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Award for CIRG member at fib conference in Rome

3 December 2021

On November 18 th -19 th the fib Italy Young Members Group hosted the second Symposium on Concrete and Concrete structures in Rome - a city famous for its concrete, both ancient and modern. Two of the group members, Postdoc Michele and PhD student Jess, attended the conference to present their work, accompanied by PhD...

CIRG welcomes Callum White

3 December 2021

Callum White has recently joined the CIRG as an MRes+PhD student, supported by Costain. Callum is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment (FIBE2 CDT). His research focuses on immediate cement reduction, improving data and information flow within the context of the...

Rachel and Melissa win MEng project presentation prizes!

10 August 2021

Many congratulations to CIRG team members Rachel Fallow and Melissa Nash who both won project presentation prizes at the June 2021 Cambridge 'Civils' Conference for Civil Engineering MEng students, staff and industry sponsors. Rachel spoke about her work on the bond strength of steel reinforcement in functionally graded...

Hasini and Jess present their work at the fib Symposium 2021

29 June 2021

Well done to Hasini Weerasinghe and Jess Forsdyke who had papers accepted for publication and presentation at the fib Symposium 2021 held from June 14-16, 2021. Both Hasini and Jess pre-recorded their presentations and then discussed their work during live online question and answer sessions. So while an online event is...

Hasini Weerasinghe gives a presentation on aggregate interlock at a Cambridge University Structures Seminar

10 March 2021

Hasini Weerasinghe presented a summary of her 1st year PhD work at a Structures Seminar organized by the University of Cambridge Structures Research Group on 20th November 2021. Hasini and Danielle Van Gilst delivered online presentations during the seminar. Hasini’s research focuses on aggregate interlock action in...

Jess Forsdyke to present at Cambridge Zero Symposium: Transport, Cities & Infrastructure

1 March 2021

2nd year PhD student, Jess Forsdyke, will present at the Cambridge Zero Symposium: Transport, Cities & Infrastructure on March 3rd. Humans consume concrete in such massive quantities it is second only to water. It is used globally in construction due to its wide material availability, enabling construction of complex...

Adam Neville PhD Prize 2020 Finalist

1 March 2021

Michele's doctoral thesis was shortlisted for the Adam Neville PhD Prize 2020 for best national PhD in the field of cement and concrete. Michele presented an overview of his PhD dissertation titled 'Deterioration and Cracking in Reinforced Concrete Bridges' at the Neville Centre Symposium held on 19th November 2020. His...

Double win for Michele at the IStructE Young Researchers' Conference 2020

30 October 2020

Congratulations to Michele Win Tai Mak who has been awarded two prizes at the Young Researchers' Conference (YRC) 2020, organised by the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) on the 4th September 2020. He participated in the oral presentation section, the top category, winning the 1st Prize from the scientific...

Welcome to Dr Marcus Maier

19 June 2020

Dr Marcus Maier has recently joined the CIRG as a Research Associate. Marcus studied for his PhD at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and prior to coming to Cambridge worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Singapore at the Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore (BEARS). His research focuses on the use of...

New CIRG publications on functionally graded concrete

19 June 2020

They say good things come in threes.... Three new CIRG journal papers were published in the May, June and July, 2020 issues of Construction and Building Materials. To find out more please see: Torelli G, Giménez Fernández M, Lees JM. (2020) Functionally graded concrete: Design objectives, production techniques and analysis...