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Ghandy is a civil engineering researcher specialising in sustainable construction materials and resource-efficient technologies. Currently, he works on a research project, collaborating with Portuguese cement industry leaders to evaluate and implement recycled aggregates from construction waste in industrial mortars. His expertise spans laboratory characterisation, life cycle assessment, and techno-economic analysis, driving large-scale adoption of eco-friendly concrete solutions. His PhD focused on innovative, cement-free concretes utilising CO2-captured technologies.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ghandy Lamaa

Citation names

  • Lamaa, Ghandy
  • Lamaa, G.
  • Lamaa G,

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A412-06CC-854D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3147-7683
Google Scholar ID
eauo_YQAAAAJ
Scopus Author Id
57443895700

Email addresses

  • ghandy.lamaa@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
  • glamaa@c5lab.pt (Professional)
  • lamaaghandi@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

  • Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Civil Engineering - Civil Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Arab (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/02/19 - 2025/06/06
Concluded
 Engenharia Civil (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Carbon capture of fully-recycled alkali-activated concrete" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021/02/19 - 2022/03/10
Concluded
 Diploma de Estudos Avançados em Engenharia Civil (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 15/20
2019/01 - 2020/01
Concluded
 Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Master)
University of Greenwich Faculty of Engineering and Science, United Kingdom
 MERIT
2014/09/01 - 2019/01/01
Concluded
 Civil and Environmental Engineering (Bachelor)
Major in Civil Engineering
Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
 15/20
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/05/01 - Current Researcher (Research) c5Lab, Portugal
2022/02/16 - 2025/05/01 Contracted Researcher (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/02/16 - 2024/01/01 Captura de carbono: Aumento do desempenho com cura à base de CO2 de betões activados alcalinamente completamente reciclados
EXPL/ECI-EGC/0288/2021
PhD Student Fellow
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
 Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2025/05/01 - Current AL7.2B – Dry mortars with recycled aggregates: Industrialisation
AL7.2B
Researcher
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Kassim, Dany; Lamaa, Ghandy; Silva, Bruna A.; Duarte, António Pedro Carones; de Brito, Jorge; Silva, Rui V.. "Alkali-activated aluminosilicate industrial wastes as alternative binders in precast concrete elements". In The Path to Green Concrete, 151-170. Elsevier, 2024.
    Published • 10.1016/b978-0-443-19165-7.00003-4
Conference paper
  1. Antonio Manuel Merino-Lechuga; Ágata González-Caro; Lamaa, Ghandy; Rui Vasco Silva; Brito, Jorge de; José Ramón Jiménez; José María Fernández-Rodríguez. "Production of sustainable pervious paving blocks by alkaline activation". Paper presented in 5th Luso-Brazilian Congress on Sustainable Construction Materials (CLBMCS 2024), Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  2. Ágata González-Caro; Antonio Manuel Merino-Lechuga; Lamaa, Ghandy; Rui Vasco Silva; Brito, Jorge de; José Ramón Jiménez; José María Fernández-Rodríguez. "Accelerated CO2 curing of alkali-activated draining paving blocks with acanthocardia tuberculata seashells as aggregate". Paper presented in 5th Luso-Brazilian Congress on Sustainable Construction Materials (CLBMCS 2024), Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  3. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Brito, Jorge de; Rui Vasco Silva. Corresponding author: Lamaa, Ghandy. "Optimising accelerated carbonation curing for enhanced mechanical performance of alkali-activated materials". Paper presented in 5th Luso-Brazilian Congress on Sustainable Construction Materials (CLBMCS 2024), Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  4. Lamaa, Ghandy; Kassim, Dany; Bruna Silva; António P. C. Duarte; Rui Vasco Silva; Brito, Jorge de. Corresponding author: Lamaa, Ghandy. "Aluminosilicate industrial wastes as precursors in the production of CO2-cured alkali-activated precast concrete". Paper presented in WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities – 6th International Conference, Coimbra, 2023.
    Published
  5. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Rui Vasco Silva; Brito, Jorge de. Corresponding author: Lamaa, Ghandy. "Optimised alkaline solutions of CO2-cured aluminosilicate industrial wastes: A new era of concrete". Paper presented in WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities – 6th International Conference, Coimbra, 2023.
    Published
  6. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Rui Vasco Silva; Brito, Jorge de. Corresponding author: Lamaa, Ghandy. "PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF ALKALI-ACTIVATED ALUMINOSILICATE INDUSTRIAL WASTES AS BINDERS FOR CONCRETE PRODUCTION". Paper presented in JPEE2022, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
  7. Lamaa, Ghandy; Kassim, Dany; Silva, Bruna; António P. C. Duarte; Rui Vasco Silva; Brito, Jorge de. Corresponding author: Lamaa, Ghandy. "NON-STRUCTURAL PRECAST ALKALI-ACTIVATED CONCRETE ELEMENTS PRODUCED WITH ALUMINOSILICATE INDUSTRIAL WASTES AND CURED UNDER FORCED CARBONATION". Paper presented in JPEE2022, Lisboa, 2022.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Antonio Manuel Merino-Lechuga; Ghandy Lamaa; Rui Vasco Silva; Jorge de Brito; José Ramón Jiménez; José María Fernández-Rodríguez; Ágata González-Caro. "Technical and environmental assessment of CO2-cured alkali-activated pervious paving blocks incorporating recycled aggregates". Construction and Building Materials (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142286.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142286
  2. Antonio Manuel Merino-Lechuga; Ghandy Lamaa; Rui Vasco Silva; Jorge de Brito; José Ramón Jiménez; José María Fernández-Rodríguez; Ágata González-Caro. "Accelerated carbonation of alkali-activated vibro-compacted pervious concrete paving blocks". Construction and Building Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.138458.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.138458
  3. Ghandy Lamaa; Dany Kassim; Bruna A. Silva; António P. C. Duarte; Jorge de Brito; Rui Vasco Silva. "Utilization of Aluminosilicate Industrial Wastes as Precursors in CO2-Cured Alkali-Activated Precast Concrete Pavement Blocks". Construction Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/constrmater4020020.
    10.3390/constrmater4020020
  4. Salem Alnezami; Ghandy Lamaa; Manuel Francisco Costa Pereira; Rawaz Kurda; Jorge de Brito; Rui Vasco Silva. "A sustainable treatment method to use municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash as cement replacement". Construction and Building Materials (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135855.
    10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135855
  5. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Rui Vasco Silva; Brito, Jorge de; Ghandy Lamaa; Jorge de Brito. "Carbonation of alkali-activated materials: A review". Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16083086.
    Accepted • 10.3390/ma16083086
  6. Lamaa, Ghandy; David Suescum-Morales; António P. C. Duarte; Rui Vasco Silva; Jorge de Brito. "Optimising the Performance of CO2-Cured Alkali-Activated Aluminosilicate Industrial By-Products as Precursors". Materials (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16051923.
    10.3390/ma16051923
  7. Dany Kassim; Lamaa, Ghandy; Rui Vasco Silva; Brito, Jorge de. "Performance Enhancement of Alkali-Activated Electric Arc Furnace Slag Mortars through an Accelerated CO2 Curing Process". Applied Sciences (2022): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1662.
    10.3390/app12031662
Magazine article
  1. Lamaa, Ghandy; António P. C. Duarte; Jorge de Brito; Rui Vasco Silva. "Optimising accelerated carbonation curing for enhanced mechanical performance of alkali-activated materials", Construção Magazine, 2024
Distinctions

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