This afternoon we have a workshop "Communication" at NWO for the competition "Academische Jaarprijs 2013". Of course we are very positive that we will win this price.
You can follow our progress in the competition on the website of the Academische Jaarprijs 2013.
Friday 19 April 2013
Ugo Lafont talks about self healing....
Our colleague at Delft University from the Aerospace Engineering Faculty gave an interview to a French Magazine "Le Journal du Dimanche" in which he also talks about Concrete and Asphalt.
Click on the image to read the full article.
Full ArticleClick on the image to read the full article.
Wednesday 9 January 2013
Interview Concrete.TV with Erik online
To watch the interview that Concrete.TV had with Erik on Self Healing Concrete can now be seen online; just click on the image:
Thursday 6 December 2012
TEDxDelft talk Erik on youtube
You can watch the talk that Erik gave @ TEDxDelft in October on self healing asphalt on youtube
Monday 5 November 2012
Read more ....
below just some links that we found this week where you can read the same story, but with different words:
The Future Of Things
Smart Planet
io9.com
Building Test Expo
Space Mart
Yahoo Voices
Science New Daily
Discover Magazine
Physics Today
The Future Of Things
Smart Planet
io9.com
Building Test Expo
Space Mart
Yahoo Voices
Science New Daily
Discover Magazine
Physics Today
Sunday 4 November 2012
zombie animals, martian methane and self healing buildings
sometimes you find funny articles on the internet about our work:
It might sound like the start to a terrible joke, but what happens when a microbiologist and a concrete technologist get together? The answer is a special mix of the popular building material, that might be able to "heal" itself.
read the complete article here
It might sound like the start to a terrible joke, but what happens when a microbiologist and a concrete technologist get together? The answer is a special mix of the popular building material, that might be able to "heal" itself.
read the complete article here
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Special Issue JACT self healing
The Japan Concrete Institute published a special issue on Self Healing of Cementitious Materials.
You can download the aricles from here. In the special issue there is a publication on our Porous Network Concrete.
You can download the aricles from here. In the special issue there is a publication on our Porous Network Concrete.
EU-FP7 project HEALCON
A new project will start in January 2013 on "Self-healing concrete to create durable and sustainable concrete structures".
It is funded by EU-FP7. The coordinator of the project is Prof. Nele de Belie from Ghent University. Our group from the Microlab at TU-Delft will take part in this project as well as TU-Munchen en various research institutes and inductrial partners from all over Europe.
As soon as we get any fancy results we will let you know.
It is funded by EU-FP7. The coordinator of the project is Prof. Nele de Belie from Ghent University. Our group from the Microlab at TU-Delft will take part in this project as well as TU-Munchen en various research institutes and inductrial partners from all over Europe.
As soon as we get any fancy results we will let you know.
BBC-News: re-healable concrete
The BBC posted an article on their NEWS-website on Science and Environment.
The title of the item is:
"Key test for re-healable concrete"
You can read the article here.
More info on self healing material is given on another BBC-webpage.
The title of the item is:
"Key test for re-healable concrete"
More info on self healing material is given on another BBC-webpage.
Saturday 6 October 2012
PhD-thesis self healing asphalt
This week Quantao Liu defended successfully his PhD-thesis on Self Healing of Porous Aphalt.
You can download a copy of his thesis by clicking here.
You can download a copy of his thesis by clicking here.
Thursday 6 September 2012
Best Paper Award
This week we attended with several people the ICCRRR 2012 conference and RILEM week in Cape Town South Africa. We had 4 presentations on our Self Healing projects by Henk, Lupita, Virginie and Senot.
Senot Sangadji won the Best Student Paper Award at the conference with his paper "Porous network concrete, Novel concept of healable concrete".
Senot Sangadji won the Best Student Paper Award at the conference with his paper "Porous network concrete, Novel concept of healable concrete".
Thursday 10 May 2012
Best Paper Award at JCI-conference
Sanjay Pareek who is a guest Professor in the Microlab this year won the Best Paper Award at the anual conference of JCI (Japan Concrete Institute). For this BEST paper he worked with his team in Japan (at Nihon University) on Self Healing applications for Reinforced Concrete Structures.
Thursday 3 May 2012
Wednesday 18 April 2012
AWARD for Bacterial Concrete
Yesterday the Bacterial Concrete won an AWARD of the Imagine School Competition.
4 High-school students (Jeroen Goedhart, Ruben Boelens, Stijn Jagers op Akkerhuis, Roel Oldenkamp)
from R.S.G Pantarijn in Wageningen performed a research project under supervision of Virginie and Henk to develop a special Self Healing Bacterial Concrete to be used in Ecuador for concrete water irrigation systems.
The award consists of flight tickets for the research team to visit the site in Ecuador and inspect the construction of the irrigation system.
4 High-school students (Jeroen Goedhart, Ruben Boelens, Stijn Jagers op Akkerhuis, Roel Oldenkamp)
from R.S.G Pantarijn in Wageningen performed a research project under supervision of Virginie and Henk to develop a special Self Healing Bacterial Concrete to be used in Ecuador for concrete water irrigation systems.
The award consists of flight tickets for the research team to visit the site in Ecuador and inspect the construction of the irrigation system.
The photo below is taken during the presentation of the project by the students and shows why self healing concrete is needed.
Thursday 1 March 2012
Monday 27 February 2012
Upscaling Bacterial Concrete
Renee made a nice poster to present her project on upscaling the Bacterial Concrete.
Click on the images to see a larger version.
Click on the images to see a larger version.
Microdurability Conference Amsterdam
Did you know that we are organising a conference on Microdurability in April in Amsterdam. There will be several presentations on self healing materials!
Self Healing Concrete visits Malaysia and Indonesia
Next week Erik will be in Malaysia and Indonesia where he is invited to participate in a workshop and a conference on Durability and Sustainabity of Materials. Self Healing Materials will be the topic of his presentations.
Click on the image to find out more on the workshop and click here for the program of the conference in Indonesia. Senot will also be at the conference in Indonesia to present the Porous Network Concrete.
Click on the image to find out more on the workshop and click here for the program of the conference in Indonesia. Senot will also be at the conference in Indonesia to present the Porous Network Concrete.
BETONICA Webinar
Today Erik gave a Webinar on Self Healing Concrete and Asphalt for Betonica.
You can watch back the webinar on the website of Betonica.
The presentation you can download here.
You can watch back the webinar on the website of Betonica.
The presentation you can download here.
Injection of Healing Agent.
Senot made a nice movie of the injection of healing agent in the porous network concrete. Enjoy!
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Thursday 9 February 2012
WEBINAR self healing 27/02/2012
On 27/02/2012, at 12h00 Central European time, a Webinar will be held by Dr. Ir. E. Schlangen from 12:00-12:30 on the subject of RILEM TC 221 self healing.
Those wanting to participate are kindly invited to confirm this to kristof.caubergs@bbri.be
Self Healing Materials is a new research area that gets a lot of attention in recent years. Self Healing Concrete is a term that is used for cement-based materials that repair themselves after the material or structure gets damaged due to some sort of deterioration mechanism.
In the webinar an update will be given on the progress of the Self Healing Concrete projects running in the section Materials & Environment and the Microlab of the faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of Delft University. Furthermore also the work being undertaken in the context of the RILEM TC 221 on Self Healing will be highlighted.
Those wanting to participate are kindly invited to confirm this to kristof.caubergs@bbri.be
Self Healing Materials is a new research area that gets a lot of attention in recent years. Self Healing Concrete is a term that is used for cement-based materials that repair themselves after the material or structure gets damaged due to some sort of deterioration mechanism.
In the webinar an update will be given on the progress of the Self Healing Concrete projects running in the section Materials & Environment and the Microlab of the faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of Delft University. Furthermore also the work being undertaken in the context of the RILEM TC 221 on Self Healing will be highlighted.
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