The École Française du Béton Foundation rewards future experts in the construction industry

The French School of Concrete Foundation (EFB) aims to support and promote any approach that improves the knowledge and use of concrete.

On the occasion of the 40th Civil Engineering University Meetings 2022 in Villeneuve D'Ascq, the EFB Scientific Council awarded an EFB Research Prize with a CSR dimension to Amr Aboulela in order to highlight his skills as a future expert in the face of the challenges construction industry strategies.

The EFB Research Prize with a CSR dimension: developing CSR in the industrial world

The EFB research prize with a CSR dimension supports the ambitions of La Fondation École Française du Béton in favor of enhancing the image of concrete trades and highlighting innovations in the sector.

Through this prize, the Scientific Council of the EFB participates in the promotion of young researchers developing technical solutions to face the strategic issues of industry and meet the challenges of the world of tomorrow.

This prize was awarded to Amr Aboulela for the quality of his presentation and his work on "Study of the resistance of different low-carbon cementitious materials to biological attacks in sewerage networks".

Analyze the exposure conditions of cementitious materials and their resistance to biological attack

Amr Aboulela is a Doctor of Civil Engineering who graduated from INSA Toulouse in early 2022. He is currently doing a post-doctorate at the University of Sheffield in England where he is working on the development of cements from waste from the construction industry. construction.

In his thesis carried out in partnership with the LMDC under the direction of Alexandra Berton and Cédric Patapy, Amr Aboulela was interested in the development and optimization of a biological test in laboratory conditions to represent the exposure conditions of materials materials encountered in sewerage networks, as well as the development of a performance indicator that could classify a wide range of cementitious materials according to their resistance to biological attack.

The relevance of this research work also lies in its ability to be quickly duplicated on an industrial scale, and to serve players in the sector in an efficient and rapid manner in their CSR approach.

For Amr Aboulela: “The choice of this subject is the result of my various experiences within design offices in the field of Civil Engineering and Process Engineering which aroused my interest in building materials. I also wanted my research subject and the conclusions of my thesis to be quickly applicable to help industry develop more efficient processes. Also, my work complements the research already carried out, which focuses on understanding the mechanisms of deterioration of materials in sewerage networks in order to find more interesting solutions, both environmentally and economically. This thesis allowed me to refine my aspirations. I would like to continue research in the construction materials sector and broaden my area of expertise in the context of the circular economy. It is with this objective that I am doing a post-doctorate at the University of Sheffield where I am working on the development of cements from construction industry waste. I was also very happy to participate in the university meetings of the Civil Engineering of Villeneuve D'Ascq where I had the opportunity to meet many industry professionals and university actors. The relevance of the exchanges make it a place of major intellectual expansion, I appreciated evolving in such an environment. »