Alexandra Bertron

Institut National des Sciences Appliquées /  INSA Toulouse, France

Alexandra Bertron is a professor of Civil Engineering at INSA Toulouse, France. She is Deputy Director of the Laboratory for Materials and Durability of Construction (LMDC). Her research topics concern the durability of cementitious materials in complex chemically aggressive environments and in particular in biological environments (sewer systems, agricultural environments, nuclear waste storage, etc.) and the related biogeochemical interactions, as well as the indoor air quality (gaseous and microbial pollution, photocatalysis). She was awarded several recognitions including: the Robert L’Hermite Medal (2014), IUF junior member (2016-2021), and RILEM Fellow (2021). She is the Editor-In-Chief of RILEM Technical Letters, the RILEM Open Access journal, and Associate Editor of Materials and Structures.

Research Interests:

• Interactions between cementitious matrices,
• Organic matter and microorganisms both in aqueous and air media,
• Understanding of the phenomenology of these interactions in order to improve, the durability and the quality of concrete constructions.

Carmen Andrade

International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering – CIMNE / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / UPC, Spain

Dr. in Industrial Chemistry and is Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Trondheim (Noruega) and of Alicante (España) and has been Titular Prof. 2021 of the Chair “Construindo o Amanhã” of San Paulo University-Brasil. She has been Research Professor at the Institute of Construction Sciences of the CSIC of Spain until her retirement in 2017 devoting his research to concrete durability and reinforcement corrosion. At present is Research Visiting Professor at the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). She has been President of several international organizations as RILEM, UEAtc and the Iberoamerican Ass. For Concrete Rehabilitation (ALCONPAT Int.).

Research Interests:

• Reinforcement corrosion,
• Initiation of corrosion by carbonation and chlorides,
• Electrochemical techniques and other techniques for evaluating and diagnosing corrosion,
• Concrete durability,
• Service life predictive models for concrete structures,
• Rehabilitation of concrete structures.

Gilles Escadeillas
Université Paul Sabatier - UPS / INSA Toulouse, France

Gilles Escadeillas is Professor of Civil Engineering and Senior Research Scholar at the Université Toulosse III - Paul Sabatier INSA Toulouse. He teaches and researches Materials and Durability of Constructions and Civil Engineering and Sustainable Construction. He is the Scientific Director of PERFDUB Project and MECD Carnot Springboard Scientific Committee Director (MECD Institute). He studies durability in various cementitious materials containing mineral additions as well as fibers. He is a member of the Technical Committee RILEM. His focus is on the development of new materials and the study of their durability for applications in Civil Engineering.

Research Interests:

• Development of new materials,
• Study of durability of materials for applications in civil engineering,
• Sustainable materials and constructions.

Mark Alexander

University of Cape Town / South Africa

Mark Alexander is Professor of Civil Engineering and Senior Research Scholar at the University of Cape Town (UCT). He teaches and researches in cement and concrete materials engineering, with experience in fundamental and applied research relating to design and construction. He is part of the leadership of Concrete Materials and Structural Integrity Research Unit - CoMSIRU at UCT, where work is being done on problems of marine concrete durability, amongst others. Professor Alexander has published extensively both in South Africa and abroad. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher (NRF-B). He is a Former President of RILEM (an international organization concerned with research in materials and structures) and President of the Concrete Society of Southern Africa for the period 2018–2020. He also works as a specialist consultant on concrete materials and related problems.

Research Interests:

• Science and technology of cemented materials,
• Characterization of materials of concrete,
• Durability of concrete structures in marine and other aggressive environments, improvement of durability specifications,
• Repair and rehabilitation of concrete construction.

Túlio Honório de Faria

LMPS/ENS Paris Saclay / Université Paris Saclay, France

Túlio Honório de Faria is Professor and Researcher at Ècole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay. He teaches Multiscale modeling and works in LMT - Laboratoire de Mécanique et Technologie. He is a RILEM Member and a GEDur (Durability Studies Group) member.

Research Interests:

• Multiscale modelling and simulation,
• Molecular simulations,
• Micromechanics nano-poro-mechanics,
• Multiphysics couplings,
• Cement-based materials,
• Microporous materials.

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Oswaldo Cascudo

Universidade Federal de Goiás / UFG, Brazil

Oswaldo Cascudo is a Full Professor of Civil Engineering and Senior Research Scholar at the Postgraduate Program in Geotechnics, Structures and Civil Construction, at Federal University of Goias (UFG), Brazil. He researches durability of materials and is an expert in reinforcement corrosion in concrete. He is a member of RILEM, ACI and IBRACON (Brazilian Concrete Institute), and coordinates large projects such as "Furnas/ANEEL" and "Comunidade da Construção". He leads the GEDur (Durability Studies Group) at UFG and also works as a specialist consultant in the fields of concrete technology, concrete structures durability, and pathology of constructions. He was awarded several recognitions including: “Prêmios Ary Frederico Torres (2011) and Maria Alba Cincotto (2022) – IBRACON”; “CONCRETO Arte e Movimento (2016) – ABCP”; “Honra ao Mérito (2019) - Goiânia City Hall”; and “Mérito da Construção (2022) – Sinduscon-GO”. He is the Editor-In-Chief of “IBRACON CONCRETO & Construções”.

Research Interests:

• Science and technology of cement materials,
• Corrosion by chlorides and carbonation,
• Electrochemical techniques, Electrical resistivity,
• Durability of concrete structures in marine and other aggressive environments,
• Improvement of durability specifications,
• Performance of materials, constructions and buildings,
• Repair and rehabilitation of concrete and construction,
• Mineral Additions.

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