Xianming (Shane) Shi
Professor & Chair of Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering
Affiliated Professor, Chemical, Environmental & Materials Engineering Department
Director, Sustainable Materials and Resilient Infrastructure (SMARIN) Group
Public Records
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Education
🎓 Ph.D., Polymer Chemistry, 1999 – Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
🎓 M.S., Industrial & Management Engineering, 2002 – Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
🎓 M.S., Applied Chemistry, 1996 – Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
🎓 B.S., Corrosion & Protection, 1993 – Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
Biography
Dr. Shi is a professor and the Chair of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Miami. In 2020, he was elected a Fellow of ASCE, for his significant contributions to civil engineering research, teaching and professional service; in particular, his research has resulted in mechanistic understanding of how nanoscience and nanoengineering can benefit infrastructure durability and enable sustainability. Two of his research projects won the AASHTO 2016 Sweet Sixteen High Value Research Award and the AASHTO 2020 High Value Research Supplemental Award, respectively. One of his research projects won the ITS America 2007 Best Return on Investment Award.
Dr. Shi is ranked top 1% (No. 178) among all the scholars in the field of Building & Construction, based on the career-long impact data published by Stanford University and Elsevier in 2024. His research contributions include 180+ journal articles, several books, several patents, and numerous other publications, with H-index of 57 and more than 12,000 citations by peers. He is a winner of the Environmental Leadership Award by the 2021 Salt Symposium, the 2020 Most Cited Paper Award by the Resources, Conservation & Recycling journal, the 2011-2012 Best Paper Award by ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, and 2012 & 2013 Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence. His research has been widely covered in national and regional media, including NPR, Time, USA Today, Washington Times, Scientific American, Science Daily, CBS News, Seattle Times, etc.
Dr. Shi is a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors and his work has been sponsored by National Science Foundation, USDA, USDOE, USDOT, more than 20 state departments of transportation (DOTs) and their consortia, FHWA, NCHRP, ACRP, Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington State Department of Commerce, and the private sector, and his extramural funding has totaled more than $25 million as principal investigator and more than $2 million as co-principal investigator. One of his patents has been licensed, another granted and several more in review.
Certifications
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Montana, License No. 16066, 2007-present.
Professional Experience
December 2024 - present Professor (secondary appointment), Chemical, Environmental & Materials Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
August 2024 - present Professor & Chair, Civil & Architectural Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
August 2024 - present Adjoint Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2024 - present Advisor, CarbonSilvanus Company, Pullman, WA
2023 - 2024 Affiliate Professor, Mater. Sci. Eng. Program, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2023 - 2024, Site Director, USDOT Region 10 University Transportation Center: The Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans)
2023 - 2024, Site Director, USDOT Environmentally Responsible Transportation Center for Communities of Concern
2021 - 2024 Chair, Civil & Environmental Eng. Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2021 - 2024 Director, Washington State Transportation Center, Pullman, WA
2020 - 2024 Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2019 - 2020 Site Director, USDOT Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates (CESTiCC), WSU-Pullman
2017 - 2018 Visiting Guest Professor, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China
2016 - 2023 Site Director, USDOT Center for Advanced Multimodal Mobility Solutions and Education (CAMMSE), WSU-Pullman
2014 - 2020 Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2013 - 2014, Site Director, USDOT Center for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation in Cold Climates (CESTiCC), MSU-Bozeman
2009 - 2010 Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2007 - 2014 Associate Research Professor/Research Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2005 - 2014 Program Manager, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2002 - 2005 Research Aid/Associate/Scientist, Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Spring 2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1999-2001 Graduate Research Assistant, NSF Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Honors and Awards - Selected
Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors, elected in Feb. 2024
Environmental Leadership Award, The 2021 Salt Symposium award committee
Top 1% of scholars in the field of Building & Construction, based on “career-long impact”, 2021
The 2020 Most Cited Paper Award, by “Journal of Infrastructure Preservation & Resilience”
The 2020 Most Cited Paper Award, by the “Resources, Conservation & Recycling” journal
ASCE Publishing’s 2020 Editor’s Choice Paper
Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), elected effective July 1, 2020
AASHTO 2020 High Value Research Supplementary Award, Principal Investigator.
Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Award, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, 2024.
Outstanding Scholarship Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, 2024
Outstanding Researcher Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, 2017, and then 2019
2017 Leon Luck Most Effective Professor Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University
AASHTO 2016 Sweet Sixteen High Value Research Project, Co-Principal Investigator.
2016 ASCE ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Teaching Fellow, selected by the ASCE Committee on Faculty Development
Highly Commended Award at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence, 2013 & 2012
Best Paper (2011-2012), “ASCE Journal of Cold Regions Engineering.”
Best Return on Investment Award (2007), ITS America, Principal Investigator
Outstanding Research Award, College of Engineering, Montana State University, 2005
Invited to join Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) at Montana State University, Fall 2001
Honorary Citizenship, City of Bozeman, MT, 2000
Outstanding Student, Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology, 1992 – 1993
Outstanding Reviewer of 2020, ASCE “Journal of Cold Regions Engineering”
Top 1 Per Cent of Peer Reviewers in Cross-Field, awarded by Publons, 2019
Excellent Reviewer in 2018 for the Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
Outstanding Reviewer, “Cement and Concrete Composites”, awarded in 2018
Outstanding Reviewer, “Progress in Organic Coatings”, awarded in 2018
Top 1 Per Cent of Peer Reviewers in Materials Science, awarded by Publons, 2018 & 2017
Top 1 Per Cent of Peer Reviewers in Engineering, awarded by Publons, 2018 & 2017
</p>Outstanding Reviewer, “Cold Regions Science and Technology”, awarded in 2017</p>
Outstanding Reviewer, Construction and Building Materials, awarded in 2015
Certificate of Scholarly Achievement, The Friends of Montana State University Library, 2013
Outstanding Reviewer, CORROSION 2013 Symposium, Orlando, FL.
Research Interests
- Construction of smart cities and sustainable built environments: g., multifunctional coatings and admixtures, recycling and valorization of industrial byproducts and wastes, permeable pavements, and nanotechnology for civil infrastructure and connected infrastructure
- Materials science for circular economy and for construction, preservation and resilience of transportation infrastructure
- Durable, sustainable, and smart pavements, e.g., multi-scale engineering and characterization, preservation and rehabilitation techniques, self-healing concrete, coatings, and functional layers
Technical Interests
- Durable & Sustainable Pavements and Bridges
- Concrete Durability
- Corrosion of Metals
- Construction Materials
- Sustainable Winter Road Operations
- Nanotechnology for Civil Engineers
Teaching Interests
- Concrete Durability
- Corrosion of Metals
- Infrastructure Preservation & Rehabilitation
- Low-carbon Infrastructure Materials
- Sustainable Pavements & Bridges
- Highway Materials Engineering
- Construction Materials
​Press Release
Call for papers by the Journal of Infrastructure Preservation & Resilience (Springer Nature)