Biography

Amanda Bordelon, PhD, P.E. has joined UVU faculty in the new Civil Engineering program in August 2018. She has all of her degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering emphasized in transportation infrastructure and construction materials at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Illinois BS 2005, MS 2007 and PhD 2011. She was also formerly a faculty member at University of Utah for 7 years teaching civil materials and concrete testing. Her research has been in fiber-reinforced concrete overlay pavement design and has tinkered in specialty concrete materials and evaluating test methods that assess quality of constructed materials. She is currently actively involved in the American Concrete Institute Intermountain Chapter as a Board Member and Student Activities Chair. She enjoys leading hands-on laboratory and design project experiences among the engineering students.

Education

PhD, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2011

Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering

MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2007

Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering

BS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2005

Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Teaching

CIVE 2130

Engineering Economics and Statistics, Spring 2025

CIVE 2000

Introduction to Civil Engineering Seminar, Spring 2025

ENGR 1000

Introduction to Engineering WE, Spring 2025

ENGR 1000

Introduction to Engineering WE, Spring 2025

Presentations

Bordelon, Amanda (Co-Presenter), Guthrie, W Spencer (Co-Presenter), 2024 Concrete Conference, "Salt Lake City Aiport Research Overview_ Design, Highlights, Takeaways", American Concrete Institute Intermountain Chapter and Utah Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Davis Conference Center, Layton, UT. (February 6, 2024)
Day, Nicholas (Co-Author), Bleazard, Madelyn (Co-Author), Guthrie, W Spencer (Co-Author), Sorensen, Taylor (Co-Author), Bordelon, Amanda (Presenter & Author), Intermountain Engineering Technology and Computing Conference 2023, "Compressive Strength and Rapid Chloride Permeability Testing of Concrete Comprising Silica Fume", BYU, Provo, UT. (May 12, 2023)
Bordelon, Amanda , Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series, "History, Current Use, and Future of Concrete", Abby Richards , Fulton Library. (October 20, 2022)
Bordelon, Amanda (Presenter & Author), Clyde, Madison (Author Only), Gwynn, Thomas (Author Only), Technical Advisory Committee Presentation, "Long term Performance of Low Permeable Concrete for Structures", Utah Department of Transportation, virtual. (September 20, 2021)
Bordelon, Amanda (Presenter & Author), 2021 PTI Virtual Conference, "Inspection Findings from a 30 year old Salt Lake City Airport Parking Garage containing Silica Fume Concrete", Post-Tensioning Institute, virtual. (April 22, 2021)
Bordelon, Amanda (Presenter & Author), Hong, Sungmin (Author Only), Bearzi, Yohann (Author Only), Vachet, Clement (Author Only), Gerig, Guido (Author Only), Intermountain Engineering Technology and Computing Conference 2020, "Visualizing Air Voids and Synthetic Fibers from X-Ray Computed Tomographic Images of Concrete", UVU, Virtual. (October, 2020)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Bordelon, Amanda C, Clyde, Madison , "Alternative Supplementary Cementitiuous Materials for Chloride Resistance of Bridge Decks" (Issue: UT-25.xx). Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Transportation, Research & Innovation Division.
Tolman, Sean Stephen, Jensen, Matt J, Jaafar, Israd Hakim, Bordelon, Amanda , Willardson, Benninghton J, "WIP Enhancing STEM Degree Completion_  Initiation of the Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CAM) Scholarship Program" (Issue: MECH Division, vol. Paper ID# 48388). American Society for Engineering Education.
Cho, Sanghwan , Bordelon, Amanda , Kim, Min Ook , (2024) "Effects of Macro Fibers on Crack Opening Reduction in Fiber Reinforced Concrete Overlays" (Issue: 2282, vol. 16). Polymers. https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/16/16/2282
Jaafar, Israd Hakim, Jensen, Matthew J, Tolman, Sean , Bordelon, Amanda C, Willardson, Bennington J, Raje, Janis P, (2024) "Enhancing STEM Degree Completion_ A Framework for the Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CAM) Scholarship Project" (Issue: MECH - Technical Session 14_ Advanced Pedagogical Techniques). Portland, Oregon: ASEE 2024 Annual Conference. https://nemo.asee.org/public/conferences/344/papers/43403/view
Day, Nicholas , Bleazard, Madelyne , Guthrie, W. Spencer , Sorensen, Taylor J, Bordelon, Amanda C, (2023) "Compressive Strength and Rapid Chloride Permeability Testing of Concrete Comprising Silica Fume" . Provo, UT: 2023 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10152083
Bordelon, Amanda , Clyde, Madison , Gwynn, Thomas , (2021) "Salt Lake City Airport Parking Garage Visual Inspection Report" (vol. Report No UT-21.23). Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Transportation Research & Innovation Division. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60279