On-going projects
The Cement Science Group (CemSciG) @ UMA CemSciG has been focused since 2004, on low-carbon and low-energy cementitious materials.
The CemSciG on-going projects from (public) competitive calls are:
Title: Optimization and Processing of LC3 Eco-Cements with Spanish Clays (ProLC3@Spain)
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Reference: PID2020-114650RB-I00
Participant entities: Universidad de Málaga
Grant period time, from: 1st of September 2021 to: 31st of August 2025
Funding: 205.700€ + PhD student (circa 100 k€)
Principal Investigators: María Isabel Santacruz Cruz and Mª Ángeles Gómez de la Torre
Number of participants: 12
Title: Microstructure analyses of Limestone Calcined Clay Cements by Advanced Synchrotron Techniques
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación Reference: PID2019-104378RJ-I00
Participant entities: Universidad de Málaga
Grant period time, from: 1st of October 2020 to: 21st of January 2024
Funding: 115.000€
Principal Investigators: Ana María Cuesta García
Number of participants: 6
Title: Optimización de eco-cementos belíticos con técnicas de radiación sincrotrón
Funding agency: JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA Reference: P18-RT-720.
Participant entities: Universidad de Málaga
Grant period time, from: 1st of January 2020 to: 31st of March 2023
Funding: 92.325€ (overheads excluded)
Principal Investigators: Mª Ángeles Gómez de la Torre and María Isabel Santacruz Cruz
Number of participants: 4,5 (research team) y 2 collaborators.
Title: Reduction of cement industry CO2 emissions without lossing mechanical properties.
Funding agency: Junta de Andalucia/ERDF; Reference: UMA18-FEDERJA-095
Participant entities: Universidad de Málaga
Grant period time, from: 15th November 2019 to 14th November 2021
Funding: 43.681 €
Principal Investigators: Mª Ángeles Gómez de la Torre and María Isabel Santacruz Cruz
Number of researchers: 4 (research team) and 2 (colaborators).
Past projects:
1. BIA2017-82391-R "Advanced characterisation of sustainable ecocements: understanding hydration to improve their performances" (2018-2020) 162,140 €.
Central Government.
2. BIA2014-57658-C2-2-R "Optimización y caracterización avanzada de ecocementos basados en ye'elimita" (2015-2017) 80,000 €. Central Government.
3. P11-FQM-07517 "Optimización de cementos belíticos de sulfoaluminato" (2013-2016) 40,595 €. Junta de Andalucia.
4. MAT2010-16213 "Optimización de Cementos Belíticos con mayores resistencias Mecánicas y menores emisiones de CO2" (2011-2014) 75,000 €. Central Government
5. P06-FQM-01348 "Cementos Portland belíticos activados: mayores resistencias mecánicas con menores emisiones de CO2" (2007-2010) 167,000 €. Junta de Adalucia.