Nishant Garg
Profile Information
- Name
- Prof. Nishant Garg
- Institution
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Position
- Assistant Professor
- h-Index
- 7
- ORCID
- 0000-0001-9292-8364
- Biography
- <p>Dr. Nishant Garg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his Ph.D. in nanoscience at Aarhus University, Denmark in 2015. Afterwards, he pursued postdoctoral research (2016-2018) at Princeton University. His research interests revolve around developing novel, low-carbon cements and understanding their chemistry and fundamental behavior. </p>
- Expertise
- Cement, Characterization, Clays, Concrete, Fly Ashes, Neutron Scattering, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Xray PDF, X-ray Scattering
NSUF Articles:
| RTE 1st Call Awards Announced - Projects total approximately $1.4 million These projects will continue to advance the understanding of irradiation effects in nuclear fuels and materials in support of the mission of the DOE-NE. Friday, February 8, 2019 - Calls and Awards |
| Department of Energy Nuclear Science User Facilities Awards 29 Rapid Turnaround Experiment Proposals - Awarded projects total nearly $1.14M in access awards Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - News Release, Calls and Awards |
Accomplishments
NSUF Supported Research
Changes in mechanical and chemical-structural properties of gamma irradiated calcium silicate hydrates to an absorbed dose of 189 MGy with respect to pristine samples subjected to the same temperature history ProposalNew - FY 2021 RTE 1st Call, #21-4276
Changes in mechanical and chemical-structural properties of gamma irradiated calcium silicate hydrates to an absorbed dose of 200 MGy with respect to pristine samples - FY 2019 RTE 1st Call, #19-1636