admin CONTRABASS Secondment Update! 06/05/2026 📢 CONTRABASS Secondment Update! We’re excited to share that Aden Rana (DC7) has started his secondment this week at SIKA in Switzerland 🇨🇭 During his stay, Aden will perform co-precipitation experiments to investigate the effect of impurities on the nucleation rate of calcium carbonate and other related properties, under the supervision of Patrick Juilland. 🧪🔬 Have a great stay in Zurich, Aden—enjoy … Leer más
CONTRABASS Secondment update! 26/04/2026 📢 CONTRABASS Secondment Update! Excited to share that Batoul Assi (DC5, SIMaP-CNRS) has recently started her secondment at the University of Oulu 🇫🇮 under the supervision of Päivö Kinnunen and Hoang Nguyen. She will also be working alongside Fangyuan Ren (DC2). During her stay, Batoul will focus on first-principles thermodynamics of magnesium carbonates, exploring the role of sodium substitution and its impact on phase stability. … Leer más
CONTRABASS Secondment Update! 13/04/2026 📢 CONTRABASS Secondment Update! We’re happy to share that Amal Mathyas (DCUK9) has recently started his secondment at TUCN (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca), Romania 🇷🇴 under the supervision of Prof. Ioan Ardelean. During his stay, Amal will focus on studying the microstructural evolution and water dynamics of carbonated cement using Fast Field Cycling NMR 🧪🔬 An exciting collaboration that will provide valuable insights into cement behavior at … Leer más
CONTRABASS Update! 23/02/2026 📢 CONTRABASS Update! Great news from the team! 🎉 🧪 Aden Rana and Hegoi Manzano (UPV/EHU) have developed a database for CaCO₃ PNCs and the deliverable is now available online! 🔗 You can find it in our “Deliverables & Milestones” tab: 🌐📄 https://www.contrabass-msca.eu/results/deliverables-milestones/ 👏 Great job, Aden and Hegoi! 🙌 #CONTRABASS #MSCA #HorizonEU #CaCO3 #PNC #Database
CONTRABASS Secondment update! 02/02/2026 📢 CONTRABASS Secondment Update! Wet or semi-wet carbonation of recycled cement paste? ♻️🧪 As part of his PhD within CONTRABASS, Sumesh Erikandath (DCUK10) initially focused on wet carbonation and separation of waste cement paste at Imperial College London, working alongside Hong S. Wong and Christopher Cheeseman Now, during his secondment at @Holcim Innovation Center (HIC), France, Sumesh … Leer más
CONTRABASS Secondment Update! 09/01/2026 📢 CONTRABASS Secondment Update! We’re excited to share that Fangyuan Ren (DC2) has officially started her secondment at CHRYSO, under the supervision of Dr. Claire Giraudeau and Amandine Fournet! 🧪🏗️ During this secondment, Fangyuan will focus on validating selected Mg solubility-improving additives from her first study, as well as CHRYSO admixtures, in Portland cement mixes containing MgCO₃. Her work will investigate how the Mg phase … Leer más
CONTRABASS Conference Update! 13/11/2025 📢 CONTRABASS Conference Update! Jeswin Jiji (DC3) recently attended the JTMS 2025 – “Theory, Modeling and Simulation” Days in Bordeaux, France, where he had the opportunity to present his research. 🇫🇷🧪 This conference brought together the physical chemistry modeling community from across France, creating a great environment for discussion, collaboration, and … Leer más
📢 Exciting News from the CONTRABASS Network! 29/10/2025 This week, Loyford Muchui Mugambi (DC4) has begun his secondment at University of Oulu, where he received a warm welcome from Prof. Päivö Kinnunen, Hoang Nguyen, and fellow DC Fangyuan Ren. 🇫🇮🤝 Loyford will be working at the NMR Research Unit with Dr. Otto Mankinen who will … Leer más
CONTRABASS Secondment Update 10/10/2025 📢 CONTRABASS Secondment Update! We’re happy to share that Aden Rana (DC7) has started his secondment this week at University of Bourgogne – CNRS, under the guidance of Christophe Labbez 🇫🇷🔬 During his stay in Dijon, Aden will explore the coarse-graining method—a powerful simulation approach that simplifies complex systems by grouping … Leer más
CONTRABASS Secondment Update! 07/10/2025 📢 CONTRABASS Secondment Update! We’re excited to share that Omnya Abdalla (DC1) has recently started her secondment at Sika AG in Zurich 🇨🇭, under the supervision of Patrick Juilland. 🔬 During this secondment, Omnya will focus on investigating the dissolution rate of calcium tri-aluminate (C₃A)—a crucial phase in cement chemistry. Her … Leer más