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Email

rackel.san@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Education
PhD
Universite Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)
Masters (Research)
Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc (Montpellier II).
Bachelors Degree
Lycee Agricole Prive de Poisy-Chavanod
ORCID

0000-0002-7866-630X

A/Prof Rackel San Nicolas

Associate Professor
Department of Infrastructure Engineering

67 Scholarly works
16 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Development, properties, and resource utilization of delithiated β spodumene as new-type building materials: Recent progress and future challenges
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2026.106549
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Reefense: Living shoreline mosaics can achieve ecological and engineering outcomes with interdisciplinary design
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2516197123
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Autogenous and Chemical Shrinkage of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) Pastes
    DOI: 10.3390/buildings15224089
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Effect of calcined clay reactivity on the risk of restrained shrinkage-induced early-age concrete cracking
    DOI: 10.1002/suco.202301131
  • 2021

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Recycling Construction Waste for Manufacturing Sustainable Bricks
  • 2019

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Building 4.0 CRC
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Arc Research Hub for Nanoscience Based Construction Material Manufacturing (Zeobond - Po Cash)
Rackel San Nicolas

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2012
RILEM, International union of laboratories and experts in construction materials, systems and structures

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Investigating Australian Calcined Clays as Supplementary Cementitious Materials
    DOI: 10.3390/ceramics8010009
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Effect of calcined clays from Victoria, Australia as cement substitution in ternary blended cement systems
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e02860
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Sustainable oyster shell incorporated artificial reef concrete for living shorelines
    DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.134217
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    Upcycling Excavated Waste Clay for Sustainable Concrete; New Boundaries
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-80724-4_71
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Experimental and numerical study of long-term alkali-silica reaction (ASR) expansion in mortar with recycled glass
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2023.105043
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Mechanical behaviour of glass-mortar under uniaxial compression loading based on a meso-scale modelling approach
    DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129499

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Improving the Success of Hybrid Living Shorelines for Coastal Protection
  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Revolutionise Concrete Recycling for Low-Carbon, Circular Concrete

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