Research

• High-ductile fiber-reinforced concrete — ECC (Engineered Cementitious Composite)
• HDFRAAC — High-ductile fiber-reinforced cement-free (alkali-activated) composite
• UHPC — Ultra-high performance concrete
• Tensile strain capacity up to 22 % (exceeds steel ductility)
• Micromechanics-based fiber bridging analysis
• Fiber distribution evaluation via image processing
• Tensile behavior simulation
• Development of special FRCC for infrastructure applications

• Crack self-healing phenomenon in green alkali-activated slag-based concrete
• Mineral-based healing agents and superabsorbent polymers (SAP)
• Autogenous healing in high-strength ECC
• Evaluation using modified permeability test methods
• Self-healing of chloride diffusion resistance and steel corrosion

Key goal: drastically reduce lifecycle maintenance costs for concrete structures.

• Self-compacting concrete (rheological control of cementitious materials)
• Optimal concrete mixture proportioning using artificial intelligence
• Alkali-activated slag binder properties and carbonation
• Low-CO₂ geopolymer composites
• Recycled-fiber-reinforced composites from textile waste

• Polyurethane-based composite
• Concrete incorporating polyurethane-coated aggregates
• Equivalent damping ratio up to 10 % for seismic applications
• Multifunctional building materials and structural systems

• Embedded optical fiber arrays for natural light transmission
• Architectural applications combining structural and aesthetic functions
• Optimization of fiber geometry and concrete matrix

• Image processing for crack measurement and fiber distribution evaluation
• Artificial neural networks (ANN) for property prediction
• Genetic algorithms for mix design optimization
• Fuzzy logic and machine learning applications
• AI-assisted concrete surface crack detection