Construction Materials and Their Properties for Fire Resistance and Insulation

Paul Awoyera is an Associate Professor and a Researcher in the areas of concrete structures, structural retrofitting, sustainable/innovative construction materials, fire resistance, non-destructive testing, data science, and applied Artificial Intelligence. He has over 12 years of experience in structural engineering consulting, teaching, and research. He obtained his PhD Degree in Civil Engineering from Covenant University, Nigeria.Dr. Awoyera completed a one-year Post-Doctoral research, focusing on lightweight composite development using paper and ceramic wastes, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He was awarded the prestigious Split-Site PhD Scholarship by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom, which was tenable at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.Dr. Awoyera is a registered engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), a member of the International Association for Engineers (IAENG), and a corporate member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers(NSE). He has published over 100 articles in leading publishing outlets and served as the editor/editorial board member and reviewer for numerous international journals. M. Z. Naser is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and a member of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute for Science and Engineering (AIRISE) at Clemson University. At the moment, his research group is creating causal & eXplainable machine learning methodologies to discover new knowledge hidden within systems belonging to the domains of structural engineering and materials science to help realize functional, sustainable, and resilient infrastructure. He is currently serving as the chair of the ASCE Advances in Information Technology committee and on a number of international editorial boards, as well as codal building committees (in ASCE, ACI, PCI, and FiB). He is a registered professional engineer in the states of Michigan and South Carolina.

• Section 1: Fire Protection and Material Performance1. Thermal properties of sprayed fire-resistant materials2. Temperature variation of gypsum and gypsum-plasterboard physical properties3. Effect of fire on timber4. Mechanical properties and material models for cold-formed steels at elevated temperatures5. Fire behaviour and characteristics of combustible cladding materials, including composite timber6. Strength recovery by post-fire curingSection 2: Concrete - behavior under fire exposure7. Fire response of 3D-printed concrete8. Resistance of zero-cement concrete to fire9. Evaluation of residual properties and their recovery in fire-damaged concrete made with repeatedly-recycled fine aggregate10. The influences of cooling regimes on fire resistance fire-damaged novel concrete11. Strain Development in Reactive Powder Concrete under Coupled Thermo-Mechanical Loading12. Microstructure Characterization of Reactive Powder Concrete after Exposure to Fire13. Behaviour of kenaf concrete at elevated temperature14. Fire performance in eco-friendly concrete: Advancement and Developments15. Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Constituent Materials for Evaluating Fire Resistance of FRP-Strengthened Concrete Structures