Dr Payam Sadrolodabaee PhD, FHEA, AMICT, MIMMM

Department of Civil Engineering
Research Fellow in Construction Materials

Contact details

Email: p.sadrolodabaee@bham.ac.uk

Address: School of Engineering
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Payam is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham, working on the development of low-carbon cementitious materials. His expertise lies in sustainable construction materials, fiber/textile-reinforced cementitious composites, sustainability assessment, and circular economy applications.

Qualifications

PhD in Construction Engineering, UPC-BarcelonaTECH, 2022
MSc in Building Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2015
BSc in Civil Engineering, Azad University of Mashhad, 2010

Biography

Payam holds a PhD in Construction Engineering (Excellent Cum Laude, 2022) from UPC-BarcelonaTECH. With over eight years of research experience across Europe and an h-index of 11+, he has established a strong track record in advancing low-carbon solutions and bridging the gap between academic research and industrial practice.

Before joining the University of Birmingham, he was a KTP Research Associate at Aston University, a Postdoctoral Researcher at UPC, and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Naples Parthenope. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA, 2025) and a member of several professional bodies, including the Institute of Concrete Technology (AMICT, 2024), the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (MIMMM, 2024), and RILEM (since 2022).

His work has been recognised through multiple awards, including the Special Doctoral Award (UPC-BarcelonaTECH, 2024) and the Surendra P. Shah Award at the Young Researchers’ Symposium (IIT Madras, India, 2023). He also contributes to the academic community as a peer reviewer and guest editor.

Publications

Highlight publications

Sadrolodabaee, P, de La Fuente, A, Ardanuy, M & Claramunt, J 2025, 'Limestone calcined clay cementitious (LC³) paving flags with textile waste fibers and fine recycled aggregates: Mechanical, durability and multi-criteria sustainability analysis', Construction and Building Materials, vol. 501, 144241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.144241

Sadrolodabaee, P, Claramunt, J, Monserrat-López, A, Aguado, A & de la Fuente, A 2025, 'Low-carbon cementitious paving systems with ladle furnace slag and fine recycled aggregate: A multi-scale experimental study', Construction and Building Materials, vol. 490, 142547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142547

Sadrolodabaee, P, Claramunt, J, Ardanuy, M & de la Fuente, A 2023, 'Effect of accelerated aging and silica fume addition on the mechanical and microstructural properties of hybrid textile waste-flax fabric-reinforced cement composites', Cement and Concrete Composites, vol. 135, 104829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2022.104829

Sadrolodabaee, P, Hosseini, SMA, Claramunt, J, Ardanuy, M, Haurie, L, M Lacasta, A & de la Fuente, A 2022, 'Experimental characterization of comfort performance parameters and multi-criteria sustainability assessment of recycled textile-reinforced cement facade cladding', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 356, 131900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131900

Sadrolodabaee, P, Claramunt, J, Ardanuy, M & de la Fuente, A 2021, 'Characterization of a textile waste nonwoven fabric reinforced cement composite for non-structural building components', Construction and Building Materials, vol. 276, 122179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.122179

Recent publications

Article

Sadrolodabaee, P, de la Fuente, A, Ardanuy, M & Claramunt, J 2024, 'Mechanical performance of aged cement-based matrices reinforced with recycled aramid textile nonwoven fabric: Comparison with other FRCMs', Case Studies in Construction Materials, vol. 20, e02994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e02994

Sadrolodabaee, P, Di Rienzo, G, Farina, I, Salzano, C, Singh, N & Colangelo, F 2023, 'Characterization of Eco-Friendly Lightweight Aggregate Concretes Incorporating Industrial Wastes', Key Engineering Materials, vol. 944, pp. 209-217. https://doi.org/10.4028/p-s77l3k

Salzano, C, Farina, I, Singh, N, Sadrolodabaee, P, Puca, S, Ramondo, A & Colangelo, F 2023, 'Green building materials: mechanical performance and environmental sustainability', Materials Science Forum, vol. 1082, pp. 296-301. https://doi.org/10.4028/p-c090ih

Rakhsh Mahpour, A, Sadrolodabaee, P, Ardanuy, M, Haurie, L, M Lacasta, A, R. Rosell , J & Claramunt, J 2023, 'Serviceability parameters and social sustainability assessment of flax fabric reinforced lime-based drywall interior panels', Journal of Building Engineering, vol. 76, 107406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107406

Farina, I, Moccia, I, Salzano, C, Singh, N, Sadrolodabaee, P & Colangelo, F 2022, 'Compressive and thermal properties of non-structural lightweight concrete containing industrial byproduct aggregates', Materials, vol. 15, no. 11, 4029. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15114029

Sadrolodabaee, P, Claramunt, J, Ardanuy, M & de la Fuente, A 2021, 'A textile waste fiber-reinforced cement composite: comparison between short random fiber and textile reinforcement', Materials, vol. 14, no. 13, 3742. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14133742

Sadrolodabaee, P, Claramunt, J, Ardanuy, M & de la Fuente, A 2021, 'Mechanical and durability characterization of a new Textile Waste Micro-Fiber Reinforced Cement Composite for building applications', Case Studies in Construction Materials, vol. 14, e00492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2021.e00492

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Sadrolodabaee, P, Hosseini, SMA, Ardanuy, M, Claramunt, J & de la Fuente, A 2021, A New Sustainability Assessment Method for Façade Cladding Panels: A Case Study of Fiber/Textile Reinforced Cement Sheets. in Fibre Reinforced Concrete: Improvements and Innovations II (BEFIB 2021). 1 edn, vol. 36, Springer Nature, pp. 809-819. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83719-8_69

Conference contribution

Sadrolodabaee, P, de la Fuente, A, Ardanuy, M & Claramunt, J 2025, Developing Textile Reinforced LC³ Mortar Panels with Recycled Textile Waste Fibers and Residue Fillers. in S Amziane, RD Toledo Filho, MY Rajiv da Gloria & J Page (eds), Bio-Based Building Materials - Proceedings of ICBBM 2025: Volume 1. 1 edn, RILEM Bookseries, Springer Nature, pp. 595–603, 6th International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17/06/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-92777-5_48

Sadrolodabaee, P, Adu-Amankwah, S, Nowakowski, DJ, Mehravar, M & Rahman, MM 2025, Long-Term Properties of Ternary Cementitious Grout Systems Incorporating Wood-Based Biochar and Fly Ash. in S Amziane, RD Toledo Filho, MY Rajiv da Gloria & J Page (eds), Bio-Based Building Materials - Proceedings of ICBBM 2025: Volume 2. 1 edn, RILEM Bookseries, Springer, pp. 404–413, 6th International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 17/06/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-92874-1_33

Sadrolodabaee, P, Ardanuy, M, de la Fuente, A & Claramunt, J 2024, Valorization of textile waste in laminated fabric reinforced cementitious matrix plates: tensile and durability characterization. in N Banthia, S Soleimani-Dashtaki & S Mindess (eds), Smart & Sustainable Infrastructure: Building a Greener Tomorrow: Proceedings of the 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Smart & Sustainable Infrastructure (ISSSI 2023). 1 edn, RILEM Bookseries, vol. 48, Springer, pp. 908–916, 77th RILEM Annual Week and the 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Smart & Sustainable Infrastructures, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 4/09/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53389-1_81

Salzano, C, Farina, I, Singh, N, Sadrolodabaee, P, Puca, S, Ramondo, A & Colangelo, F 2023, Green Building Materials: Mechanical Performance and Environmental Sustainability. in P Mendonça, H Tsukamoto & C Chastre (eds), The 6th International Conference on Building Materials and Materials Engineering and 5th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials: Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 2022 6th International Conference on Building Materials and Materials Engineering (ICBMM) and 2022 5th International Conference on Advanced Composite Materials (ICACM). Scientific Books Collection, vol. 65, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland, pp. 106-111. https://doi.org/10.4028/b-Gb40vv

Sadrolodabaee, P, Claramunt, J, Ardanuy, M & de la Fuente, A 2022, Durability of Eco-Friendly Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composite incorporating Recycled Textile Waste Fiber and Silica Fume. in M di Prisco, A Meda & GL Balazs (eds), 14th fib Phd Symposium in Civil Engineering. fib symposium proceedings, no. 58, fib. The International Federation for Structural Concrete, pp. 321-328, 14th fib PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, 2022, Rome, Italy, 5/09/22. <https://www.fib-international.org/component/virtuemart/free-documents/14th-phd-symposium-in-rome-italy-2022-proceedings-em-pdf-em-detail.html>

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