Dec 26, 2023 - Dr. Eric Bescher (Adjunct Professor at UCLA) delivered a talk at IIT Madras.

Dec 21, 2023 - Paul delivered his PhD Seminar II.

Dec 5, 2023 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a keynote address at The 6th International Conference on Smart Villages and Rural Development, organized by the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Nov 5, 2023 - TLC2 Day showcasing the findings of various TLC2 projects was held at IITM Research Park.

Nov 4, 2023 - SPARC Monograph is available online. 

Oct 31, 2023 - IRIS 2.0 Webinar of CoE on TLC2 was held.

Oct 2-5, 2023: AIM Group member (Bipina) attended  2nd Workshop on CSA Cements in Rome (Italy). 

Sep 18-22, 2023 - AIM Group participated and presented at 16th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement (ICCC) in Bangkok.

Sep 10, 2023 - Current Science Reports featured our work on Martian concrete.

Sep 4-8, 2023 - AIM Group participated and presented at RILEM Week in Vancouver.

June 1, 2023 - Bipina completed her research proposal seminar.

May 23, 2023 -  Sai Sri completed her CE6999 seminar.

March 23, 2023 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a keynote lecture at 2nd National Conference on Special Concrete organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore.

March 6, 2023 - Tom defended his PhD. Congratulations! 

March 4, 2023 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a talk at International Conference on Climate Resilient Construction and Building Materials, organized at NIT Surathkal.

Feb 23, 2023 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a talk at ICI Awards function organized by ICI Salem Chapter.

Feb 7, 2023 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a talk on "Advanced Concrete Technology" at CSIR-SERC Chennai.

Jan 30-Feb 3, 2023 - TLC2 Week was held at IIT Madras. 

Jan 13, 2023 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited talk on "Calcium Sulfoaluminate-Based Binders: Opportunities and Challenges" at NIT Warangal for SERB-Karyashala on "Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies". 

Jan 6, 2023 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited talk on "X-ray Diffraction: Theory and Application to Cementitious System" at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Chennai) for DST-STUTI scheme.

Dec 20, 2022 - Bipina gave her CE7999 seminar. 

Dec 7, 2022 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a talk on "Calcium Sulfoaluminate-Based Binder: Acid Resistance and Early-Age Strength Development" at 17th NCB Conference in New Delhi.

Dec 2, 2022 - Vaishnav defended his PhD. Congratulations! 

Nov 25, 2022 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a talk on "Calcium Sulfoaluminate-Based Binders: Opportunities and Challenges" in the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT Warangal. 

Nov 22, 2022 - Received OYCE Award 2022 from ICI Chennai Centre.

Nov 18, 2022 - Tom delivered his PhD Seminar-II.

Oct 31, 2022 - Paul delivered his research proposal seminar (RPS). 

Oct 20, 2022 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited talk on "Calcium Sulfoaluminate-Based Binders: Opportunities and Challenges" at Shiv Nadar University.

Sep 20, 2022 - Bipina gave her CE6999 seminar. 

Aug 2, 2022 - Nila completed her research proposal seminar (RPS). 

June 27, 2022 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited talk for "Introduction to SDGs: Sustainable Infrastructure in India and Japan (STSI)" course organized by HOKKAIDO University.

June 20, 2022 - Vaishnav delivered his PhD Seminar-II.  

June 3, 2022 -  Piyush Chaunsali delivered a keynote talk on "Calcium Sulfoaluminate Belite Cement: A Low CO2 Cement" at International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction Management, SECON '22.

June 3, 2022 -  Piyush Chaunsali delivered a keynote talk on "Characterization of Construction Materials using Microscopy and Thermal Analysis" for FDP on Testing and Characterization Techniques in Civil Engineering organized by REVA University, Bengaluru.

April 2022 - Snehal Shine joined AIM Lab as a postdoc. Welcome!

April 27, 2022 - Tom delivered his PhD Seminar-I.

April 20, 2022 - Hosted a lecture by Prof. Maria Juenger (UT Austin, USA) for IoE Research Initiative project on Technologies for Low Carbon and Lean Construction at IIT Madras.

April 1, 2022 - A paper on "Sulfuric Acid and Citric Acid Attack on Calcium Sulfoaluminate-based Binders" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Cement and Concrete Composites. 

March 25, 2022 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a lecture on "Application of Petrography  to Assess Concrete Damage" for Advanced Course on “Forensic Analysis of Concrete Structures" (FACS’22), organized by CSIR-SERC, Chennai.

Feb 2022 - A paper on "Influence of calcium hydroxide and calcium sulfate on early-age properties of non-expansive calcium sulfoaluminate belite cement" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Cement and Concrete Composites. 

Jan 24, 2022 - Piyush Chaunsali received "Best Reviewer Award 2021" by Materials and Structures Journal.

Jan 17-20, 2022 - A short term SPARC course on Environmental Sustainability Assessment was held online. The details are here.

Dec 10-11, 2021 - TLC2 research group of IIT Madras organised an in-person International Workshop on Advances in Technologies for Low Carbon and Lean Construction at IIT Madras.

Nov 11, 2021 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a talk on "Shrinkage Cracking and Mitigation Techniques" for FDP on Advanced Concrete Technologies, organized by Department of Civil Engineering, University College of Engineering, Osmania University.

Oct 2021 - Bipina received Prime Minister's Research Fellowship. Congratulations!

Oct 11, 2021 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a lecture on "Alternative Cementitious Binders" for ICI Kochi Centre's Online Course on Advanced Concrete Technology.

Sep 22, 2021 - Vaishnav delivered his PhD Seminar Talk-1. 

Sep 21, 2021 - Hosted a lecture by Prof. Farshad Rajabipour (Penn State University, USA) for IoE Research Initiative project on Technologies for Low Carbon and Lean Construction at IIT Madras.

Sep 16, 2021 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a lecture on "Mineralogical and Microstructural Characterization of Construction Materials" for Advanced Course on "Microstructural Characterization Techniques and Mix Design of Special Concretes" organized by CSIR-SERC, Chennai.

Sep 2021 -  Saranya joined AIM Lab as a PhD student. Welcome!

Aug 5, 2021 - Hosted an International Webinar on Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement by Dr. Antonio Telesca (University of Basilicata, Italy).

July 2021 - Piyush Chaunsali has been appointed as an Associate Editor (Cementitious Section) of the Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (ASCE).

July 2021 - Piyush Chaunsali received Outstanding Reviewer (2020) award from ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.

July 2, 2021 - Tom defended his PhD research proposal. Congratulations!

May 11, 2021 - Vaishnav (PhD Student) delivered a talk on "Influence of External Environment on Early-Age Expansion Characteristics of Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement-Based Binders" at Microdurability Conference Webinar Series organized by TU Delft.

April 2021 -  Nilakanmani received Prime Minister's Research Fellowship. Congratulations!

April 26, 2021 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited lecture at International Conference: EM4SS'21 - Engineered Materials for Sustainable Structures.

March 4, 2021 - Delivered a lecture on "Thermodynamic Modeling of Cement Hydration" for Online FDP on State-of-the-Art Experimental and Numerical Techniques in Civil Engineering, organized by Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala.

Feb 11, 2021 - Delivered a lecture on "Petrography  Analysis of Concrete" for Advanced Course on “Forensic Analysis of Concrete Structures" (FACS’21), organized by CSIR-SERC, Chennai.

Jan 2021 - A paper on "Influence of Exposure Conditions on Expansion Characteristics of Lime-Rich Calcium Sulfoaluminate-Belite Blended Cement" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Cement and Concrete Composites. 

Dec 17, 2020 - Vaishnav completed his PhD research proposal milestone. Congratulations!

Nov 21, 2020 - Delivered an invited talk on "Enhancing Sustainability and Durability Using CSAB Cement" at Short Term Training Program on Advanced Concepts in Materials and Structural Engineering organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur.

Nov 5, 2020 - Delivered an invited talk for training program organized by IICM Ranchi.

Sep 2020 - Paul Shaji and Bipina TV joined the AIM Lab as PhD students. Welcome!

July 6, 2020 - Delivered an invited talk for ACC Knowledge Series on "Shrinkage and Cracking in Concrete Structures".

July 3, 2020 - Delivered an invited talk at Faculty Development Program on Recent Advances in Concrete and Sustainable Technologies (ReCAST) 2020 organized by NIT Warangal.

June 30, 2020 - Piyush Chaunsali joined the Editorial Board of ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.

June 30, 2020 - A paper was accepted to appear in the proceedings of Microdurability 2020 conference to be held at The Hague, Netherlands, in Oct 2020.

June 3, 2020 - Delivered a keynote lecture at National web Conference on Structural, Architectural, Building and Automation in Sustainable Engineering (SABASE- 2020) organized by Adithya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.

May 23, 2020 - IIT Madras organized an online Workshop on Resilience of Concrete Construction. 

May 2, 2020 - Delivered a talk on "Value Addition to Concrete Using Waste and Residue" at RILEM Online Conference organized by IIT Madras. The link to the talk is here.

April 30, 2020 - Delivered a talk for webinar series organized by KHRI on promoting quality construction. More details here: KHRI webinar series

Feb 2020 - A review article on Calcium Sulfoaluminate-Belite Cements: Opportunities and Challenges was published in the Indian Concrete Journal, Vol. 94, Issue 2, 2020.

Jan 2020 - NilaKanmani joined the AIM group as a PhD student. Welcome!

Jan 17-18, 2020 - A SPARC Workshop on "Sustainability and Durability of Concrete  Structures Using By-Products and Recycled Materials" was held at IIT Madras Research Park. 

Nov 18-23, 2019 - A Short-Term Course (STC) on Advanced Concrete Technology was held in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras. Here is the RILEM news about the course.

Sep 14,  2019 - 5th Concrete Research in India (CRI) symposium was held at IIT Madras. The symposium focused on the needs and challenges of concrete research in India.  

July 2019 - An article was published in a popular Indian magazine "The Masterbuilder" with the focus on Sustainable Infrastructure (Issue: May 2019; pp. 122-126). 

June 10, 2019 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited talk at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

June 6, 2019 - A paper on assessing reactivity of industrial wastes using ICP-OES was published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

May 12, 2019 - A paper was accepted in the 15th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement to be held in Prague (Czech Republic) during Sep 16-20, 2019.

April 5, 2019 - A paper on the durability of biomass ash binder was published in the Journal of Cement and Concrete Composites.

March 18-22, 2019 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered a presentation at RILEM Spring Convention and Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures Conference, held at Rovinj (Croatia). 

March 15, 2019 - SPARC proposal (Indian PI - Piyush Chaunsali) in collaboration with Elsa Olivetti (International PI from MIT, USA) was approved for funding for the duration of two years.

March 13, 2019 - DST-UKIERI proposal (Piyush Chaunsali as co-PI) was approved for funding.

March 10-14, 2019 -  A paper appeared in REWAS 2019: Secondary and Byproduct Sources of Materials, Minerals, and Metals symposium at 2019 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, held at San Antonio (USA).

Dec 18, 2018 -  An International Symposium on Concrete Construction and Preservation was organized by Piyush Chaunsali and Prof. Ravindra Gettu in Chennai (India).

Sept 2018 - A paper on physico-chemical interaction between Class C fly ash and calcium sulfoaluminate-cement based binder was published in the Materials and Structures Journal.

Sept 22, 2018 -  Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited talk at ICI-IWC Conference in Bangalore (India).

Sept 14, 2018 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited talk at MA College of Engineering, Kothamangalam, Kerala.

Sept 13, 2018 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited talk at MBC College, Peermade, Kerala.

July 2018 - Tom Damion joined the research group as a PhD student. Welcome!

June 14-16, 2018 - Piyush Chaunsali delivered an invited talk at Summer School organized by School of Infrastructure at IIT Bhubaneswar.

June 4-6, 2018 - Piyush Chaunsali attended a workshop on Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements in Murten (Switzerland).

June 2018 - S. Vaishnav Kumar joined the research group as a PhD student. Welcome!

May 28, 2018 - Piyush Chaunsali joined the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras as an Assistant Professor. A new career begins!