Andrew Heath

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Research interests

Andrew Heath's research interests are sustainable construction materials, including earth construction, low carbon concretes (especially geopolymer concrete) and self-healing concretes. Additional research is on physical and chemical testing and modelling of soils and geopolymers, landslide assessment and transportation infrastructure engineering.

Willing to supervise PhD

He is willing to supervise PhD students in the fields of sustainable construction materials, in particular earth based materials, geopolymers and self-healing concrete, as well as modelling earth materials in landslide, building and foundation applications.

Education/Academic qualification

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Master in Science, University of California, Berkeley

Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of Cape Town

Keywords

TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
materials

TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
TF Railroad engineering and operation
TH Building construction

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Projects 2006 2022

3 Active
13 Finished

Recycling of waste wash water in ready mix concrete plants in Jordan

Heath, A. & Paine, K.

1/04/19 → 31/03/20

Project: UK charity

RM4L - Resilient Materials for Life

Paine, K., Ball, R., Heath, A., Tan, L. & Tzoura, E.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

3/04/17 → 2/04/22

Project: Research council

Preparing the South African Built Environment for Climate Change Resilience (SABER)

Natarajan, S., Coley, D., Heath, A., Kershaw, T. & Maskell, D.

Royal Academy Of Engineering

1/03/17 → 15/02/20

Project: UK charity

Developing Earth Based Building Products Utilising Solid Wastes

Walker, P., Heath, A. & Maskell, D.

The British Council

1/04/17 → 31/03/19

Project: Central government, health and local authorities

International Research Initiator Scheme - Development and implementation of sustainable construction materials in South Africa and the UK

Heath, A., Paine, K. & Orr, J.

1/01/16 → 29/02/16

Project: Research-related funding

Research Output 1995 2019

49 Article
34 Paper
13 Conference contribution
4 Chapter
5 More

Application of calcium nitrate as calcium source on self-healing concrete with non-ureolytic bacteria

Tan, L., Reeksting, B., Ferrandiz-Mas, V., Heath, A., Gebhard, S. & Paine, K., 4 Jun 2019.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Influence of clay minerals and associated minerals in alkali activation of soils

Marsh, A., Heath, A., Patureau, P., Evernden, M. & Walker, P., 10 Sep 2019, In : Construction and Building Materials. 229, p. 1-16 16 p., 116816.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2 Citations (Scopus)

Phase formation behaviour in alkali activation of clay mixtures

Marsh, A., Heath, A., Patureau, P., Evernden, M. & Walker, P., 1 Jul 2019, In : Applied Clay Science. 175, p. 10-21 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

39 Downloads (Pure)

Stabilisation of Clay Mixtures and Soils by Alkali Activation

Marsh, A., Heath, A., Patureau, P., Evernden, M. & Walker, P., 2 Mar 2019, Earthen Dwellings and Structures. Springer Verlag, p. 15-26 12 p. (Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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5 Citations (Scopus)