EuroTech – RILEM PhD School Concrete Life Cycle:From Cradle to Grave

Haifa, Israel, 12-15 January 2020

The PhD School is organized jointly by threeuniversities – members of the EuroTech alliance(http://eurotech-universities.eu/): the Technion –Israel Institute of Technology, Technical University ofDenmark (DTU) and Eindhoven University ofTechnology (TU/e), in the form of 3-day intensiveeducational course for doctoral students. TheEuroTech Universities alliance is a strategicpartnership of leading European universities ofscience and technology committed to excellence inresearch and jointly developing solutions to thegrand challenges of society. The alliance combinesthe complementary strengths of its partneruniversities to jointly achieve multi-scale initiativesof high impact to society and to industry. It engageswith all societal actors to raise awareness on theopportunities offered by science and technology.

The course is scientifically sponsored by RILEM(www.rilem.net) and the newly established RILEMTechnical Committee TC-CEC dealing with controlledexpansion of concrete, which is the internationalunion of laboratories and experts in constructionmaterials, systems, and structures. The mission ofthe association is to advance scientific knowledgerelated to construction materials, systems andstructures and to encourage transfer and applicationof this knowledge world-wide. The three main goalsof RILEM are: (a) to promote sustainable and safeconstruction, and improved performance and costbenefit for society, (b) to stimulate new directions ofresearch and its applications, promoting excellencein construction, c) to favor and promote cooperationat international scale by general access to advancedknowledge. All doctoral students registered in thecourse are offered a 3-year free RILEMmembership.

EuroTech – RILEM PhD School Concrete Life Cycle:From Cradle to Grave

Haifa, Israel, 12-15 January 2020

Teachers:

K. Kovler, S. Spatari, S. Zhutovsky (Technion) |

H.J.H. (Jos) Brouwers (TU/e) | O.M. Jensen (DTU)

The course will address sustainability, testing, designand construction of concrete structures exposed todifferent loading and environmental (includingextreme) conditions. The course contents will spanextreme exposure environments, such as the highlyconcentrated magnesium, sulfate and chloride brinesof the hot weather Dead Sea and the chloride saltexposure of infrastructure (e.g. pavements andbridges) in cold climates. Although reinforcedconcrete structures can be designed and built to bedurable in harsh conditions, there are numerousoccasions where this potential is not materialized.The economic implications of the damage when suchdeterioration occurs are quite extensive. The annualcost of repairs of concrete and reinforced concretestructures that deteriorate due to chloride corrosiononly in the Middle East, Japan, North Europe andNorth America, is estimated to be hundreds ofbillions of dollars. Therefore, the problem of durableconcrete materials and life-cycle evaluation ofconcrete structures for use under severe conditionsin different climates, hot and cold, is criticallyimportant. The research cooperation in studying theprocesses of concrete deterioration in differentenvironments, and the development of advancedhigh-performance materials, with a focus onutilization of industrial by-products, such as coal flyash and granulated slag, is expected to bringscientific and practical benefits for the society.

The course precedes & interacts with the 3rd

International RILEM Workshop on ConcreteDurability & Service Life Planning(“ConcreteLife'20”), Haifa, 14-16 January, 2020.

EuroTech Scope

RILEM

RILEM Workshop

Participants are expected to have a basic knowledgeof concrete technology. 2/3 of the participant seatsare reserved for PhD-students from the EuroTechuniversities, however, the course is also open toparticipants from other universities or practice.

Participation fee is €100 for PhD-students.Each EuroTech participating university coversaccommodation and travel expenses of itsparticipants. The host university (Technion) coversthe local costs (facilities, materials, lunch, coffeebreaks, professional tour, reception and Galadinner). The number of the participants andaccommodation at the Technion campus is limited,so participants will be approved on a first come, firstserved basis. The deadline for registration in the PhDSchool is Monday, 4th November 2019, through thewebsite: rilem2020.net.technion.ac.il/eurotech-phd-winter-school/, where further information onavailable grants and contacts can be found. Theregistration fee includes entrance to the lectures andassociated laboratory activities, a technical tour,handouts, coffee breaks, lunches, welcome receptionand gala dinner.

.This combined event is intended to bring togetheryoung professionals and international expertsdealing with the variety of topics related tosustainability, durability and service life planning ofconcrete structures. The meeting of the RILEMTechnical Committee TC-CEC will be held inconjunction with the RILEM Workshop and will beopen for the Course participants.

The course will cover important topics related to

service life of cement-based materials and structures

with a focus on advanced experimental and analytical

methods. The workload includes 28 hours of

preparatory work at home (paper reading and

preparation of the presentations before the course)

and 28 hours of on-site activities during the course

itself. These activities include frontal lectures, lab

session, attending a professional tour at a

construction site, preparation of a final presentation,

plenum presentations and participation in the

discussions. Notes will be provided before the course.

Guest professors from DTU and TU/e (Prof. O.M.

Jensen and Prof. H.J.H. Brouwers) are internationally

recognized authorities in the field of sustainable

construction materials. The three host teachers are

actively involved in teaching and research in this field,

representing the staff of The National Building

Research Institute – Faculty of Civil and

Environmental Engineering, Technion.

Two ECTS credits and participation certificates will be

issued based on active participation in the entire

course and the final evaluation.

Registration & Accommodation

Participants

Evaluation and Certificates

Course Program

Organizers and Sponsors

Contact usChair of the local organizing committee: Prof. Konstantin Kovler; cvrkost@technion.ac.ilCourse administrator: Ms. Anat Avital, tel. +972-4-8292243; anata@technion.ac.il.