Ange-therese Akono
Assistant ProfessorÂÂ
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois
United States of America
Biography
Ange-Therese Akono holds a Ph.D. (2013) and a M.S. (2011) in Civil and Environmental Engineering (2011) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States). In addition, she completed a M.S. in Innovative Technology, Engineering & Entrepreneurship (2011) and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique (France). Prior to joining the University of Illinois in 2013, Dr. Akono served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub and she has taught graduate and undergraduate classes in Mechanics of Materials, Classical Mechanics, Engineering Physics, Advanced Calculus and Engineering Mathematics in France and in the United States.
Research Interest
Societal Risk Management, Structural Engineering
Publications
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Pooyan Kabir, Franz-Josef Ulm, Ange-Therese Akono, Rate-Independent Fracture Toughness of Grey and Black Kerogen-Rich Shales, Acta Geotecnica, In Press.
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Kavya Mendu, Amrita Kataruka, Jasmine Puthuvelil, Ange-Therese Akono, Fragility Assessment of Bovine Cortical Bone Using Scratch Tests, Journal of Visualized Experiments, In Press.
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Kevin Anderson, Ange-Therese Akono, Microstructure-Toughness Relationships in Calcium Aluminate Cement/Polymer Composites using Instrumented Scratch Testing, Journal of Materials Science, In Press
