Research Supervision

Research Supervision (PhD, Msc, Meng, BEng and those acted as advisor)

I have also acted as PhD and M.Sc project advisor of over 11 dissertations (+5 dissertations underway currently), including:

PhD dissertations (Official Co-supervisor of 3 PhD research projects ongoing at the University of Leeds.):

·      2026-current, Ana Baleeiro de Paiva, Degradation mechanisms of cement and steel-cement interfaces with novel cementitious materials in simulated Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) wellbore conditions (EPSRC Industry DLA-funded partnership with SLB)

·      2025-current, Rithuparna Rajesh, Mechanistic insight into long-term integrity of cement and the steel-cement interface in CO2 storage facilities (MISSION-CCS Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network funded PhD, co-supervised with Dr. Richard Barker)

·      2024-current - Rida-Fatima Mazumder, Durability investigation on Alkali Activated Materials for CCS wells (co-supervised with Dr. Richard Barker)

·      2023-current - Utibe Nkanga, Understanding the effects of chloride exposure on low-carbon concretes produced with UK clays. (co-supervised with Prof. Leon Black)

·      2023-current - Ehsaan Laskar, Carbonation and Coupled exposure of Low-Carbon Concrete containing UK clays. (co-supervised with Prof. Leon Black)

·      2020-2024 – Moro Sabtiwu (Graduated in 2024), Long-term Performance of Portland Slag Limestone [CEM VI (S-LL)] Mortars and Concretes Exposed to Extreme Environments. (EPSRC CASE PhD funded by National Highways, co-supervised with Prof. Susan A. Bernal)

·      2020-2024 – Zengliang Yue (Graduated in 2024), Carbonation resistance of alkali-activated materials: Experimentation and modelling (co-supervised with Prof. Susan A. Bernal). (The 2023 Adam Neville Prize for the best PhD within the UK)

a)        Masters project supervised at the University of Leeds (10 out of 14 since 2023)

·      2026 - Saddam Aziz Suhaimi (MSc), Evaluation of Steel-Cement Interface Degradation under Supercritical CO2 Exposure in CCS Wellbore Environments

·      2026 - Gowtham Simha (MSc), Design of a Lightweight Probe-Agnostic Magnetic Scanning Frame for Enhanced Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Infrastructure

·      2026 - Yuzhe Xiong (MSc), Smart Infrastructure with UAVs: UAV + GPR for Smart Infrastructure Asset Monitoring

·      2026 - Zimo Zhu (MSc), AGV Path Optimisation and Scheduling for Steel and Concrete Transportation on Construction Sites

·      2026 - Anirudhu Arun (MSc), Autonomous High-Speed Track Inspection and Debris Mitigation Rover

·      2026 - Yuhao Xie (MSc), Design of UAV Systems for Emergency Response in Construction Environments

·      2025 - Jessica Inacio Boa (MEng), Looking to the future of low-carbon concrete – are calcined clay concrete durable?

·      2023 - Savan Bharath (MSc), Understanding cement-CO2 interaction to elucidate carbonation and circular use of carbonated cementitious materials

·      2023 - Atif Mulla (MSc), Circularity potential of excavated waste as a cement substitute material,

·      2023 - Ngo Suet Au-Yeung (MSc), Influence of calcined kaolinite content on carbonation Performance of calcined clay binders

·      2022 - Srajan Bhadauria (MSc), Evaluation of alternative composite cements containing calcined clay with Dolomite and Limestone

·      2022 -Hanwen Chen (MSc), Carbonation performance of cement and concretes produced with calcined clays

·      2022 - Mohammed Ares Neda (MEng), Carbonation Mitigation of Low CO2 Cements Containing Calcined Clays

·      2021 - Ryan McAlister (MEng), Critical analysis of methods used to extend service life of reinforced concrete bridges

b)       Undergraduate project supervised at the University of Leeds (3 out of 3 since 2023)

·      2026- Febose Obosi (BEng) - Role of Durability in Circular Concrete Construction: The Interplay of Carbonation, Chloride Attack, and Structural Reuse

·      2023 - James McKeen (BEng), Influence of calcined clay type and limestone dosage on the fresh properties of calcined clay binders

·      2023 - Jessica Inacio Boa (BEng), Improving workability – the main barrier of calcined clay-based Portland cement in the industry

c)        Masters and undergraduate project mentored at IIT Madras:

·      2019-2020 - Sheri Mohanan (M.E), Evaluation of time dependency in chloride transport parameter for binary and ternary binder systems (mentorship and Support)

·      2019-2020 - Vaasu Devaa B. V. (M.E), Assessment of slump retention characteristics in high-performance concrete (mentorship and Support)

·      2019-2020 - Shubham Mishra (M.E), Durability performance of different binders in aggressive marine environments (mentorship and Support)

·      2018-2019 - Aravind P. (M.E), Investigation of time dependency in chloride transport parameters for service life estimation of  blended cementitious systems (mentorship and Support)

·      2018-2019 - Chandana Bhukya (B.E.), Guidelines for the estimation of durability specifications in highway concrete construction projects(mentorship and Support)

·      2017-2018 - Hareesh Muni (B.E.), Limestone-Calcined clay (LC2) admixture: compressive strength and durability characteristics (mentorship and Support)

Undergraduate Project:

o   2017-2018  - Hareesh Muni - Limestone-Calcined clay (LC2) admixture: compressive strength and durability  characteristics (Advisor and Support)

o   2018-2019 - Chandana Bhukya - Guidelines for the estimation of durability specifications in highway concrete construction projects(Advisor and Support)

o   2022 – 23 – James McKeen, Influence of calcined clay type and limestone dosage on the fresh properties of calcined clay binders (BEng)

o   2022 – 23 – Jessica Inacio Boa, Improving workability – the main barrier of calcined clay-based Portland cement in the industry (BEng)

Summer Interns and Visiting researchers supported and mentored;

• 2022 – Juan Manuel Etcheverry (Visiting PhD researcher)

• 2022 – Ana Rita Damasceno Costa (Visiting PhD Researcher)

• 2022 – Matthew Brayne (Henry Royce Institute/ Bragg Centre summer intern)

• 2022 – Gulana Anwar (Henry Royce Institute/ Bragg Centre summer intern)