EPSRC FIBE3 CDT PhD studentship with M Group: Low whole life carbon cementitious repair materials for future infrastructure

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description This is a four-year (1+3 MRes/PhD) studentship funded through the Cambridge EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT). Further details can be found at https://www.net-zero-fibe-cdt.eng.cam.ac.uk/ . The project is funded in collaboration with M Group, a leading essential infrastructure services provider operating within the Transport, Energy, Water and Telecommunications sectors. A core business is transport infrastructure repair and maintenance delivering innovative and sustainable solutions aligning with M Group's ambitious environment strategy. As the construction phase of new infrastructure is responsible for significant carbon emissions, the focus is now shifting towards the upkeep and life extension of existing infrastructure, to help deliver the sector's lower carbon targets. In the current largely traditional construction practices, around half of all construction spend continues to be on repair and maintenance, of mainly concrete assets, and most such repairs are carbon intensive and inefficient. Poor material performance and durability remain the main causes of around half of failed cementitious repairs within the first 10 years and our changing climate will only exacerbate this. The project will explore a range of advanced and low carbon cementitious repair materials (grouts, mortars and concrete) toge