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June 4 - Associate Prof. Gabriele Chiaro delivered the Keynote Lecture "Macro- and micro-scale engineering response of rigid-soft gravel-rubber inclusions: insights from detailed laboratory and DEM numerical investigations." at the 1st International Conference on Construction Materials and Environment (e-conference; India) attended by over 200 people

June 1 - Congratulation to the Eco-rubber project TEAM for the IABSE Award 2021 - Outstanding Paper Award (Category "Scientific Paper") for "Hernandez et al. 2020. Eco-rubber seismic-isolation foundation systems, a sustainable solution for the New Zealand context. Structural Engineering International, 30(2): 192-200 ."

Apr. 21 - Congratulations to Julia Young & Olivia Ross who received a Poster Competition Award by NZGS (1st prize)

Apr. 14 - Ali Tasalloti, Alessandro Palermo and Royce Liu attended the 2021 NZSEE Conference in Christchurch. Kevin presented the paper "Response of gravel-rubber mixtures under direct shear testing: experimental and DEM numerical investigation". Ali presented the paper "Experimental seismic characterisation of gravel-granulated tyre mixtures and design implications"

Apr. 13 - Gabriele Chiaro presented on "Eco-rubber seismic-isolation foundation systems: from concept to design" at the QuakeCoRE NZSEE Pre-Conference Workshop in Christchurch

Apr 13 - The journal article Tasalloti A., Chiaro G., Murali A. & Banasiak L. (2021). "Physical and mechanical properties of granulated rubber mixed with granular soils – a literature review" was published in Sustainability, 13(8), 4309, 1-28, https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084309.

Mar 31 - The "Eco-rubber seismic isolation foundation systems" has been successfully completed . The research team will be now working on the second stage of the project that will focus on the practical implementation of the ERGSI foundation system.

Mar 30 - Congratulations to Kevin Chew who has successfully completed his MEng degree.

Mar 24 - Kevin Chew and Ali Tasalloti attended the 2021 NZGS Symposium in Dunedin. Kevin presented the paper "Response of gravel-rubber mixtures under direct shear testing: experimental and DEM numerical investigation"

Feb. 2 - Arjun Murali attended the Disastrous Doctorates Symposium in Christchurch and gave a presentation titled "Development of eco-rubber geotechnical seismic-isolation foundation systems"

Nov. 16 - The journal article Tasalloti A., Chiaro G., Banasiak L. & Palermo A.(2020). "Experimental investigation of the mechanical behaviour of gravel-granulated tyre rubber mixtures" was published in Construction and Building Materials, 273: 121749, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121749.

Nov. 15 - Congratulations to Julia Young & Olivia Ross who received both a Poster Competition Award by the CNRE Department (2nd place) as well as a Best Presentation Award

Nov. 15 - Congratulations to Julia Young & Olivia Ross, David Thoo & Sara Whibley, and Callum Nish & Billy Uriah who successfully completed their FY projects.

July 12 - Julia Young & Olivia Ross started working on their Final Year Project "Shear strength, compression and permeability of gravel-tyre chips mixtures"

July 12 - David Thoo & Sara Whibley started working on their Final Year Project "Leaching characteristics of gravel-tyre mixtures"

Jun 15 - The journal article Chiaro G., Tasalloti A., Banasiak L., Palermo A., Granello G. & Rees S. (2020). "Sustainable recycling of end-of-life tyres in civil (geotechnical) engineering applications: turning issues into opportunities in the New Zealand context" was published in the NZ Geomechanics News, 99: 38-47.

May 15 - Congratulations to Angela Robinson & Hasara Ranchagoda who received a Poster Competition Award by NZGS (2nd prize)

Feb. 25 - Ali Tasalloti attended the 2020 Geo-congress in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, and presented the paper "Effects of rubber crumbs volumetric content on the shear strength of gravelly soil in direct shear apparatus"

Feb. 17 - Callum Nish & Billy Uriah (UG students) started working on their Final Year Project titled "Compaction properties of gravel-rubber mixtures: compaction energy effects"

Jan. 15 - The journal article Hernandez, E., Palermo, A., Granello., G., Chiaro, G. & Banasiak, L. (2020) "Eco-rubber seismic-isolation foundation system, a sustainable solution for the New Zealand context " was published in Structural Engineering International, 30(2); 192-200, DOI: 10.1080/10168664.2019.1702487.

Jan. 4 - Welcome to Dr Royce Liu (Post-doc Research Fellow) who joined the eco-rubber foundation project. He will coordinate the laboratory structural characterisation of rubberised concrete.

Dec. 02 - Welcome to Arjun Murali (PhD Student) who re-joined the eco-rubber foundation project. His research topic is titled: "Experimental Evaluation of Strength of Soft Rubber - Hard Gravel Mixtures".

Nov. 28 - Congratulation to Adinda Chaerany & Arjun Murali (MEngSt Students) who successfully completed their Master research projects

Oct. 23 - Congratulations to Hasara Ranchagoda & Angela Robinson, Connor Hopkins & John Darwin, Sam Hooper & Niall Kearney, and Maysen Bloemen & Ryan Thom who successfully completed their FY projects.

Oct. 23 - Congratulations to Angela Robinson & Hasara Ranchagoda who received a Poster Competition Award by the CNRE Department (3rd prize)

Oct. 21 - Congratulations to Angela Robinson who was awarded a UC Summer Research Scholarship

Oct. 21 - Congratulations to Hasara Ranchagoda who was awarded a UC Summer Research Scholarship

Oct. 10 - Ernesto Hernandez and Alessandro Palermo attended the 2019 Concrete NZ Conference, Dunedin, NZ and presented the our last paper "An innovative and eco-friendly foundation system to enhance the resilience of low-rise buildings"

Sep. 23 - Laura Banasiak presented our last paper "Recycling of end-of-life tyres in civil engineering applications: environmental implications" at the WasteMINZ 2019 Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand

Sep. 9 - Gabriele Granello attended the 2019 Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics Conference (SECED 2019), Greenwich, UK, and presented the paper "Enhancing the resilience of low-rise buildings: a New Zealand perspective'

Jul. 30 - Gabriele Chiaro was selected as member of the "International Advisory Committee" of 1st International Symposium on Construction Resources for Environmentally Sustainable Technologies (CREST 2020), Fukuoka, Japan

Jul. 29 - Gabriele Chiaro visited Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan to discuss about the feasibility of conducting "Centrifuge tests on a prototype of eco-rubber foundation system"

Jul. 23 - Welcome to Adinda Chaerany (MEngSt Student) joined the eco-rubber foundation project. His research project is titled: "Shake table testing of eco-rubber soil foundation systems "

Jul. 16 - Welcome to Arjun Murali (MEngSt Student) who joined the eco-rubber foundation project. His research project is titled: "Strength properties of gravel-tyre rubber mixtures"

Jul. 04 - Gabriele Chiaro visited Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and gave a research seminar "Reuse and recycle of granular waste materials in geotechnical engineering applications"

Jun. 21 - Ali Tasalloti attended the Christchurch YGP Symposium and gave a presentation titled "A new geotechnical application to reuse waste tyres in New Zealand"

Jun. 11 - The "Eco-rubber foundation project" was featured on the business magazine Forbes

Apr. 26 - Gabriele Chiaro visited the University of Tokyo, Japan, and gave a research seminar "Reuse of waste tyres: issues, challenges and opportunities – a New Zealand perspective"

Apr. 04 - Gabriele Chiaro, Alessandro Palermo & Gabriele Granello attended the 11 PCEE Conference in Auckland and presented the paper "Eco-rubber seismic-isolation foundation systems: a cost-effective way to build resilience"

Apr. 01 - Gabriele Chiaro attended the 13 ANZ Geotechnical Conference in Perth, Australia, and presented the paper "Direct shear behaviour of gravel-granulated tyre rubber mixtures"

Mar. 01 - Welcome to Kevin Chew (MEng Student) who joined the eco-rubber foundation project. His research topic is titled: "Insights into the micro-mechanical behaviour of gravel-rubber mixtures by using DEM models"

Feb. 25 - Hasara Ranchagoda & Angela Robinson (UG students) started working on their Final Year Project titled "The friction angle at gravel-rubber-concrete interface"

Feb. 25 - Connor Hopkins & John Darwin (UG students) started working on their Final Year Project titled "Compaction properties of gravel-rubber mixtures"

Feb. 25 - Sam Hooper & Niall Kearney (UG students) started working on their Final Year Project titled "Strength properties of gravel-rubber mixtures"

Feb. 25 - Maysen Bloemen & Ryan Thom (UG students) started working on their Final Year Project titled "1-dimensional compression characteristics of gravel-rubber mixtures"

Feb 01 - Welcome to Ernesto Hernandez (PhD Student) who joined the eco-rubber foundation project. His research topic is titled: "Development of fiber-reinforced rubberised concrete".

Nov. 12 - Welcome to Dr Ali Tasalloti (Post-doc Research Fellow) who joined the eco-rubber foundation project. He will coordinate the laboratory geotechnical characterisation of gravel-rubber mixtures

Oct. 01 - The "Eco-rubber seismic-isolation foundation systems" project started