Andrzej Cwirzen
Professor
Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Lulea University of Technology
Sweden
Biography
Prof. Andrzej Cwirzen has PhD in Civil Engineer and 17 years of experience in concrete technology with special emphasis on nanotechnology, alternative binders, high and ultrahigh performance concretes. Currently he is a chair Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering at the Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. He is RILEM senior member of Committee dealing with durability of Geopolymers. He is also a Committee member at the Transportation Research Board TRB in the USA in Committee on Concrete Materials and Placement Techniques- AFN40, American Nanosociety and American Concrete Institute. Prof Cwirzen was also workig in the Finnish Construction Industry as R&D manager working mostly on alkali activated binders (2 patents pending). Prof. Cwirzen is a reviewer for several top International Journals related to building materials. He has been visiting researcher/professor to several universities in Europe, Canada and Australia. He has participated in several scientific boards of international conferences and was invited speaker on number of events.
Research Interest
Concrete technology, nanotechnology, alternative binders
Publications
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Contribution of CNTs/CNFs morphology to reduction of autogenous shrinkage of Portland cement paste (2016) Feneuil. B, Habermehl-Cwirzen. K, Cwirzen. A Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineerig.
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Variation in fiber volume and orientation in walls (2016) Zirgulis. G, Svec. O, Geiger. M, Cwirzen. A, Kanstadt. T Structural Concrete, ISSN: 1464-4177, Vol. 17, nr. 4, s. 576-587
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Effects of variable curing temperatures on autogenous deformation of blended cement concretes (2017) Orosz. K, Hedlund. H, Cwircen. A Construction and Building Materials, ISSN: 0950-0618, Vol. 149, s. 474-480
