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The RECEM research school aims to advance materials science for future and emerging sustainable cementitious materials. The topic spans the value chain from extracted or recycled minerals, via the main focus area — mineral processing including the use of metallurgical slags — to low-carbon cement based construction materials. RECEM brings together leading academic environments at Umeå University (host), Luleå University of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, and Lund university/MaxIV.
The RECEM research school aims to advance materials science for future and emerging sustainable cementitious materials. The topic spans the value chain from extracted or recycled minerals, via the main focus area — mineral processing including the use of metallurgical slags — to low-carbon cement based construction materials. RECEM brings together three leading academic environments at Umeå University (host), Luleå University of Technology, and Chalmers University of Technology with complementary and partially overlapping expertise to conduct transformative research in cementitious materials science.
A key component in RECEM is advanced material characterization, both with state-of-the-art local and national infrastructures, but also in active collaboration with the synchrotron MAX IV which provides expertise in – and access to – synchrotron-based tools for advanced analysis. The aim is to provide PhD students with competence and capacity to use a wide range of analytical tools in their contribution to future and emerging sustainable cementitious materials science, including world-leading research infrastructure.
The research school will foster collaborative learning among 14 PhD students across Sweden, enhancing national competence and developing analytical skills generally applicable across the mining and mineral processing industries. This will place Sweden in an internationally strong position and promote fundamental studies in cementitious materials science.
