Panchmatia has worked extensively on Portland cement concrete incorporating recycled aggregates and industrial by-products. His areas of interest include concrete pavements, materials for oil/gas well construction and abandonment, alkali-activated cementitious materials and magnetorheological cementitious materials. He has developed alkali-activated material formulations for oil well cementing applications and cement slurries capable of holding small differential pressures (up to 100 psi) in the presence of a magnetic field. He has an interest in developing concrete formulations for nuclear power plants that could withstand thermal, mechanical and radiation loading for 80-100 years.
