TLC2 Day 2025

TLC2 week 2024 speakers with TLC2 Team

The TLC2 Week is an annual event aimed at disseminating recent findings and identifying new challenges in the areas of TLC2 through collaborations with relevant national and international stakeholders working on TLC2 areas.

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Tentative Programme Schedule

Tentative Programme Schedule

Day 1 (January 27) - 3rd Young Researcher's Symposium & Award 2025
09:00 – 09:10AM Welcome Address by Prof. Ravindra Gettu
09:10 – 09:30AM Development of cementitious materials with improved sustainability and high temperature performance Vikash Kumar Singh,
IIT Gandhinagar, India
09:30 – 09:50AM Utilization of Demolished Concrete Waste For Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement(RCCP) Applications W. R. A. Nalaka Jayantha,
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
09:50 – 10:10AM The Influence of Safety Leadership on Safety Performance through Safety Climate in the Construction Industry S. Senthamizh Sankar,
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India
10:10 – 10:30AM Development of carbon sequestering earth-based 3D printable “cementless” material for construction under different environmental exposures Pitabash Sahoo,
Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, India
10:30 – 10:50AM Investigation on the Behavior of Rubberized Mortar and Concrete under Cyclic Loading Ma Cho Zin Win,
Yangon Technological University, Myanmar
11:00 – 11:30AM Tea/coffee Break
11:30 – 11:50AM Reusable Fire-Resistant RC Column Rehabilitation Scheme with Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites Mohamed Elshorbagi,
Western Sydney University, Australia
11:50 – 12:10PM Understanding Salt Weathering in Combined Substrate-Mortar Masonry Systems Anupama V A​,
IIT Madras, India
12:10 – 12:30PM Print Technique and Material Modification In 3D Printing of Concrete Avinaya Tripathi​,
Arizona State University, USA
12:30 – 12:50PM Development of eco-friendly and cost-effective foam concrete using high-volume supplementary cementitious materials: Analysis of microstructural, mechanical, and durability properties Arvind Vishavkarma​,
IIT Kanpur, India
12:50 – 02:00PM Lunch Break
02:00 – 02:20PM Studies on Enhancement of Stability, Rheology and Mechanical Performance of 3D Printable Foam Concrete Uday Boddepalli​,
IIT Guwahati, India
02:20 – 02:40PM Development of Calcium Sulfoaluminate-Belite Cement using Alternative Raw Materials Bipina Thaivalappil​,
IIT Madras, India
02:40 – 03:00PM A PFEM numerical framework for the simulation of 3D printing with advanced cementitious materials Giacomo Rizzieri​,
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
03:00 – 03:30PM Tea/coffee Break
03:30 – 05:00PM Poster Presentation by Young Researchers
05:00 – 05:30PM About RILEM by Dr. Surender Singh, RYC Chair
05:30 – 05:45PM Dedication of the Award Talk by Prof. Surendra P. Shah (Online)
05:45 – 06:00PM Announcement of the Prof. Surendra P Shah Awardee & Best Poster Awardee for 2024
Closure
Day 2 (January 28) – One day workshop on TLC2
08:00 – 09:00AM Registration
09:00 – 09:20PM Inaugural session: Welcome address by Prof. Manu Santhanam. Chief Guest:
Prof. Benny Raphael,
IIT Madras
09:20 – 09:30AM Discussion Leader: Prof. Ravindra Gettu
09:30 – 10:00AM Challenges related to reinforcement corrosion in low-clinker systems Dr. O. Burkan Isgor
10:00 – 10:30AM Transforming Waste into Wealth: CO2 Sequestration through Mineralization of Slag and Other Byproducts Dr. Antonia Pacios
10:30 – 11:00AM Tea/coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30AM FRC & 3D Printed Concrete Dr. Adewumi John Babafemi
11:30 – 12:00PM Assessing Alternative SCMs for Use in Concrete Dr. K Siva Teja Chopperla
12:00 – 01:00PM Lunch Break
01:00 – 01:10PM Discussion Leader (Prof. Koshy Varghese)
01:10 – 01:40PM Making Affordable Housing Sustainable: The Importance of Blending with Local Cultures and Practices Dr. Hemanta Doloi
01:40 – 02:10PM Impact of Automation and Information Technology on Sustainability Dr. R. K. Mantha Bharadwaj
02:10 – 02:40PM Topic of Presentation: TBD Dr. Makarand Hastak
02:40 – 03:10PM Implementing Sustainability through Contract Specifications Mr. Srinivasan T
03:10 – 03:40PM Tea/coffee Break
03:40 – 04:00PM Talk by YRS Winner
04:00 – 04:30PM Time Overruns and Unsustainable Projects: The Importance of Quick and Reliable Project Progress Monitoring Dr. Aritra Pal
04:30 – 05:00PM Whole life carbon assessment standard: decarbonizing the built environment Dr. Anil Sawhney
04:30 – 05:00PM TLC2 Workshop Banquet
Tentative Programme Schedule

Tentative Programme Schedule

Day 2 (January 28) – One day workshop on TLC2
08:00 – 09:00 AM Registration
09:00 – 09:20 AM Inaugural session: Welcome address by Prof. Manu Santhanam. Chief Guest: Prof. Benny Raphael, IIT Madras
09:20 – 09:30 AM Discussion Leader: Prof. Ravindra Gettu
09:30 – 10:00 AM Challenges related to reinforcement corrosion in low-clinker systemsDr. O. Burkan Isgor
10:00 – 10:30 AM Transforming Waste into Wealth: CO2 Sequestration through Mineralization of Slag and Other ByproductsDr. Antonia Pacios
10:30 – 11:00 AM Tea/coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 AM FRC & 3D Printed ConcreteDr. Adewumi John Babafemi
11:30 – 12:00 PM Assessing Alternative SCMs for Use in Concrete
Dr. K Siva Teja Chopperla
12:00 – 01:00 PM Lunch Break
01:00 – 01:10 PM Discussion Leader (Prof. Koshy Varghese)
01:10 – 02:40 PM Making Affordable Housing Sustainable: The Importance of Blending with Local Cultures and PracticesDr. Hemanta Doloi
01:40 – 02:10 PM Impact of Automation and Information Technology on SustainabilityDr. R. K. Mantha Bharadwaj
02:10 – 02:40 PM Topic of Presentation: TBDDr. Makarand Hastak
02:10 – 02:40 PM Implementing Sustainability through Contract SpecificationsMr. Srinivasan T
02:40 – 03:10 PM Tea/coffee Break
03:10 – 03:40 PM Talk by YRS Winner
04:00 – 04:30 PM Time Overruns and Unsustainable Projects: The Importance of Quick and Reliable Project Progress MonitoringDr. Aritra Pal
04:30 – 05:00 PM Whole life carbon assessment standard: decarbonizing the built environmentDr. Anil Sawhney
Closure
Day 1 (January 27)3rd Young Researcher's Symposium & Award 2025
09:00 – 09:10AM Welcome Address by Prof. Ravindra Gettu
09:10 – 09:30 PM Development of cementitious materials with improved sustainability and high temperature performanceVikash Kumar Singh, IIT Gandhinagar, India
09:30 – 09:50 PM Utilization of Demolished Concrete Waste For Roller Compacted Concrete Pavement(RCCP) ApplicationsW. R. A. Nalaka Jayantha, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
09:50 – 10:10 PM The Influence of Safety Leadership on Safety Performance through Safety Climate in the Construction IndustryS. Senthamizh Sankar, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India
10:10 – 10:30 PM Development of carbon sequestering earth-based 3D printable “cementless” material for construction under different environmental exposuresPitabash Sahoo, Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, India
10:30 – 10:50 PM Investigation on the Behavior of Rubberized Mortar and Concrete under Cyclic LoadingMa Cho Zin Win, Yangon Technological University, Myanmar
11:00 – 11:30AM Tea/coffee Break
09:45 -10:10AM Guoqing Geng (NUS, Singapore) The Nano-scale Mechanical interaction between C-S-H Particles
10:10 - 10:35AM N. M. Anoop Krishnan (IIT Delhi, India) Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Cement Production
10:35 - 11:00AM Saptarshi Sasmal (CSIR-SERC, India) Nano-scale modelling, investigations and engineering to develop multi-functional cementitious composite
11:00 – 11:30AM Tea/coffee Break
11:30 – 01:25PM Session 2 – Rheology and 3D Printing of Concrete
11:30 – 11:45AM Discussion Leader: Manu Santhanam (IIT Madras)
11:45 - 12:10PM Nicolas Roussel (Gustave Eiffel University, France) Life Cycle assessment of extrusion-based 3D printing technologies
12:10 - 12:35PM Richard Buswell (Loughborough University, UK) Hybrid manufacturing: Going beyond 3D Concrete Printing
12:35 - 01:00PM Kolluru V.L. Subramaniam (IIT Hyderabad, India) Challenges in Rheological Measurement and Printing with Alkali Activated Binders
01:00 - 01:25PM Benny raphael Monitoring the quality of 3D printing
01:30 – 02:30PM Photo Session and Lunch break
02:30 –04:00PMSession 3 – Technologies for Built Environment Sustainability
02:30 –02:45PM Discussion Leader: Ashwin Mahalingam (IIT Madras)
02:45 - 03:10PM Albert Thomas (IIT Bombay, India) Sustainability in Numbers: Importance and Challenges of Quantification
03:10 - 03:35PM Monto Mani (IISC Bangalore, India) Sustainability in the built environment: emerging concerns
03:35 - 04:00PM Mili Majumder (Managing Director, Green Business Certification Institute, India, Senior Vice President, Innovation and Research, U.S Green Building Council, USA) Linkages between design and performance monitoring of Indoor environmental quality in green buildings
04:00 – 04:30PMTalk by the Surendra P Shah Awardee 2024
04:30 – 04:45PM Refreshments
04:45 – 05:30PM Lab Visit (Piyush Chaunsali)
06:00 – 09:00PM TLC2 Workshop Banquet
Day 3 (January 30) – TLC2 Workshop
09:00 – 10:55AM Session 4 – Low Carbon Construction Materials
09:00 – 09:15AM Discussion Leader: Karen Scrivener (EPFL, Switzerland)
09:15-09:40AM Thomas Matschei (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) Thermodynamic modeling - key for sustainable cement design?
09:40 - 10:05AM Emmanuel Gallucci (Sika Technology AG, Switzerland) Tailored cement activation based on advanced understanding of basic mechanism/chemical interactions
10:05 - 10:30AM Taehwan Kim (Univ. of New South Wales, Australia) Effect of MgO on the reactivity of GBFS in sodium silicate activated systems
10:30 - 10:55AM Luis Edgar Menchaca Ballinas (IIT Madras) In situ caustification activation of SiO2-rich precursors
11:00 - 11:30AM High Tea/coffee Break and Posters
11:30 - 01:25PM Session 5 – Durability and Sustainability

11:30 - 11:45AM Discussion Leader: Mark Alexander (University of Cape Town, South Africa) / Radhakrishna G. Pillai (IIT Madras)
11:45 - 12:10PM Kei-ichi Imamoto (Tokyo University of Science, Japan) Field survey on durability of reinforced concrete building using concrete with ground granulated blast furnace slag over 60% under real condition for about 60 years
12:10 - 12:35PM Elena Redaelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Electrochemical methods for the protection and repair of reinforced concrete suffering corrosion
12:35 - 01:00PM Yuvaraj Dhandapani  (University of Leeds, UK) Advances in characterising carbonation in low clinker and alternative cements
01:00 - 01:25PM Sudharshan N. Raman (Monash University Malaysia) Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC):  Transitioning Towards Sustainability and Lean Construction
01:00 – 02:30 PMLunch break
02:30 – 02:45PM Mr. Ivo Erglis – Kupins (Primekss Group) GHG emission reduction in construction by utilising self-stressing steel-fibre reinforced concrete (SSSFRC) technology
02:45 – 04:15PM Session 6 – Life Cycle Analysis / Industrial Ecology

02:45 – 03:00PM Discussion Leader: Ravindra Gettu / Nikhil Bugalia
03:00 - 03:25PM Liberato Ferrara (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Advanced construction processes implementing advanced materials to enhance the sustainability signature of the built environment
03:25 - 03:50PM Anusha S. Basavaraj (Imperial College London, UK) Transition Towards Low Carbon Concrete - Persuading Parameters
03:50 - 04:15PM Michał P. Drewniok (University of Leeds, UK) The necessary embodied carbon cost to deliver future needs.
04:15 - 05:00PM Tea/coffee Break and Poster Session
Day 4 (January 31) – Workshop on Realizing Sustainability – Role of Contract and Law in Indian Construction
09:00 – 9:15AM Welcome address
09:15 – 10:15AM

Implementing sustainable construction - experience sharing

Dr. K N Satyanarayana – Director, IIT Tirupati

Discussion from technology implementation perspective

SenthilKumar V., IIT Palakkad
10:15 – 10:45AM

Are existing procurement practices supporting sustainable and lean construction practices? Is there anything more to be done? - A Public Sector Perspective

Nirmal Goel, CPWD
10:45 – 11:15AM

Are existing procurement practices supporting sustainable and lean construction practices? Is there anything more to be done? – A Private Sector Perspective

R Shankar Narayanan, L&T Construction
11:15 – 11:45AM Tea/coffee Break
11:45 – 12:15PM

Facilitating sustainable and lean construction practices through public procurement- A Researcher’s Perspective

Ashish Goel – IIM Sirmaur
12:15– 12:45PM

Sustainable cities and built environment - A Legal Perspective

Ms. Nidhi Batra – Founder, Sehreeti Developmental Practices
12:45 - 01:15PM

Beyond Sustainability - Can lean construction practices help minimize construction disputes?

Venkata Santhosh Kumar Delhi, IIT Bombay
01:15 – 02:00PM Lunch
02:00 – 02:30PM

AI and Sustainability – Where are we and what is needed?

Murali Jagannathan – IIT Madras
02:30 – 03:30PM

International perspective on implementing sustainable practices in construction projects

Panel Discussion (all above speakers along with Dr. Johan Ninan, TU Delft)
03:30 – 04:00PM Closure

Tentative List of Speakers

Invited Speakers

School of Civil & Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, USA

Technical University of Madrid, Spain

Civil Engineering Department, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Civil Engineering Department,IIT Gandhinagar, India

School of Design, University of Melbourne, Australia

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Sharjah, UAE

Purdue University, USA

Larsen & Toubro, India

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), USA

Civil Engineering Department,
IIT Madras, India
Civil Engineering Department,
IIT Madras, India
Civil Engineering Department,
IIT Madras, India