Emmanuel works on the Interreg CIRCLE project involving six partners from the UK and France. This is a 2.6 million euros project funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It aims to develop a solution to limit both environmental and carbon impacts by using a recycled waste product as a substitute for natural aggregate in the production of permeable concrete for pavement applications. The concrete formulation and characterisation for this project are led by us, of which Emmanuel is the concrete specialist leading the team. He has successfully used 25% seashell waste as a partial replacement for natural aggregate, to develop a permeable concrete mix with comparable fresh and hardened properties to that prepared entirely with conventional aggregate.
Emmanuel's background is in Civil and Structural Engineering. He has spent the last eight years here mainly as a researcher of civil engineering and construction materials. He has supervised several undergraduate and postgraduate final-year research projects both in the UK and overseas. He has worked independently on several research projects, including a PhD project on low-carbon concrete using recycled concrete aggregate as a substitute for natural aggregate. Thus, Emmanuel has gained insight into laboratory protocols and on-site experience in concrete technology.
Emmanuel also takes pleasure in teaching some civil engineering modules including Structural analysis, Structural design, Materials engineering, and Engineering surveying at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
