It is RILEM’s objective to gather together the most eminent specialists throughout the world in the fields of building materials and structures. Aiming for excellence in all its activities, RILEM awards the following recognised distinctions annually:

Robert L'Hermite Medalists

Since 1975, each year, the Robert L’Hermite Medal is awarded to a researcher of less than 40 years, who has made an exceptional scientific contribution to the field of construction materials and structures. (How to apply)

Gustavo Colonnetti Medalists

Starting in 2016, each year, up to two Gustavo Colonnetti Medals are awarded to researchers of less than 35 years, who have made an outstanding scientific contribution to the field of construction materials and structures. (How to apply)

RILEM Fellows

Created in 1993 by the General Council, the honorary title of RILEM Fellow is bestowed upon RILEM Senior members having made exceptional contributions to RILEM in their capacities as research scientist, engineer, technical leader or educator.

RILEM Honorary Members

RILEM also distinguishes Honorary Members. These are persons having rendered exceptional services to the association — for example, having successfully chaired the work of several TCs, or having contributed to giving a new orientation to the association.

Materials and Structures is the flagship publication of RILEM. The journal is dedicated to the publication of high quality papers examining the fundamental properties of building materials, their characterization and processing techniques, modeling, standardization of test methods, and the application of research results in building and civil engineering.

Materials and Structures: Outstanding Papers

Each year, up to nine papers are selected by Materials and Structures board of editors and published as open access papers. These papers, which cover all fields of RILEM activities, exemplify the highest standards in our scientific community.

Materials and Structures: Best Reviewer Awards

The best reviewer awards are given annually and are meant to commend the top reviewers of our journal for their outstanding peer review efforts over the past year. Recipients are chosen by the board of editors from scores of nominations provided by the associate editors of the journal.

Robert L'Hermite Medalists

Gustavo Colonnetti Medalists 

• 2017 - Prof. Gaurav SANT - Video of his lecture
• 2017 - Prof. Enrico SASSONI - Video of his lecture
• 2016 - Dr. Susan BERNAL LOPEZ - Article, video of her lecture
• 2016 - Dr. Ruben SNELLINGS - Article, video of his lecture

RILEM Fellows

• 2017 – Prof. Dubravka BJEGOVIC
• 2017 – Prof. Hervé DI BENEDETTO
• 2017 - Dr. Espéranza MENENDEZ MENDEZ
• 2017 - Prof. Hirozo MIHASHI
• 2017 - Dr. Mohammed SONEBI
• 2017 - Prof. Enric VAZQUEZ
• 2016 - Prof. Caijun SHI
• 2015 - Prof. Nele DE BELIE
• 2015 - Prof. Geert DE SCHUTTER
• 2015 - Prof. Doug HOOTON
• 2015 - Prof. Kamal KAYAT
• 2015 - Prof. Luis LIMA
• 2015 - Dr. Maria Rosa VALLUZZI
• 2015 - Prof. Jason WEISS
• 2014 - Prof. Klaas VAN BREUGEL
• 2013 - Dr. Arlindo GONÇALVES
• 2012 - Dr. Ravindra GETTU
• 2012 - Prof. Raoul FRANCOIS
• 2012 - Prof. Lars-Olof NILSSON
• 2012 - Dr. Nicolas ROUSSEL
• 2011 - Prof. Christopher LEUNG
• 2011 - Prof. Øystein VENNESLAND
• 2011 - Dr. Ólafur WALLEVIK
• 2010 - Prof. Wolfgang BRAMESHUBER
• 2010 - Prof. Vyatcheslav R. FALIKMAN
• 2009 - Prof. Mark G. ALEXANDER
• 2009 - Prof. Ole Mejlhede JENSEN
• 2007 - Dr. Ian SIMS
• 2007 - Dr. Peter RICHNER
• 2007 - Dr. Philip NIXON
• 2007 - Mr. Johan VYNCKE
• 2006 - Dr. Rafael ASTUDILLO PASTOR
• 2006 - Prof. Andrzej M. BRANDT
• 2006 - Prof. Jacques MARCHAND
• 2006 - Prof. Karen SCRIVENER
• 2006 - Prof. Konstantin KOVLER
• 2006 - Prof. Dr. Jan G. M. van MIER
• 2006 - Prof. Dr. Peter J. M. BARTOS
• 2003 - Dr. Dan J. NAUS
• 2003 - Dr. Manfred N. PARTL
• 2003 - Dr. Roberto J. TORRENT
• 2002 - Prof. Asko SARJA
• 2002 - Prof. Moema RIBAS SILVA
• 2002 - Prof. Dr. Max J. SETZER
• 2002 - Prof Ulrich SCHNEIDER
• 2001 - Prof. David W. S. HO
• 2000 - Dr. Sylva MODRY
• 2000 - Mr. James H. PIELERT
• 2000 - Prof. Dr.- Jörg KROPP
• 1998 - Mr. Ahmed HAKIMI
• 1998 - Prof. Arnon BENTUR
• 1998 - Prof. Fritz EGGIMANN
• 1998 - Prof. José Manuel GÁLLIGO ESTEVEZ
• 1997 - Dr. Aldo CASTOLDI
• 1997 - Dr. Jacques BARON
• 1997 - Dr. Sidney MINDESS
• 1997 - Mr. Hermann W. FRITZ
• 1997 - Prof. Yves MALIER
• 1996 - Dr. Åke SKARENDAHL
• 1996 - Prof. Luigia BINDA
• 1996 - Prof. Raymundo RIVERA-VILLARREAL
• 1996 - Prof. Dr. Zdenek P. BAZANT
• 1996 - Prof. Dr.- Hans W. REINHARDT
• 1995 - Dr. Carmen ANDRADE
• 1995 - Dr. Louis FRANCKEN
• 1995 - Prof. Ario CECCOTTI
• 1995 - Prof. Dr. Tibor JAVOR
• 1995 - Prof. Dr. Yoshihiko OHAMA
• 1994 - Prof. Alpo RANTA-MAUNUS
• 1994 - Prof. Dr. Surendra P. SHAH
• 1994 - Prof. Dr.- Peter SCHIESSL

RILEM Honorary Members

• Prof. Mark ALEXANDER (2016)
• Prof. Eduard AMSTUTZ (1972)
• Dr. Carmen ANDRADE PERDRIX (2015)
• Prof. Dr. Zdenek P. BAZANT (2015)
  
• Prof. Arnon BENTUR (2009)
• Prof. Sven Gabriel BERGSTRÖM (1981)
• Prof. Luigia BINDA (2009)
• Prof. Fernando Luiz Lobo Barboza CARNEIRO (1983)
• Prof. Simon DELPECH (1973)
• Prof. Fritz EGGIMANN (2002)
• Prof. Theodor H. ERISMANN
• M. Maurice FICKELSON (1992)
• Mr. Hermann W. FRITZ (2001)
• Prof. Elio GIANGRECO (1994)
• Prof. Hjalmar GRANHOLM
• Dr. Arnost HÖNIG
• Prof. Hanoch JAEGERMANN (1993)
• Prof. Pekka JAUHO (1985)
• Prof. P. C. KREIJGER (1982)
• Prof. Inge LYSE (1971)
• Dr. Sidney MINDESS (2011)
• Mr. Poul NERENST
• Prof. Lars-Olof NILSSON (2017)
• Prof. Yoshihiko OHAMA (2016)
• Prof. Manfred PARTL (2017)
• Dr. C D POMEROY
• Prof. Dr.- Hans W. REINHARDT (2009)
• Prof. J RICALDONI (1981)
• Prof. Surendra SHAH (2010)
• Prof. Rahel SHALON (1973)
• Dr. Åke SKARENDAHL (2009)
• Prof. Dr. Theodosios P. TASSIOS (1989)
• Dr. Roberto TORRENT (2016)
• Prof. WÄSTLUND (1971)
• Prof. Edouard WEGELIUS (1971)
• Prof. Dr. Ing. Karlhans WESCHE (1982)
• Prof. Folker H. WITTMANN (2004)
• Dr. James R. WRIGHT (1985)

Materials and Structures: Outstanding Papers

• 2016
  • Dam and wet-screened concrete creep in compression: in situ experimental results and creep strains prediction using model B3 and composite models by C. Serra, A. L. Batista, N. Monteiro Azevedo
  • Changes in rheology of self-consolidating concrete induced by pumping  by Dimitri Feys, Geert De Schutter, Kamal H. Khayat, Ronny Verhoeven
  • Anhydrite/aerogel composites for thermal insulation  by D. Sanz-Pont, D. Sanz-Arauz, C. Bedoya-Frutos, R. J. Flatt, S. López-Andrés
  • 3Dim experimental investigation of linear viscoelastic properties of bituminous mixtures by Daniel Perraton, Hervé Di Benedetto, Cédric Sauzéat, Bernhard Hofko, Andrea Graziani, Quang Tuan Nguyen, Simon Pouget, Lily D. Poulikakos, Nouffou Tapsoba, James Grenfell
  • The pore solution of blended cements: a review  by Anya Vollpracht, Barbara Lothenbach, Ruben Snellings, Johannes Haufe
  • Ingress of NaCl in concrete with alkali reactive aggregate: effect on silicon solubility by Anne Heisig, Liudvikas Urbonas, Robin E. Beddoe, Detlef Heinz
  • Investigation on the effect of supplementary cementitious materials on the critical chloride threshold of steel in concrete by Federica Lollini, Elena Redaelli, Luca Bertolini
  • Strätlingite: compatibility with sulfate and carbonate cement phases  by M. U. Okoronkwo, F. P. Glasser
  • Creep and drying shrinkage of a blended slag and low calcium fly ash geopolymer Concrete by A. Castel, S. J. Foster, T. Ng, J. G. Sanjayan, R. I. Gilbert
  • Fast solidification kinetics of parts of bituminous binders by Hartmut R. Fischer, Bert Dillingh, Bastiaan Ingenhut
• 2015
  • An image analysis procedure to quantify the air void system of mortar and concrete by P. C. Fonseca, G. W. Scherer
    
  • Ag/AgCl ion-selective electrodes in neutral and alkaline environments containing interfering ions by Yurena Seguí Femenias, Ueli Angst, Francesco Caruso, Bernhard Elsener
    
  • Comparative testing of crack formation in strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) by Gideon P. A. G. van Zijl, Volker Slowik, Romildo D. Toledo Filho, Folker H. Wittmann, Hirozo Mihashi
    
  • Effects of strain reversal on elastic and viscoelastic properties of early age cement paste beams by Christopher Galitz, Zachary Grasley
    
  • Structural built-up of cement-based materials used for 3D-printing extrusion techniques by A. Perrot, D. Rangeard, A. Pierre
    
  • Extrapolation of short-time drying shrinkage tests based on measured diffusion size effect: concept and reality by Zdeněk P. Bažant, Abdullah Donmez
    
  • Quantitative evaluation of carbonation in concrete using nonlinear ultrasound by Gun Kim, Jin-Yeon Kim, Kimberly E. Kurtis, Laurence J. Jacobs, Yann Le Pape, Maria Guimaraes
    
  • The bitumen microstructure: a fluorescent approach by Florian Handle, Josef Füssl, Susanna Neudl, Daniel Grossegger, Lukas Eberhardsteiner, Bernhard Hofko, Markus Hospodka, Ronald Blab, Hinrich Grothe
    
  • Anm: a geometrical model for the composite structure of mortar and concrete using real-shape particles by Z. Qian, E. J. Garboczi, G. Ye, E. Schlangen
    
  • A new 3D damage model for concrete under monotonic, cyclic and dynamic loadings by Jacky Mazars, François Hamon, Stéphane Grange
    

Materials and Structures: Best Reviewer Awards

• 2015
  • Ralejs TEPFERS
  • Hannelore DERLUYN
  • Catherine PAPANICOLAU
  • Burkan ISGOR
  • Alexander MICHEL
  • Bernhard HOFKO
  • Geert DE SCHUTTER

•  2014
  • Matteo PANIZZA
  • Stefano DAL PONT
  • Christof SCHROFL
  • Michele GRIFFA
  • Rebecca MCDANIEL
  • Jean Pascale PLANCHE
  • Mohammad POUR-GHAZ
  • Martin HOFKO
  • James GRENFELL
  • Paulo PILOTO
  • Mateusz WYRZYKOWSKI
  • Hans-Wolf REINHARDT
  • Stefan JACOBSEN
  • Aaron SAKULICH
  • Dimitri FEYS

• 2013
  • Narayanan NEITHALATH
  • Antonio MARI
  • Christophe PETIT
  • Arnaud PERROT
  • Gian Piero LIGNOLA
  • Ippei MARUYAMA
  • John PROVIS
  • Liberato FERRARA
  • Maria JUENGER