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Professor Sara Pavia

Professor In (Civil Struct & Env. Eng.)
CIVIL ENGINEERING BUILDING (NEW)
      
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Professor Sara Pavia

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

 pavias@tcd.ie

 3531896 2516


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
  sustainable building
Project Title
 Potential of Turkish red mud for clinker replacement and geopolymer production.
From
May 2025
To
May 2026
Summary
Funding Agency
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBiTAK)
Programme
Postdoctoral
Project Title
 Antimicrobial photocatalytic coatings on sustainable construction materials
From
2024
To
2027
Summary
Development of low carbon cements made with waste with antimicrobial properties.
Funding Agency
Irish Research Council and EU
Programme
DOROTHY H2020 MSCA COFUND
Project Type
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Project Title
 Design and evaluation of sustainable, alkali-activated construction materials made with waste.
From
2020
To
2024
Summary
Funding Agency
China Scholarship Council (CSC), Ministry of Education, China.
Programme
PhD
Project Type
PhD research
Project Title
 JOIN-RISe
From
Nov 2021
To
Nov 2024
Summary
Funding Agency
EU
Project Type
Educational
Project Title
 Development of alkali activated materials for sustainable construction.
From
2019
To
2023
Summary
Funding Agency
Government of Saudi Arabia.
Programme
PhD research

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English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Fluent Medium Basic
Spanish Fluent Fluent Fluent
Z Lei and S Pavia, Geopolymer based on spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst: Design optimisation and high-temperature resistance, Case Studies in Construction Materials, 22, 2025, phttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Lei, Z., & Pavia, S., Biomass ash (BA) waste as an activator to produce carbon-negative cement, CEMENT, 18, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Lei Z., Pavia S., Pozzolanic activity of FCC catalyst waste slag (CWS) for cement and geopolymer production, Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 20, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Lei, Z., Pavia, S., & Wang, X., Biomass ash waste from agricultural residues: Characterisation, reactivity and potential to develop one-part geopolymer cement, Construction and Building Materials, 431, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Rodrigo-Bravo A., Pavia S., Calderón V. and Alameda L. and Gutierrez-Gonzalez S., Valorisation of Gypsum Boards with Polyurethane Waste, Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 25, 2024, phttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcra , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Arranz-Barcenilla, C., Pavía, S., Sáiz Manzanares, M.C., Alameda Cuenca-Romero, L. and Gutiérrez-González, S., Developing an adaptive virtual learning environment for sustainable learning in individuals with Down syndrome, International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 41, (3), 2024, p318 - 337, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
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
  

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Lei, Z., & Pavia, S., Geopolymer based on biomass ash from agricultural residues, Construction and Building Materials, 441, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
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

  


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
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