Topical Advisory Panel for section 'Construction and Building Materials'
- Biomaterials Section
- Energy Materials Section
- Advanced Composites Section
- Advanced Materials Characterization Section
- Porous Materials Section
- Manufacturing Processes and Systems Section
- Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Section
- Smart Materials Section
- Thin Films and Interfaces Section
- Catalytic Materials Section
- Carbon Materials Section
- Materials Chemistry Section
- Materials Physics Section
- Optical and Photonic Materials Section
- Corrosion Section
- Construction and Building Materials Section
- Materials Simulation and Design Section
- Electronic Materials Section
- Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses Section
- Metals and Alloys Section
- Soft Matter Section
- Polymeric Materials Section
- Quantum Materials Section
- Mechanics of Materials Section
- Green Materials Section
Please see the section webpage for more information on this section.
Members
Interests: fracture; damage; cementitious materials; concrete; multiscale modelling; discrete element modelling; Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical modelling; digital image correlation; acoustic emission; freeze-thaw; shrinkage; creep; recycled concrete; reinforced concrete; crack opening; lime based cementitious materials; young age behaviour
Interests: construction materials and environmental engineering; ground improvement; soil–structure interaction; transportation geotechnics
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Interests: pre-placed aggregate concrete; self-consolidating concrete; concrete with recycled materials; utilization of pozzolanic materials; underwater concreting; concrete durability; concrete casting in fabric forms
Interests: recycling; circular economy; construction materials; new materials; eco-efficiency; CO2 uptake
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Interests: underground structures; earthquake engineering; probabilistic modeling; fire safety engineering; concrete structures; steel structures; reliability engineering; Natech risk analysis
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Interests: mechanics of materials and structures; cement-based materials; alkali-activated materials; self-healing concrete; self-sensing concrete; durability; non-destructive testing
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Interests: alkali-activated materials; sustainable building materials; multifunctional materials; addictive manufacturing; circular construction; circular economy
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Interests: alternative cementitious materials; nanomodified cementitious materials; carbonation; CO2 sequestration; durability of infrastructure materials; sustainable infrastructure materials
Interests: computational mechanics; numerical methods; isogeometric analysis; fracture; acoustics; vibration; boundary element method
Interests: materials characterization; nanostructure and deformation behavior of hydration products of Portland cement; green construction materials; fire-resistant materials; 3D-printing materials; nuclear radiation shielding materials
Interests: novel low-carbon cementitious materials; advanced composite materials; rheology of novel cement and concrete; durability of concrete structures; structural health monitoring and nuclear waste immobilisation
Interests: advanced functional materials; synthesis and processing of nanomaterials/nanocomposite; sorption process; concrete technology; calcium silicate-based cement; waste to construction materials; geopolymers; material characteristics; X-ray diffraction; thermal analysis; kinetics; SEM Analysis
Interests: materials science; metallic materials; biomaterials; titanium alloys
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Interests: acoustics; sound; building structures
Interests: concrete; fibre reinforced cementitious composites; durability of concrete; waste materials; non-destructive testing of concrete
Interests: machine dynamics; vibration damping; modal analysis; model updating; optical metrology; finite element modeling
Interests: Innovative materials for structural strengthening as use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers; Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings and Bridges; Reinforced Concrete Structures; Innovative Techniques for Seismic Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of existing structures, such as Base Isolation and either Hysteretic or Viscous Energy-Dissipation
Interests: concrete; reinforced concrete; smeared and discrete cracks; finite element method; extended finite element method; strain localisation and regularisation
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Interests: behavior of reinforced prestressed concrete and steel structures; bridge engineering; engineering materials; machine learning; finite element method; structural health assessment and monitoring
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Interests: cement-based materials; utilization of industrial by-products in concrete
Interests: geopolymers; alkali activated materials; construction and building materials; waste recycling; porous and foamy inorganic materials; hybrid foams; sustainable and innovative building materials; chemical-physical, microstructural and mechanical characterization of materials
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2. Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, Rua Pedro Nunes, 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: asphalt mixtures; recycled concrete aggregate; reclaimed asphalt pavement; nano-materials for asphalt mixtures; asset management systems; urban environment road safety; dynamic traffic management; climate changes; circular economy
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Interests: concrete; fly ash; cement; addition; shells; recycling; rheology
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Interests: cementitious; geopolymer; mortar; concrete; construction engineering; civil engineering materials; building materials
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Interests: pavement engineering; asphalt trackbed; vehicle-transportation infrastructure interaction
Interests: FRP; cementitious material; Inter-disciplinary performance; Durability
Interests: concrete; cement; aggregate; cementitious materials; fiber-reinforced concrete; high-performance concrete
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Interests: concrete; cement composites; Portland cement; cement chemistry; durability and sustainability of concrete; wastes added to concrete; additives and admixtures for concrete; wastes from titanium dioxide production
Interests: alternative binders to Portland cement (alkali activated slag-based cements and calcium sulphoaluminate cements); durability and sustainability of traditional or innovative concretes; admixtures for cementitious materials; ce-ment-based repair materials.
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Interests: concrete; nanomaterials; nanotechnology; alternative binders; durability; sustainable materials; mechanochemical activation; smart materials; ice research
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