Editorial Board
Zuhua Zhang ↗
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, CHINA
Research Interests: decarbonization of building materials science; safe recycling and reuse industrial wastes; functional building materials
Johann Peter Plank ↗
Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85 747 Garching, GERMANY
Research Interests: inorganic (cement chemistry, silicates, aluminates, phosphate, CaSO4 phases) and organic binding agents (latex dispersions, epoxy resins, polyurethane), construction chemical admixtures (polycondensate resins, polycarboxylate, cellulose ethers, siloxanes, biopolymers), colloid chemistry, interface and surface phenomena and nanochemistry (nanomaterials and composite materials)
Ghani Razaqpur ↗
Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Research Interests: concrete materials andstructures; fiber-reinforced composite materials; structural durability and rehabilitation; advanced construction materials; performance evaluation of infrastructure systems
Jan Olek ↗
School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, UAS
Research Interests: cement-based materials; concrete technology and durability; supplementary cementitious materials; sustainable construction materials; infrastructure service life and performance evaluation
Aiguo Wang ↗
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, 230601, CHINA
Research Interests: high-performance cement-based materials; solid waste recycling and utilization; functional building materials
Qing Chen ↗
School of Material Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 201804, CHINA
Research Interests: concrete structures micro-damage control; smart low-carbon functionalization materials; underground structures long-life healthy service
Yuliang Chen ↗
College of Civil and Architecture Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, CHINA
Research Interests: green low carbon recycled concrete material; marine and offshore concrete; high performance concrete structure
Amr Maher Elnemr ↗
Civil Engineering Department, German University in Cairo (GUC), Cairo, 11835, Egypt
Research Interests: material innovation, concrete technology, concrete mix design and quality control; reinforced concrete and FRP-reinforced structural design; rehabilitation and strengthening of existing structures using FRP systems; concrete durability, structural sustainability and performance monitoring; and advanced pavement technologies, including continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP), in accordance with international and Egyptian codes and standards
Paulina Faria ↗
Department of Civil Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA FCT), Universidade NOVA de Lisboa /NOVA University Lisbon, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Research Interests: building materials and products, namely those with low embodied energy based on clayish earth, gypsum, building limes, but also bio-based and waste-based composites, namely agro-industry wastes and artificial pozzolans; building technologies, namely vernacular mainly related to masonry and coatings, but also innovative such as 3d printing and alkaline-activation; building physics, pathology, conservation and rehabilitation of the built environment
Pengkun Hou ↗
Shandong Provincial Key Lab for Preparation and Measurement of Building Materials, University of Jinan, Ji'nan, 250022, CHINA
Research Interests: micro/nano-engineering of cement concrete for greenability increment; processing techniques (thermal-mechanical activation, carbonation, etc.) for developing low-CO2 binders from industrial wastes (red-mud, coal gauge, etc.); calcium carbonate/sulfate-activation of blended cements (supersulfated cement, calcined clay-based cement, etc.); MgO-based binders (MPC and carbonation); in-situ application techniques of the green binders
Manuel Ilg ↗
BASF Construction Additives GmbH, GERMANY
Research Interests: construction chemical additives for dry mortar products, including self-leveling underlayments, cementitious tile adhesives (CTAs)
Shouwei Jian ↗
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, CHINA
Research Interests: functional and intelligent building materials, polymer-modified cementitious systems, and sustainable valorization of industrial solid wastes for eco-friendly construction applications
Yanliang Ji ↗
Department of Engineering Geology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, 10587, Germany
Research Interests: application of nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) technology in civil engineering materials, including water migration mechanisms and dynamic binding behavior of chloride ions in cement-based materials and low-carbon binders. rheological properties, hydration mechanisms, and microstructure evolution of cementitious systems under different conditions. reactivity and alkali activation mechanisms of lunar regolith simulants via multiscale computational methods. integration of experimental and numerical approaches to develop high-performance, low-carbon building materials, providing thermodynamic data for geopolymer products in support of sustainable civil engineering
Ana Paula Kirchheim ↗
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Av. Osvaldo Aranha 99, Centro Histórico, 90035-190 Porto Alegre, RS, BRAZIL
Research Interests: portland chemistry and alternatives, waste valorization, low-carbon materials, micro and nanostructure of cementitious materials
Kinga Korniejenko ↗
Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
Research Interests: materials engineering – building materials, composite materials, in particular fly ash based geopolymer composites reinforced by short fibers as well as 3D printing for concrete and geopolymers; innovation management; recycling; circular economy
Xuerun Li ↗
BASF Construction Additives GmbH, Trostberg 83308, GERMANY
Research Interests: cement clinker chemistry
Bo Li ↗
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, CHINA
Research Interests: reinforced concrete beam-column joints; shrinkage of alkali-activated materials; treatment of recycled aggregate concrete; fabric reinforced cementitious matrix
Wei-Ting Lin ↗
Department of Civil Engineering, National Ilan University, 26047, Taiwan
Research Interests: green materials (uses of by-products, slag, fly ash, silica fume, recycled aggregate, geopolymer, alkali activated materials), cementless Blended Materials (Innovative materials without alkali-activator), 3D printing technology in construction materials, cement chemistry and microscopic analysis, corrosion and corrosion protection
Marlon Augusto Longhi ↗
Circlua S.A., Rua Adelino Teste 251, Bloco 2, Unidade 12, Sala 1, Olhos D’Água, 30390-070 Belo Horizonte, MG, BRAZIL
Research Interests: industrial application of low-carbon cementitious materials, geopolymers, alternative binders, and industrial waste valorization, bridging academia and industry
Ali Mardani ↗
Department of Civil Engineering, Bursa Uludağ University, Bursa, TURKEY
Research Interests: concrete technology, material science, building material, concrete durability, and cement-admixture compatibility
Liwu Mo ↗
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, CHINA
Research Interests: special engineering materials; low-carbon cement and concrete; rehabilitation of deteriorated concrete; solid waste valorization; cost-effective CO2 capture and utilization
Kim Hung Mo ↗
School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, No. 5 Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MALAYSIA
Research Interests: concrete materials and technology, low carbon cements, sustainable construction materials, carbon capture in construction materials
José da Silva Andrade Neto ↗
Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), Laguna 88790-000, SC, BRAZIL
Research Interests: clinker production, mineralogy and reactivity, alternative cements (such as LC3 and CSA cements), hydration and microstructure of cement-based materials, concrete 3D printing, concrete durability
Solmoi Park ↗
School of Civil, Architectural Engineering & Landscape Architecture, Sungkyunkwan University 2066 Seobu-ro Jangan-gu, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea
Research Interests: clinker production, mineralogy and reactivity, alternative cements (such as LC3 and CSA cements), hydration and microstructure of cement-based materials, concrete 3D printing, concrete durability
Laura Silvestro ↗
Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) Av. Profa. Laura Pacheco Bastos, 800-Industrial, Guarapuava, Brazil
Research Interests: low environmental impact cements; waste valorization in cementitious matrices; rheological behavior of cementitious materials; durability and service life prediction of cementitious materials; incorporation of nanomaterials into cementitious matrices.
Paulo Santos ↗
Department of Civil Engineering (DEC) of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (FCTUC), Portugal
Research Interests: energy efficiency in buildings, circular economy, sustainable construction, and sustainable construction materials, such as gypsum-based composite materials
Erich D. Rodríguez ↗
Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, BRAZIL
Research Interests: Alkali-activated type binders; Geopolymers; Supplementary cementitious materials; Micro-structural characterization of conventional and alternative binders; Industrial waste and by-products valorization; 3D concrete printing; Ultra high performance concrete
Didier Snoeck ↗
Planning Department (BATir), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium
Research Interests: sustainable structural design, superabsorbent polymers, concrete technology, durability and sustainability, the water interactions down to the nanoscale, nano- and microstructural properties, self-sealing and self-healing of cementitious materials. My current research lines are (i) circular use of construction materials linked to durability and sustainability including shrinkage, (ii) structural retrofitting with fibre-reinforced materials and fabrics for repair and strengthening, (iii) non-destructive testing of concrete, (iv) sulfur mortar, and (v) improving the self-sealing and -healing of concrete.
Brant Walkley ↗
School of Chemical, Materials, and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, United Kingdom
Research Interests: development of low-CO2 cements for sustainable infrastructure; understanding durability and degradation phenomena in low-CO2 cements; development of materials for encapsulation/immobilisation of radioactive waste; understanding and controlling radionuclide-cement interactions in cement matrices used for immobilisation of radioactive waste; understanding mass transport processes in cements for applications in both construction and nuclear sectors; development and assessment of decarbonisation strategies for construction and the built environment;
Xujiang Wang ↗
Qianfoshan Campus, Shandong University, 17923 Jingshi Road, Jinan, China
Research Interests: advanced energy storage materials and systems, CO₂ storage and utilization technologies, low-/zero-carbon cementitious materials, carbon-negative construction materials, and digitally driven sustainable material design and engineering
Yueming Wang ↗
Department of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, 230601, CHINA
Research Interests: concrete durability; repair methods for deteriorated reinforced concrete; resource utilization of solid waste
Xiaoyong Wang ↗
Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24314, KOREA
Research Interests: low-carbon cementitious materials and durability; hydration and carbonation modeling of cement-based systems; machine learning and multi-objective optimization in materials design
Yang Wei ↗
College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, CHINA
Research Interests: concrete structures; composite structures; bamboo structures; FRP reinforced structures; confined concrete; structural retrofitting
Hao Wu ↗
Laboratory of Green Building Materials, China Building Materials, Beijing, CHINA
Research Interests: theoretical system of full-life cycle design; preparation and application of green and low-carbon building materials
Tao Yang ↗
School of Materials Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, 224051, CHINA
Research Interests: concrete structures, sustainable composite structures, bamboo or timber structures, and structural reinforcement
Jiayuan Ye ↗
China Building Materials Academy, Beijing, CHINA
Research Interests: research on the utilization of industrial solid wastes in cement-based materials and low-carbon cementitious materials such as alkali-activated materials (geopolymer)