Jan Olek

Jan Olek is the James H. and Carol H. Cure Professor in Civil Engineering and Director of the North Central Superpave Center at Purdue University. He earned his Ph.D. from Purdue (1987) and M.S.C.E. degrees from Cracow Technical University and the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on concrete technology, including 3D-printed cementitious mortars, dielectric constant-based water-to-cement ratio determination, alkali-activated mortars, and sulfate resistance of carbonated calcium silica cements. He directs the Pankow Materials Laboratory and chairs ACI Committee 552.