admin CONTRABASS Update 29/07/2025 📢 CONTRABASS Update! Amal (DCUK9 from University of Surrey) recently attended the MCC Conference at Daresbury, an event that brought together researchers from across the UK to share cutting-edge work enabled by UKRI- and EPSRC funded HEC resources such as YOUNG and ARCHER2. 🇬🇧💻 As a first-time attendee, Amal had the opportunity … Leer más
CONTRABASS Update 15/07/2025 📢 CONTRABASS Update! Great news from the team! 🎉 Our members Loyford Muchui Mugambi, Malene Thostrup Pedersen from NTNU Department of Structural Engineering (KT) and Christophe Labbez from Université Bourgogne Europe have developed a Protocol for C(-A)-S-H Synthesis 🧪 You can now check it out on our “Deliverables & Milestones” tab at … Leer más
A fantastic week for the CONTRABASS Team at LCCS25! 04/07/2025 This week, several members of the CONTRABASS consortium participated in the “Shaping the Fate of Low-Carbon Cement Science” conference at the stunning #Fondazione Monte Verità in Ascona, Switzerland. What a week full of science, collaboration, and breathtaking views! 🌄🔬 🎤 Talks by our team: 🔹 … Leer más
Exciting week ahead for the CONTRABASS consortium 26/06/2025 🎉 Exciting week ahead for the #CONTRABASS consortium! 🔬🌍 Next week, our coordinator Hegoi Manzano and consortium members Alexander Pisch, Thomas Matschei, Fabien Georget, Elsa Qoku and Aslam Kunhi Mohamed, along with our DCs Aden RANA, Batoul Assi, and Amal Mathyas, will attend #LCCS25 at the #Fondazione … Leer más
23/06/2025 🔬 Productive Visit to Sika, Switzerland! 🇨🇭 Last week, our DC Omnya Abdalla had the opportunity to visit Sika as part of the preparation for her upcoming secondment within the CONTRABASS project. They discussed the detailed plan for the secondment experiments and outlined the work to be conducted beforehand. She also toured the labs, … Leer más
CONTRABASS update 09/03/2025 Last week, our DCs Loyford Muchui Mugambi, Sumesh Erikandath, Batoul Assi and Jeswin Jiji attended the Thermodynamic Modelling of Cementitious Materials workshop using GEMS at Empa, Switzerland 🇨🇭 They gained hands-on experience with a powerful technique that will be highly valuable in their research. Great to see our DCs learning and enjoying … Leer más
Secondment 25/03/2025 📢 New Update from #CONTRABASS! Last week, our DC6 Duong Binh Au started his secondment at the Andalusian Earth Sciences Institute (IACT-CSIC) in Armilla, Spain 🇪🇸, under the guidance of Alexander van Driessche. 🔬 Duong Binh Au will work with #time-resolved #UV-Vis-spectrophotometry to measure induction time and will use this data … Leer más
Mid-term meeting, 2nd Residential school & workshop in Grenoble 18/03/2025 A Fantastic Week for the CONTRABASS Consortium in Grenoble! 🚀 From March 10-14, we successfully hosted our 2nd CONTRABASS Workshop, Training School, and Mid-term Meeting at ISTerre and SIMaP laboratory in Grenoble! 🇫🇷 A huge thank you to Alejandro F-M and Alexander Pisch for the … Leer más
CONTRABASS visit to ESRF 12/03/2025 An Inspiring Visit to ESRF in Grenoble! The #CONTRABASS team had an incredible experience at the European #Synchrotron Radiation Facility (#ESRF)! We explored: Beamline ID31 with Valentin Vinci Beamline BM16 with Olivier Proux Beamline BM18 with Kathleen Dollmann It was motivating to learn about their cutting-edge techniques and diverse applications across multiple fields! A huge thank you to Alejandro for organizing this … Leer más
CONTRABASS 2nd Workshop 11/03/2025 🔬 CONTRABASS 2nd Workshop: Tackling Durability Challenges! 🌍 Today, in our 2nd CONTRABASS workshop at ISTerre in Grenoble, we explored the #durability problem in materials, diving into key factors affecting material quality. 🏗️💡 📌 Session Highlights: 📢 Bruno Huet (Holcim) – Introduction to the durability problem. 🌊 Hong Wong (ICL) – … Leer más