Faculty of Civil Engineering - return institution

Marijana Serdar, PhD, post-doctoral researcher

Project coordinator, responsible for scientific and financial administration of the project, performing research on the project
mserdar@grad.hr; marijana.serdar@cea.fr

Prof. Dubravka Bjegović, PhD, professor

Scientist in charge at return institution, supervising scientific progress on the project, expert in concrete research and technology, durability and sustainability of concrete materials and processes
dubravka@grad.hr

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) - host institution

Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, CEA is a public body active in four major fields: 1) energy (nuclear and renewable low-carbon energy), 2) defence and global security, 3) information and 4) health technologies. CEA is divided into 10 research centres, with more than 16,000 employees. It has 13 Equipex (facilities of excellence) and 15 Labex (laboratories of excellence). From 16,000 people at CEA 1,500 are PhD and post-doctoral students. In the FP7 CEA participated in 535 EU projects, out of which more than 70 were coordinated by CEA. In 2009 more than 4,000 publications were published by scientists from CEA in journals with an editorial review board and more than 650 patents filed in France. In the rankings of international patent application filings, according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the CEA is the leading public research organisation in France. Since 1984 about 150 start-ups were created from CEA technologies and know-how. 30 % of CEA’s civil programs are funded from external revenues (partner companies, national incentive funds, local authorities and European Union), 49 % from the Government and 21 % from two funds dedicated to clean-up of civil and defence facilities.
http://www.cea.fr/english-portal

Laboratory of Concrete and Clay Behaviour Studies

Laboratoire d'étude du comportement des bétons et des argiles (LECBA) is one of the laboratories of the Service for the Study of Behaviour of Radionuclides (SECR) of Physical Chemistry Department (DPC), which is a part of the CEA’s Nuclear Energy Division (DEN) under The Nuclear Activities Direction of Saclay (DANS) located in the Research Center of Saclay. The R&D programs of the Laboratory are strongly industry oriented, focused at answering the specific needs requested by industrial partners, such as Electricity of France (EDF), The National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA), AREVA, Belgian National Agency for Radioactive Waste and enriched Fissile Material (ONDRAF/NIRAS). Beside the industry, the Laboratory is well-established partner of different scientific groups, such as numerous universities (Universities Lille, Toulouse, Poitiers, Marne La Vallée, Lyon, ENS Cachan), scientific interest groups (ANDRA “Groupement de Laboratoire”, LABEX LASIPS, NANOCEM Network) and scientific and technical committees (International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, systems and Structures RILEM, TC 226-CNM Concrete for Nuclear Waste Management). The Laboratory LECBA has a high publishing record; 17 permanent staff (research and technical), 5 PhD students and 3 post-doctoral students published more than 80 papers over last 5 years, with frequent publications in journals present in Q1 category in Materials Science, Ceramics and Composites and Environmental Science.

Valerie L'Hostis, PhD

Scientist in charge at host institution, supervising scientific progress on the project, expert in corrosion of steel in concrete in saturated and unsaturated conditions
valerie.lhostis@cea.fr

Stephane Poyet, PhD

Project collaborator, expert in concrete research and technology, carbonation of cementitious materials
stephane.poyet@cea.fr

Damien Feron, PhD

External reviewer, scientific quality assurance
damien.feron@cea.fr