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Vito Francioso

Vito Francioso joined the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Sustainable Engineering at Santa Clara University in 2024. He received his bachelor’s degree (2015) and master’s degree (2017) in Building Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy. During the last year of his M.S. program, he also studied at Universidade de Coruña, Spain. In 2018, he joined the Velay Research Group at Purdue University, and in May 2022, he obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering. Vito was the recipient of the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (2021) and the College of Engineering - Outstanding Graduate Research Award (2022), among other recognitions. He then continued his work as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Purdue for two years before joining Santa Clara University.

His research focuses on unveiling a fundamental understanding of using construction and industrial waste materials in cementitious composites at a dimensional and temporal multi-scale level. His goal is to develop new methodologies to design sustainable building materials with a holistic approach that comprises: (i) reduction of the depletion of natural resources and valorization of wastes, (ii) enhancement of durability and service life, and (iii) creating materials with beneficial, proactive effects during service life. He aims to develop innovative materials for future built environments and engineered systems, with a focus on sustainability.

During his studies at Purdue University, he served as a Teaching Assistant for a Civil Engineering materials course and a Mechanical Engineering design course. He is a former member and co-chair of the Civil Engineering Graduate Advisory Council (CEGSAC) and has volunteered to help undergraduate students prepare for ASCE competitions and organized different events on Campus. Additionally, he has mentored several undergraduate students, most belonging to minority or underrepresented groups, via the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship and Office of Undergraduate Research programs. As a young faculty member and first-generation college student, he feels a responsibility to encourage students of all genders, backgrounds, and ethnicities to work in the STEM disciplines.

Courses
  • CENG 147: Pavement Design
Publications
  • Lopez-Arias M., Moro C., Francioso V., Helgaali H.H., Velay-Lizancos M., “Effect of nanomodification of cement pastes on the CO2 uptake rate”. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 404, (2023), 133165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133165
  • Batalha Vieira L., Francioso V., Bueno Mariani B., Moro C., Dantas Viana Barbosa J., da Silva Paes Cardoso L., Ribeiro Dias C.M., Velay-Lizancos M., “Valorization of marble waste powder as a replacement of limestone in clinker production: Technical, environmental and economical evaluation”. Sustainability, Vol. 15(18), (2023), 13902. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813902
  • Moro C., Francioso V., Lopez-Arias M., Velay-Lizancos M., “CO2 Curing of Mortar with Natural and Recycled Concrete Aggregate: An Environmental and Economic Assessment”. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 399, (2023), 132587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132587
  • Lopez-Arias M., Francioso V., Velay-Lizancos M., “High thermal inertia mortars: new method to incorporate Phase Change Materials (PCMs) while enhancing strength and thermal design models”. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 370, (2023), 130621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.130621
  • Francioso V., Lopez-Arias M., Moro C., Jung N., Velay-Lizancos M., “Impact of curing temperature on the sustainability of cementitious composites containing sugarcane bagasse biomass ash: an LCA”. Sustainability, Vol. 15(1), (2023), 142. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010142
  • Moro C., Francioso V., Lopez-Arias M., Velay-Lizancos M., “The impact of CO2 uptake rate on the environmental performance of cementitious composites: A new dynamic Global Warming Potential analysis”. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 375, (2022), 134155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134155
  • Moro C., Francioso V., Lopez-Arias M., Velay-Lizancos M., “Modification of self-cleaning activity on cement pastes containing nano-TiO2 due to CO2 curing”. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 330, (2022), 127185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.127185
  • Francioso V., Moro C., Velay-Lizancos M., “Effect of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) on mortar’s thermal conductivity susceptibility to variation of moisture content and ambient temperature”. Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 43, (2021), 103208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103208
  • Moro C., Francioso V., Velay-Lizancos M., “Impact of nano-TiO2 addition on the reduction of net CO2 emissions of cement pastes after CO2 curing”. Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 123, (2021), 104160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2021.104160
  • Francioso V., Moro C., Castillo A., Velay-Lizancos M., “Effect of elevated temperature on flexural behavior and fibers-matrix bonding of recycled PP fiber-reinforced cementitious composite”. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 269, (2021), 121243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121243
  • Moro C., Francioso V., Velay-Lizancos M., “Modification of CO2 capture and pore structure of hardened cement paste made with nano-TiO2 addition: influence of water-to-cement ratio and CO2 exposure age”. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 275, (2021), 122131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.122131
  • Moro C., Francioso V., Schrager M., Velay-Lizancos M., “TiO2 nanoparticles influence on the environmental performance of natural and recycled mortars: A life cycle assessment". Environ. Impact Assess. Rev.., Vol. 84, (2020), 106430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106430
  • Moro C., Francioso V., Velay-Lizancos M., “Nano-TiO2 effects on high temperature resistance of recycled mortars”. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 263, (2020), 121581. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121581
  • Moro C., El Fil H., Francioso V., Velay-Lizancos M., “Influence of water-to-binder ratio on the optimum percentage of nano-TiO2 addition in terms of compressive strength of mortars: A laboratory and virtual experimental study based on ANN model”. Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 267, (2021), 120960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120960
  • Francioso V., Moro C., Martinez-Lage I., Velay-Lizancos M., “Curing temperature: A key factor that changes the effect of TiO2 nanoparticles on mechanical properties, calcium hydroxide formation and pore structure of cement mortars”. Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 104, (2019), 103374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2019.103374