selected publications

• academic article

  • SealWasteSafe: materials technology, monitoring techniques, and quality assurance for safe sealing structures in underground repositories.  Safety of nuclear waste disposal.  1:127-128. 2021
  • Calcined brick clays and mixed clays as supplementary cementitious materials: Effects on the performance of blended cement mortars.  Construction and Building Materials.  266:120990-120990. 2021
  • Influence of high-charge and low-charge PCE-based superplasticizers on Portland cement pastes containing particle-size designed recycled mineral admixtures.  Journal of Building Engineering.  32:101515-101515. 2020
  • Compaction grouting to improve the pile bearing capacity in non-cohesive soil.  The 29th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference.  2019
  • Rice husk ash as a sustainable supplementary cementitious material for improved concrete properties.  African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development.  11:417-425. 2018
  • Ternary mix design of grout material for structural repair using statistical tools.  Construction and Building Materials.  189:170-180. 2018
  • Remediation of Cracks Formed in Grouted Connections of Offshore Energy Structures Under Static Loads.  The 28th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference.  2018
  • Materials and technology solutions to tackle the challenges in daily concrete construction for housing and infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa.  African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development.  11:401-415. 2018
  • The Influence of Activator Composition on the Strength, Shrinkage and Chloride Migration Resistance of Alkali-Activated Slag Mortars.  Key Engineering Materials.  761:61-64. 2018
  • Workability and mechanical properties of ultrafine cement based grout for structural rehabilitation: A parametric study on the partial replacement with SCMs.  MATEC web of conferences.  199:07006-07006. 2018
  • Flow of fresh concrete through reinforced elements: Experimental validation of the porous analogy numerical method.  Cement and Concrete Research.  88:1-6. 2016
  • From waste materials to products for use in the cement industry.  Advances in Cement Research.  28:458-468. 2016
  • Outdoor performance tests of self-cooling concrete paving stones for the mitigation of urban heat island effect.  Road Materials and Pavement Design.  18:453-463. 2016

• chapter

  • Comparison of Brick Clays and a Kaolinitic Clay Regarding Calcination and Performance in Blended Cement Mortars.  Rilem bookseries. 2020
  • Robustness improvement of fresh concrete and mortar performance for challenging casting environments with focus on sub-Saharan Africa.  CRC Press eBooks. 495-497. 2012

• conference paper

  • Critical Factors Affecting the Capacity of Cylindrical Grouted Connections in Offshore Energy Structures.  . 2017