Introducing NTNU
Introducing Carbon4Minerals consortium member - NTNU.
NTNU is one of Norway's major universities for higher education in technology and the natural sciences, with about 43 000 students, 9 000 employees and nearly 400 study programmes. The university offers a range of subjects within social sciences, humanities, aesthetic subjects, medicine, education, architecture and arts.
The Faculty of Engineering is one of the main contributors within civil engineering and PhD education in Norway. A close cooperation with industry is crucial to ensure that our research and degree programmes contribute to sustainable development and innovation both on national and international level.
The concrete group at NTNU has expertise within development of novel cementitious materials and the study of their hydration and durability of concrete. We have state of the art laboratories for performance testing of building materials ranging from full scale to microstructural investigations. Our focus is to understand underlying mechanisms of property development and durability by combining tailor-made experimental set-ups and modelling approach.
Role in the project
In Carbon4Minerals, NTNU is involved is three work packages:
In WP3, NTNU will investigate the hydration and durability of the binders produced with the novel low carbon cement constituents (i.e. carbonated slag and recycled concrete fines).
In WP4, NTNU will investigate the underlying degradation mechanisms for the novel CO2-negative building materials produced with semi-dry and wet carbonation (i.e. bricks and fiber cement products).
In WP6, NTNU will contribute to co-learning activities such as workshops and seminars, as well as publications.