Michele F. Cyr, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. Cyr specializes in building technology, and her expertise is in the properties and performance of structures and construction materials, especially concrete and cement-based materials. Dr. Cyr has performed post-disaster (earthquake and hurricane) damage assessment of residential structures. She has conducted a variety of building envelope investigations, including the evaluation of roofing materials, windows, flooring, water intrusion, and vapor transmission through concrete slabs. Dr. Cyr has evaluated the effects of construction activity, including construction vibrations and excavation, on adjacent, existing structures. Dr. Cyr has extensive experience characterizing the behavior of cement-based materials through mechanical testing and microstructural analysis. She also has experience with environmental issues of outdoor water sampling for toxicity identification evaluation.

Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Cyr was a graduate research assistant at the Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials at Northwestern University where her studies focused on fiber-reinforced concrete, in particular how combinations of different types of fibers enhance performance, and the causes of concrete cracking.

Cyr MF, Ouyang C, Shah SP. Design of hybrid fiber reinforcement for shrinkage cracking by crack width prediction. Proceedings 7th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC-7), pp. 243–252, Warsaw, Poland, October 2003.

Cyr MF. Hybrid fiber reinforcement in extruded cementitious composites and cast concrete. Ph.D. Dissertation, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2003.

Cyr MF, Shah SP. Advances in concrete technology. Proceedings, International Conference on Advances in Building Technology, Advances in Building Technology (ABT 2002), pp. 17–28, Hong Kong, December 2002.

Mu B, Cyr MF, Shah SP. Extruded fiber-reinforced composites. Proceedings, International Conference on Advances in Building Technology, Advances in Building Technology (ABT 2002), pp. 239–246, Hong Kong, December 2002.

Shah SP, Peled A, Cyr MF. Extruded hybrid fiber reinforced cementitious composite. Proceedings, 7th International Symposium on Ferrocement and Thin Reinforced Cement Composites (FERRO-7), pp. 199–208, Singapore, June 2001.

Cyr MF, Peled A, Shah SP. Improving performance of glass-fiber-reinforced extruded composites. Proceedings, 12th International Congress of the International Glassfibre Reinforced Concrete Association, pp. 163–172, Dublin, Ireland, May 2001.

Peled A, Cyr MF, Shah SP. High content of fly ash (Class F) in extruded cementitious composites. ACI Materials Journal 2000; 97(5):509–517, September-October.

Presentations

Cyr MF. Engineering issues for post-earthquake damage assessment. Co-instructor, Training for Insurance Adjusters based on technical requirements of California Department of Insurance, California Code of Regulations, 2004–2008.

Cyr MF. Hybrid fiber reinforcement in cementitious composites. Seminar at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2003.

Cyr MF. Design of hybrid fiber reinforcement for shrinkage cracking by crack width prediction. 7th International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites (BMC-7) Warsaw, Poland, October 2003.

Cyr MF. Hybrid fiber reinforced cement for impact resistance. ACI Spring Convention, Vancouver, Canada, April 2003.

Cyr MF. Prediction of shrinkage crack widths in hybrid fiber reinforced mortar and concrete. ACI Spring Convention, Vancouver, Canada, April 2003.

Cyr MF. Improving performance of glass-fiber-reinforced extruded composites. 12th International Congress of the International Glassfibre Reinforced Concrete Association, Dublin, Ireland, May 2001.

• American Concrete Institute (member)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (member)