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Carin L. Roberts-Wollmann

Professor and Associate Department Head
Carin L. Roberts-Wollmann
109B Patton Hall
Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061
Mail Code: (0105)

Program Area : Structural Engineering and Materials
Professional Registration : North Carolina (PE)

Area of Interest

Reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, Bridge design and construction

  • BS Civil Engineering - University of Nebraska- Lincoln-1983
  • MS Civil Engineering - University of Texas at Austin 1990
  • PhD Civil Engineering - University of Texas at Austin 1993
  • Bridge Design Engineer, Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, Raleigh, NC, 1996-1999
  • Construction Engineer, Austin Bridge Company, Dallas and San Antonio, TX, 1984-1987
  • G.V. Loganathan Award for Teaching 2016
  • Civil Engineering Alumni Board Award for Teaching Excellence 2009
  • VT College of Engineering Deans Award for Service 2014
  • PCI Fellow
  • ACI Fellow
  • VT College of Engineering Certificate of Teaching Excellence 2006-07
  • VT College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award 2004
  • PCI Young Educator Achievement Award 2006
  • CEE 3424 : Reinforced Concrete Structures I
  • CEE 5474 : Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design
  • CEE 6424 : Advanced Prestressed Concrete
  • CEE 5410 : Intermediate Reinforced Concrete Structures
  • CEE 5400 : Design of Prestressed Concrete
  • Evaluation of Residual Strength of Corrosion Damaged Prestressed Concrete Bridge Beams
  • Development of New Connection Details for Adjacent Member Bridges Using UHPC and VHPC
  • Live Load Testing of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Approach Spans
  • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Grids as Shear Reinforcement in Prestressed Beams
  • Development of an Inverted T-Beam System for Virginia
  • "Field Verification of Simplified Analysis Procedures for Segmental Concrete Bridges", ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Jan 2015
  • "The Use of Grade 300 Prestressing Strand in Pretensioned Prestressed Concrete Beams", PCI Journal, Jan/Feb 2017
  • "Multi-Span Members with Unbonded Tendons: Ultimate Strength Behavior", ACI Structural Journal, March/April 2016
  • "Investigation of the Effects of Transverse Bending in a Composite Inverted T-Beam Bridge System", ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering
  • "Live Load Distribution Factors for Composite Bridges with Precast Inverted T-Beams", ASCE Journal of Constructed Facilities, Dec 2016
  • "Repair of Damaged Prestressed Concrete Girders with FRP and FRCM" ASCE Journal of Composites in Construction