Dr.ir. B. (Branko) Šavija

Dr.ir. B. (Branko) Šavija

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Branko Šavija is an associate professor in the group of Materials and Environment. He studied structural engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Belgrade, Serbia, graduating in 2009. His PhD at TU Delft focused on testing and modelling of chloride ingress in cracked concrete. His doctoral thesis was selected as the best thesis funded by the Dutch technology foundation (STW), and he was named a “Simon Stevin Gezel” in 2015. Between 2014-2017, he was a post-doctoral researcher in the same group, and was working on development of smart concrete: self-healing concrete that is able to “heal” cracks upon damage, and concrete containing microencapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) that can help control temperature induced cracking. After working as a consultant at TNO (2017-2018), he returned to the University in 2018. His current research interest include mutli-scale mechanics of cementitious materials and additive manufacturing of cementitious composites.

For his work, he was awarded a Gustavo Colonnetti medal in 2020 by RILEM (The International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures). He was also awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2021 for the project "Auxetic cementitious composites by 3D printing (ACC-3D)". 

He is an active member of RILEM committees:

  • 304-ADC : Assessment of Additively Manufactured Concrete Materials and Structures
  • DCS: Data driven concrete science
  • 299-TES : Thermal energy storage in cementitious composites
He serves as an editor of Journal of Construction and Building Materials (Elsevier).

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  • 2020

    Gustavo Colonnetti

    Starting in 2016, the Gustavo Colonnetti Medal is awarded each year to up to two researchers under 35 years of age, who have made an outstanding scientific contribution to the field of construction materials and structures.

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