Prof. Albert de la Fuente

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Albert de la Fuente

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Founder of the C3S (Concrete Sustainability and Smart Structures) research group
Lecture title

SUSTAINABILITY OF SMART 3D-PRINTED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Biography

Albert de la Fuente is a full Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and founder of the C3S research group. His research focuses on Fiber Reinforced Concrete, 3D Printing with Cement-Based Materials, and Sustainability Assessment, with over 200 JCR-indexed publications, 100+ conference contributions, and 20+ PhD supervised. He intensively collaborates with the construction industry through research projects. He coordinates the EU co-funded project CIRC-BOOST. As fib Fellow, he co-chairs fib Commission 7 “Sustainability” and actively contributes to multiple fib and ACHE task groups. Co-founder of the UPC’s spin-off Smart Engineering.