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
Current Research Opportunities
- Crack-inducing thermal stresses in safety-critical concrete structures
- Impact Resistance of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete
- 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
- Cementless “Geopolymer” Concrete for Sustainable Construction
- The use of decommissioned wind turbine blades as girders in bridges
- Crack-inducing thermal stresses in safety-critical concrete structures
- Impact Resistance of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete
- 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
- Cementless “Geopolymer” Concrete for Sustainable Construction
- 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 | https://circulardriveneconomy.com/
- “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 |