Profesor Asociado del Departamento de Ingeniería y Gestión de la Construcción UC e investigador invitado en el Instituto Nacional de Estándares y Tecnología (NIST) de Estados Unidos.
Ingeniero y Magister en Ciencias en Ingeniería Civil de la Pontificia Universidad Católica, Master in Civil Engineering and PhD de Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
ÁREAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN
Su trabajo de investigación se orienta a la ciencia y tecnología de materiales en base de cemento, microestructura de materiales, ingeniería de protección contra incendios, deterioro y rehabilitación de materiales y estructuras.
10 ÚLTIMAS PÚBLICACIONES
Ortíz C., Lillo P., López M. (2020). A lightweight fiber-based approach to reduce the risk of concrete detachment in shotcrete fortified tunnels. Construction and Building Materials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121453
Eugenin C.A., Navarrete I., Brevis W., López M. (2020). Air Bubbles as an Admixture for Printable Concrete: A Review of the Rheological Effect of Entrained Air. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. http://doi.org/10.1089/3dp.2020.0302
Vargas F., Alsina M.A., Gaillard J.-F., Pasten P., López M. (2020). Copper entrapment and immobilization during cement hydration in concrete mixtures containing copper tailings. Journal of Cleaner Production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127547
Mena J., González M., Remesar J.C., López M. (2020). Developing a very high-strength low-CO2 cementitious matrix based on a multi-binder approach for structural lightweight aggregate concrete. Construction and Building Materials 234 117830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127547
Vargas F., Lopez M., Rigamonti L. (2020). Environmental impacts evaluation of treated copper tailings as supplementary cementitious materials. Resources Conservation and Recycling 160 104890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104890
Navarrete I., Vargas F., Martinez P., Paul A., Lopez M. (2020). Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Fly Ash as a Sustainable, Safe Alternative for Cement-Based Materials. Journal of Cleaner Production 124646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124646
Navarrete I., Kurama Y., Escalona N., López M. (2020). Impact of physical and physicochemical properties of supplementary cementitious materials on structural build-up of cement-based pastes. Cement and Concrete Research 130 105994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.105994
Remesar L, Simon F., Vera S. Lopez M. (2020). Improved balance between compressive strength and thermal conductivity of insulating and structural lightweight concretes for low rise construction. Construction and Building Materials 247 118448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.118448
Hube M.A., Santa María H., Arroyo O., Vargas A., Almeida J., López M. (2020). Seismic performance of squat thin reinforced concrete walls for low-rise constructions. Earthquake Spectra 36 3 1074-1095. https://doi.org/10.1177/8755293020906841
Cuevas K., López M. (2020). The effect of expansive agent and cooling rate in the performance of expanded glass lightweight aggregate as an internal curing agent. Construction and Building Materials 121505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121505