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Objectives
NOCMAT 2009 will provide an international forum for information dissemination and exchange, discussions and debates on research and practice in a range of sustainable and innovative construction materials and technologies. The conference is expected to attract a wide range of academics, scientists, researchers, students, builders, designers, NGO field-workers, specifiers and other industrialists from a wide variety of backgrounds, including fields of architecture, engineering, materials, sustainable and ecological technologies, biomaterials, materials sciences, and environmental engineering. The conference should also be of interest to specialists in geography, economists and administrators of natural resources.
Conference Themes
The conference themes can include papers and presentations on fundamental science and applied research, case study reports and dissemination of innovations in the themes of:
* Construction materials and technologies for climate change
* Construction materials and technologies to deliver affordable housing
* Innovations in development of low carbon materials and technologies
* Low cost housing concepts, prototypes and applications
* Standards and guidelines
* Life-cycle assessment of materials
* Environmentally friendly, energy efficient construction
* Seismic strengthening, flood mitigation and disaster prevention
* Advances in research methodologies and materials testing
* Infrastructure systems and materials
* Durability and performance of construction materials
* Applications in improving building health through materials and constructional development
* Recycling of industrial, agricultural and urban waste stream materials.
Mas informcion en :
http://www.bath.ac.uk/ace/nocmat2009/Participating at NOCMAT 2009
Abstract submission:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/ace/contribution/Key dates
Submission of abstracts: 1st March 2009
Acceptance of abstracts: 1st April 2009
Submission of papers: 1st June 2009
Acceptance of papers (including revisions): 1st July 2009
Conference: 6th-9th September 2009