Education September 1981 - June 1986 Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (5-year curriculum): Master study in the Computational Mechanics Department, followed graduate courses in (fluid) mechanics, materials science and applied physics. Traineeship: study of a non-linear dynamic system with dry (Coulomb) friction. Graduation project: stability analysis of a non-linear hydrodynamic journal-bearing system using the Hopf bifurcation theory. Developed software was later incorporated in DIANA software code (STRDYN module), and the study is published in an international refereed journal. September 7, 1990 PhD degree in Technical Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. Title: Film models for transport phenomena with fog formation, with application to plastic heat exchangers and condensers. Supervisors: Prof. dr. A.K. Chesters (Department of Applied Physics) and Prof. dr. ir. J. Berghmans (Catholic University of Louvain). Employment record September 1986 - January 1992, Akzo Nobel Central Research, Arnhem, The Netherlands Position: Research engineer and project leader in Department of Mechanical Engineering. Involved in development of production processes for plastic fibers and products.   February 1992 - August 2009, Twente University of Technology, Enschede, The Netherlands Position: Associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering (& Management). Fields of interest: Environmental Engineering and Construction Materials.   July 2007 - present, Wuhan University Technology, Wuhan, China Position: Visiting professor at the State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures.   Fields of interest: Construction Materials and Sustainable Building.   September 2009 - present, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Position: Full professor and chair Building Materials in the Department of the Built Environment (from 2013-2021 also served two subsequent terms as chairman of Unit Building Physics and Services). Fields of interest: Building Materials and Sustainable Building.   Other   In 2016, 2017 and 2018 Member of Consultative Board from Van Berlo Bedrijfsvloeren.   Since 2028 guest editor of Construction and Building Materials, guest editor of Journal of Building Engineering in 2023 and 2024, since 2025 editor Resources, Conservation & Recycling.    Chairman Organizing Committee 2nd and 4th Int. Conf. on Sustainable Building Materials in Eindhoven, with 180+ participants from 36 countries (2019) and 280+ participants from 37 countries (2025), respectively.   Since 2019 Member of the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash (MSWI BA), National Environment Agency of Singapore (NEA).   Since 2019 Member Scientific Committee of Innovandi – the Global Cement and Concrete Research Network.   From 2019 till 2023 Core Team Member MaterialenNL platform. Co-authored the national Dutch Materials Agenda, which was offered to Dutch government cabinet in 2021.        Since 2025 Member of Expert Advisory Panel on Concrete Technology (EAPCT) under the Standing Committee on Concrete Technology (SCCT), Hong Kong.  Drafted a report, co-authored by Dr. B.W. Xu, entitled Sustainable Built Environment Cooperation Between the Netherlands and China; Development, Policy and Market Opportunities. Project was commissioned by the Dutch government, and supervised by Institute Clingendael.  Has supervised and graduated 44 PhDs to a successful thesis, which can be found on the Research page.   Citations and H-index: see Google Scholar.   Co-founder and shareholder of Carbonsai BV, a spin-out company from the chair Building Materials that develops automated/integrated ingredients characterization and concrete mix design using ML/AI. This initiative is led by former PhD candidate Dr. H. Karimi, who is as fellow supported by NWO Faculty of Impact.