ProfessorChris Cheeseman

Overview

Carbon Neutral Construction Products Using Novel Cements
Funding: TSB Technology ProgrammeTotal value of project: £ 1.5M (Lead partner is Novacem)Co-investigator at Imperial: Dr Nikolaos VlasopoulosThe project supports two Post Doctoral ResearchersIndustrial collaborators: Rio Tinto Minerals, Laing O'Rourke and WSP Group

Sustainable Innovative Lightweight Expanded Clay-Glass ('SILEC-G')
Funding: TSB Technology ProgrammeTotal value of project: £ 985K (Lead partner Claylite Aggregates)Co-investigator Professor Boccaccini, Materials Department, Imperial College LondonThis project supports one Post Doctoral researcher (Dr Costas Velis)Industrial Collaborators: Claylite Aggregates, Castle Aggregates

Integrated Solution For Air Pollution Control (APC) Residues Using DC Plasma Technology
Funding: DTI Technology ProgrammeTotal value of project: £ 2.37 M (Lead partner is Tetronics Ltd)Co-investigators at Imperial: Professor Boccaccini, Materials DepartmentIndustrial collaborators: Tetronics Limited, Enviros Consulting Limited, Veolia ES Selchp Limited, Grundon Waste Management Limited, Pfizer Limited, Hampshire County Council, Ballast Phoenix Limited and Akristos Limited

Process Envelopes For Cement-Based Stabilisation/Solidification (ProCeSS)
Funding: DTI Technogy ProgrammeTotal value of project: £ 867,740 (Lead partner is UCL)Industrial collaborators: British Cement Association, Quarry Products Association Ltd,Civil & Marine (Holdings) Ltd, Corus UK Ltd, Elkem Materials Ltd, Surface Engineering Association, United Kingdom Quality Ash Association, Scott Wilson, Construction Industry Research and Information Association, The Concrete Centre, Veolia Environmental Services plc, May Gurney Ltd., SITA UK Limited, White Young Green Environmental Ltd, WRc plcAcademic collaborators: University Colege London, Birkbeck College, Surrey University and Cambridge University

Development Of Carbon Negative Construction Products Using Novel MgO Based Binders
Funding: EPSRC Follow-on-FundTotal value of project: £ 120kThis project supports Dr Nikolaos VlasopoulosIndustrial collaborator: Novacem

New Technologies To Allow Beneficial Reuse Of Silt From Construction And Demolition Waste Recycling Washing Plant
Funding: DEFRA Waste and Resources R&D ProgrammeTotal value of project: £ 201,742Co-investigators at Imperial: Dr M Tyrer, Materials Department, Dr Bill Dudeney (Earth Science and Engineering), Dr Nick Voulvoulis (Centre for Energy Policy and Technology), Dr Neil Tsang (Civil and Environmental Engineering)Industrial collaborators: Winkworth Machinery Ltd, Powerscreen Ltd (now Duo (Europe) plc)Completed March 2008

Production Of Lightweight Aggregates From Problematic Waste Ashes Using The Lytag Process
Funding: EPSRC Industrial Case Award with Lytag, now CEMEX LytagCo-investigator: Dr Aldo Boccaccini (Materials Department)Completed March 2007

Development of Novel Glass-Ceramics from Problematic UK Wastes using Borates and Borate Containing Wastes
Funding: EPSRC Industrial Case Award with Borax Europe, now Rio Tinto MineralsCo-investigator: Dr Aldo Boccaccini (Materials Department)

Development Low Embodied Energy Construction Products from Sewage Sludge Ash
Funding: EPSRC Industrial Case Award with Akristos Ltd.

Sustainable construction projects containing sewage sludge and ash

Development of Hazardous Waste Treatment Technologies for Alexandria, Egypt
Funding: Egyptian GovernmentCo-investigator: Dr Geoff FowlerWinner of the Imperial Innovations Student Innovations Competition 2008Prize winner in GSEPS Research Symposium Poster Competition 2008

Reuse of Oil Drill Cuttings in the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria
Funding: Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Nigeria

Sustainable use of Waste Solid Products from Bioleaching Processes
Funding: EU Sixth Framework project (BioMinE)Co-investigator: Dr Bill Dudeney (Earth Science and Engineering)This project supports one co-supervised PhD student (Steve Bouzalakos)Project collaborators include 13 universities and 17 industrial organisationsCompleted June 2008

Production of Water Adsorbent Granules from Wastes
Funding: Bob Martin Ltd/IC Innovations/ICONTotal value of project to date: £ 75K

Nuclear Waste Encapsulation
Funding: EPSRC through the DIAMOND projectThis is supporting two PhD projects, (geopolymers and alternative cement systems containing MgO). The DIAMOND Project involves collaboration between Imperial and Leeds, Sheffield, Loughborough, UCL and Manchester Universities. Collaboration at Imperial involves the Materials Department (Vandeperre and Boccaccini)

Novel Cementing Materials Manufactured from Waste Incineration Ashes
Funding: Royal Society/BP International Incoming FellowshipDr X.C.QiaoAcademic collaborators: Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityCompleted June 2006

Waste Management in Developing Countries
Co-investigator: Visiting Professor David WilsonOngoing research through a series of MSc projects

Current Research Students
Bourtsalas, AthanasiosManufacture of lightweight aggregate from the 0-4 mm fraction of incinerator bottom ashSupervised by: Professor C. R. Cheeseman, Professor S. M. Grimes

Schaeffer, NicolasResource extraction from waste fluorescent tubesSupervised by: Professor C. R. Cheeseman, Professor S. M. Grimes

Spathi, CharikleiaReuse of paper sludge ashSupervised by: Professor C. Cheeseman

Zhou, DingSupplementary Cementitious Materials derived from industrial solid wastes or mineral wastesSupervised by:Professor C. R. Cheeseman