Thanos Drimalas, PhD

Thano Drimalas is a Research Associate in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. He received his BS, MS, and PhD in Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 2003, 2004, and 2007, respectively. He has been a concrete researcher for over 20 years and was awarded the 2015 ACI Wason Medal for Materials Research and an ACI Fellow in 2023. Thano Drimalas is a member of ACI Committees 201, Durability of Concrete; 301, Specifications for Concrete Construction; 321, Concrete Durability Code, and 350C-00, Environmental Engineering Concrete Structure Code. He is also a member of American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) C01 and C09 He is Chair of ASTM C09.50 Aggregate Reactions and is on the C09 Executive Committee. He is an internationally recognized expert in concrete durability, particularly alkali-silica reaction (ASR) and sulfate attack. He is also an expert in the use of supplementary cementitious materials in concrete with the goal of reducing concrete’s carbon footprint.