Marijana Serdar

graduate

• DURABILITY OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS (209556) - Lecturer in charge
• GREEN BUILDING (248002) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• New materials in civil engineering (226927) - Lecturer in charge

Marijana Serdar works as an Associate professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Zagreb. She has been involved as a participant and coordinator in over 25 international and national projects on the introduction of innovations and improvement of materials, processes and structures in the field of sustainability. Her main focus is on the durability and sustainability of concrete materials and structures. In 2019, she founded a Laboratory for advanced material testing (LATOM) with the aim of correlating the microstructure of construction materials with their properties and environmental impact. She is currently coordinating two international projects (GREENCO Erasmus+) and ASSCENT (Horizon Twinning).

NATIONAL COMMITTEES

• TO 504 Corrosion of metals
• Croatian Society for Protection of Materials, HDZaMa

INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• RILEM TC 230 PSC „Performance-based specifications and control of concrete durability“
• fib TG 8.10 „Performance-based specifications for concrete“
• European Federation of Corrosion EFC WP 11 "Evaluation and planning of Corrosion Surveys and monitoring of corrosion of steel in concrete”
• National expert in the European Committee for Standardization, work group CEN TC219 WG2

INTERNATIONAL

1. Active storage of captured CO2 in net zero construction products – ASCCENT, 2024 - 2027. Asccent – Active storage of captured CO2 in net zero construction products
2. Green transformation of construction sector (GREENCO), Erasmus+, 2023 – 2026. GREENCO
3. Advanced Low CO2 Cementitious Materials (ACT), Croatian-Swiss Research Programme CSRP 2017 – 2023
4. PhD Training Network on Durable, Reliable and Sustainable Structures with Alkali-Activated Materials (DuRSAAM), H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018, 2018 – 2022. https://dursaam.ugent.be
5. AshCycle Integration of Underutilized Ashes into Material Cycles by Industry-Urban Symbiosis, Horizon, http://www.ashcycle.eu/en, 2022. – 2026.
6. In-situ 3D monitoring in real time cracking of concrete based on sustainable binders (IMCRAC), bilateral cooperation with Ecole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Cachan), Cogito program, 2017
7. COST Action TU1404 Towards the next generation of standards for service life of cementbased materials and structures, role: WG1 leader, MC member
8. Phenomenological Modelling of Carbonation-Induced Corrosion of Radioactive Waste Disposal Structures, PHENEMICS, project funded by NEWFELPRO Marie Curie FP7-PEOPLE-2011-COFUND program, role: project manager
9. Reuse of sewage sludge in concrete industry - from microstructure to innovative construction products, RESCUE, national project funded by Croatian Science Foundation, role: participant
10. Innovative Reuse of All Tyre Components in Concrete ANAGENNISI, EU funding under FP7-ENV-2013 programme, collaborative project, role: participant
11. Tomorrow’s road Infrastructure monitoring & management TRIMM, EU funding under FP7 programme, collaborative project, role: in-house consultant for IGH Croatia
12. Rubberized concrete noise barriers, RUCONBAR, CIP Eco-Innovation, EU funding, started 2011
13. Corrosion propagation and crack pattern of sustainable reinforced concrete systems: new steels, and green concretes, accepted for research at Advance Light Source synchrotron, Berkeley, California, 2012,
14. Assessment and rehabilitation of Central European highway structures, ARCHES, FP6 STREP programme, EU funding, 2006 – 2009,
15. COST 534 New materials and systems for prestressed structures, COST, EU funding, 2006 – 2008
16. Development of sustainable construction and demolition waste management system for Croatia, CONWAS, LIFE Third Countries, EU funding, from 2006 – 2008
     

NATIONAL

1. Autonomni sustav za pregled i predviđanje integriteta prometne infrastrukture (ASAP), IRI Ulaganje u Znanost i inovacije (KK.01.1.1.04), 2019 – 2023

2. Alternative Binders for Concrete: understanding microstructure to predict durability (ABC), Hrvatska Zaklada za znanost (HRZZ), 2019 – 2024

3. Razvoj novog inovativnog ECO₂Flex proizvoda, Europska unija iz Europskog fonda za regionalni razvoj (ERDF), 2020 – 2023

4. 2007 – 2012 „Development of new materials and systems for protection of reinforced concrete structures“
5. 2006 – 2007 TABKIMO – “Durability of reinforced concrete structures exposed to aggressive marine environment”
6. 2006 - 2007 “Durability modeling of building materials and element”

GRANTS

1. The composition of corrosion products on corrosion resistant concrete reinforcement, UKF 2A Gaining Experience Grant, 2010.