In this episode of the fib YMG Rising Stars Podcast series, we talk to Dr Rob Wolfs, assistant professor at TU Eindhoven and expert in 3D printing of concrete structures.

Rob Wolfs is an assistant professor at the Technical University in Eindhoven and a world-leading expert in 3D printing of concrete structures.

Rob has worked on the topic of 3D printing of concrete at TU Eindhoven since 2015 and has published more than 30 research papers on the material and structural behaviour and properties of 3D printed concrete. He has also worked on landmark 3D printing projects such as the Project Milestone and the Nijmegen bridge, both in the Netherlands.

Rob is also the recipient of numerous awards, among them best Built Environment PhD thesis at TU Eindhoven in 2019, and a great science communicator, giving numerous interviews to magazines and radios on the topic of 3D printing.

In our talk, we discuss the (r)evolution of the field of 3D printed concrete, how industry and academia collaborate in the field and what the future holds in terms of digital and sustainable construction.

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This episode was recorded on the 26th of January, 2023.

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In this episode of the fib YMG Rising Stars Podcast series, we talk to Dr Andri Setiawan, an incoming postdoctoral researcher at UPV. Andri is also active in the fib YMG where he is currently the Secretary.

Andri’s research career has taken him all around the world, from his native Indonesia, where he graduated in civil engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung to the UK, where he obtained his PhD at the Imperial College London and received the Adam Neville Prize for the best national PhD in the field of concrete and cement in 2019. In his PhD research, he developed an efficient numerical modelling strategy to simulate punching failure of reinforced concrete flat slabs.

After his PhD, Andri continued his research as a postdoctoral fellow at iBETON, EPFL (Switzerland). With the team at EPFL, Andri investigated the punching behaviour of edge slab-column connections through experimental testing aided by refined measurement techniques (digital image correlation and distributed fibre optic sensing). Besides, during his postdoctoral stay, he was also involved in two other research projects: 1) shear verification of bridge deck slabs funded by the Swiss Federal Roads Office and; 2) SlabSTRESS Project, which investigates seismic behaviour of flat slab systems funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. He will soon move to Spain and join the ENDURE - ERC Consolidator Grant Project at the Universitat Politècnica de València as a postdoctoral researcher.

Andri is also an active fib member, being the Secretary of the international Young Members Group and organising numerous events with the Indonesian young members.

In our talk, we touch on topics ranging from Andri’s professional trajectory, research interests and vision to more personal topics of travelling around the world professionally and learning to adapt to new and different environments.

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This episode was recorded on the 21 September 2022.

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In this episode of the fib YMG Rising Stars Podcast series, we talk to Dr. Mladena Luković from TU Delft where she is an assistant professor. Most recently, Mladena was awarded the prestigious 2016–2020 International SECO Magnel PhD Prize.

Mladena’s impressive scientific career started 10 years ago when she became a graduate student at TU Delft and worked on her PhD thesis „Influence of interface and strain-hardening cementitious composite (SHCC) properties on the performance of concrete repairs“ in the renowned TU Delft Microlab. Since then, Mladena has published 38 research articles so far, all of which were cited almost a thousand times.

At TU Delft, Mladena heads the research line „Upscaling New Concrete Types“ where she is supervising 3 PhD students at the moment. She is also very active in the fib, playing an important role in the Organizing Committee of the fib 2017 symposium, as well as RILEM where she is a member of the Technical Committee „Mechanical properties of alkali-activated concrete.“ Beside research Mladena is a great teacher and an active science communicator through her blog in the Dutch magazine on concrete structures, Cement.

In the interview, we talk about Mladena's vision for future research towards a sustainable built environment, how to engage and support young researchers and foster an innovative environment, as well as the role of the fib in the future of concrete structures.

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This episode was recorded on the 4th December 2021.

Hosted and edited by Nikola Tošić.

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