Research Aims

My research focusses on sustainable engineering practices and is primarily centered on providing the experimental results and material designs necessary to transition the concrete industry to a circular economy. This can be done through material reuse, prolonged material service life or other sustainable methods. Current experimental research activities include;

• The use and optimisation of single (RAC) and multi-generation recycled aggregate concrete (MGRAC)
  • Mix design
  • Physical and mechanical performance
  • Durability, both time dependent and under varying chemical exposure
  • Material shear friction and reinforced concrete (RC) shear performance
  • Flexural performance of RC members
  • Tension stiffening and related mechanisms
  • Life cycle assessment
• Suplementary cementitous material development and characterisation
• long term creep and shrinkage behaviour of ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) 

I have a passion for environmental sustainability in the build environment and hope to assist in the industrial application of these more sustainable materials and methods.