June 2011
Matthieu VANDAMME
The purpose of this Chair is to take an interdisciplinary and innovative approach to research on construction materials, with the aim of opening up up new possibilities that are kinder to the environment, human beings and the planet.
The aim is to develop the necessary scientific bases for an interdisciplinary and multiscale approach to the engineering of construction materials, through a combination of physio-chemistry, mechanics and advanced observation and digital simulation tools.
The Chair takes a global approach to sustainable development.
In taking account of the new environmental constraints, the Chair seeks to optimise the use of construction materials, their operating properties and their durability.The priorities are to use natural resources sustainably, reduce the negative environmental and human effects of building operations, improve heat insulation in buildings, control the ageing process in constructions and recycle materials and structures.
The teaching and research themes tackled under the Chair programme cover the physio-mechanical properties of porous media, numerical simulation and scale change methods, disordered media and physical investigation tools, economics and sustainable development.
Through this Chair, École des Ponts ParisTech has been able to acquire access to a X micro-tomography imaging platform.
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