Essie Ganjian

Personal profile

Research Interests

Novel cementing materials; Polymer wastes for construction applications ; Developing instrumentation for road pavement evaluations ; Utilisation of Various mineral wastes in Controlled Low Strength Materials; Self Compacting Concrete properties and design incorporating waste materials ; Development of Low-carbon cement and concrete using by products and waste materials; Ways to reduce Carbon foot print of Portland cement production and cementitious products ; Investigation into alternative fibres as a suitable replacement for asbestos fibre used in cement sheeting

Biography

After obtaining his PhD in Civil Engineering and concrete technology at Leeds University, Prof. Ganjian held a number of research and academic positions at Leeds University, Building and Housing Research Centre and KNT University of Tehran. He also worked in different consultancy firms and supervised major civil engineering works for quality control of concrete and mix design for special applications. Eshmaiel joined Coventry University's Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing in 1998 and has been the principal investigator and project leader for a number of successful research projects at the faculty. He provides expertise and training in advanced techniques in Civil Engineering Materials in various research projects. Prof. Ganjian became a Reader in Civil Engineering Materials in 2008 and a professor in 2015.

Eshmaiel has 140 publications including 40 in major journals, 3 major text books and 2 patents. He aspires to develop advanced smart construction materials that are sustainable and have low environmental impact with this new line of research in Civil Engineering Materials.

Prof. Ganjian’s main research interests includes development of low-carbon cement, novel cementing materials and concrete using by-products and waste materials, utilisation of various mineral wastes in Controlled Low Strength Materials, corrosion mitigation of chloride contaminated reinforced concrete structures, investigation into alternative fibres as a suitable replacement for asbestos fibre used in composite cement boards, and developing instrumentation for road pavement layers evaluations.

Vision Statement

With concerns about the environmental impact of the built environment becoming increasingly urgent, my research is directed at solving a number of problems which are of fundamental importance to industry and society – namely making use of waste products in construction as viable alternatives to environmentally harmful ones, and offering safer alternatives in the developing world to materials such as asbestos, to slow its further release into the environment.

The key innovation in my work is the complete substitution of conventional Portland cement by mineral industrial wastes to produce low to medium strength concrete (my patent number: 1307622.9). In addition the use of cement board containing syntactic and cellulose fibres obtained from waste cardboard, as an effective asbestos substitute is the subject of my patent number: 20100234491.

External positions

External Examiner , Anglia Ruskin University

1 Sep 2013 → 31 Dec 2017

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Research Output

726 Citations
11 h-Index
46 Article
15 Conference proceeding
12 Chapter
9 Other
22 More

Evaluation of conventional and Equivalent Mortar Volume mix design methods for recycled aggregate concrete

Anike, E. E., Saidani, M., Ganjian, E., Tyrer, M. & Olubanwo, A., 13 Feb 2020, In : Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions. 53, 22.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Shear characterisation of pultruded superstructural FRP-concrete push-outs

Etim, O. O., Gand, A., Saidani, M., Fom, P. & Ganjian, E., Feb 2020, In : Structures. 23, p. 254-266 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

A BIM-based theoretical framework for the integration of the asset End-of-Life phase

Charef, R., Alaka, H. & Ganjian, E., 25 Feb 2019, In : IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 225, 8 p., 012067.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article

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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Butler-Volmer Equation to Predict Corrosion Rate in Cathodically Protected Structures

Goyal, A., Sadeghi Pouya, H. & Ganjian, E., 15 Jul 2019, Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5). Ganjian, E., Claisse, P., Limbachiya, M. & Bagheri, M. (eds.). Vol. 2. p. 353-363 10 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding

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A Study on the Chemo-mechanical Alteration of Cement in CO2 Storage Sites

Bagheri, M., Shariatipour, S. M. & Ganjian, E., Jun 2019, Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Europec Featured at 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2019. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 19 p. SPE-195520. (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Europec Featured at 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2019).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding