Additive Manufacturing in Construction
AMC TRR 277

Tag: AMC-MERCATOR-FELLOW

Prof. Dr. Carlos Lázaros AMC-MERCATOR-FELLOW

AMC-Mercator-Fellow Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carlos Lázaro is the academic director of the master's degree in civil engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV, Spain). He has worked as a structural engineer in Barcelona (1991–1992), Berlin (1992–1994) and Valencia (1994–2000), and was a founding partner of CMD Ingenieros (2006-2014), an engineering firm specialising in structural design. He has been the president of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) since 2021, a leading scientific and technical association in the field of lightweight structures, founded by Eduardo Torroja in 1959. He received the Pioneers' Award from the Spatial Structures Research Centre at the University of Surrey in 2021 for his contributions and career in the field of structures. Carlos Lázaro's research builds upon his professional experience and explores the design, realisation and performance of structural systems. It comprises • the design of structures with non-conventional materials (Félix Candela's last shell structure in 2000, pioneering the application of fibre-reinforced concrete in architectural shells, and the Turia Bridge in Manises in 2009, first application of structural recycled aggregate concrete in a cable-stayed bridge); • Innovative lightweight structural systems (experimental bending-active footbridges made of GFRP tubes and of HPFRC prestressed slabs, and a patented 2-axes solar tracking system for energy generation using PV panels); • Conceptual design of non-conventional bridge structures (viaducts for the Hyperloop transportation system). His current research lines focus on structural resiliency, including the mitigation of wind-induced vibrations in long-span bridges (in collaboration with the Chair of Structural Analysis at the TU Munich) and the prevention of collapse in ageing steel bridges (one article published in the leading scientific journal Nature). Carlos Lázaro collaborates in project C02 of area C' Design and Construction'. The focus is on researching innovative structural systems suitable for production using additive manufacturing, including adapting the '3D structural puzzle' to various structural systems, integrating components made of different materials, and addressing key questions in design and optimisation for manufacturability. Carlos Lázaro's experience in designing structural systems that incorporate innovative technologies provides an enriching, holistic perspective for the research efforts of the TRR 277 AMC. His collaboration also contributes to identifying points of contact between projects in Area C – and, to some extent, also in Area B. Furthermore, Carlos Lázaro's leadership role in the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) provides opportunities to expand the network and promote exchange with other international experts worldwide.

Prof. Dr. Nicolas Roussel AMC-MERCATOR-FELLOW

AMC-Mercator-Fellow Prof. Dr. Nicolas Roussel is in charge of the research activities dealing with rheology and processing of construction materials at the Navier Laboratory, FRANCE. He is the founding editor of the RILEM technical letters journal, president of the RILEM association and has received in 2007 the Robert L'Hermite award for his work on rheology of fresh concrete. With a Thompson Reuters H-index of 54 and more than 8.000 citations, he is the author or co-author of more than 130 papers in scientific journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, Physical Review letters or Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. His research focus spreads from concrete rheology and rheometry to the understanding of construction processing technologies. Thereby his work covers various technology readiness levels and includes mixing and dispersion, centrifugation and granulation, vibration and compaction, molding, spraying and coating along with automation in construction. In 2022, Nicolas Roussel was appointed as AMC-Mercator-Fellow by the TRR 277 AMC in honor of his contribution to the AMC. Within the context of its AMC cooperation, he recently contributed to a workshop on “Materials and Processes in Additive Manufacturing” at TUBS, having the opportunity to see and discuss the research results and outputs of several AMC PhD and post doc researchers. This intensive exchange has led to the planning of a number of joint and collective publications dealing with the rheology and thixotropy of cement-based materials. According to Nicolas Roussel, the cooperation with the AMC as AMC-Mercator-Fellow "offers the opportunity to directly interact with high-level PhD students also in the coming years and thus to foster the AMC's strategic topics for the European industry". As a result of the above interactions, Prof. Dirk Lowke and Prof. Nicolas Roussel are planning for the submission of Franco-German ANR/DFG research project.
WordPress Lightbox
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful. Please visit our Privacy policy for further information.