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Research interests

Richard’s research interests are focused on microstructure/macrostructure property relationships of materials, setting reactions, sensors, degradation processes, water transport mechanisms, polymeric and ceramic materials for 3D printing, conservation materials, photocatalytic coatings and materials for improving the indoor air quality of buildings.

He is currently co-investigator on the EPSRC research grant ‘Aerial Additive Building Manufacturing: Distributed Unmanned Aerial Systems for in-situ manufacturing of the built environment’, 'Healthy housing for the Displaced', and 'Resilient Materials for Life (RM4L)'. In addition he was principal investigator on the EPSRC grants ‘An Electrochemical Approach to Study Carbonation of Novel Lime Based Materials’ and ‘Experimentally verified atomistic modelling of lime in construction materials’. He has recieved funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering, the British Council, and the Royal Society.

Willing to supervise PhD

Richard is interested in supervising students studying the materials science of construction materials in areas such as:

Lime and cementitious binders
Nanomaterials
Photocatylictic materials
Sensors
Indoor air quality
Waste utilisation in construction

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Projects 2010 2023

6 Active
12 Finished

IDEA-Mat: Innovative Design and Engineering of Advanced Materials (IDEA-Mat)

Sharma, B., Walker, P., Ball, R., Holley, J. & Paine, K.

1/02/19 → 31/01/21

Project: Other

Healthy Housing for the Displaced

Coley, D., Adeyeye, K., Ball, R., Copping, A., Holley, J., Natarajan, S. & Orr, J.

1/05/17 → 30/04/20

Project: Research council

RM4L - Resilient Materials for Life

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

3/04/17 → 2/04/22

Project: Research council

Moisture Movement Beneath Solid Ground Floors in Historic Buildings

Briggs, K. & Ball, R.

1/11/16 → 1/10/20

Project: UK charity

Autonomous Aerial Robotic Manufacturing

Ball, R., Shepherd, P. & Williams, C.

1/05/16 → 30/04/20

Project: Research council

Robotics

Antennas

Robots

Printing

Hardware

Research Output 1998 2019

80 Article
37 Paper
12 Conference contribution
3 Chapter
4 More

Laboratory characterization of brick walls rendered with a pervious lime-cement mortar

Palomar, I., Barluenga, G., Ball, R. & Lawrence, R., 31 May 2019, In : Journal of Building Engineering. 23, p. 241-249 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

1 Citation (Scopus)

Olivine as a reactive aggregate in lime mortars

Westgate, P., Ball, R. & Paine, K., 20 Jan 2019, In : Construction and Building Materials. 195, p. 115-126 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2 Citations (Scopus)

Sol gel graphene/TiO2 nanoparticles for the photocatalytic-assisted sensing and abatement of NO2

Giampiccolo, A., Tobaldi, D. M., Leonardi, S., Murdoch, B., Seabra, P., Ansell, M., Neri, G. & Ball, R., 1 Apr 2019, In : Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 243, p. 183-194 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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