International lecture: Sustainable Concretes with Blended Binders

Palestra promovida pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, “International lecture: Sustainable Concretes with Blended Binders” traz a participação do Professor Ravindra Gettu, da Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Dr. Ravindra Gettu has been at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, since 2004. He is currently the V.S. Raju Chair Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and former Dean for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research. He later studied in the USA and obtained a Ph.D. degree in Structural Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston. The areas of research of Dr. Gettu have been fracture mechanics of concrete and rock; nonlinear behaviour of cement-based materials; high strength, fibre reinforced and self compacting concretes; sustainability and the effective use of chemical admixtures. He has co-authored more than 500 publications, of which more than 100 are peer-reviewed journal papers. He had received innumerous awards internationally and he is the Immediate Past President and Fellow of RILEM, the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Structures and Systems, based in France. He was a core member of the UN Environment Network: Low-Carbon Cementitious Materials (LCCI), part of UNE 10-Year Framework Programme on Sustainable Building and Construction. He has been an Associate Editor of the Materials and Structures Journal, and is on the editorial boards of several other journals.