About

Daniela Hurtado Lange is an Assistant Professor of Operations at the Kellogg School of Management. She received her Ph.D. in Operations Research from Georgia Tech in December 2021. Her academic background also includes a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Math Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Prior to joining Kellogg, she spent 1.5 years as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at William & Mary. Her research interests encompass the performance analysis of Stochastic Processing Networks, applied probability, and operations for nonprofits. She is also interested in the innovative use of artificial intelligence to enhance the student experience in the classroom. Daniela has served as a referee for several academic journals, including Management Science, Operations Research, and Annals of Operations Research, among others. She is involved in teaching courses related to operations management, focusing on managing business processes, capacity, supply chains, and quality management, with an emphasis on strategic operational capabilities and recent developments such as lean manufacturing and business re-engineering.

Research topics

• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Science
• Machine Learning
• Materials science
• Composite material
• Mechanical engineering
• Chemical engineering
• Computer vision
• Manufacturing engineering
• Mineralogy
• Engineering

Selected publications

• Effect of Waste Rubber Inclusion on the Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of Low-Density Foam Concrete

  Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering · 2024-04-18 · 4 citations

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  Foam concrete is a porous cement-based material that could accommodate a high-volume particle addition at the mid- to high-density range (0.8 to 1.6 g/cm3). However, with low-density foam concrete (0.4 to 0.8 g/cm3), conventional particle inclusion (e.g., sand) tends to degrade the cellular microstructure and mechanical performance. Therefore, to improve low-density foam concrete, the novel use of crumb rubber (the rubber particles recycled from waste tires) in foam concrete is studied, as its unique attributes can potentially allow for the retention of structure and improved performance in foam concrete. The influence of no inclusion, sand, and crumb rubber on the microstructure and mechanical performance in foam concrete with the density of cellularized cement paste as 0.40 and 0.60 g/cm3 was studied. Computed tomography indicates that the inclusion of crumb rubber can mitigate the foam degradation concern associated with particle inclusion in low-density mixtures. A notable improvement was also observed in the mechanical properties of 0.40 g/cm3 rubberized foam concrete mixtures—compressive strength, plateau strength, and impact resistance—when referenced to the sand inclusion counterpart.

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• Continuous monitoring of the moisture, shrinkage, and carbonation effects on foam concrete performance

  Construction and Building Materials · 2023-11-25 · 20 citations

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• Continuous Monitoring of the Moisture, Shrinkage, and Carbonation Effects on Foam Concrete Performance

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023-01-01

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• Carbon Sequestration and Property Changes of Foam Concrete Under Ambient Environment

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2022-01-01

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• Effect of processing on the air void system of 3D printed concrete

  Cement and Concrete Research · 2022 · 44 citations

  • Materials science
  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering

  The long-term performance of 3D printed concrete structures involves various durability issues, and in this study, we are focusing on frost damage. This can be a serious issue in cold places like Switzerland and may be particularly problematic for 3D printed structures owing to the likely presence of cold joints. 3D printing often involves processing steps such as pumping, set acceleration and extrusion, and in the present work, we consider the effect of these processing conditions on the air void system. It was found that pumping and extrusion processes significantly change the void structure while acceleration or higher setting rates can stabilize them, the latter ensuring a higher protection from frost damage. It was also seen that after extrusion, cast and printed samples have very comparable void systems and spatial distribution of voids, implying no clear impact of the presence of interfaces in the latter.

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• Carbon Sequestration and Property Changes of Foam Concrete Under Ambient Environment

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2022-01-01

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• Development of a Platform-independent Renderer for the Rendering of OpenStreetMap Indoor Maps in Flutter

  Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications · 2022-01-01

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• Effect of Waste Rubber Inclusion on the Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of Low-Density Foam Concrete

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2022-01-01

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• Influence of fine inclusions on the morphology and mechanical performance of lightweight foam concrete

  Cement and Concrete Composites · 2021 · 70 citations

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  • Materials science
  • Composite material
  • Mineralogy

  Lightweight foam concrete is a cementitious cellular solid with a series of functional properties. Its non-structural applications potentially permit a high-volume inclusion of particles (e.g., recycled fines). However, the particle inclusion tends to alter the foam morphology and diminish the mechanical performance of foam concrete. To promote the acceptance of particle inclusion while minimizing the performance loss, this work studies the impact of sand inclusions on the mechanical properties of a group of lightweight foam concrete mixtures at 0.4 and 0.6 g/cm3, with various particle sizes and inclusion ratios. The morphology of lightweight foam concrete that is closely related to its mechanical performance is characterized using optical and scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging. Several tests characterizing the fundamental resonant frequency, elastic modulus, crushing strength, and compressive strength, are also implemented as direct mechanical measurements of the foam concrete samples. Based on the experimental results, a model is derived for predicting the strength of lightweight foam concrete with different particle inclusions. Our study suggests that the degradation of foam structure is the major cause of the loss on mechanical performance, but a high-volume particle inclusion can be achieved with proper implementation.

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• Probabilistic functions of mechanical properties of plain cement pastes determined by a reduced-size test

  Construction and Building Materials · 2021-03-18 · 15 citations

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Recent grants

• EAGER: Computed Tomography of Early Age Structure of Hydrated Portland Cement

  NSF · $55k · 2012–2014

Frequent coauthors

• Yu Song

  23 shared

• Zachary Grasley

  Texas A&M University

  21 shared

• J. Riley Edwards

  Utah State University

  17 shared

• Salah Altoubat

  University of Sharjah

  15 shared

• Matthew D. D’Ambrosia

  14 shared

• Daniel I. Castaneda

  California State Polytechnic University

  13 shared

• Chang Joon Lee

  University of Auckland

  13 shared

• Jeffery R. Roesler

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  11 shared

Awards & honors

• Referee, Management Science, 2023
• Referee, Operations Research, 2022
• Referee, Operations Research Letters, 2022
• Referee, QUESTA, 2021
• Referee, Stochastic Models, 2023