Kevin J Folliard, PhD

Dr. Kevin J. Folliard is a Professor and Austin Industries Endowed Teaching Fellow in the Department of Civil, Archictectural, and Environmental Engineer at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has been on the faculty since 1999.  Prior to this, Dr. Folliard was an Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware from 1997-1999 and a Senior Research Engineer at W.R. Grace & Co. from 1995-1997.  Dr. Folliard received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1995.  His main research interest is in the area of the durability of portland cement concrete and he teaches course related to civil engineering materials, concrete technology, and concrete durability. 

Dr. Folliard is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and he received the ACI Young Member Award for Professional Achievement in 2003 and the ACI Wason Medal for Materials Research in 2010 and 2014.  Dr. Folliard received the Ervin S. Perry Student Appreciation Award four times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2009) while at the University of Texas at Austin, and he also received the College of Engineering Award for Outstanding Teaching by an Assistant Professor in 2004.  In 2013, Dr. Folliard was honored with the highest teaching award given by the University of Texas System, the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.

Dr. Folliard has been the Principal Investigator on over $15 million in research projects while on the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, primarily in the area of concrete durability (especially ASR) and in more recent years on the use of alternative binders for rapid repair applications.  Dr. Folliard has authored or co-authored over 150 technical publications in his career, including more than 65 refereed journal papers.