Thomaida Polydorou holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University (KSU), U.S.A (2014). Originally granted an athletic scholarship (Track and Field) to attend KSU as an undergraduate student (BSc-2009), she continued her studies in the field of structural engineering and materials (MSc-2011), and was sponsored by the Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) to investigate bonding characteristics of prestressing steel in cementitious materials, for determination of acceptance criteria for prestressing strand in pretensioned applications.

 

Peer Reviewed in International Journals

  1. Thomaida Polydorou, Kyle A. Riding, Robert J. Peterman. 2016. “Interlaboratory Study of the Standard Test Method for Evaluating Bond of Seven-Wire Steel Prestressing Strand (ASTM A1081)” PCI Journal 61 (4): 53-64
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  2. Kyle A. Riding, Robert J. Peterman, Thomaida Polydorou. 2016. “Establishment of Minimum Acceptance Criterion for Strand Bond as Measured by ASTM A1081.”PCI Journal 61 (3): 86-103
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Peer Reviewed in International Conferences

  1. Thomaida Polydorou, Kyle A. Riding, Robert J. Peterman – PCI/NBC National Harbor, MD 2014 – “Interlaboratory Study for ASTM A1081 Standard Test Method for Evaluating Bond of Seven-Wire Steel Prestressing Strand”
  2. Thomaida Polydorou, Kyle A. Riding, Robert J. Peterman, Leigh Murray – PCI/ NBC Grapevine, TX 2013 – “Effects of Setup and Material Parameters on the Standard Test for Strand Bond”
  3. Kyle A. Riding, Robert J. Peterman, Thomaida Polydorou, GengFeng Ren – PCI/ NBC Nashville, TN 2012 – “Simple Mortar Mixture Proportioning Method for Meeting Minimum and Maximum Flow and Strength Requirements”