New RILEM Tresurer and 2023 RILEM Honorary President

RILEM would like to welcome the 2023 Honorary President, Prof, Nemkumar Banthia, who will organise the 77th RILEM Annual Week in Vancouver, Canada, next year!

RILEM has a new treasurer, Prof. Sofiane Amziane. Welcome on board, Sofiane!

RILEM would like to thank Prof. Pietro Lura for his commitment and work as RILEM treasurer over the past years. Thank you, Pietro!

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Honorary President in 2023 

Prof. Nemkumar BANTHIA

University of British Columbia, Vancouver , Canada

RILEM History:

TC Chair of this committee: FRP : FRP-concrete bond in structural strengthening and rehabilitation
TC Member of these committees: 208-HFC : High performance fibre reinforced cementitious composites, PFC : Performance requirements and testing of fresh printable cement-based materials

RILEM Treasurer (first mandate 2022-2026)

Prof. Sofiane AMZIANE

University Clermont Auvergne, France

RILEM History:

TC Chair of these committees: 236-BBM : Bio-aggregates based building materials, 275-HDB : Hygrothermal behaviour and Durability of Bio-aggregate based building materials

TC Member of these committees: 228-MPS : Mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete, 233-FPC : Form pressure generated by fresh concrete, 266-MRP : Measuring Rheological Properties of Cement-based Materials, 291-AMC : Use of Agro-Based Materials as Cementitious Additions in Concrete and Cement-Based Materials, ADC : Assessment of Additively Manufactured Concrete Materials and Structures, PCC : Pumping of concrete, PEM : Processing of earth-based materials

RILEM Past Treasurer (2019-2022)

Prof. Pietro LURA

Empa, Switzerland

Editor in Chief of this committee: Board of Editors (Materials and Structures) from 2015 to 2019 
Deputy Editor in Chief of this committee: Board of Editors (RILEM Technical Letters) from 2016 to 2019 
Associate Editor of this committee: Board of Editors (Materials and Structures) in 2021 
Expert of this committee: TAC in 2019 
TC Member of these committees: 214-CCD : Concrete cracking and its relation to durability: Integrating material properties with structural performance, 225-SAP : Application of super absorbent polymers in concrete construction, 228-MPS : Mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete, 254-CMS : Thermal cracking of massive concrete structures, 260-RSC : Recommendations for use of superabsorbent polymers in concrete construction, 284-CEC : Controlled expansion of concrete by adding MgO-based expansive agents taking the combined influence of composition and size of concrete elements into consideration