Karen Scrivener Explained

Karen Louise Scrivener
Birth Date:21 August 1958
Birth Place:England
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Cambridge University, Imperial College London
Known For:Cement, Construction Materials
Field:Construction Materials, Cement Sustainability
Work Institution:École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Prizes:Klaus Dyckerhoff Prize (2007)
Kroll Medal
Della Roy Lecture

Karen Louise Scrivener is a material chemist known for her pioneering works in cementitious materials. She is the head of Laboratory of Construction Materials at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne[1] and served as the editor-in-chief of the Cement and Concrete Research journal for 15 years.

Early life and education

In 1980, she graduated from the Cambridge University in Material Sciences. She earned her PhD in Materials Science from the Imperial College London in 1983 on the development of microstructure during the hydration of Portland cement[2] under the supervision of Professor P. L. Pratt.

Career

Scrivener worked at the Imperial College of London in the Department of Materials science until 1995 as a post-doctoral research assistant, Warren research fellow of the Royal Society and lecturer. In 1995 she decided to leave academia [3] and joined the Central Research Laboratory of Lafarge near Lyon in France where she was a Senior Scientist and then Head of Calcium Aluminates Department. Since 2001 she has been a Full Professor and head of the Laboratory of Construction Materials in the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering at EPFL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

In 2005, she became the editor in chief of the peer-reviewed journal Cement and Concrete Research, and has since become a member of its Honorary Editorial Board.[4] Karen Scrivener was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2014.

Scrivener plays an active role in promoting sustainable cements,[5] in the form of blended cements.[6] [7] She co-authored with Vanderley M. John and Ellis M. Gartner with the support of the UNEP-SBCI (The United Nations Environment Programme - Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative),[8] a reference report summarizing the main conclusions on the most viable low-CO2, eco-efficient cement-based materials for the future of construction.[9]

In 2004, she founded Nanocem,[10] a consortium of 23 academic and 10 industrial partners interested in fundamental research of cement and concrete[11] and still serves as the principal coordinator.[12] In collaboration with the Universidad Las Villas of Santa Clara, IIT Delhi, the Swiss Development and Cooperation and many international cement producers, she developed the LC3 project (Limestone Calcined Clay Cement)[13] to produce a new type of low cost and low carbon cement[14] [15]

Honours and awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/swiss-researchers-chart-path-to-zero-emission-cement/ "Swiss researchers chart path to zero-emission cement"
  2. Book: Scrivener . Karen . The development of microstructure during the hydration of Portland cement . 1982 . University of London . London .
  3. News: 11. Golus . Carrie . Materials Researcher Leaves Imperial College for France. Staff Newspaper of Imperial College of Science . 1995.
  4. Book: Cement and Concrete Research .
  5. Wray . Peter . Straight talk with Karen Scrivener on cements, CO2 and sustainable development . American Ceramic Society Bulletin . July 2012 .
  6. Scrivener. Karen. 2014. Options for the future of cement. The Indian Concrete Journal. 88. 11–21.
  7. Lothenbach. Barbara. Scrivener. Karen. Hooton. R.D.. 2011. Supplementary cementitious materials. Cement and Concrete Research. en. 41. 12. 1244–1256. 10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.12.001.
  8. Web site: The United Nations Environment Programme - Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative .
  9. Web site: Eco-efficient cements: Potential economically viable solutions for a low-CO2 cement-based materials industry .
  10. Web site: Karen Scrivener LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. info@lafargeholcim-foundation.org. LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. LafargeHolcim Foundation website. 2019-02-27.
  11. Web site: CORDIS European Commission. cordis.europa.eu. 2019-02-27.
  12. Web site: Nanocem - Contact us . www.nanocem.org.
  13. Scrivener. Karen. Martirena. Fernando. Bishnoi. Shashank. Maity. Soumen. 2018. Calcined clay limestone cements (LC3). Cement and Concrete Research. en. 114. 49–56. 10.1016/j.cemconres.2017.08.017. free.
  14. News: IIT Madras: New eco-friendly cement being tested for use in industry. Desikan. Shubashree. 2017-09-09. The Hindu. 2019-02-27. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  15. Web site: Green Cement To Help Reduce Carbon Emissions. Hicks. Jennifer. Forbes. en. 2019-02-27.
  16. Web site: The 14th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement: Karen.
  17. Web site: Prof. Karen Scrivener has been awarded the Dyckerhoff-Prize.
  18. Web site: The Concrete Society Concrete Ambassador 2010, Professor Karen Scrivener.
  19. Web site: Award Winners 2010 IOM3 . www.iom3.org . en.
  20. Web site: Della Roy Lecturers.
  21. Web site: Karen Scrivener elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering EPFL . en.
  22. Web site: Collins . Michael . ICT Member List . ict.concrete.org.uk.
  23. Web site: UNSDSN.
  24. Web site: SDGS.
  25. Web site: TU/e News.

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