Group updates
HRC Designer 4.3
September 3, 2026
Version 4.3 is out as a free Windows installer. It runs on the MATLAB Runtime, so no MATLAB license is needed, and the user manual is at hrcdesigner.com.
Limit-state design of hybrid reinforced UHPC beams
2026
Published in Engineering Structures 357, 122353, together with the companion Python package parametric-uhpc.
RILEM Spring Convention and the UHPC Symposium
2026
Two papers on the design of textile reinforced concrete at the RILEM Spring Convention 2026, and two on reinforced UHPC beams and rural bridge decks at the Fourth International Interactive Symposium on UHPC.
Press coverage
Fiber-reinforced concrete cuts time, cost on light-rail project
Civil Engineering magazine, ASCE, April 2024
Article authored by Prof. Mobasher on how substituting FRC for steel-reinforced track slabs on the Valley Metro expansion cut construction time by nearly 60%.
ASU-designed fiber-reinforced concrete speeds up Phoenix rapid transit construction
ASU News, May 22, 2023
The collaboration with Valley Metro and Kiewit-McCarthy that replaced double-layer rebar with steel FRC track slabs on the light rail northwest extension.
Rebar is out, fiber is in: Valley Metro finishes light rail slabs for the latest extension
KJZZ, Phoenix NPR, May 25, 2023
Radio feature quoting Prof. Mobasher on FRC maturity, cost, carbon, and worker safety benefits.
A 6-month road repair that only takes 10 days, at a fraction of the cost?
ASU News, March 11, 2025
UHPC developed with ADOT and Maricopa County DOT compresses a six-month bridge repair into ten days.
ASU is Redefining Concrete Infrastructure in Arizona
Highways Today, April 21, 2025
Industry piece on ASU UHPC and FRC work with ADOT, including repairing ten bridges for the time and budget one used to require.
Innovations in light rail expansion: How fiber-reinforced concrete enters the mix
The Arizona State Press, February 2024
Student press feature on the FRC design used in the Valley Metro light rail expansion and the two-million-cycle fatigue validation.
Fibre-reinforced Concrete speeds up Metro Phoenix Light Rail Extension Construction
Highways Today, May 24, 2023
Trade press pickup crediting the materials upgrade proposal from the group for the rebar-free FRC track slabs.
Engineering low-carbon building materials
ASU News, May 10, 2024
ASU work on lower-carbon concrete, featuring research from the group on reducing cement use and the carbon footprint of infrastructure.
Speeding up construction
ASU News, October 18, 2019
Fiber reinforced concrete research aimed at saving time and money on construction, after three decades studying composite concrete materials.
Engineering students still learning from collapse of World Trade Center
ASU News, September 8, 2021
How Prof. Mobasher uses the World Trade Center collapse as a case study in his steel structures design course.
Italian highway collapse spurs closer look at other bridge systems
ASU News, August 17, 2018
Expert commentary on the Genoa Morandi bridge collapse and what it means for inspection and maintenance of aging bridges.
Building a foundation for a better world
ASU News, April 20, 2016
Profile of the fiber and textile reinforced concrete research program and its work through ACI committees.
Materials research builds foundation for a better world
Fulton Schools Full Circle, 2016
Fulton Schools faculty feature on taking concrete research from the lab into ACI working groups.
Mobasher becomes Fellow of American Concrete Institute
Fulton Schools Full Circle, 2009
Announcement of his selection as ACI Fellow for contributions to concrete materials education, research, and design.
ASU lab working on more sustainable concrete
FOX 10 Phoenix, September 2023