Florence Sanchez

Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Office: Room 282, Jacobs Hall
Address:

Vanderbilt University
VU Station B-35 1831
Nashville, TN 37235-1831

Phone: 615/322-5135
Fax: 615/322-3365
Email: florence.sanchez@vanderbilt.edu
Homepage: people.vanderbilt.edu/~florence.sanchez
 
 
     

Professor Sanchez specializes in multi-scale experiments and modeling of the durability and performance of nano-structured, composite, cement-based materials under various environmental conditions, mechanical stresses, and weathering forces; nanomodification of cementitious materials; and fate and transport of contaminants in porous media.


Education:

Ph.D. National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), Lyon (France)
(Env. Engineering - Waste Sciences & Techniques), 1996
M.S. National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), Lyon (France)
(Env. Engineering - Waste Sciences & Techniques), 1992
B.S. National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), Lyon (France)
(Energy Engineering), 1992

Research Interests:

  • Multiscale performance and durability of nano-structured cement-based materials under various environmental conditions, mechanical stresses, and chemical attacks
  • Nanomodification of cement-based composites
  • Molecular dynamics modeling at interfaces
  • Modeling of transport processes with chemical reactions in porous media

       



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