Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials

Strength and Behavior of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Geo polymer Concrete columns under Uni-Axial Compression.- Performance Studies on Self Compacting Geo Polymer Hybrid Fibre Reinforced Concrete.- Experimental Studies on Brick Masonry Elements with Geo-Fabric Bed Joint Reinforcement.- Material Characterization of Ancient Mortar and Renovation of Heritage structures for Sustainability-A State of the Art Review.- Influence of Alkali Silica Reaction on Geopolymer Concrete.- Life Cycle Assessment of Production of Concrete Using Copper Tailings and Fly Ash as a Partial Replacement of Cement.- Evaluation of Sustainable Material through Life Cycle Assessment Using PSI Method.- Shear Strength of Fly ash and GGBS Based Geopolymer Concrete.- Effect of Different Hydrophobic Treatments on Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete.- Strength and Water Absorption Characteristics of Cement Stabilized Masonry Blocks using Brick Masonry Waste.

Dr. P. Rathish Kumar is currently Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal. He obtained his Ph.D from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal and Doctor of Engineering & Post-Doctoral research from Japan. His major areas of interest include new/alternate/supplementary cementitious materials, special concretes, rehabilitation of structures, construction technology and management, structural health monitoring and earthquake engineering. He has published 205 articles in various international and national journals and conferences of repute. He is a recipient of several awards including the Aftab Mufti Medal, prestigious Monbusho and JSPS Scholarships of the Japanese Government, Best Engineering Researcher Award, Heritage Scholarship to visit IST Portugal, Danish Government Scholarship, Italy Government Post Doctoral Scholarship, Heritage Scholarship under Erasmus Mundus, AIT Fellowship, Jawaharlal Nehru memorial fellowship and Distinguished Alumnus award. Prof Kumar is a member of the Research Advisory Council member of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM), Hyderabad for the past four years. He has representation in several Bureau of Indian Standard committees like CED-4 ie Lime and Gypsum Products of the Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of the Preparation of the Handbook of lime for the Buruea of Indian Standards, Convenor for revision of all parts of the Indian Standard Code IS 2542-1978 including tests for Gypsum, Plaster, Concrete and Mortars, Member of the Revision of Indian Standard Code IS 712:1984 ie Specification for building limes (third revision). He is on the editorial board of Journal of Facta Universtatis, Journal of Cement Wapno Beton among others.
Dr. Bhaskar Sangoju is a Senior Principal Scientist in Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML), CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) Chennai, India. He has nearly 20 yearsof experience in