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Dr. Sara Pavia

Associate Professor (Civil Struct & Env. Eng.)
CIVIL ENGINEERING BUILDING (NEW)

 pavias@tcd.ie

 3531896 2516


Biography

Associate Profesor Dept. of Civil Engineering. Trinity College Dublin. 2012 Present Assistant Professor Dept of Civil Engineering. Trinity College Dublin. 2002 2012 Post doctoral Research Fellow Faculty of Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology. 1997 2002 Post doctoral Research Fellow Trinity College Dublin. 1994 1997 External Lecturer Trinity College Dublin, Dept. of Civil Engineering. 1996 2002 External Lecturer University College Dublin, School of Architecture. 1996 2012

Research Tags

  sustainable building

Research Projects

 Design and evaluation of sustainable, alkali-activated construction materials made with waste.
 JOIN-RISe
 Development of alkali activated materials for sustainable construction.
 SUSKIDS "Enabling professionals and families to transfer sustainable knowledge and skills to down syndrome individuals".
 Potential of waste materials as pozzolans and their influence on the quality of building materials

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Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Fluent Medium Basic
Spanish Fluent Fluent Fluent
Hot-lime-mixed hemp concretes in, editor(s)Amziane, Merta and Page , Bio-based building materials, Springer, 2023, pp185 - 197, [Z. Wang and S. Pavia ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
S. Pavia , Medieval lime-gypsum mortars in Ireland, C O N F. I N T. S U R L A C H A U X (CIC-2023) , Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Marrakech, 01 - 03 mars 2023, edited by Ibnoussina , 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
J. Craig, S. Pavia , The mortars of Coliemore harbour: comparison with other 19th century mortars of harbours and fortifications in Dublin Bay, C O N F. I N T. S U R L A C H A U X (CIC-2023) , Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Marrakech, 01 - 03 mars 2023, edited by Ibnoussina , 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
Z. Wang and S. Pavia , Hot-lime-mixed hemp concretes, 5th International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials, ICBBM-2023, Vienna - Austria, 21-23 June 2023, edited by Amziane and Merta , 2023, pp1 - 10, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
O. Alelweet, S. Pavia , Properties of Alkali Activated Materials made with bauxite refining residue (red mud-RM) and blends of RM with fly ash (FA), Proceedings of the 2nd Int. Conf. Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023., Madeira, June 2023, edited by Itecons - Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção, Energia, Ambiente e Sustentabilidade , ISBN: 978-989-54499-3-4, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
Z. Lei, S. Pavia , Appraisal of Alum Sludge Waste for Low-Carbon, Calcium Aluminate Cement Production, Proceedings of the 2nd Int. Conf. Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability - CEES 2023, Madeira, June 2023, edited by Itecons - Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção, Energia, Ambiente e Sustentabilidade , ISBN: 978-989-54499-3-4, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Z. Lei and S. Pavia , Potential of spent fluid cracking catalyst (FCC) waste for low-carbon cement production, Cement, 14, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Z. Lei, S. Pavia , Reactivity of raw, pyroprocessed and GGBS-blended alum sludge (AS) waste for sustainable cement production, Journal of Building Engineering, 65, (105787), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
S. Pavia, R. Veiga, J. Hughes, G. Pesce, J. Valek, J.I Alvarez, P. Faria, A. Padovnik, RILEM TC 277-LHS report: How hot are hot-lime-mixed mortars? A review, Materials and Structures, 2023, p56 - 87, Notes: [Outstanding Paper Award 2023 by Materials and Structures], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
S. Pavia, R. Goodhue, O. Alelweet , Alkali fusion of bauxite refining residue (red mud-RM) to produce low carbon cements, SN Applied Sciences, 5, (216), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
  

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S Pavia Z Lei, 'A binding composition and method for producing the binding composition.', European patent agency, 23215769.3, 2023, 16 March 2024, Patent, SUBMITTED
S Pavia, Z Lei, 'A method of producing a composition comprising calcium aluminate', European (EPO) Patent Application, 23181326.2, 2023, 16 March 2024, Patent, SUBMITTED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Research excellence award Saudi cultural attache in the Republic of Ireland 2021 2022
'Best paper award' at ICNMTA 2019: XIII Int. Conf. on Civil, Structural and Construction Engineering, Barcelona, Dec. 16-17: An Evaluation of the Feasibility of Several Industrial Wastes and Natural Materials as Precursors for the Production of Alkali Activated Materials. O Alelweet and S Pavia. 2019
Award by the editors of the ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: Highly cited research award, in recognition to the contribution to the quality of the Journal made by the paper: Historic Building Information Modelling - Adding intelligence to laser and image based surveys of European classical architecture, M.Murphy, E.McGovern, S.Pavia, ISPRS, 76, 2013, 89 - 102 2016
Fellow of Trinity College 2013. For achievement in scholarship and research through publication, national and international contribution to my subject and College work for my discipline. 2013
Research Fellow, IER, Gobierno de La Rioja, Spain 1989
Irish bio-composites for building. Bursary award, Centre for Microscopy and Analysis, TCD. 2013
Best paper award at the 2nd Int. Conf. on Construction and Building Research, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia. R. Walker and S. Pavia, Influence of binder on the properties of lime-hemp concrete, Valencia, 2012, edited by Universitat Politècnica de València. 2012
Most significant research awards: the China Scholarship Council (CSC) (2020), the Government of Saudi Arabia (2013 and 2019), the EU (Funding AgencyProgramme2018-1-ES01-KA201-050639) (2018) and the Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia e Inovação, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq Brazil (2015). 2013- present

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

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