Roles and responsibilities
- Supporting the goals of NRC and the Construction Research Centre through research of international calibre.
- Developing and applying advanced technologies related to cementitious materials.
- Providing support for on-going and developing projects, including the development of proposals for new research initiatives, project management, and providing services to NRC clients
- Developing and deploying low carbon materials and improving the climate resiliency of concrete infrastructures.
Current research and/or projects
- Development of low-carbon materials and processes for construction applications
- Material engineering and optimization
- Utilization of large industrial wastes in construction materials
- Material evaluation and characterization
- Life cycle assessment of construction materials and processes
Research and/or project statements
Improvement of materials' sustainability, performance and economic benefits through material engineering and optimization
Education
- PhD, Civil Engineering - University of Windsor
- MASc, Civil Engineering - Concordia University
- BEng (Hons), Civil Engineering - University of Ilorin
Affiliations
Adjunct Professor - University of Windsor
Associate Editor - Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
Technical Committe Member - American Concrete Institute: 301
Technical Committe Member - ASTM International: C01, C19, C12 and C17
Technical Committe Member - RILEM: TC283-CAM, TC291-AMC, TC299-TES and TC294-MPA
Certification/Licenses/Trades
- Project Management Professional
- LEED Green Associate
Key publications
- Mechanical performance of engineered cementitious composite incorporating glass as aggregates (2020) A Adesina, S Das Journal of Cleaner Production, 121113
- Recent advances in the concrete industry to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions (2020) A Adesina Environmental Challenges 1, 100004
- Performance of cementitious composites reinforced with chopped basalt fibres–An overview (2021) A Adesina Construction and Building Materials 266, 120970
- Mechanical performance of fiber-reinforced alkali-activated composites for repair applications (2021) A Adesina, S Das ACI Materials Journal 118 (1), 139-145
- Development of Sustainable Engineered Cementitious Composites Using Recycled Concrete Aggregates-Feasibility Study Based on Mechanical Properties (2021) A Adesina, S Das ACI Materials Journal 118 (4), 97-107
- Feasibility study on the sustainable utilization of uncalcined clay soils as Low-Cost binders (2022) R Darange, A Adesina, S Das Construction and Building Materials 340, 127724
- Physico-thermal and microstructural properties of thermal-efficient mortars made with low cement content (2022) O Adewoyin, A Adesina, S Das Construction and Building Materials 325, 126850
- Construction Industry With 3D Printer: A New Era (2022) S Sharma, S Mitra, A Adesina, S Das Recent Advances in Computational and Experimental Mechanics 2
- Field applications of basalt fiber materials for rehabilitation of deteriorated concrete structures J Duic, J Branston, A Adesina, S Das, D Lawn Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 34 (5), 04020093
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Adeyemi Adesina
Assistant Research Officer
Construction
1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6
Preferred language: English
Telephone: 613-991-2612
Expertise
Materials, Composites, Concrete, Eco-responsible Materials, Engineered materials, Sciences, Engineering, Material processing