Theory in Predicting Conversion"
The 14th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2015.
The 14th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2015.
"Pore Solution Chemistry of Calcium Aluminate Cement Systems Undergoing Accelerated Conversion"
The 14th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2015.
The 14th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2015.
"Volume Stability of Calcium Aluminate Cement and Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement Systems"
Calcium Aluminates: Proceedings of the International Conference/ IHS BRE Press, May, 2014.
Calcium Aluminates: Proceedings of the International Conference/ IHS BRE Press, May, 2014.
"Applicability of Standard Alkali-Silica Reactivity Testing Methods for Recycled Concrete Aggregate"
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction, May, 2012.
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction, May, 2012.
Chapter
M. M. Hasan, F. Oppong, Matthew P. Adams, Oladoyin Kolawole. "Evaluation of Engineering Properties of Portland Limestone Cement-Based Systems and Their Application for Underground Infrastructure." In M.S. Beauregard, A.S. Budge , eds., "Geotechnical Frontiers 2025: Geotechnical Infrastructure," pp. 363-371. American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025.
Magazine/Trade Publication
"The Importance of Using Sustainable Aggregates"
Engineering News Record: Online Edition / BNP Media, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2016.
Engineering News Record: Online Edition / BNP Media, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2016.
"Concrete Recycling: RCA’s Better Picture"
Roads and Bridges Magazine, February, 2012.
Roads and Bridges Magazine, February, 2012.
Technical Report
"Mass Concrete in Drilled Shafts: A Synthesis Report"
New Jersey Department of Transportation, December, 2015.
New Jersey Department of Transportation, December, 2015.