Mohammad Houshmand, Ph.D.
Scientist / Materials & infrastructure
Materials
that do more.
Understanding how materials change.
Engineering how they respond.
I’m Mohammad Houshmand, a scientist connecting chemistry, biology, and mechanics to develop responsive materials and understand how infrastructure performs.
to the structures around us.Associate Research Scientist
NIST / Johns Hopkins University
The connecting idea
Understand the mechanism.
Expand the possibilities.
Materials do more than carry loads. Their chemistry, microstructure, and internal architecture shape how they respond to their environment. My work connects those mechanisms to the performance of the structures around us.
Responsive by design
Fibers and internal architectures that bring new functions to construction materials.
Grounded in measurement
Characterization and uncertainty quantification that make material behavior understandable.
Connected across scales
Experiments and models linking material processes to structural performance.
A closer look
A fiber.
More than reinforcement.
bioFiber integrates crack control, biological healing, and damage-responsive activation in a single engineered system.
Explore the bioFiber storyBridge cracks within the cementitious matrix.
Make healing agents available in response to damage.
Support biological mineral formation within cracks.
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