Contact:
Email: sakurakirthi@gmail.com/ kirthikaskv92@gmail.com/ subramk4@lsbu.ac.uk
Ph: 07388315505
Skills:
Advanced material characterisation techniques such as XRD, SEM, SAM, Raman, TGA/DTG, Calorimeter, digital microscope, EDS, MIP, NDT
Worked on materials like fibers, wastes (mineral wastes, slag, flyash, silica fumes, RCA, RFA, CBA, Paper mill sludge, Stone dust), cements, concrete, bricks,pozzolanic materials, alkali activation etc.
Sustainability and circular economy
Durability and thermal performance of concrete
Development of mix proportioning of concrete using particle packing theory
LCA –Simapro software
Teaching
Recent Activites
Carbon capturing and Storage (CCS) Technology on Wastes
Untapped Potential of Antimicrobial Materials in Construction Industry
Achieving circularity in paper mill sector by recovery and reuse of calcium and carbon dioxide through physicochemical process
Research Activites
Life cycle analysis to achieve circularity and sustainability of the materials
Evaluation of thermal performance of hybrid fiber (polyproplyene and basalt fibers) reinforced concrete
Studies on long term performances of newly mix designed alternative fine aggregate concrete