Dr. Xiaochao Tang is an Associate Professor with Department of Civil Engineering at Widener University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2011. The overall goal of his research is to better understand the behavior and characteristics of geomaterials and other infrastructure materials and their impacts on infrastructure’s performance. To this end, his research work is focused on two themes: investigating alternative sustainable materials; monitoring and assessing conditions and performance of geotechnical and infrastructure structures. He serves on technical committees of the Transportation Research Board and American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE).