Plenary Speakers

Name & surname: MIGUEL AZENHA

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

 Email: miguel.azenha@civil.uminho.pt
Title of lecture:
An overview on COST Action TU1404: current achievements and upcoming challenges (Chair of COST TU1404)
Name & surname: HANS BEUSHAUSEN

Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

 Email: Hans.Beushausen@uct.ac.za
Title of lecture:
The influence of mix composition and curing conditions on shrinkage cracking of cementitious materials
Name & surname: ÖZLEM CIZER

Assistant Professor, Building Materials and Building Technology Division, KULeuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

 Email: ozlem.cizer@kuleuven.be
Title of lecture:
Effect of flash-calcined dredging sediments on cement hydration and microstructure
Name & surname: GEERT DE SCHUTTER

Professor, Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research, Department of Structural Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

 Email: Geert.DeSchutter@UGent.be
Title of lecture:
Concrete smart casting by active control of rheology and stiffening
Name & surname: CHRISTIAN HELLMICH

Full Professor, Director of Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

 Email: christian.hellmich@tuwien.ac.at
Title of lecture:
The origins of elasticity, strength, and creep of concrete: the multiscale engineering mechanics perspective
Name & surname: TETSUYA ISHIDA

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan

 Email: tetsuya.ishida@civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Title of lecture:
Multi-scale and multi-chemo-physics modeling of cementitious composite and its application to early age crack assessment of tunnel lining and reinforced concrete slab decks
Name & surname: AGNIESZKA KNOPPIK

Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Structural Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

 Email: agnieszka.jedrzejewska@polsl.pl
Title of lecture:
Recent advances in modelling of cement-based materials and structures at early age (WG2 – COST TU1404)
Name & surname: DAVID LANGE

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

 Email: dlange@illinois.edu
Title of lecture:
Gradients and Driving Forces for Early Age Volume Change
Name & surname: PIETRO LURA

Head of the Concrete and Construction Chemistry Laboratory, EMPA,  Switzerland and Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

 Email: pietro.lura@empa.ch
Title of lecture:
3D imaging of moisture distribution and transport in early-age cementitious materials
Name & surname: Jacky Mazars

Emeritus Professor of the Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, Université de Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 3SR, Grenoble, France

 Email: jacky.mazars@3sr-grenoble.fr
Title of lecture:
A multifiber beam model for the thermo-mechanical analysis of RC Structures - Simulation of the Concrack benchmark RG8 test
Name & surname: ANTONIA MOROPOULOU

Professor, Section of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

 Email: amoropul@central.ntua.gr
Title of lecture:
NDT Assessment of the rehabilitation of the Holy Aedicule of the Holy Sepulcher concerning the implementation of compatible and performing restoration mortars
Name & surname: JOHN POPOVICS

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

 Email: johnpop@illinois.edu
Title of lecture:
New ultrasonic approaches to monitor microstructure development and cracking in concrete
Name & surname: MARIJANA SERDAR

Postdoctoral Researcher at CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France

 Email: mserdar@grad.hr
Title of lecture:
Progress on the Main Experimental Phase of the Extended Round Robin Test RRT+ (WG1 – COST TU1404)