Current Grants
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Developing Technology and Specifications for Metakaolin-based Geopolymers as Robust and Promising Stabilisers for Fuel Debris Removal
Key Researchers: Merve Kuman, Brant Walkley
Funder: EPSRC
2023-2026
BuildZero: Transforming the UK's Buildings for Zero Material Extraction, Zero Carbon, and Zero Waste
Key Researcher: Brant Walkley
Funder: EPSRC
2024-2029
UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre For Mineral-based Construction Materials
Key Researchers: Dan Geddes, Brant Walkley
Funder: EPSRC
2023-2026
EPSRC CDT in Nuclear Energy SATURN-Skills and Training Underpinning Renaissance in Nuclear
Key Researcher: Brant Walkley
Funder: EPSRC
2024-2032
Centre of Expertise for Thermal and Immobilisation
Funder: Sellafield Ltd.
2023-2028
New Processing Technology to Convert Waste Products into a Valuable Additive for Cement and Concrete
(Unable to provide full details due to NDA)
Funder: Green Lithium Ltd.
2023-2026
Efflorescence Control of Geopolymer Cements
(Unable to provide full details due to NDA)
Funder: Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Tremco Construction Products Group
2022-2024
PhD Studentships
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Decarbonising Construction: Understanding the Chemistry and Engineering of Low-Carbon Alkali-Activated Cements
Key Researcher: Will McMahon
Funder: EPSRC Industrial CASE PhD Studentship with DB Group (Holdings) Ltd.
2023-2027
Solidification Routes for Encapsulation of Radioiodine
Key Researcher: Sylvia Pestana Sousa Gomes
Funder: GREEN CDT ESPRC PhD Studentship with National Nuclear Laboratory
2023-2027
Novel Additives to Enhance the Performance of Low Carbon Cements for a Net Zero Future
Key Researcher: Micael Rubens Cardoso da Silva
Funder: Energy Institute EPSRC DTP PhD Studentship
2022-2026
Understanding Cement-Superplasticiser Interactions in Blended Portland Cement Wasteforms
Key Researcher: Ava Sjoberg
Funder: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority PhD Studentship
2022-2026
Understanding Cement-Superplasticiser Interactions in Geopolymer Encapsulants for Safe Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Key Researcher: Cameron Halliwell
Funder: EPSRC Industrial CASE PhD Studentship with Sellafield Ltd.
2022-2026
Next-generation Low-carbon Cement Wasteforms for Safe Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Key Researcher: Isabelle Broadfield-Smith
Funder: GREEN CDT EPSRC PhD Studentship with Sellafield Ltd.
2021-2025
Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Cement
Key Researcher: Madeline Rihner
Funder: Nuclear Energy Institute EPSRC DTP PhD Studentship
2021-2025
Understanding Reaction Mechanisms and Kinetics in Geopolymer Wasteforms for Radioactive Waste Disposal
Key Researcher: Charley Nevin
Funder: GREEN CDT EPSRC PhD Studentship with Sellafield Ltd.
2021-2025
Understanding Reaction Mechanisms, Kinetics, and Structural Evolution in Low-carbon Cements
Key Researcher: Ella Cliff
Funder: EPSRC DTP PhD Studentship
2021-2025
The Effect of Strontium and Caesium Salts on the Formation Kinetics and Mechanisms of Geopolymer Cement
Key Researcher: Kyle O'Donoghue
Funder: EPSRC
2021-2025
Past Grants
2018-2023: Research into the development and chemistry of sustainable cement and concrete materials (Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co Ltd)
2023: Joint ROK-UK Project for the non-destructive characterization of novel wasteforms targeting C-14 solidification (National Research Foundation of Korea)
2023: Alternative materials for encapsulation of nuclear waste in a net zero world (NNL Game Changers) (National Nuclear Laboratory)
2022-2023: Development of low-carbon cement utilising waste from Al dross recycling (Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership w/ Altek Europe Ltd.)
2021-2022: Enhancing analytical capabilities in soils for low-carbon technologies (White Rose Collaboration Fund w/ Civil Engineering, University of Leeds and Environment and Geography, University of York)
2020-2022: Developing additives to improve durability and engineering properties of alkali-activated materials (Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership w/ Lubrizol Ltd)
2020-2022: Iodine abatement in irradiated nuclear fuel recycling (Advanced Fuel Cycle Programme, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy)
2020-2021: C-14 abatement in irradiated nuclear fuel recycling (Advanced Fuel Cycle Programme, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy)
