Nicolas Ali Libre

Associate Teaching Professor STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Ph.D., civil engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

Scholarly Focus, Teaching or Research Areas

Teaching innovations and educational technologies; computational mechanics and applied mathematics; advanced composite materials

Honors or Awards

• Provost’s eFellows Grant Program Recipient, S&T

• Educational Research Grant Recipient, Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence, S&T

• UM System President’s Award for Innovative Teaching

• FTTC Teaching with Technology Award, UMSL

• Faculty Achievement Award, S&T

• Joseph H. Senne Jr. Academy of Civil Engineers Faculty Teaching and Service Achievement Award, S&T

Selected Academic Activities or Research Projects

• Development and Evaluation of an Early Alert System to Identify Academically At-Risk Students,” Educational Research Grant, S&T Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence

• Develop, Implement, Assess, and Disseminate Entrepreneurially Minded Modules in Mechanics of Materials,” Awarded by Lawrence Technological University and KEEN Partners

• Roller Compacted Concrete for Rapid Pavement Construction, Co-PI, MoDOT

Selected Publications and Presentations

Abolhasani, A., Samali, B., Dehestani, M., Libre, N.A., “Effect of Rice Husk Ash on Mechanical Properties, Fracture Energy, Brittleness, and Aging of Calcium Aluminate Cement Concrete,” Structure, 36, pp. 140-152, 2022.

Libre, N.A., “Grade Prediction Model Using Regression Analysis: An Implementation in Engineering Mechanics,” ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2022.

Sabbaghi A., Sadeghi-Nik, A., Libre, N.A., Nasrollahpour, S., “Characterizing Fiber Reinforced Concrete Incorporating Zeolite and Metakaolin as Natural Pot Loans,” Structures, 34, pp. 2617-2627, 2021.