Current PhD students

Guilherme da Silva Munhoz

Topic:

Experimental study and numerical simulation of the transport properties and volume stability of lime mortars at micro-scale and meso-scale

Supervisors:

Guang Ye, Erik Schlangen

Yu Zheng

Topic:

Simulation of the chemical reaction process, and microstructural formation of lime-based materials

 

Supervisors:

Guang Ye, Erik Schlangen

Yitao Huang

Topic:

The role of interface in different type of UHPFRC strengthening systems combining experimental and numerical study

 

Supervisors:

Mladena Lukovic, Erik Schlangen, Max Hendriks

Farnaz Aghabeyk

Topic:

Design of durable alkali-activated pastes resistant to the influence of carbonation, shrinkage, and freezing/thawing, using industrial by-products

Supervisors:

Guang Ye, Erik Schlangen

Rowin Bol

Topic:

Multi-Scale Modelling of Auxetic Cementitious Composites

 

Supervisors:

Branko Savija, Erik Schlangen

Burcu Aytekin Turkoglu

Topic:

Optimisation of reuse of recycled concrete

 

Supervisors:

Oguzhan Copuroglu, Erik Schlangen

Jinbao Xie

Topic:

Auxetic cementitious cellular composite energy harvester

 

Supervisors:

Branko Savija, Erik Schlangen

Anna Alberda van Ekenstein

Topic:

Circular use of concrete fractions

 

Supervisors:

Henk Jonkers, Mark Ottelé, Erik Schlangen

Shozab Mustafa

Topic:

The behaviour of the concrete-SHCC interface under tensile/shear/combined loading in structural members

 

Supervisors:

Mladena Lukovic, Erik Schlangen, Max Hendriks

Aliakbar Ghaderiaram

Topic:

Passive and Active Sensor Nodes for Cheap and Reliable Condition Monitoring of Civil Structures

 

Supervisors:

Mohammad Fotouhi, Erik Schlangen

Zhaozheng Meng

Topic:

Experimental studies on the auxetic cementitious composites

 

Supervisors:

Branko Savija, Erik Schlangen

Eyuphan Kucukkalfa

Topic:

manufacturing, mechanical characterization, and finite element modeling of composite materials

 

Supervisors:

Mohammad Fotouhi, Erik Schlangen

Rauf Hassan

Topic:

3D printing with local materials

 

Supervisors:

Erik Schlangen, Henk Jonkers

Bart Hendrix

Topic:

Ageing and self-healing behaviour of concrete

 

Supervisors:

Klaas van Breugel, Erik Schlangen

Jeroen van Oosten

Topic:

Implementation of innovative concrete in practice to create sustainable structures

 

Supervisors:

Marc Ottelé, Henk Jonkers, Erik Schlangen

Chen Liu

Topic:

Leaching and Efflorescence of Alkali-activated Slag Materials

 

Supervisors:

Guang Ye, Erik Schlangen

Current Visiting Professors/researchers and Postdocs 

Christan Grosse

NWO- Von Humboldt Foundation Laureate & Visiting Professor from TU Munich

 

 

Wen Zhou

Post-Doc on Branko's ERC project dealing with "stiching of 3D printed concrete"

 

 

Amitosh Dash

Guest researcher from KWR, working on local defects in water pipes

Finished PhD students

Lupita Sierra Beltran

Thesis (2011) download:

Ductile Cement-Based Composites with Wood Fibres - material design and experimental approach

Supervisors:

van Breugel/Schlangen

Now: owner of Engrano

Zhiwei Qian

Thesis (2012) download:

Multiscale Modeling of Fracture Processes in Cementitious Materials

Supervisors:

van Breugel/Schlangen

Now: Software developer at www.femris.com

Quantao Liu

Thesis (2012) download:

Induction Healing of Porous Asphalt Concrete

Supervisors:

Schlangen/van de Ven

Now:

Professor at Wuhan University Of Science and Technology

 

Branko Savija

Thesis (2014) download:

Experimental and numerical investigation of chloride ingress in cracked concrete

Supervisor:

Schlangen

Now:

Associate professor at TU Delft

Senot Sangadji

Thesis (2015) download:

Porous Network Concrete: A bio-inspired building component to make concrete structures self-healing

Supervisor:

Schlangen

Now:

Professor at Universitas Sebelas Maret, indonesia

Eirini Tziviloglou

Thesis (2018) download:

Biogenic self-healing mortar: Material development and experimental evaluation

Supervisors:

Schlangen/Jonkers

Now:

Researcher at NCSR, Greece

Leyang Lv

Thesis (2018) download:

Novel routes to polymer-based self-healing systems for cementitious materials

Supervisor:

Schlangen

Now:

Assistant Professor Shenzhen University, China

Ma Xu

Thesis (2018) download:

Cement paste degradation under external sulfate attack: An experimental and numerical research

Supervisors:

Schlangen/Copuroglu

Now:

Researcher at Guangdong Provincial Academy of Building Research Group, China

Guus Bouquet

Thesis (2019) download:

Effect of relaxation on eigenstresses and microcracking in concrete under imposed deformation

Supervisors:

van Breugel/Schlangen

Now:

enjoying retirement

Hongzhi Zhang

Thesis (2019) download:

Experimentally validated multi-scale fracture modelling scheme of cementitious materials

Supervisors:

Schlangen/Savija

Now:

Professor at Shandong University, China

Shi Xu

Thesis (2020) download:

Self-healing Porous Asphalt: A Combination of Encapsulated Rejuvenator and Induction Heating

Supervisors:

Schlangen/Liu

Now:

Associate professor Wuhan University of Science and Technology

Yu Chen

Thesis (2021) download:

Investigation of limestone-calcined clay-based cementitious materials for sustainable 3d concrete printing

Supervisors:

Schlangen/Veer/Copuroglu

Now: 

Professor Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Yading Xu

Thesis (2021) download:

Architected Cementitious Cellular Materials: Towards Auxetic Behavior

Supervisors:

Schlangen/Savija

Now:

Professor at Chongqing University, China

Yidong Gan

Thesis (2022) download:

Experimental and numerical study of fatigue behaviour at the microscale of cementitious materials

Supervisors:

van Breugel/Schlangen/Savija

Now:

Associate professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan,

Yu Zhang

Thesis (2022) download:

The effect of blast furnace slag chemistry on carbonation characteristics of cement-slag systems

Supervisors:

Copuroglu/Schlangen

Now:

Professor at Southeast University Nanjing, China

Ze Chang

Thesis (2023) download:

Experimental Investigation and Lattice Modelling of 3D Printed Concrete Buildability quantification and early-age creep behaviour

Supervisors:

Schlangen/Savija

Now:

FEM design engineer Nearfield Instruments (The Netherlands)

Balqis Md Yunus

Thesis (2023) download:

Bacteria-initiated self-healing concrete: Influence of chloride ions, carbonation and mechanical load

Supervisors:

Schlangen/Jonkers

Now:

Assistant Prof. at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Stefan Chaves Figueiredo

Thesis (2023) download:

Smart cementitious composites: Development of multi-functional printable SHCC.

Supervisors:

Schlangen/Copuroglu

Now:

R&D Etex-group, Mechelen, Belgium

Zhi Wan

Thesis (2023) download:

The application of 3D printing technology in vascular based self-healing concrete

Supervisors:

Savija/Schlangen

Now:

Postdoc UCLA, USA

Minfei Liang

Thesis (2024) download::

Stress Evolution in Early-Age Cementitious Materials Considering Autogenous Deformation and Creep

Supervisors:

Erik Schlangen, Branko Savija

Now:

Postdoc at Oxford University.

Fernando Mendonca Filho

Thesis (2024) download:

Thermal Shock Damage in Construction Materials

Supervisors:

Oguzhan Copuroglu, Erik Schlangen

Now:

Researcher at SGS-Intron (the Netherlands)

Ameya Kamat

Thesis (2024) download:

Improving salt weathering resistance of hydraulic mortars with an encapsulated crystallisation inhibitor

Supervisors:

Barbara Lubelli, Erik Schlangen

Now:

researcher at www.Peabbl.com

Xuhui Liang

Thesis (2024) download:

Valorization of wood biomass fly ash in developing low-carbon cementitious materials.

Supervisors:

Guang Ye, Erik Schlangen

Now:

Researcher low-carbon cement

University of Bath, UK.

Anne Linde van Overmeir

Thesis (2024) download::

Development of  3D printable SHCC for structural purposes

Supervisors:

Erik Schlangen, Branko Savija, Freek Bos (TU Munich)

Now:

Project manager TNO (Netherlands)

Claudia Romero Rodriguez

Thesis 2025 (download):

Experimentally-informed numerical investigation of self-healing cement-based materials

Supervisors:

Erik Schlangen, Branko Savija, Henk Jonkers

Now:

R&D manager Weber-Beamix (Netherlands)

Shan He

Thesis 2025 (download):

Self-healing strain-hardening cementitious composite as concrete cover zone

Supervisors:

Erik Schlangen, Mladena Lukovic, Henk Jonkers

Now:

Advisor Materials and Digital Construction, Witteveen & Bos (Netherlands)

Previous Post-docs 

  • Henk Jonkers; 2006-2008; self healing bacterial concrete; now full professor TU-Delft, The Netherlands
  • Oguzhan Copuroglu; 2006-2009; ASR in concrete; now associate professor TU-Delft, The Netherlands
  • In-Seok Yoon;  2006-2007; chloride ingress in concrete; now full professor Induk University, Seoul, South Korea
  • Alvaro Garcia;  2008-2010; self healing asphalt; now full professor RWTH Aachen, Germany
  • Shunzhi Qian; 2011-2013; self healing concrete; now associate professor NTU, Singapore
  • Junfeng Su; 2011-2014; self healing asphalt; now full professor Tianjin University, China
  • Zhiwei Qian; 2013-2014; modelling slump; now software developer at Femris, The Netherlands
  • Jian Qiu; 2014-2016; asphalt recycling; now researcher/consultant at AsfaltlNu, The Netherlands
  • Branko Savija; 2014-2016; modelling self healing concrete; now associate professor, TU-Delft, The Netherlands
  • Zichao Pan; 2014-2015; modelling self healing concrete; now associate professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
  • Amir Tabakovic; 2015-2017; self healing asphalt; now researcher, TNO, Delft, The Netherlands
  • Marija Nedeljkovic; 2020-2024; Recycling concrete; now researcher/advisor, Rijkswaterstaat, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Shi Xu; 2023-2024; Self healing asphalt; now Associate Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

 

Guest Professors/PhD's/researchers

  • Sanjay Pareek, 2012 (Japan)
  • Tomoya Nishiwaki , 2018 (Japan)
  • Francisco Montero (Paco), 2012 (Seville, Spain)
  • Chris Joseph, 2008 (Cardiff, UK)
  • Josef Kveton, 2018 (Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Satoshi Komatsu, 2008-2009 (Japan)

  • Sina Sayadi Moghadam, 2021 (Cardiff, UK)
  • Laís Bandeira Barros, 2022 (Ghent, BE)
  • Salam Maytham Jaber Al-Obaidi, 2021 (Milano, Italy)
  • Alvaro Gonzalez, 2017 (Chile)

  • Jose Norambuena-Contreras, 2018 (Chile)

  • Ana Mafalda Matos, 2017 (Porto, Portugal)
  • Min Bai, 2018 (Xian, China)
  • Gabriele Milone, 2023 (Cambridge, UK)