Cameron Murray

I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Arkansas. I received my B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2012 and 2014, then I went to the University of Oklahoma for my Ph.D. from 2014-2017.

I am interested in all kinds of concrete research, primarily I have focused on prestressed concrete and rapid setting cement.

Behzad Farivar (Ph.D., Started Summer 2021)

Behzad comes to the UofA from Tabriz, Iran. He earned a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Tabriz in 2012 and 2014, respectively. Behzad’s Ph.D. work will involve investigating the properties of CSA cements cast in extreme temperatures. Specifically he will investigate retarders and accelerators and their influence on the physical properties of the resulting concrete.

Shuyah Ouoba (Ph.D., Started Fall 2021)

Shuyah graduated from the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with a BS in Water and Environmental engineering (2016) and a MS in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering (2019). She then earned another MS from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln in Civil Engineering in 2021. She is currently working on analyzing early-age strain data recorded in Arkansas bridge decks. The topic of her PhD dissertation is TBD.

Gabe Johnson (Ph.D., Started Summer 2021)

Gabe graduated from LaTourneau University in Longview, Texas in 2021 with a BS in Civil Engineering. He began his MS at the University of Arkansas in the summer of 2021 and is studying the stress-strain response of BCSA cement concrete as part of a project funded by the American Concrete Institute Concrete Research Council (ACI CRC).

Amanda Dutra (M.S., Started Summer 2023)

Amanda is originally from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, but earned her BS in Civil Engineering from Christian Brothers University (CBU) in Memphis, TN, in Spring 2022. She played soccer at CBU while earning her degree. After working as a structural engineer for one year in the steel industry, she started pursuing her MS at the University of Arkansas in Summer 2023. Her research is about determining the properties of a special expansive cement, specifically, how the expansion affects the performance of prestressed concrete.

Emaduddin Ahmad (M.S. Started Fall 2024)

Ahmad is from Bhairahawa, Nepal. He graduated with a BS in Civil Engineering from Tribhuvan University in 2022 and started his MS at the University of Arkansas in the Fall of 2024. He is working on a project sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) focusing on accelerating the concrete mix design and approval process. He likes playing video games and watching movies.

Adhish Paudel (M.S., Started Fall 2024)

Adhish earned a BS in Civil Engineering from Tribhuvan University in Nepal in 2022 and began his master's program at the University of Arkansas in Fall 2024. His research focuses on positioning BCSA for full-scale implementation in highway structures. Outside of academics, he enjoys running and playing soccer.

Dimitri Tsirmpas (M.S., Started Spring 2025)

Dimitri is from Athens, Greece and graduated in 2019 from Harding University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and again in 2023 with a M.S in Information Systems. After working in the software project management world for 4 years and completing a year-long service in the Greek military, Dimitri is pursuing a M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas, while working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help streamline their concrete mix design approval process. His hobbies include playing soccer, basketball, and reading.