New RILEM Tech Lett papers
 
Two papers have been added to Vol 8 (2023) of RILEM Tech Lett:
-MgO-based cements – Current status and opportunities, by E. Bernard et al.
-Guidelines for using superabsorbent polymers (SAP) in concrete construction, by V. Mechtcherine.
All OPEN ACCESS!!!!

 

 

New RILEM partner
 
RILEM is excited to announce a new International Partnership Agreement with the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE)! The CSCE is a not-for-profit learned society created to develop and maintain high standards of civil engineering practice in Canada and to enhance the public image of the civil engineering profession. More info here!

 

 

CIGOS 2024
 
The deadline for Early Bird Registration of the RILEM co-sposonsored International Conference series on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering and Structures - CIGOS 2024 – is December 15, 2023. Hurry up to register! The event will take place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on 4-5 April 2024.

 

 

… the mission of RILEM is to advance free-access scientific knowledge related to construction materials, systems and structures? To do so, RILEM has an extensive list of educational videos and key-note presentations available FOR FREE on its YouTube Channel! RILEM also sponsors RILEM Tech Lett, a fully OPEN ACCESS journal. Discover many more free-to-download publications here!

 

 

RILEM Spring Convention, 7-12 April 2024, Milan, Italy
 
78^th RILEM Annual Week, 25-30 August 2024, Toulouse, France
 
RILEM Spring Convention, 23-28 March 2025, Mendrisio, Switzerland
 
More RILEM events 

 

 

    Dr Kolawole Olonade is an Associate Professor at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a Senior Lecturer at the Western Campus of Kampala International University, Uganda. Dr Olonade is a structure and cement-based materials expert, with focus on utilisation of various wastes (agricultural and industrial) for the production of high-performance concrete. He is a chartered engineer by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). In 2018, he received the German African Innovation Incentive Award. Dr Olonade joined RILEM in 2013 and since then he has been a very active member, joining several Technical Committees, and co-organising several events, amongst which, the East African Student Seminar on Materials technologies for sustainable construction in 2020 and the Graduate Symposium on Sustainable Concrete and Structures in Nigeria in 2021.   This interview took place on 13 November 2023.
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