Current Visiting Professors/researchers and Postdocs 

Finished PhD students

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 director/owner www.revolutionroad.eu
• Marija Nedeljkovic; 2020-2024; Recycling concrete; now researcher/advisor, ARUP, The Netherlands
• Shi Xu; 2023-2024; Self healing asphalt; now Associate Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
• Wen Zhou; 2023-2025; 3D concrete printing on Branko's ERC. now Assistant Professor, NTU Singapore.

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)
• Amitosh Dash, 2025 (KWR Netherlands)
• Christian Grosse, 2025 (TUM, Germany)

PhD-committees at Delft University (where I was not one of the supervisors)

1. Pietro Lura, 2003, Autogeneous Deformation and Internal Curing of Concrete
2. Oguzhan Copuroglu, 2006, The characterisation, improvement and modelling aspects of Frost Salt Scaling of Cement-Based Materials
   with a High Slag Content
3. Inna Gitman, 2006, Representative Volumes and Multi-scale Modelling of Quasi-brittle Materials
4. Ronnie Refstrup Pedersen, 2010, Computational modelling of dynamic failure of cementitious materials
5. Dongxing Xuan, 2012, Cement Treated Recycled Crushed Concrete and Masonry Aggregates for Pavements
6. Frank Radtke, 2012, Computational modelling of fibre-reinforced cementitious composites: An analysis of discrete and mesh-independent techniques
7. Gustavo Luis GUERRIERO, 2012, Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Thermosetting Polymers as Protective Coatings for Aerospace
8. Yue Xiao, 2013, Towards a Performance Evaluation Model For Durable and Sustainable Thin Surfacings
9. Oriol Lloberas Valls, 2013, Multiscale domain decomposition analysis of quasi-brittle materials
10. Ning Li, 2013, Investigation of rheological and fatigue properties of asphalt mixtures 
11. Diederik van Lent, 2013, Interfacial interactions and mass transfer at the interfacial region of bituminous hydrocarbon mixtures.
12. Yuwei Ma, 2013, Microstructure and Engineering Properties of Alkali Activated Fly Ash
13. Sadegh Akbarnejad, 2013, Development of an Evaluation Protocol for Self-Cementing Secondary Road Base Materials
14. Mingzhong Zhang, 2013, Multiscale Lattice Boltzmann-Finite Element Modelling of Transport Properties in Cement-based Materials
15. Ying Wang, 2013, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF CEMENT BASED MATERIALS BLENDED WITH MICRONIZED SAND MICROSTRUCTURE DURABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
16. Qi Zhang, 2013, MICROSTRUCTURE AND DETERIORATION MECHANISMS OF PORTLAND CEMENT PASTE AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE
17. Herdis Heineman, 2013, Historic Concrete - From Concrete Repair to Concrete Conservation
18. Hooman Hoornahad, 2014, Toward Development of Self-Compacting No-Slump Concrete Mixtures
19. Hafiz Saleem Iqbal, 2014, Performance Evaluation of Polybenzimidazole for Potential Aerospace Applications
20. Mirella Villani, 2015, Friction in Asphalt Concrete Mixes: Experimental and Computational Issues
21. Pengpeng Wu, 2015, Cement stabilized materials with use of roadcem additive
22. Mohamad Mohajeri, 2015, Hot Mix Asphalt Recycling
23. Yuan Zhang, 2015, Extending the Lifespan of Porous Asphalt Concrete
24. Dongya Ren, 2015, Optimisation of the Crack Pattern in Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements
25. Jose Pacheco, 2015, Corrosion of steel in cracked concrete: chloride microanalysis and service life predictions
26. Nghi Le, 2015, Micro-level Porosimetry of Virtual Cementitious Materials
27. Rita Esposito, 2016, The Deteriorating Impact of Alkali-Silica Reaction on Concrete. Expansion and Mechanical Properties
28. Mladena Lukovic, 2016, INFLUENCE OF INTERFACE AND STRAIN HARDENING CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITE (SHCC) PROPERTIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE REPAIRS
29. Sayeda Nahar, 2016, PHASE-SEPARATION CHARACTERISTICS OF BITUMEN AND THEIR RELATION TO DAMAGE-HEALING
30. Marcello MALAGÙ, 2016, MULTISCALE COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF SIZE EFFECTS IN CARBON NANOTUBE-POLYMER COMPOSITES
31. Zhou Zhou, 2016, The structure of (nuclear) graphite: from the atomic to the macro scales
32. Somi Lotfi, 2016, C2CA Concrete Recycling Process: From Development To Demonstration
33. Lourdes Silva De Souza, 2016, Electrochemical Lithium Migration to Mitigate Alkali-Silica Reaction in Existing Concrete Structures
34. Ilse Vegt, 2016, Concrete in dynamic tension: The fracture process
35. Ayda Şafak AĞAR ÖZBEK, 2016, Design and Analyses of Porous Concrete for Safety Applications
36. Walter de Vries, 2017, The use of Advanced Dry Recovery in recycling fine moist granular materials
37. Angelo Saraber, 2017, Fly ash from coal and biomass for use in concrete: Origin, properties and performance
38. Anne van de Graaf, 2017, Sequentially linear analysis for simulating brittle failure
39. A.E. Peksa, 2017, Carbonated Water Flooding: Process overview in the frame of CO2 flooding
40. Xiaowei Ouyang, 2017, Filler-hydrates Adhesion Properties in Cement Paste System. Development of Sustainable Building Materials
41. Kai Li, 2017, Numerical Determination for Permeability in Unsaturated Cementitious Materials
42. Bas Lotttman, 2017, The spalling mechanism of fire exposed concrete
43. Farhad Pargar, 2018, The application of Ag/AgCl electrodes as chloride sensors in cementitious materials
44. Dong Hua, 2018, Transport Processes in Hydrating Cementitious Coating Systems
45. Yong Zhang, 2018, Non-saturated Chloride Diffusion in Sustainable Cementitious Materials
46. Gao Peng, 2018, Simulation of hydration and microstructure development of blended cements
47. Prasanth Venugopal, 2018, Dynamic Wireless Power for Evs
48. Tianshi Lu, 2019, Autogenous shrinkage of early age cement paste and mortar
49. S. Y. Shah, 2019, In Situ Foam Generation In Flow Across a Sharp Permeability Transition
50. Tiziano LI PIANI, 2019, EXPERIMENTAL-NUMERICAL MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ADOBE MASONRY
51. Yibing Zuo, 2019, Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of the Reaction Process and Microstructure Formation of Alkali-Activated  Materials
52. Ruxin Jing, 2019, Ageing of bituminous materials -Experimental and numerial characteriation
53. Marija Nedeljkovic, 2019, Long-term performance of geopolymer concrete systems for production of environment friendly building materials
54. Dominik Schmieden, 2019, Imitating nature to produce nacre inspired composite materials with Generation of nacre-inspired materials with bacteria
55. Faisal Salim Hamed AL SAADI, 2019, Mobilization and Displacement of Residual Oil by means of Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes
56. Natali Carr, 2019, Biomass Derived Binder
57. Mingzhao Zhou, 2020, Towards electrochemical-performance evaluation of fiber-based batteries
58. Wenjuan Lyu, 2020, Effect of micro-cracking and self-healing on long-term creep and strength development of concrete
59. Clarissa Luiza, JUSTINO DE LIMA, 2020,  INNOVATIVE LOW-MELTING GLASS COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING FLY ASH AND BLAST FURNACE SLAG
60. Agus Susanto, 2020, The effect of stray current on hardening and hardened cement-based materials
61. Mohsen Goudarzi, 2020, Discrete fiber models beyond classical applications. Rigid line inclusions, fiber-based batteries, challenges
62. Martijn Janssen, 2020, Investigation on foam-assisted chemical flooding for enhanced oil recovery
63. Jayaprakash KRISHNASAMY, 2020, Computational analysis of fracture and healing in thermal barrier coatings
64. Omid Hajizad, 2021, Influence of Microstructure on Mechanical Properties and Damage Initiation of Bainitic Steels in Railway Applications
65. Zhipei Chen, 2021, Behavior of reinforcing steel and reinforced concrete undergoing stray current
66. Samira Jafari, 2021, Material Characterisation of Existing Masonry
67. Zhenming Li, 2021, Autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated slag and fly ash materials: From mechanism to mitigating strategies
68. Marco Roosen, 2021, Shear failure of prestressed girders in regions without flexural cracks
69. Haopeng Wang, 2021, Crumb rubber modified bitumen: Experimental characterization and modelling
70. Martin Paul Nijgh, 2021, A Multi-Scale Approach Towards Reusable Steel-Concrete Composite Floor Systems
71. Emanuele Rossi, 2022, From waste to Self-Healing Concrete - The missing PHA Link
72. Hong Zhang, 2022, Micromechanical Modelling of Porous Asphalt Mixture
73. Jesse van Kuijk, 2022, Novel insights into the physics of fatigue crack growth
74. Yask Kulshreshtha, 2022, BUILDING AFFORDABLE, DURABLE AND DESIRABLE EARTHEN HOUSES. CONSTRUCTION WITH MATERIALS DERIVED FROM LOCALLY AVAILABLE NATURAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
75. Shizhe Zhang, 2022, Micromechanics-guided development of strain-hardening alkali-activated composites. Towards a low-carbon built environment
76. Yifan Fu, 2022, Self healing in Fe-based systems: from model alloys to designed steels
77. Onur Arslan, 2023, Experimental characterisation and mechanical modelling of connection details in traditional Groningen houses
78. Pei He, 2023, Debonding Resistance of CHS Wrapped Composite X-Joints
79. Mauricio Cruz Saldivar, 2023, The Bits of Nature: Bioinspired bitmap composites
80. Bei Wu, 2023, Carbonation of C-S-H gel and its Effects on the Carbonation Rate in Blended Cement Paste.
81. Boyu Chen, 2023, Utilization of MSWI bottom ash as a mineral resource for low-carbon construction materials
82. Jianing Zhu,  2023 , Development of Nickel-Titanium Shape Memory Alloys via Laser Power Bed Fusion
83. Hao Huang, 2023, Mitigating the autogenous shrinkage of Ultra-high Performance Concrete by using Rice Husk Ash
84. Yun Chen, 2024, Thermodynamics, Reaction Kinetics, and Microstructure of Alkali-Activated Fly Ash
85. Shisong Ren, 2024, Multi-scale study of rejuvenation mechanism and evaluation method for aged bitumen recycling
86. Dragan Kovacevic, 2024, Computational micromechanics of time- and cycle-dependent failure in unidirectional
    composites under off-axis loading
87. Cody Owen, 2024, On ice mechanics in ice-induced vibrations
88. ALBINA KOSTIUCHENKO, 2024, CREEP OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED SLAG AND FLY ASH CONCRETE
89. Lili Ma, 2024, Interactions of moisture and oxidative ageing mechanisms in paving binders
90. Angeliki CHRISTOFORIDOU, 2025 Fatigue behavior of steel reinforced resin connectors for composite bridge decks
91. Yubao Zhou, 2025, Waveform simulation and source characterization of acoustic emissions in concrete tensile fracture processes: a lattice modelling approach
92. Gaojie Li, 2025, Development of Quenching and Partitioning Processed Martensitic Stainless Steels: Microstructure Evolution and Corrosion
93. Jeroen Hoving, 2025 , Boundary formulations for discrete lattices
94. Luiz Miranda de Lima Jr., 2025, Temperature-chemistry-microstructure correlations for alkali-activated binders
95. Dmitry ZHILYAEV, 2026, LATENT POTENTIAL, SET IN CEMENT. DEVELOPING A NOVEL THERMAL PERFORMANCE MATERIAL BASED ON PCM-EMBEDDED CEMENTITIOUS FOAM FROM AN IDEA TO A MARKET-READY PRODUCT
    
96. Eli A. MARTINEZ-STREIGNARD, 2026, From Atoms to Asphalt: Structure-Property Relationships in Bituminous Hydrocarbons
97. Greet Leegwater, 2026, Healing in Bitumen.
98. Marina Maia, 2026, PHYSICALLY RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS
99. Sadaf Khalighi, 2026, Field-Validated Aging Protocols for Paving Binders

PhD-committees at other Universities

1. Isabelle Comby-Peyrot, Ecole des Mines de Paris, France, 2006, Development and Validation of a 3D Computational Tool to Describe Damage and Fracture due to Alkali-silica Reaction in Concrete Structures
2. Hans Bongers, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, 2006, CONCRETE BEHAVIOUR IN MULTIAXIAL COMPRESSION
3. Christopher Joseph, Cardiff University, UK, 2008, Experimental and numerical study of the fracture and self-healing of cementitious materials
4. Fabrice Bernard, INSA Rennes, France, 2009, Habilitation.
5. Francisco Montero Chacón, University of Sevilla, Spain, 2013, MULTISCALE ANALYSIS FOR THE DESIGN OF FIBER-REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES
6. Gao Yun, Ghent University, Belgium, 2013, Multiscale Approach to Study the Heterogeneity and Ionic Diffusivity of Ternary Blended Cement Based Composites
7. Jianyun Wang, Ghent University, Belgium, 2013, Self-Healing Concrete by Means of Immobilized Carbonate Precipitating Bacteria
8. Robert Davies, Cardiff University, UK, 2014, Micromechanical modelling of self-healing cementitious materials
9. Jin Zhang, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2014, Developing non-heat treated UHPC in South Africa
10. RAMKRISHNA DANDAPAT,  IIT Kharagpur, India , 2015, A meso-mechanics based study of concrete: modelling static and failure
11. Corina Sosdean, Ghent University, Belgium, 2015, Experimental and numerical investigations of the influence of cracks on mass diffusion in mortar and concrete
12. RADEN MAIZATUL AIMI BINTI MOHD AZAM, UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA, Malaysia, 2016, Enhancement Properties and Autonomous
    Healing Mortar through Encapsulated Bacteria Biomineralisation
13. Joao Feiteira, Ghent University, Belgium, 2017, Self-Healing concrete - encapsulated polymer precursors as healing agents for active cracks
14. Mohammad Sadegh Pourbehi, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2018, Numerical Modelling of Alkali Silica Reaction in Concrete Dams
15. Tariq Al-Mansoori, Nottingham University, UK, 2018, Encapsulated Healing Agents for Asphalt Self-Healing
16. Guzel Shamsutdinova, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 2019, Experimental study of concrete-ice abrasion and concrete surface topography modification
17. Rob Wolfs, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, 2019, Experimental characterization and numerical modelling of 3D printed concrete
18. Ali Paknahad, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2020, Calcium phosphate cement reinforced with poly (vinyl alcohol) fibers
19. Tim Van Mullem, Ghent University, Belgium, 2020, Development os standard testing methods to evaluate the self healing efficiency of concrete.
20. Jiri Nemecek, Czech Technical University, Prague, 2021, Micro-Scale Fracture Properties of Cementitious Composites
21. Nicholas A. Conzelmann, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, 2021, Development of non-convex artificial aggregates for pavements
22. Fabian Malm, Technische Universität München, Germany, 2021, Zerstörungsfreie Prüfverfahren Charakterisierung von zementgebundenen Werkstoffen mit Selbstheilungseigenschaften
23. Hamed Allahyari, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2021, Experimental, numerical, and analytical studies of self-healing and normal concrete subjected to alkali-silica reaction
24. Abdul Faheem,  DTU, Denmark, 2021, Influence of thermal boundary conditions and temperature distribution in concrete on frost scaling – experimental and numerical study
25. Seung Cho, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2021, Rheo-mechanics and Foam Stability of 3D Printable Foamed Concrete with Nanoparticle Incorporation
26. GUAN HENG ANDREW TING, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2022, DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTABLE MATERIAL WITH RECYCLED GLASS FOR 3D CONCRETE PRINTING
27. Xiujiao Qiu, Ghent University, Belgium, 2022, Multiscale Simulation of Alkali-Silica Reaction: From Chemical Reaction at Microscale to Cracking at Mesoscale
28. Heidi Christen, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, 2022, Phase Change Material and Recycled Brick Aggregate in 4D Printed Concrete
29. Nilo Ruiz Riancho, Nottingham University, UK, 2022, Optimisation of encapsulated oil properties to maximise asphalt self-healing
30. Roisin Hyde, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2022, The development of high-performance low-carbon concrete for the production of a thin, lightweight modular precast concrete cladding component.
31. GUAN HENG ANDREW TING, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2022, DEVELOPMENT OF PRINTABLE MATERIAL WITH RECYCLED GLASS FOR 3D CONCRETE PRINTING
32. Zhifei Tan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2022, Multiscale Characterization and Modeling of the Viscoelastic Tension-Compression Asymmetry of Asphalt Concrete
33. Magdalena Rajczakowska, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, 2023, Stimulated autogenous self-healing of mechanically and thermally cracked cementitious materials
34. Zixuan Tang, University of Cambridge, UK, 2023, SELF-HEALING STRAIN-HARDENING CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES (SH2CC) FOR ANTI-SEISMIC APPLICATION
35. Daniel David Suarez-Riera, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, 2023, The Circular Economy in the construction sector: enhanced cementitious materials with low CO2 impact
36. Davide di Summa, Ghent University, Belgium and Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 2024, Synergistic Integration of Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing for a Performance-Oriented Structural Design with Advanced Cement-Based Materials
37. Mariam Abedraba Abdalla, Nottingham University, UK, 2024, In Situ Application of Porous Particles in Delaying Asphalt Ravelling
38. Laura Traseira Pineiro, Nottingham University, UK,  2024, Evaluation of Encapsulated Rejuvenators Used for Asphalt Selfhealing Enhancement as Architected Cellular Particles
39. Albanela Dulaj, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, 2025, 3D-printed mortars with carbon nanotubes for self-sensing applications
40. Marcin Sundin, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, 2025, Performance of Lower-Carbon Concretes After High-Temperature Exposure
41. Marvin Glissner, DTU, Denmark, 2026, Concrete without Portland cement Investigations of micro-mechanical properties with a focus on real structural applications
42. Junsong Wang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2026, Static and Impact Behavior of Composite 3D-Printed Concrete Beams with Anisotropic Material Properties

MSc students supervised (as chair or committee-member)