Lori E. Tunstall

Assistant Professor

After gaining work experience as a geotechnical engineer and construction estimator, she joined the graduate program at Princeton University, earning a joint Ph.D. in Materials Science and Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2016. Princeton University distinguished Dr. Tunstall with two awards during her graduate program, the Wu Graduate Fellowship in Engineering and Princeton’s Emerging Alumni Scholars Award for 2015 – 2016. Dr. Tunstall continued her work at Princeton University as a postdoctoral research associate for the following year, until beginning an appointment at Honeywell FM&T as a chemical engineer. Here she worked in the advanced manufacturing department, overseeing the development of processes and materials for novel applications of additive manufacturing, including direct-write electronics and direct ink write of polymers. She was selected as a part-time resident at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, where she was responsible for technology transfer between the two sites, and received the 2017 Defense Programs Award of Excellence for her contributions in solving a critical manufacturing issue.

Contact

303-384-2205
Fax: 303-273-3413
ltunstall@mines.edu

Labs and Research Centers

Tunstall Materials Research Group

Education

  • PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering & Material Science, Princeton University, 2016
  • BS. Civil Engineering, The College of New Jersey, 2008

Publications

  •  “Linking surfactant molecular structure to mortar frost protection”, L.E. Tunstall, G.W. Scherer, R.K. Prud’homme, pp. 191-200 in Int. RILEM Conf. Materials, Sys-tems and Structures in Civil Eng. on Frost Action in Concrete, Eds. Marianne Tange Hasholt, Katja Fridh and R. Doug Hooton (RILEM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, 2016) ISBN: 978-2-35158-182-7
  •  “Foam index measurements on mixes of Air entraining agents, super plasticizers and fly ash-cement-filler blends”, S. Jacobsen, H. Nordahl, H. Rasol, Ø. Lødemel, L.Tunstall & G.W.Scherer, pp. 61-70 in Int. RILEM Conf. Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Eng. on Frost Action in Concrete, Eds. Marianne Tange Hasholt, Katja Fridh and R. Doug Hooton (RILEM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Den-mark, 2016) ISBN: 978-2-35158-182-7
  • “Influence of fly ash on air entrainment”, L.E. Tunstall and G.W. Scherer, 8 p., paper C3-1 in Proc. Int. Cong. Durability of Concrete, Trondheim, Norway, June 18-21, 2012, Eds. Harald Justnes, Stefan Jacobsen, ISBN 978-82-8208-031-6
  •  “Predicting AEA dosage by Foam Index and adsorption on Fly Ash”, S. Jacobsen, M. Ollendorff, M. Geiker, L. Tunstall, and G.W. Scherer, pp. 103-120, Proc. Nor-dic Concrete Federation Workshop on Durability aspects of fly ash and slag in concrete, (Norw. Public Roads Adm. Oslo, 15-16 February 2012)
  •  “Studying AEA Interaction in Cement Systems Using Tensiometry”, L.E. Tun-stall, G.W. Scherer, and R.K. Prud’homme, Cem. Concr. Res. 92 (2017) 29–36
  • “Cause of Air Loss in Cement Systems Containing Fly Ash—Part 1: Adsorption of air-entraining agents quantified by tensiometry”, L.E. Tunstall, G.W. Scherer, and R.K. Prud’homme, submitted to Cement and Concrete Research (September 2018), manuscript available
  • “Cause of Air Loss in Cement Systems Containing Fly Ash—Part 2: Adsorption Isotherms”, L.E. Tunstall, G.W. Scherer, and R.K. Prud’homme, submitted to Cement and Concrete Research (September 2018), manuscript available
  • “Cause of Air Loss in Cement Systems Containing Fly Ash—Part 3: Microsieve Analysis”, L.E. Tunstall and G.W. Scherer, submitted to Cement and Concrete Research (September 2018), manuscript available
  • “Air void shell microstructure by dilatometry”, L.E. Tunstall and G.W. Scherer, in preparation
  • “Freezing behavior of fly ash mortars by dilatometry”, L.E. Tunstall and G.W. Scherer, in preparation