Sunday |
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanoscopic Behavior and Modeling |
| Discussion Leader: Paramita Mondal (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Zongjin Li (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China) "Bridging
Nano-Scale and Large-Scale Model Simulation for Cement-Based Materials" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Prannoy Suraneni (Oregon State University, USA) "Engineering Pavements for Long Term Durability: Where Nano Scale Is Critical and Where It Is Not" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Microstructure
Characterization and Multi-Scale Modeling of Concrete |
| Discussion Leader: Eric Landis (University of Maine, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Karen Scrivener (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland) "Research Priorities for More Sustainable Cements: Importance of Microstructure and Modelling" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Albert Kwan (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China) "Optimizing
Packing of Cementitious Materials and Powder Content for Maximizing Performance
of Paste, Mortar and Concrete" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Adnan Ibrahimbegovic (University of Technology of Compiègne, France) "Heterogeneous Multiscale Methods: Towards Quantifying Durability of Sustainable Concrete Structures" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Application
of Nanotechnologies in Cementitious Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Kimberly Kurtis (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Surendra Shah (Northwestern University, USA) "Role of Nano Fibers and Nano Particles in Improving Durability of Concrete" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Maria Kosta-Gdoutos (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece) "CNT and CNF Reinforced Concrete: A Multifunctional Structural Material" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Alternative Cementitious Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Jannie van Deventer (Zeobond Pty Ltd., Australia) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Jose Ivan Escalante Garcia (Unidad Saltillo, Cinvestav, Mexico) "Sustainable Cements for the Future" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Manu Santhanam (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India) "Early Age Behaviour and Durability Performance of Ternary Cementitious Systems Involving Limestone Powder" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Tongbo Sui (Sinoma Research Institute, China) "Low Carbon Clinker Cements
for Sustainable Infrastructure" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Poster Session |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Novel Techniques for Concrete Testing |
| Discussion Leader: Emmanuel Gdoutos (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece) |
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm | Masayasu Ohtsu (Kyoto University, Japan) "Visualized NDE for Internal Defects in Concrete Structures by SiGMA and SIBIE" |
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm | Discussion |
5:00 pm - 5:40 pm | Tyler Ley (Oklahoma State University, USA) "Using X-Ray Computed Tomography to Study Cement Hydration" |
5:40 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | High Performance Concrete |
| Discussion Leader: Nemkumar Banthia (University of British Columbia, Canada) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Paulo Helene (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) "Durability and High Performance Concrete - The Best Way to Sustainable Concrete Structures" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Kamal Khayat (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA) "High Performance Concrete
with Adopted Rheology - Recent Advances and Future Challenges" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Victor Li (University of Michigan, USA) "A Holistic View of Sustainable Infrastructure" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Green Approaches for Concrete Design |
| Discussion Leader: Jianzhuang Xiao (Tongji University, China) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Chi-sun Poon (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China) "Reuse of Waste Materials in Concrete" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Claire White (Princeton University, USA) "Permeability and Nanoscale
Gel Stability of Alkali-Activated Materials" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Functional Concrete |
| Discussion Leader: Konstantin Kovler (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Erik Schlangen (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) "Self-Healing, Sensing and Multiscale
Testing of Concrete" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Pedro Garces Terradillos (University of Alicante, Spain) "Conductive Multifuncional Cementitious
Material" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Min-Hong Zhang (National University of Singapore, Singapore) "Beyond Conventional Concrete:
Lightweight, Low Thermal Conductivity, and Energy Efficient" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Concrete Design for Durability Under Severe Environment |
| Discussion Leader: Mark Alexander (University of Cape Town, South Africa) |
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm | Carmen Andrade Perdrix (Spanish National Research Council, Spain) "Probabilistic Treatment of Chloride Threshold as Limit State" |
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm | Discussion |
5:00 pm - 5:40 pm | R. Doug Hooton (University of Toronto, Canada) "Do Standard Durability Tests
Adequately Address Concrete Field Performance?" |
5:40 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |