John S Popovics

Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

The Grainger College of Engineering

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

John S Popovics is currently serving as a Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor at Uiuc.

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John S Popovics

UIUC

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civil engineering structural concrete structural testing engineering structural engineering structural health monitoring structural safety concrete technology mechanical engineering engineering structures construction materials ultrasound structural performance mechanical testing vibrations construction engineering nondestructive testing cement-based construction material structural analysis ultra-high-performance concrete fracture mechanics stress wave structural vibrations mechanics of materials crack formation materials science highway pavements dynamic crack propagation bridge engineering surface waves cementation mechanical science power ultrasound laser ultrasound impact loading seismic analysis acoustic sensors structural integrity concrete structures damage mechanism first name higher education engineering acoustic non-contact sensing corrosion technology stem education acoustic microscopy higher education teaching ultrasonic tomography stressstrain analysis impact (mechanics) wave propagation ultrasonic wave reflection computational imaging educational strategies low-cycle fatigue acoustic cavitation reinforced concrete expansive characteristics nonlinear analysis geophysical prospecting bridge design structural reliability stress waves geoenvironmental engineering precision engineering college english ultrasonic pulses air-coupled impact-echo crack healing water permeability cracked concrete concrete bridge deck wave velocity concrete infrastructure reclaimed asphalt pavement construction technology non-destructive evaluation

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Case Study: Integration of Python Programming in a Civil Engineering Laboratory Course. (2025)

John PopovicsYiming NiuSotiria Koloutsou-VakakisKarthik PattajeJacob Henschen

engineering educationprogramming languagescomputing educationsoftware engineering educationcase studiescomputer scienceprogram comprehensioneducationsoftware engineeringprogramming language teachingstem educationprogramming methodology

Local Resonances in Free and Continuous Welded Rails. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (2025)

Yuning WuKeping ZhangXiangdong HePeng ZhangRanting CuiJohn S. PopovicsXuan Zhu

welding processstructural engineeringengineering structuresengineering scienceengineeringlocal resonancesstructural mechanicsmechanical engineering

Novel Method to Evaluate 3-D Printed Concrete Quality Using Ultrasonic Scatter Energy Techniques. Nondestructive Testing And Evaluation (2025)

Eunjong AhnSeongho HanMyoungsu ShinKamal H. KhayatJohn S. Popovics

structural engineeringultrasoundcivil engineeringstructural health monitoringengineeringnovel methodconstruction materialscement-based construction materialstructural concreteconcrete technologypower ultrasound3d printingstructural testing

Surveying Civil Engineering Student Attitudes Toward the Use of Computational Tools. (2025)

Sotiria Koloutsou-VakakisMegan MatthewsJacob HenschenJohn PopovicsAshlynn StillwellCheryl Cohen

civil engineering studentengineering educationdesigncomputational toolscomputing educationsoftware engineering educationhigher educationeducationlearning analyticscomputational literacyundergraduate research

Board 395: Supporting Stem Faculty in Adopting and Adapting Writing Pedagogies. (2024)

Bruce KovanenPaul PriorJohn GallagherCelia ElliottJohn PopovicsS. CooperJulie Zilles

engineering educationteacher educationeducational strategiesboard 395stem facultyfaculty professional developmenthigher educationeducationcommunication skillswriting instructionprofessional developmentstem educationwriting assessmenthigher education teaching

Data-Driven Prediction of Rail Neutral Temperature for Continuously Welded Rails Using Impulse-Based Vibration Frequencies. NDT & E International (2024)

Chi-Luen HuangSangmin LeeJohn S. Popovics

vibration controlstructural health monitoringengineeringstructural analysisrail neutral temperaturestructural safetyimpulse-based vibration frequenciesstructural vibrationsdata-driven predictionvibrationsmechanical engineering

Development of a Community of Practice for Rethinking Best Practices in Post-Covid Experiential Learning. (2024)

Holly GoleckiRebecca ReckChristopher SchmitzKatherine AnsellJessica TerBushJohn Popovics

learning sciencesengineering educationexperiential learningdesigneducational strategieslearning environmentsremote teachinghigher educationeducationdesign copdistance educationbest practicesproblem solvingstudent learning

Evaluation of Non-Destructive Impact-Echo Data From the National Bridge Inventory. Developments in the Built Environment (2024)

Johannes F. ScherrChristian U. GrosseJohn S. Popovics

infrastructure engineeringscientific datanondestructive testingimpact-echo mapscivil engineeringstructural health monitoringdata qualitynational bridge inventorydata acquisitionbridge engineeringdata managementstructural testingstatistics

Influence of Moisture on the Diffusion of Ultrasound in Concrete. Ultrasonics (2024)

Eunjong AhnHomin SongMyoungsu ShinJohn S Popovics

ultrasoundcivil engineeringacoustic cavitationcement-based construction materialstructural concreteconcrete technologysoundmechanical engineering

Local Resonances for Rail Neutral Temperature Estimation: Simulation and Experiment. (2024)

Yuning WuKeping ZhangPeng ZhangJohn S. PopovicsXuan Zhu

calibrationengineeringlocal resonancesphysicsvibrations