Research Interests

Cementless “Geopolymer” Concrete for Sustainable Construction, Impact Resistance of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete, Crack-inducing thermal stresses in safety-critical concrete structures, Structural Behaviour of Concrete Block Pavements, Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete for Bridge Structures

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Current Research Opportunities

• Cementless “Geopolymer” Concrete for Sustainable Construction
• Crack-inducing thermal stresses in safety-critical concrete structures
• Structural Behaviour of Concrete Block Pavements: Finite Element Modelling of the effect of construction pattern and unit interlock
• Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete for Access Floor Tiles
• The use of decommissioned wind turbine blades as girders in bridges

Public outreach & key achievements

•  The Circular Driven Economy symposium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1QaeBVifsE
• “RE⁴: Reuse and recycling of materials and structures in energy efficient prefabricated elements for building refurbishment and construction”, EC-Horizon 2020 http://www.re4.eu/

Research students

PhD area	Impact Resistance and Modelling of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) Slabs
Name	Yuanye He
Years of study	2017-2020
Country	China
PhD area	An investigation into the Rheology of superplasticized high performance concrete
Name	Gary Boon
Years of study	2018 – 2024 (part time)
Country	Australia

Alumni: Where are they now

Name	Dr Le TrungThanh
Current Position	President of Vietnam Institute for Building Materials, Ministry of Construction
Name	Dr Kangkang Tang
Current Position	Senior Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London

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• Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science 
• School of Natural and Built Environment