Dr Robert Davies
Lecturer - Teaching and Research
- daviesre11@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 0043
- W/2.34, Adeiladau'r Frenhines -Adeilad y Gorllewin, 5 The Parade, Heol Casnewydd, Caerdydd, CF24 3AA
- Siarad Cymraeg
- Ar gael fel goruchwyliwr ôl-raddedig
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I am a newly appointed lecturer at the School of Engineering. My post in construction materials is supported by Costain contractors. I have a strong background in materials testing and numerical model development of cementitious materials. I work on the EPSRC Resilient Materials for Life Programme Grant project. This work on self-healing materials leads on from the Materials for Life project, as a lead Research Associate, I developed expertise in creating vascular flow networks in concrete and addressed the challenges of the multiscale healing combining different healing techniques. I also helped to develop economic justification for self-healing concrete and coordinated the UK’s first self-healing concrete site trial, done in collaboration with project industrial partners, Costain.
I am Chartered Civil Engineer with over 12 years of experience since graduating from Cardiff University with a MEng degree in Civil Engineering. Equal time spent in industry and academia, allows me to combine numerical modelling and experimental investigation skills alongside practical engineering knowledge to take conceptual ideas through to engineering solutions to benefit of society. I have worked for design consultants, contractors and a major client organisation, and been responsible for key elements of design and construction for infrastructure projects which include flood defences, land development and new highways. I aspire to promote strong links between academia, industry and the ICE through my role on the ICE Wales Cymru Elected Members committee.
My current teaching duties include construction practice, professional engineering and looking after undergraduate laboratories. I am also the first-year tutor in ACE.
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Education and qualifications
2014: PhD (Engineering), Cardiff University
2008: CEng MICE Chartered Engineer, Institution of Civil Engineers
2004: MEng (Hons) Civil Engineering, Cardiff University
Career overview
2016 - present: Cardiff University School of Engineering
2013 - 2016: Research Associate, Cardiff University
2013 - 2016: Research Associate, Cardiff University
2010 - 2013: Research Student, Cardiff University
2004 - 2010: Civil Engineer, Halcrow Group Limited, Cardiff
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
2016 - present: ACE Staff Student Panel
External Committees
2015 - present: ICE Wales Cymru Elected Member Committee
Cyhoeddiadau
2021
- Sweeney, J. et al. 2021. Concrete crack closure and reinforcement using high performance shape memory polymers (SMP). Presented at: Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference, Online/Cardiff, 20-22 Sept 2021 Presented at Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M. eds.Proceedings Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020). Cardiff: Cardiff University pp. 306-310.
- Sweeney, J. et al. 2021. Injection moulding of ‘Spheritet’ component for concrete reinforcement. Presented at: Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference, Online/Cardiff, 20-22 Sept 2021 Presented at Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M. eds.Proceedings Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020). Cardiff: Cardiff University pp. 302-305.
- Davies, R., Jefferson, A. and Gardner, D. 2021. Development and testing of vascular networks for self-healing cementitious materials. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 33(7) (10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0003802)
- Litina, C. et al. 2021. Evaluation of methodologies for assessing self-healing performance of concrete with mineral expansive agents: an interlaboratory study. Materials 14(8), article number: 2024. (10.3390/ma14082024)
- Wang, Y., Pullin, R., Pearson, M., Davies, R. and Holford, K. 2021. Detection and evaluation of vascular network based self-healing concrete using acoustic emission. Presented at: World Conference on Acoustic Emission 2019 (WCAE), Guangdong, China, 5-8 November 2019 Presented at Shen, G., Zhang, J. and Wu, Z. eds.Advances in Acoustic Emission Technology: Proceedings of the World Conference on Acoustic Emission—2019, Vol. 259. Springer Proceedings in Physics Springer; 1999, (10.1007/978-981-15-9837-1_25)
2020
- Selvarajoo, T., Davies, R., Freeman, B. and Jefferson, A. 2020. Mechanical response of a vascular self-healing cementitious material system under varying loading conditions. Construction and Building Materials 254, article number: 119245. (10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.119245)
- Selvarajoo, T., Davies, R. E., Gardner, D. R., Freeman, B. L. and Jefferson, A. D. 2020. Characterisation of a vascular self-healing cementitious material system: Flow and curing properties. Construction and Building Materials 245, article number: 118332. (10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118332)
2018
- De Belie, N. et al. 2018. A review of self-healing concrete for damage management of structures. Advanced Materials Interfaces 5(17), article number: 1800074. (10.1002/admi.201800074)
- Davies, R. et al. 2018. Large scale application of self-healing concrete: design, construction and testing. Frontiers in Materials 5, article number: 51. (10.3389/fmats.2018.00051)
- Teall, O., Pilegis, M., Davies, R., Sweeney, J., Jefferson, T., Lark, R. and Gardner, D. 2018. A shape memory polymer concrete crack closure system activated by electrical current. Smart Materials and Structures 27(7), article number: 75016. (10.1088/1361-665X/aac28a)
- Gardner, D., Lark, R., Jefferson, A. and Davies, R. 2018. A survey on problems encountered in current concrete construction and the potential benefits of self-healing cementitious materials.. Case Studies in Construction Materials 8, pp. 238-247. (10.1016/j.cscm.2018.02.002)
- Jefferson, A. and Davies, R. 2018. A coupled chemo-mechanical damage-healing model for cementitious materials. Presented at: EURO-C 2018: Computational Modelling of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Bad Hofgastein, Austria, 26 February-1 March 2018 Presented at Meshke, G., Pichler, B. and Rots, J. G. eds.Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures: Proceedings of the Conference on Computational Modelling of Concrete and Concrete Structures (EURO-C 2018), February 26 - March 1, 2018, Bad Hofgastein, Austria. London: CRC Press pp. 285-288., (10.1201/9781315182964-35)
2017
- Davies, R. and Jefferson, A. 2017. Micromechanical modelling of self-healing cementitious materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures 113-4, pp. 180-191. (10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2017.02.008)
2016
- Davies, R. et al. 2016. Multi-scale cementitious self-healing systems and their application in concrete structures. Presented at: The 9th International Concrete Conference 2016 - Environment, Efficiency and Economic Challenges for Concrete, Dundee, UK, 4 - 6 July 2016.
- Davies, R. and Jefferson, A. 2016. Micromechanical modeling of self-healing cementitious materials. Presented at: 9th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Berkeley, CA, USA, 29 May - 1 June 2016.
- Pilegis, M., Davies, R., Lark, R., Gardner, D. and Jefferson, A. 2016. Challenges of self-healing concrete scale-up and site trials. Presented at: 9th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Berkeley, CA, USA, 29 May -1 June 2016.
- Davies, R. and Jefferson, A. 2016. Micromechanical solutions for simulating atuogenous healing in cementitious materials. Presented at: 24th UK Conference of the Association for Computational Mechanics in Engineering, Cardiff, UK, 31 March - 1 April 2016.
2015
- Davies, R., Pilegis, M., Kanellopoulos, A. and Sharma, T. 2015. Materials for Life (M4L): combining multi-scale healing techniques in cementitious materials. Presented at: Fifth International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, Durham, NC, USA, 22-24 June 2015.
- Davies, R. E., Jefferson, A., Lark, R. and Gardner, D. 2015. A novel 2D vascular network in cementitious materials. Presented at: fib Symposium 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark, 18-20 May 2015.
- Davies, R. and Jefferson, A. 2015. The simulation of inelastic matrix strains in cementitious materials using micromechanical solutions. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 133 (10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.10.010)
2014
- Davies, R. E. 2014. Micromechanical modelling of self-healing cementitious materials. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2013
- Isaacs, B., Lark, R. J., Jefferson, A. D., Davies, R. E. and Dunn, S. 2013. Crack healing of cementitious materials using shrinkable polymer tendons. Structural Concrete 14(2), pp. 138-147. (10.1002/suco.201200013)
2012
- Davies, R. E. and Jefferson, A. D. 2012. The simulation of time dependent behaviour of cement bound materials with a micro-mechanical model. Presented at: Numerical Modeling Strategies for Sustainable Concrete Structures, Aix-en-Provence, 29 May-1 June 2012.
