结构和建材小组致力于改善我们基础设施的安全性和可持续性。多尺度结构材料实验室研究用于建筑应用的结构材料。当前常规水泥的生产占全球二氧化碳排放量的7-10％。因此，随着我们社会越来越多地使用环保材料，对建筑材料中的“α”化学的修饰变得很重要，这应该基于对多尺度水平的清晰理解。材料的结构。通过改变传统水泥的化学性质，我们正在开发可持续的结构材料，例如硫磺聚合物混凝土，地质聚合物混凝土和硫铝酸盐水泥。这些是新型水泥，比传统的硅酸盐水泥更耐用，碳足迹更小。此外，钢纤维增强混凝土的高性能混凝土也在可持续发展的边界下
The Structures and Construction Materials group focuses on improving the safety and sustainability of our infrastructure. The Multi-scale Structural Materials lab studies structural materials for construction applications. The current production of conventional cement contributes to 7-10 % of global CO2 emission. Thus, with the increasing to use environmentally friendly materials in our societies, the modification of ''chemistry'' in construction materials is becoming important, which should be based on a clear understanding of multi-scale level structure of the materials. We are developing sustainable structural materials such as sulfur polymer concrete, geopolymer concrete, and sulfoaluminate cement by changing the chemistry of conventional cement. These are new types of cement which are more durable and have less carbon footprint than conventional portland cement. In addition, high-performance concrete of steel fiber-reinforced concrete have been developing under the sustainable boundary. Recently, special cement admixtures including a super-absorbent polymer are being investigated to add functionalities to concrete.