Infrastructure Materials and Applied Rheology

We advance the fundamental understanding of material behaviour for ground-breaking applications in infrastructure development.  Our core research interests and expertise lies in developing low-carbon construction materials, volarising wastes into concrete matrices, concrete durability and early-age cracking, self-sensing & self-healing materials, engineered strain-hardening composites, ultra-high performance concrete, and 3D concrete printing.

Rheology is the study of the flow of materials. Our main focus is on fresh binder systems and composites, including their transition into a plastic phase. We study the underlying physics to effectively tailor the material properties of interest. Applied rheology helps us to facilitate technologically advanced applications such as self-compacting ultra-high performance concrete, smart active-controlled concrete, and additive manufacturing with concrete.