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Project 22: Low-cost, ultra-low carbon and highly-reactive cementitious material
Funding: ARC Future Fellowship Project Duration: Jan 2026 to Dec 2029 ARC Funding: $973,124 RMIT Contribution: $400,000 Total Funding: $1,373,124 |
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Project 21: Closing the Carbon Loop: Advancing Concrete Sustainability through HTC Biocoal Integration
Collaborators: C-Green (Sweden) and RMIT University Project Duration: Jan 2025 to Dec 2027 Total Funding: $90,000 |
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Project 20: Transforming paint manufacturing waste into a valuable resource
Funding Name: Malcolm Moore Industry Research Award Collaborator: DuluxGroup (Australia) Pty Ltd Project Duration: Apr 2024 to Dec 2024 Total Funding: $40,132 |
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Project 19: Field Demonstration of Coffee Biochar in Concrete
Collaborator: Bild Group P/L Project Duration: Apr 2024 to Dec 2024 Total Funding: $15,000 |
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Project 18: Field Demonstration of Coffee Biochar in Concrete
Collaborator: Macedon Ranges Shire Council Project Duration: Apr 2024 to Jul 2024 Field Trial Location: Corner Howey Street and Brantome Street, Gisborne Total Funding: $12,650 Total In-kind support: Concrete footpath construction incorporating biochar |
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Project 17: Calcined Clay Innovation
Funding Name: CSIRO ON Prime program Project Duration: Sep 2023 to Nov 2023 Total Funding: $4,500 |
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Project 16: Life Cycle Assessment Study of Bioplastics in the Context of Australia's Shift Towards Circular Economy
Funding Name: RMIT and CSIRO Collaborative PhD program Collaborators: CSIRO and RMIT Project Duration: Oct 2023 to Apr 2027 Total Funding: $131,000 |
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Project 15: An innovative concrete slab and flexible pavement system
Funding Name: RMIT and Industry Collaborative PhD program Collaborators: CSIRO, ROMBUS and RMIT Project Duration: Sep 2023 to Aug 2027 Total Funding: $236,000 |
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Project 14: Innovative advanced catalytic microwave pyrolysis for recycling polystyrene waste
Funding Name: Circular Economy Markets Fund: Materials Collaborators: Sustainability Victoria, Bondor and Melbourne University Project Duration: Jan 2023 to Jun 2024 Total Funding: $305,336 |
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Project 13: Development of Innovative low-carbon pavement using recycled waste materials
Funding Name: RMIT and Industry Collaborative PhD program Collaborators: Solar Supermarket P/L and RMIT Project Duration: Jul 2023 to Oct 2027 Total Funding: $147,000 |
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Project 12: Pile foundation in expansive soils
Funding Name: RMIT and Industry Collaborative PhD program Collaborators: A & Y Associates P/L and RMIT Project Duration: Jun 2023 to Dec 2026 Total Funding: $147,000 |
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Project 11: Development of eco-friendly low-carbon pavements using waste materials and a green binder
Funding Name: RMIT and Industry Collaborative PhD program Collaborators: Grey Vort P/L and RMIT Project Duration: Apr 2023 to Oct 2026 Total Funding: $118,500 |
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Project 10: Investigation of the load-to-deflection relationship and maximum load-to-failure of composite slab systems
Funding Organisation: ROMBUS Industries P/L Project Duration: May 2023 - Oct 2023 Total Funding: $7,800 |
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Project 9: Characterization of silicon-based waste materials and assessment of recycling applications
Funding Organisation: ResMed Australia Project Duration: May 2023 - Mar 2024 Total Funding: $3,378 |
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Project 8: Application of waste water-based paint in concrete
Funding Organisation: Remondis P/L Project Duration: Mar 2023 to Jun 2024 Total Funding: $40,043 |
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Project 7: Waste glass as a pozzolanic (cement replacement) material
Funding Organisation: Hanson Australia Project Duration: Oct 2022 - Feb 2023 Total Funding: $25,090 |
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Project 6: High Durability carbon-negative concrete utilising CO2 mineralisation, industrial by-products, and waste materials
Funding Name: RMIT Strategic Capability Deploypment Fund Collaborators: Arup, Earth Systems abd RMIT Project Duration: Aug 2022 - Dec 2022 Total Funding: $34,566 |
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Project 5: Transforming COVID-19 PPE wastes into valuable resources for construction applications
Funding Organisation: Casafico P/L and RMIT Project Duration: Jul 2022 - Dec 2022 Total Funding: $3,000 |
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Project 4: Recycling plastic waste for manufacturing prefabricated building components
Funding Body: Melbourne University and Bondor Project Duration: Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 Total Funding: $15,000 |
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Project 3: SPEL Bafflebox stormwater quality monitoring of gross and plastic pollution
Funding Body: South-East Water Project Duration: Nov 2020 to Oct 2023 Total Funding: $31,148 |
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Project 2: Recycling biosolids as cement composites in raw, pyrolyzed and ashed forms
Funding Body: South-East Water Project Duration: Sep 2020 to Feb 2021 Total Funding: $10,000 |
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Project 1: Zero cement composite – An eco-friendly alternative to ordinary Portland cement
Funding Name: RMIT Capability Development fund Project Duration: Jun 2017 to Dec 2017 Total Funding: $15,000 |
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