CONTRABASS Secondment Update! 05/09/2025 🚀 Exciting Secondment News from the CONTRABASS Network! We’re happy to share that Jeswin Jiji (DC3) has recently started his secondment at the Institute of Geological Sciences Uni Bern, under the supervision of Professor Sergey Churakov 🇨🇭🔬. This secondment is focused on atomistic simulations to study the leaching of calcium and … Leer más
CONTRABASS Secondment Update! 04/09/2025 📢 CONTRABASS Secondment Update! Exciting news! 🎉 Amal Mathyas (DCUK9) has just started his secondment at the HOLCIM Innovation Center (HIC) this week! 🏗️🔬 Under the guidance of Bruno Huet, Vincent Briaud, and Vincent Morin, Amal will carry out experimental research to better understand the carbonation kinetics of cement clinker phases. The goal? … Leer más
CONTRABASS Secondment Update! 26/08/2025 We’re excited to share that Batoul Assi (DC5) has just started her secondment at RWTH Aachen University this week! 🇩🇪🎓 She is hosted by Prof. Thomas Matschei and doctoral candidate Omnya Abdalla, and will focus on gaining advanced expertise in Gibbs Energy Minimization (GEMS) software. 🔬💻 This secondment will involve close collaboration with the RWTH … Leer más
CONTRABASS Conference Highlight 20/08/2025 Last week, Omnya Abdalla, one of our dedicated DCs at IBAC–RWTH, participated in the 4th ICSBM Conference held in Eindhoven, Netherlands (10–13 August 2025) 🇳🇱 🧪 Omnya presented a poster on her recent experimental findings on the carbonation of pure phase calcium aluminate. 🎤 Her supervisor, Dr. Thomas Matschei, also delivered … Leer más
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