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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.
 Diseño y propiedades de morteros de cemento-filita.
 Improving the thermal performance of historic buildings.
 Repair and Conservation of Portland Stone: The Four Courts Dome.
 Irish bio-composites for building.

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Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Fluent Medium Basic
Spanish Fluent Fluent Fluent
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. 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 , How hot are hot-lime-mixed mortars? A review, Materials and Structures, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Virtual Historic Centers: Digital Representation of Archaeological Heritage in, editor(s)S. D'Amico, V. Venuti , Handbook of Cultural Heritage Analysis Chapter 51, Switzerland, Springer Nature, 2022, [M. Murphy, S. Fai, L. Chow, E. Meegan, S. Scandurra, S. Pavia, A. Corns, J. Cahill ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Z. Lei, S. Pavia , Effect of the early dissolution of Al-phases in reactive industrial wastes, on the setting times and rheology of sustainable binders, Civil Eng. Research Ireland, Dublin, 2022, edited by Holmes, De Paor, West , 2022, pp34 - 38, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
O. Alelweet, S. Pavia , A comparative study of the environmental impact of alkali activated and traditional materials., Civil Eng. Research Ireland, Dublin, 2022, edited by Holmes, De Paor, West , 2022, pp613 - 618, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
O. Alelweet, S. Pavia , Suitability of a high-calcium slag for alkali activation, and strength and microstructure of the resultant materials., 1st International Conference on Environmental Science & Green Energy, Clichy, Paris, October 24-26 , 2022, edited by G Edwards , 2022, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
Alelweet O. and Pavia S., Pozzolanic and hydraulic activity of bauxite for binder production, Journal of Building Engineering, 51, (104186), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Alelweet O. and Pavia S., 'Book cover: Recent Progress in Materials.Durability of alkali-activated materials made with a high-calcium, basic slag', LIDSEN Publishing Inc., 2021, -, Broadcast, PUBLISHED
  

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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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