Dr. Alberto Sagues, PhD, PE, FNACE
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Distinguished University Professor
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
ENL 110
Tampa, FL 33620-5350
Phone: (813) 974-5819
Fax: (813) 974-2957
E-mail: sagues@usf.edu

 

Education
Ph.D., Metallurgy - Case Western Reserve University, 1972.
Licentiate, Physics-National University of Rosario, Argentina, 1968.

 

Professional Experience
Distinguished University Professor, Engineering, USF, Aug. 1999-present.
Professor of Materials Engineering, USF Aug. 1991-Aug.1999.
Associate Professor, USF Aug. 1985-Aug. 1991. Tenured since May 1989
Board Member, Appointed by President Clinton, US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 1997- 2002
Associate Laboratory Director, Materials Engineering, Kentucky Center for Energy Research Lab, Lexington, KY 1982-1985
Manager, Metallurgy and Materials, Kentucky Center for Energy Research Lab, Lexington, KY, 1980-1982
Senior Metallurgist, Kentucky Center for Energy Research Lab., Lexington, KY, 1978-1980
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1984-1985
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1979-1985
Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 1976-1978
Guest Scientist, Solid State Research Inst., Juelich Nuclear Research Cntr, Germany, 1974-1976
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1973-1974
Visiting Assistant Professor, Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1972-1973

 

Areas of Expertise: Materials engineering; Corrosion performance of materials for construction and energy applications; Failure analysis and prevention; Physical metallurgy

Selected Publications

• Taveira, L. V., Saguees, A. A., Macak, J. M., Schmuki, P. (2008) Impedance Behavior of TiO2 Nanotubes Formed by Anodization in NaF Electrolytes, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 155(6): C293-C302
• Presuel-Moreno F, Sagues A.A., Kranc S.C. (2005) Steel Activation in Concrete Following Interruption of Long-Term Cathodic Polarization, Corrosion, 61(5): 428-436 
• Torres-Acosta A.A., Sagues A.A. (2004) Concrete Cracking by Localized Steel Corrosion - Geometric Effects, ACI Materials Journal, 101(6): 501-507
• Sagues A.A. (2003) Modeling the Effects of Corrosion on the Lifetime of Extended Reinforced Concrete Structures, Corrosion, 59(10): 854-866
• Liang H, Li L, Poor N.D., Sagues A.A. (2003) Nitrite Diffusivity in Calcium Nitrite-Admixed Hardened Concrete, Cement and Concrete Research, 33(1): 139-146

Web site: http://www.eng.usf.edu/~sagues/