Sustainable construction materials including waste-based materials

Project description

Due to global environmental concerns stemming from the use concrete and the increased awareness of non-renewable natural resources, there is an urgent need to develop an eco-friendly composite as an alternative to conventional concrete. The aim of this project is to tackle these environmental issues by employing waste materials in the concrete production for different infrastructure applications. The students will require to produce new eco-friendly and waste-based composite as an alternative to conventional concrete guided by leading researchers in the field. The outcome of this project will decrease CO2 emissions associated with the conventional concrete production and reduce construction and lifecycle costs.

Supervisors research focus

I have extensive experience in research on the development of sustainable construction/building materials and technologies. I worked in ARC-Training Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing (ARC-CAMPH) at the University of Melbourne and have been project manager and research leader of three research projects in $2.7M Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) round 8. Research Interests: - Infrastructure Materials Engineering: *Recycling waste materials, industrial by-products and natural fibres for the development of sustainable construction materials *Cementitious composites containing nanomaterials *Smart and multi-functional materials for construction *3D printable concrete for automated construction *High performance and ultra-high performance composite *Fibre-reinforced concrete composite *Constitutive and finite element modelling of fibre-reinforced concrete - Structural Engineering: *Behaviour, performance and design of civil infrastructure *Assessment and management of deteriorating civil infrastructure *Infrastructure resilience and sustainability *Construction, repair and rehabilitation practices for civil infrastructure

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