Director

Kay Wille, Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.)


Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Director of the ACMC Laboratory

University of Connecticut
College of Engineering
261 Glenbrook Road Unit 3037
Storrs, CT 06269-3037
Email: kay.wille@uconn.edu

Education

Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D.) Civil Engineering University of Leipzig 2008
Diploma (M.S./B.S.) Civil Engineering University of Leipzig 2002

Experience

2024 – Present Professor UConn, CEE
2016 – 2024 Associate Professor UConn, CEE
2010 – 2016 Assistant Professor UConn, CEE
2008 – 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow University of Michigan, CEE
2002 – 2008 Graduate R&T Assistant University of Leipzig, Department of
Structural Engineering and Building Materials
1998 – 2002 Research Assistant University of Leipzig, Germany,
Department of Statics and Dynamics

Awards & Honors

  • 2024      Recognized as one of World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University
  • 2023      Collins Aerospace Professor in Engineering Innovation
  • 2023      Recognized as one of World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University
  • 2022      The American Society of Civil Engineers, conference paper award of excellence
  • 2021      Recognized as one of World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University
  • 2015      Elsevier Outstanding Reviewer Award for Cement and Concrete Composites
  • 2015      Elsevier Outstanding Reviewer Award for Construction and Building Materials
  • 2015      C.R. Klewin, Inc. Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 2015      National Science Foundation CAREER award
  • 2011      Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship
  • 2010      Seven-week Postdoctoral Short-Course on College Teaching in Science and Engineering
  • 2009      The German Academic Exchange Service postdoctoral scholarship – 7 months
  • 2008      The German Academic Exchange Service postdoctoral scholarship – 17 months
  • 2002      Award for outstanding academic achievement from the University of Leipzig