Neville Centre First Autumn Seminar 2025: Construction Innovation – on earth & beyond!
Online
Friday 28th November 2025
Following on from our successful, spring seminars of 2025, our first autumn one will be focusing on the theme of "Construction Innovation – on earth & beyond” and the Neville Centre Of Excellence in Cement and Concrete Engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, invites all interested parties to join. Taking place online, on Friday, 28th November at 12:00, we welcome all parties to join us whether academics, students, industrial or civic organisations as well as any interested individuals.
Guest Speakers:
We will be profiling our two great guest speakers, well actually three as one presentations a team affair, in the run-up to the seminar, who will be:
Assistant Prof. Dawid Mrozek & Assistant Prof. Magdalena Mrozek, Extraterrestrial Structures Team, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Silesian University of Technology.
Presentation: A moon base. Through the eyes of a civil engineer, and
Dr Vaishnav Kumar Shenbagam, Research Fellow, University of Leeds.
Presentation: Pilot-scale synthesis of belitic calcium sulfoaluminate (BCSA) cement using locally sourced materials in the UK
Vaishnav Kumar Shenbagam is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds. His primary research focus to develop sustainable, low-carbon binder systems. His current work focuses on synthesising belitic calcium sulfoaluminate (BCSA) cement, an alternative low carbon-binder. He holds a M.Tech in Construction Technology and Management and PhD specialising in construction materials from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Plus, if you’d like to present at any of our future webinars series, please contact [email protected]
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Guest Speakers:
We will be profiling our two great guest speakers, well actually three as one presentations a team affair, in the run-up to the seminar, who will be:
Assistant Prof. Dawid Mrozek & Assistant Prof. Magdalena Mrozek, Extraterrestrial Structures Team, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Silesian University of Technology.
Presentation: A moon base. Through the eyes of a civil engineer, and
Dr Vaishnav Kumar Shenbagam, Research Fellow, University of Leeds.
Presentation: Pilot-scale synthesis of belitic calcium sulfoaluminate (BCSA) cement using locally sourced materials in the UK
Vaishnav Kumar Shenbagam is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds. His primary research focus to develop sustainable, low-carbon binder systems. His current work focuses on synthesising belitic calcium sulfoaluminate (BCSA) cement, an alternative low carbon-binder. He holds a M.Tech in Construction Technology and Management and PhD specialising in construction materials from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Plus, if you’d like to present at any of our future webinars series, please contact [email protected]
Follow us on LinkedIn.
