Geopolymers as Sustainable Surface Concrete Repair Materials

Dr. Ghasan Fahim Huseien is a research fellow at Department of Building, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore. He received his PhD degree from University Technology Malaysia in 2017. Dr. Huseien has over 5 years of Applied R&D as well as 10 years’ experience in manufacturing smart materials for sustainable building and smart cities. He has expertise in Advanced Sustainable Construction Materials covering Civil Engineering, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Geology, Architecture departments, etc. He authored and co-authored +50 publications and technical reports, 3 books and 15 book chapters and participated in 25 national and international conferences/workshops. He is peer reviewer for several international journals as well as Master and PhD students. He is a member of Concrete Society of Malaysia and American Concrete Institute. Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman Bin Mohd. Sam is Associate Professor, Faculty Of Civil Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He received his PhD from University of Sheffield. He has served as Director of UTM Construction Research Centre (UTM-CRC). Prof Ir. Dr Mahmood joined Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in May 1985 as Assistant Lecturer “A” after completing his first degree from University of Iowa, USA. He taught diploma students from May 1985 to 1988 before pursuing his Master degree at University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA. After completing his master degree (M.Sc) in Structure Engineering, he continued to serve FKA, UTM from 1989 to 1993. He continued his study for Ph.D in Jan 1994 at University of Warwick, U.K and managed to complete his study in May 1997. During his involvement in research and publication for the last 20 years, he has published 72 indexed journals and 78 conference papers. His main areas of research are steel structures, composite structures, and concrete structures. He also has registered as member of Institute Engineer Malaysia (MIEM). At present, he is a Senior Director, Institute for Smart Infrastructure and Innovative Construction (ISIIC).

• 1. Concrete Durability and Surface Deterioration. 2. Geopolymer as Emerging Repair Materials. 3 Manufacturing Geopolymer: Materials and Mix Design. 4. Factors Effect on the Manufacturing of Geopolymer. 5. Performance Criteria of Geopolymer as Repair Materials. 6. Compatibility of Geopolymer for Concrete Surface Repair. 7. Effects of Aggressive Environments on Geopolymer Performance as Repair Materials. 8. Performance Evaluation of Geopolymer as Repair Materials Under Freeze–Thaw Cycles 9. Methods of Evaluating the Geopolymer Efficiency as Alternative Concrete Surface Repair Materials Compared to Commercials Products. 10. Sustainability of Geopolymer as Repair Materials