AlaEddin Douba completed a PhD in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University. He is collaborating with co-advisors, Dr. Kendra Erk, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering, and Dr. Jan Olek, James H. and Carol H. Cure Professor in Civil Engineering, in the area of rheology and printability of cementitious mixtures. Dr. Douba’s field of research is the modification and characterization of cement and concrete including alternative binders such as polymer concrete and magnesium oxide concrete.