Association - 2019 Robert L'Hermite Medalist

We are pleased to announce the 2019 Robert L'Hermite medalist: Dr. Augusto Cannone Falchetto, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.

Augusto Cannone Falchetto’s research focusses on infrastructure materials and pavement engineering and combines experimental research, advanced analysis and modelling. His interests cover a range of topics, including materials performance, mix optimization, structural behaviour of asphalt pavements, fatigue, healing, and shear in asphalt materials, hot and cold recycling, micromechanical and rheological modelling and Digital Image...

Association - Dr. Daniela Ciancio to support RILEM as Implementation Manager

Daniela Ciancio has engaged with RILEM since March 2019 to help in key actions planned for the future, including bringing in young members, establishing better links with the industry, leveraging open access publication strategy, having a more effective website, and facilitating better RILEM promotion and follow up.

Until recently, she was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Previously, she obtained her doctoral degree from the University of Catania, Italy.

Association - RILEM Spring Convention and SMSS 2019: a Report (or What did you miss?)

Rovinj, Croatia, 18 – 22 March 2019

RIM Daniela Ciancio

The 2019 RILEM Spring Convention kicked off on Monday morning, 18 March. It went through two intense working days, full of TC meetings (13 to be exact) and RILEM standing committee summits (DAC, TAC and Bureau). Some TC were officially closed and others officially started, but you will see more about this in the 2019 Annual Technical Report which is now a focus of attention and which is  to be presented at the 73^rd RILEM Annual Week in Nanjing (China) in August.

Around 450 participants from 50 countries attended the...

Association - RILEM Annual Report 2018

Our most recent Annual Report is published. We have so much to celebrate from last year and are excited to share our story and some 2018 highlights with this report. Feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested in learning more about our work and the things we accomplished last year.

You can view and download the 2018 Annual Report by clicking here.

Association - ACI honors RILEM members

Please join us to congratulate the Chair of our RILEM Educational Activities Committee, Prof. Doug Hooton, University of Toronto, Canada, for being one of the six 2019 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Honorary Members! Prof. Doug Hooton has been recognized for his contributions to “the concrete industry in the areas of concrete materials, concrete durability, and sustainability of concrete construction particularly through research, teaching, and development of standards and code”.

This same year, Prof. Geert De Schutter, Ghent University, Belgium, Chair of our RILEM Development...

Association - Interview with Dr. Claire White, Gustavo Colonnetti Medalist 2019

RIM DC: What is your relationship with RILEM, when did you become a member for the first time, has RILEM helped you in your career?

I think I became a RILEM member once I started at Princeton University. I joined once it became apparent that I was really in the area of research in construction materials and I knew the importance of being involved with the organization and helping move our findings from research into industry and implementation.

I had known about RILEM before (joining Princeton) because my supervisors were active in the TCs but during my postdoc (Los Alamos national lab)...

Association - Interview with Dr. Bahman Ghiassi, Gustavo Colonnetti Medalist 2019

RIM DC: If you had to explain your work to your grandmother, what would you say?

Dr Ghiassi: I check if the structures are well enough and I find remedies if they are not well.

RIM DC: What is your relationship with RILEM, when did you become a member for the first time, has RILEM helped you in your career?

Dr Ghiassi: I became a member of RILEM in 2012 when I was in the second year of my PhD studies. I joined because my research group [at the University of Minho] was a RILEM member and my PhD topic was related to the topic of one of RILEM TCs so that gave me the opportunity to attend...

Association - 2019 Gustavo Colonnetti medalists

We are pleased to announce the 2019 Gustavo Colonnetti medalists:

• Dr. Bahman Ghiassi, University of Nottingham, UK

Bahman Ghiassi is a civil engineer with strong competences both in numerical methods and in experimental approaches. His research interests cover a vast range of topics, including durability and mechanics of composite materials (masonry, concrete, FRPs, FRCM), performance evaluation and strengthening of masonry and historical constructions, multi-scale computational modeling and experimental testing, NDT and full-field measurement techniques.

Dr. Ghiassi is an active RILEM...

Association - PhD positions at ULB

Please see attached the details of the 2 positions:

• PHD POSITION ON VOLUME STABILITY OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED MATERIALS
• PHD POSITION ON MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED MATERIALS

Please apply no later than May 31st, 2019 via e-mail sstaquet@ulb.ac.be

Association - Obituary for Wei Sun

Wei SUN (November 20, 1935 - February 22, 2019)

On February 22, 2019 our beloved Professor Wei Sun passed away peacefully at her home in Nanjing, China.

Professor Sun was a distinguished full professor at Southeast University, an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and an internationally recognized civil engineering expert and educator. She devoted all her life to the education and the development of the science and technology of civil engineering materials of China. She taught for more than 60 years and supervised more than 150 PhD and master students, many of whom are now...