Rafael Giuliano Pileggi

Professor at the Department of Civil Construction Engineering at the Polytechnic School of USP (PCC Poli USP) since 2008, he is currently Full Professor (2023) in the area of construction materials. Graduated in Materials Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), he holds a master's degree (1996), doctorate (2001) and postdoctoral degree (2003) in Materials Science and Engineering from the same university. In 2005, he completed a post-doctorate (2005) in the area of Civil Construction at the Department of Civil Construction Engineering at the Polytechnic School of USP (PCC Poli USP). In 2007, he won a Young Researcher in Emerging Centers project with FAPESP, consolidating the line of research related to mastering the rheological behavior of concentrated suspensions as an active tool in the development of eco-efficient cementitious materials. As a result of this initiative, he was responsible for implementing the rheology laboratory for reactive suspensions applied to civil construction at PCC Poli USP. In 2019, he served as a guest professor at the ETH University Zürich (Switzerland) in the area of rheology of special concretes, where he carried out a postdoctoral research in Digital Concrete Fabrication projects, including 3D printing (I3D) and Smart Dynamic Casting (SDC), among others. other technologies. Active in undergraduate and graduate courses, he has diverse experience in research, starting with ceramic refractory castables with ultra-low cement content, followed by Materials, Components and Solutions for Eco-Efficiency in Construction. Some projects to be highlighted: innovations in rheological characterization techniques; eco-efficient cementitious products; rheological behavior of concretes and mortars; waste (mining) as raw materials for cement products; eco-efficient solutions for materials and components for infrastructure; light concrete and mortar; eco-efficient UHPC (ultra-high performance) cementitious materials with reduced mixing energy; 3D printing and digital manufacturing of cementitious materials; rheological concepts applied to the problem of Dam Break and stabilization of tailings dams. He is currently a senior researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT / CNPq / FAPESP) Advanced eco-efficient technologies in cement products; member of the executive board of the Embrapii Eco-Efficient Construction Unit UE-CICS/Poli/USP; coordinator of Embrapii projects with the company Vale aiming at the use of iron ore waste in civil construction materials and components, in addition to the use of copper mining waste and production of iron-nickel alloys in the search for eco-efficient applications in the infrastructure sector ; coordinator of projects for the use of bauxite residues as an addition to cementitious materials, being the Brazilian academic representative at the Instituto Internacional do Alumínio; research coordinator at the Sectorial Consortium for Technology Innovation in Mortar Coatings (CONSITRA E); is one of the coordinating professors of the Laboratory of Microstructure and Eco-Efficiency of Materials (LME) of the Department of Civil Construction Engineering of the Polytechnic School of USP, participates in the constitution and construction of the first Living Lab building in Brazil, called CICS - Center for Innovation in Construction Sustainable, in addition to being one of those responsible for implementing the Digital Construction Laboratory (dclab), a multi-user space focused on accelerating innovation and advanced manufacturing in the construction sector, the hubic hub project for construction innovation, which is being constituted in a partnership between USP and the Brazilian Portland Cement Association. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)