Staff - Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Personal Information
Name	Pavia, Sara
College Address	Civil Structural & Environ Eng, Museum Building
Main Department	Civil Structural & Environ Eng
College Title	Associate Professor
E-mail	pavias@tcd.ie
College Tel	+353 1 896 2516
Web	http://people.tcd.ie/pavias


Teaching interests and responsibilities
Lecturer on civil engineering materials, construction technology, applied conservation and building repair and CAE, Dep. of Civil Engineering, Trinity College Dublín. Lecturer, School of Architecture, UCD, Master in Urban and Building Conservation since 1996. Guest lecturer, University of Zaragoza, Faculty of Science, 2000-2005.Universidad Politecnical de Madrid 2010- Lecturer, Construction Industry Federation, Site Managers Programme, SMETS, since 1999.


Professional Qualifications

Qualification	Institution	Class of Degree	Title of Dissertation	Date Conferred
Ph D Cum Laudem	University of Zaragoza, Spain			1993
BSc, MSc	University of Zaragoza	Honours		1988

Representations

Details	Date
Member of RILEM Technical Committee BBM: Bio-aggregate based building materials.	Since 2010
Member of the European Committee for standarisation of limes (CEN, WG11, TG1)with responsability for the evaluation and validation of the physical testing methods and chemical analysis of limes.	Since 2006
Materials Audits for the conservation of National Monuments, National Monuments, Irish Government.	1995-2001
Conservation advisor: Office of Public Works.	2001-Present


Administrative Functions

Details	Level	Date From	Date To
JF coordinator of the School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin.		2003	Present
Director of postgraduate Diploma in Applied Conservation and Building Repair.		2003	Present
Departmental international student co-ordinator.		2003	Present
Departmental undergraduate admissions co-ordinator.		2003	Present


Awards and Honours

Award	Date
Research Fellow, IER, Gobierno de La Rioja, Spain	1989
Research Fellow, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Trinity College Dublin.	1997-2000

Languages

Language	Skill Reading	Skill Writing	Skill Speaking
English	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent
French	Fluent	Medium	Basic
Spanish	Fluent	Fluent	Fluent


Employment Details

Position Held	Job Description	Where	Date From	Date To
Lecturer		Trinity College Dublin	2002	Present
Post doctoral Research Fellow		Faculty of Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology	1997	2002
Post doctoral Research Fellow		Trinity College Dublin	1994	1997
External Lecturer		Trinity College Dublin, Dept. of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering	1996	2002
External Lecturer		University College Dublin, School of Architecture	1996	Present

Description of Research Interests

Construction material science and technology. Building limes and lime mortars. Pozzolans. Physical and chemical properties and their testing methods. Standarisation of testing methods and quality. Sustainable lime composites including hemp or industrial waste products. Lime mortar technology, mortar execution, interaction with masonry units and durability. Stone and ceramics: Raw materials, industrial and traditional production methods, physical and chemical properties, durability and decay. Repair and conservation of historic masonry. Ceramic technology. Construction technology. Consolidants and water repellents. Archaeometry studies.


Research Interests

Construction material science and technology. Building limes


Research Projects

Project title	Potential of mining and construction waste as building materials.
Summary
Funding Agency	HEA. Government of Ireland Fellowships.
Programme	Government of Ireland Fellowships.
Type of Project
Date from	2012
Date to	2014
Person Months

Project title	Irish bio-composites for building.
Summary
Funding Agency	Environmental Protection Agency
Programme
Type of Project
Date from	2009
Date to	2012
Person Months

Project title	Improvement of the quality of lime mortars. Lime mortar masonry project.
Summary
Funding Agency	OPW
Programme
Type of Project
Date from	2007
Date to	2010
Person Months

Project title	Universal design for sustainability
Summary
Funding Agency	IRCSET - NDA
Programme
Type of Project
Date from	2010
Date to	2013
Person Months

Project title	Energy conservation and retrofitting historic buildings in Trinity College
Summary
Funding Agency	IRCSET
Programme
Type of Project
Date from	2009
Date to	2013
Person Months

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Publications and Other Research Outputs

Peer Reviewed

R. Walker, S. Pavía, Physical properties and reactivity of pozzolans, and their influence on the properties of lime–pozzolan pastes, Materials and Structures, 44, 2011, p1139–1150 Url TARA - Full Text DOI
R. Walker and S. Pavía , Behaviour and Properties of Lime-Pozzolan Pastes, 8th International Masonry Conference, Dresden, July 2010, edited by W. Jäger, B. Haseltine, A. Fried , 2010, pp353 - 362 TARA - Full Text
L Chever, S Pavia, R Howard, Physical properties of magnesian lime mortars, Materials and Structures, 43, (1), 2010, p283 - 293 Url TARA - Full Text DOI
S. Pavía, R. Hanley, Flexural bond strength of natural hydraulic lime mortar and clay brick. , Materials and Structures, 43 , (7), 2010, p913 - 926 Url TARA - Full Text DOI
S. Pavía, A petrographic study of the technology of hydraulic mortars at masonry bridges, harbours and mill ponds., Concrete Research and Bridge Infrastructure Symp., Galway, December 2008, edited by Cannon E., West, R. and Fanning P. , Galileo Editions, 2008, pp253 - 264 TARA - Full Text
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