Dr Riccardo Maddalena
Research Associate
- maddalenar@cardiff.ac.uk
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I am a Research Associate at the School of Engineering, specialised in cement, concrete and building materials science, chemistry and engineering applications. I have experience in bench-scale, pilot scale and atomic scale experiment design. I have a strong experience on analytical techniques for atomic and nano-scale structural studies (synchrotron XRD, SEM, TGA/DSC, Raman and NMR spectroscopy, calorimetry, laser light scattering technique for PSD).
My main research activity is associate with the Resilient Materials For Life (RM4L) grant and project management. An exciting and challenging opportunity to study and develop high-specs self-healing materials in construction industry.
Past and ongoing research activities are on radionuclide immobilisation into cement minerals, life cycle analysis assessment on cement production and novel low-carbon geomaterials, in situ concrete repair solutions, in-situ and ex-situ thermal treatment of polluted soils and sediments.
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Education
- 2017: PhD (in submission), Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
- 2013: Laurea Magistrale (MEng equivalent) in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- 2011: Laurea in Civil and Environmental Engineering (BEng equivalent), University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Career overview
- 2017 - present: Research Associate, School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- 2017 - present: Visiting Researcher, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
- 2017: Research Assistant, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
- 2016 - 2017: Visiting Researcher, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
Anrhydeddau a Dyfarniadau
- 2017: Travel Grant - European Commission via the Marie Curie IRSES project GREAT– Geotechnical and geological Responses to climate change: Exchanging Approaches and Technologies on a world-wide scale.
- 2017: Research fund - Tsinghua University, Beijing, UK
- 2016: Beam time (user) at UK National synchrotron facility DIAMOND Light Source Ltd, Oxfordshire, UK
- 2016: Travel Grant - University of Strathclyde, Faculty of Engineering, Glasgow, UK
- 2014: Remediation Technologies (REMTECH) Thesis Award, Ferrara, Italy
- 2014: PhD Scholarship - EPSRC - DISTINCTIVE Consortium, Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Storage
soluTIons for NuClear wasTe InVEntories - 2009: Vulcanus in Japan Internship, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation.
Aelodaethau proffesiynol
- Professional Graduate Member of the Institute of Mineral, Materials and Mining (IOM3) since 2016
- Graduate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) since 2015
- Member of the Intitution of Engineering and Technology (IET) since 2016
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- 2017 - present: Visiting Researcher, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
- 2017: Research Assistant, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
- 2016 - 2017: Visiting Researcher, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China
- 2014 - 2017: Laboratory Demonstrator, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- 2017: Seminar, School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
- 2017: Seminar, Research Meeting of the Institute of Building Materials, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China.
- 2016: DISTINCTIVE Consortium, Theme 4 Meeting, Penrith, UK
- 2016: 10th Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC) Conference, Leuven, Belgium
- 2016: 36th Cement and Concrete Science (CCS) Conference, Cardiff, UK
- 2015: DISTINCTIVE Consortium, Theme 4 Meeting, Glasgow, UK
- 2015: DISTINCTIVE Consortium, Conference, Sheffield, UK
- 2015: 35th Cement and Concrete Science (CCS) Conference, Aberdeen, UK
- 2014: DISTINCTIVE Consortium, Theme 4 Meeting, Glasgow, UK
Pwyllgorau ac adolygu
- 2014 - 2017: PhD students' Representative for Health & Safety in the laboratories (Chemistry, Microbiology, Geotechnical and Construction Labs)
- 2014 - 2017: Students' Representative at the Department Postgraduate Studies Committee
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2022
- Li, K. et al. 2022. Long-term field exposure of structural concretes in marine environment: state-of-the-art review by RILEM TC 289-DCM. Materials and Structures 55(7), article number: 205. (10.1617/s11527-022-02027-2)
- Maddalena, R. et al. 2022. Applications and life cycle assessment of shape memory polyethylene terephthalate in concrete for crack closure. Polymers 14(5), article number: 933. (10.3390/polym14050933)
2021
- Maddalena, R. and Wright-Syed, M. eds. 2021. Proceedings of the Resilient Materials 4 Life 2020 (RM4L2020) International Conference. Cardiff: Resilient Materials 4 Life - Cardiff University.
- Maddalena, R., Taha, H. and Gardner, D. 2021. Self-healing potential of supplementary cementitious materials in cement mortars: sorptivity and pore structure. Developments in the Built Environment 6, article number: 100044. (10.1016/j.dibe.2021.100044)
- 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)
2020
- Maddalena, R., Bonanno, L., Balzano, B., Sweeney, J. and Mihai, I. 2020. A crack closure system for cementitious composite materials using knotted shape memory polymer (k-SMP) fibres. Cement and Concrete Composites 114, article number: 103757. (10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2020.103757)
2019
- Maddalena, R., Hamilton, A., Li, K., Chater, P. and Michalik, S. 2019. Direct synthesis of a solid calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H). Construction and Building Materials 223, pp. 554-565. (10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.06.024)
- Maddalena, R. 2019. Effect of silica particle size on the formation of calcium silicate hydrate using thermal analysis. Thermochimica Acta 672, pp. 142-149. (10.1016/j.tca.2018.09.003)
- Maddalena, R. 2019. The healing touch. Construction and Civil Engineering Magazine(167), pp. -.
- Maddalena, R., Taha, H. and Gardner, D. 2019. Enhanced self-healing using conventional supplementary cementitious materials. Presented at: 39th Cement and Concrete Science Conference 2019, Bath, England, 9-10 September 201939th Cement and Concrete Science Conference 2019. University of Bath pp. 43-46.
2018
- Maddalena, R., Roberts, J. J. and Hamilton, A. 2018. Can Portland cement be replaced by low-carbon alternative materials? A study on the thermal properties and carbon emissions of innovative cements. Journal of Cleaner Production 186, pp. 933-942. (10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.02.138)
2017
- Falciglia, P. P., Malarbì, D., Maddalena, R., Greco, V. and Vagliasindi, F. G. A. 2017. Remediation of Hg-contaminated marine sediments by simultaneous application of enhancing agents and microwave heating (MWH). Chemical Engineering Journal 321, pp. 1-10. (10.1016/j.cej.2017.03.097)
- Maddalena, R. and Hamilton, A. 2017. Low-pressure silica injection for porosity reduction in cementitious materials. Construction and Building Materials 134, pp. 610-616. (10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.11.016)
2016
- Maddalena, R., Mali, A. and Hamilton, A. 2016. Low-pressure nano-silica injection on cement for crack-healing and water transport. Presented at: 10th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions (SAHC 2016), Leuven, Belgium, 13-15 September 2016 Presented at Van Balen, K. and Verstynge, E. eds.Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions: Anamnesis, Diagnosis, Therapy, Controls Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. London: CRC Press, (10.1201/9781315616995)
- Falciglia, P. P., Maddalena, R., Mancuso, G., Messina, V. and Vagliasindi, F. G. A. 2016. Lab-scale investigation on remediation of diesel-contaminated aquifer using microwave energy. Journal of Environmental Management 167, pp. 196-205. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.11.046)