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Project Code [2018-HW-PhD-2]

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Project title

Manufacture of a thin, lightweight, low impact, prototype precast geopolymer sandwich panel for retrofit cladding

Primary Funding Agency

Fulbright Commission of Ireland

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

Environmental Protection Agency

Lead Organisation

Queen's University Belfast (QUB)

Lead Applicant

Roisin Hyde

Project Abstract

Ms Roisin Hyde is a Doctoral Research Student at QUB School of Natural & Built Environment. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from UCD and became a Chartered Member of the RIAI. Her current research focuses on the development of a high-performance, low-impact, cement-free geopolymer concrete cladding panel through the use of innovative automated technologies including 3D Laser Scanning, Point Cloud Modelling and 3D Printing. As a Fulbright PhD Research Student in UNCC, she will work with Researchers in the Schools of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering to produce a full-scale prototype panel using local industrial by-product and waste materials.

Grant Approved

�11,500.00

Research Hub

Healthy Environment

Research Theme

Health and well being

Start Date

02/01/2019

Initial Projected Completion Date

30/06/2019