Advances in Sustainable Masonry Bricks and Blocks

Fernando Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at C-TAC, University of Minho. He holds the title of Counsellor (Top 0.5%) from the Portuguese Engineers Association and has been consistently recognized as a Scopus Highly Cited Scientist in the global rankings by Stanford University. With over 300 publications to his name, he has carried out in-depth peer reviews of more than one thousand scientific papers and assessed nearly one hundred research grant proposals across 15 countries. He serves on the editorial boards of nine international journals and has been involved in editorial decisions for several hundred manuscripts. In addition, he has edited 33 international books, many of which are available in the libraries of prestigious institutions such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. Professor Prinya Chindaprasirt is the Director of the Sustainable Infrastructure Research and Development Center (SIRDC), a research unit in Khon Kaen University. He is now also the head of Advanced Functional Materials research cluster of Khon Kaen University. He was appointed a full professor in 2007. In 2009 he was the first person in civil engineering who was appointed the highest rank professor in Thailand. He has set up the Thai Geopolymer Network in 2005 to promote the research and collaboration among Thai researchers in this field.

• Design Optimization1. Introduction to Advances in Sustainable Masonry Bricks and BlocksF. Pacheco-Torgal2. Modular and Mortarless Masonry: Design, Fabrication, and Reusability Assessment Framework for Topological Interlocking AssemblyKevin Harsono, Tsung-Wei Cheng, Felicia Wagiri, Ye Yint Yint Aung and Shen-Guan Shih3. Hygrothermal performance of composite masonry units with embedded insulation: a systematic reviewLuca Caruso and Luca Nguyen Dinh4. Self-Sensing Bricks for Strain Monitoring in New and Existing Masonry StructuresAntonella D'Alessandro, Filippo Ubertini and Andrea MeoniBio-based Material Incorporation5. Development of Compressed Earth Blocks Using Juncus Fiber and Cement Stabilization for Sustainable Masonry ApplicationREDA Sadouri, Mustafa Benyoucef and Hocine Kebir6. A comprehensive study on the choice of natural fibre reinforced compressed earth blocks as alternative masonry unitsE.R Sujatha and Govindarajan Kannan7. Bio-Stabilised Adobe Bricks: Enhancing Strength and Durability with GlycoproteinsAmal Mohammed Hassan Balila and Maria Vahdati8. Improving the thermal and energy performance of compressed earth block walls: geo and bio-based solutionsGiada Giuffrida9. Fired clay brick containing waste glass and agricultural wasteNonthaphong Phonphuak, Siwat Lawanwadeekul and Prinya Chindaprasirt10. Ash to Brick: Rice Husk Ash in Sustainable MasonryKhuram Rashid and Khadija MawraIndustrial Waste Valorization11. Masonry Units from Community Waste: Utilization of Paper and Plastic Waste in Fired and Unfired Construction MaterialsSiwat Lawanwadeekul, Nonthaphong Phonphuak and Prinya Chindaprasirt12. Masonry blocks by the incorporation of fly ash, bagasse ash, marble dust and stone dustE. Kavitha, S. Revathi, Geena M.G and C. Vinodhini13. Sustainable brick and block from coal ash and industrial wasteTanakorn Phoo-ngernkham, Sakonwan Hanjitsuwan and Prinya Chindaprasirt14. Geopolymer stabilised earth materials: mechanical characteristics and durabilityQuoc Bao Bui