Research Output per year
Organization profile
Introduction / mission
Preservation of energy and limitation of the environmental impact while providing a healthy and comfortable indoor and outdoor environment are essential requirements for the built environment
Highlighted phrase
Developing concepts and materials to build more and better with fewer materials.
Organisational profile
Building Materials (BM) is a research group within the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) Building Physics and Services (BPS) unit. Through a scientifically and technically driven design and production methodology, the goals are to obtain more sustainable, durable and functional materials and products. The group focuses on solving practical problems, answering scientific questions, examining new raw materials and developing innovative products in order to achieve ‘more with less’.
Research interests include:
- Development of new building materials. They can be composed of the binders cement, gypsum, hemi-hydrate and quicklime and cementitious by-products, such as concrete, cement-wood composites, autoclaved aerated concrete and stabilized waste.
- Fundamental physical and chemical know-how. Through experimental and theoretical approaches and implementation in numerical design tools, research is conducted into particle packing, physical transport phenomena, and (de-)hydration reactions, for example.
A scientifically and technically driven design and production methodology is followed to obtain more sustainable, durable and functional building materials and products. They are designed, applied, produced and tested on their physical, mechanical, chemical and sensory properties, for both indoor and outdoor applications. These innovations are encouraged by the changing regulations and standards that are becoming more performance-based rather than prescription-based.
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Profiles
Muhammad Ahmed
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Materials - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Qadeer Alam, MSc
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Materials - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
H.J.H. (Jos) Brouwers
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Materials - Full Professor
Person: HGL : Professor
Research Output 1979 2019
Application of nanomaterials in Alkali-activated materials
Yu, Q., 2019, Nanotechnology in Eco-efficient Construction: Materials, Processes and Applications. Amsterdam: Elsevier, p. 97-121 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Alkalies
Nanostructured materials
Detailed characterization of particle size fractions of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash
Loginova, E., Volkov, D. S., van de Wouw, P. M. F., Florea, M. V. A. & Brouwers, H. J. H., 10 Jan 2019, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 207, p. 866-874 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Ashes
bottom ash
Waste incineration
Municipal solid waste
incineration
Influence of synthesis conditions on the properties of photocatalytic titania-silica composites
Hendrix, Y., Lazaro, A., Yu, Q. L. & Brouwers, H. J. H., 15 Feb 2019, In : Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 371, p. 25-32 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
File
Silicon Dioxide
titanium
Titanium
Silica
silicon dioxide
Prizes
Intevep´s Creative and Innovation Award, 1st operational reconnaissance for impulse and use of hematite base drilling fluids
George Quercia Bianchi (Recipient), 1 Dec 2005
Recognition: Other › Discipline related › Professional
PDVSA Intevep´s Creative and Innovation Award, 1st special reconnaissance
George Quercia Bianchi (Recipient), 1 Aug 2007
Recognition: Other › Discipline related › Professional
PDVSA Intevep´s Creative and Innovation Award, 2nd place
George Quercia Bianchi (Recipient), 1 Dec 2007
Recognition: Other › Discipline related › Professional
Activities 1997 2017
The challenge of natural fibers in composite reinforcement
Gauvin, F. (Speaker)5 Apr 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Keynote talk › Scientific
Composites bio-sourcés et assainissement de l'air
Gauvin, F. (Speaker)18 Oct 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Keynote talk › Scientific
Photocatalyst deactivation on wood wool cement composite
Gauvin, F. (Speaker)22 May 2017 → 28 May 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation › Poster presentation › Scientific
Press / Media
Review article:Ms.Ref.No:JMSC12947 Reaction progress of alkaline activated metakaolin-ground granulated blast furnace slag blends
1/01/09
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Student theses
Design of an innovative bio-concrete using Miscanthus fibres: characterization and properties of Miscanthus fibres as lightweight aggregate in a cementitious matrix
Author: Ezechiels, J., 28 Feb 2017Supervisor: Brouwers, H. (Supervisor 1), Yu, Q. (Supervisor 2) & Schollbach, K. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Immobillisation of the main contaminants of MSWI residues: chlorides and their counter ions
Author: Quaas, L., 31 Aug 2017Supervisor: Brouwers, H. (Supervisor 1), Florea, M. (Supervisor 2) & Schollbach, K. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Material and structural design aspects of a prefabricated balcony of lightweight concrete
Author: van Heuveln, E., 31 Aug 2017Supervisor: Wijte, S. (Supervisor 1), Brouwers, H. (Supervisor 2), Bos, F. (Supervisor 2) & Yu, Q. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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