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Fabien Georget

Professeur, Faculté de génie
FAC. GÉNIE Civil et bâtiment

Présentation

Sujet de recherche

Dégradation des matériaux, Conception de matériaux

Disciplines de recherche

Génie des matériaux et génie métallurgique

Mots-clés

Caractérisation, Transport réactif, Matériaux cimentaires supplémentaires, Durabilité, Thermodynamique

Intérêts de recherche

Caractérisation et modélisation des matériaux cimentaires bas-carbone

Recherche clinique

Langues parlées et écrites

Allemand, Anglais, Français, Suédois

Diplômes

(2017). A reactive transport simulator for cement pastes (Doctorat, Ph.D.). Princeton University.

(2013). Modélisation du séchage des plaques de plâtre (Équivalent de la maîtrise, Diplome d'ingenieure ESPCI). Université de Paris VI (P & M Curie).

(2011). Modélisation couplée de l'hydratation et de la carbonatation des liants cimentaires. (Équivalent de la maîtrise, Diplome d'ingenieure francais). École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles.

Expérience académique

Assistant Professor. (2025-). Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.

Workgroup leader. (2021-2025). Rheinisch-Westfalische Tech. Hoch. Aachen. Allemagne.

Postdoc. (2017-2021). École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Suisse.

Prix et distinctions

  • Gordon Research Conference. GRC 2022 organization committee. (Distinction).
  • Keynote speaker: 16th ICCC. ICCC organisation committee. (Distinction).
  • Le Chatelier Distinguished Paper 2022: “Stability of hemicarbonate under cement paste-like conditions”. Cement and Concrete Research editorial board. (Prix).
  • Le Chatelier Invited Paper Highlight 2023: “Chloride profiles — What do they tell us and how should they be used?”. Cement and Concrete Research Editorial Board. (Prix).
  • RILEM ROC&TOK seminar. RILEM. (Distinction).

Financement

  • Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. Innovandi Core Project 17: Molecular level interactions of chemical admixtures during cement hydration. GCCRN: Innovandi. 781 780 $. (2025-2029)
  • Subvention. (Obtenu). Candidat principal. Floyd: A fundamental model of coupled carbonation-hydration curing for optimal early-age performance of low CO2 binders. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Priority Programme “Net-Zero Concrete” (SPP 2436). 552 361 $. (2025-2028)
  • Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. CONTRABASS - zero-CO2 cemeNt ThRough cArBonation of cAlcium Silicates and aluminateS. Commission Européenne. Horizon EU MSCA ITN. 3 479 800 $. (2024-2027)
  • Subvention. (Obtenu). Cochercheur. DETOCS - Data to Enable Transformation and Optimisation for Concrete Sustainability. Commission Européenne. Horizon EU MSCA ITN-IND. 3 200 000 $. (2023-2027)
  • Subvention. (Obtenu). Cochercheur. Carbon4Minerals - Transforming CO2 into added-value construction products. Commission Européenne. Horizon Europe Innovative Actions. 14 000 000 $. (2023-2026)
  • Subvention. (Obtenu). Cochercheur. Post-Norm Supersulfated Cement. The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. 12 100 000 $. (2023-2026)
  • Subvention. (Obtenu). Cochercheur. Innovandi Core Project 5,6,7 - Linking physico-chemical properties of calcined clays to the properties of limestone calcined clay cement. GCCRN: Innovandi. Core project. 1 000 000 $. (2021-2025)
  • Subvention. (Obtenu). Cochercheur. Innovandi Core Project 8 - Synthesis and hydration of clinker with minor elements. GCCRN: Innovandi. Core project. 308 000 $. (2022-2025)
  • Subvention. (Obtenu). Cochercheur. Reactiv - Industrial Residue Activation for sustainable cement production. Commission Européenne. H2020 Innovative Actions. 8 800 000 $. (2020-2025)
  • Subvention. (Terminé). Cochercheur. ERICA - Engineered Calcium-Silicate-Hydrates for Applications. Commission Européenne. H2020 MSCA ITN. 3 400 000 $. (2017-2022)
  • Bourse de recherche. (Terminé). Candidat principal. Industrial co-funding of PhD (Lafarge, France et CSTB, France). (2013-2017)

Publications

Articles de revue

  • F. Georget, S. Munoz, A. Hanmore, Y. Sargam, T. Matschei. (2025). A snapshot study to optimize the beneficiation of concrete wash water: phase assemblage evolution during mixed carbonation and hydration. Construction and Building Materials (Article publié).
  • Y. Demeusy, T. R. Muzenda, A.-C. Guillet, S. Gauffinet, F. Georget, T. Matschei, C. Labbez. (2025). Early-reactivity of calcined clays and its impact on fresh cement paste rheology. Cement and Concrete Research (Article soumis).
  • M. Dhar, T.R. Muzenda, Y. Demeusy, A. Koutsouradi, P.A. Jensen, C. Labbez, S. Bishnoi, F. Georget, T. Matschei. (2025). Evaluation of characterization techniques for selecting kaolinitic clays as supplementary cementitious materials: An interlaboratory study. Journal of the American Ceramic Society (Article publié).
  • M. Wenzel, F. Georget, T. Matschei. (2025). From bauxite residue mineralogy to reactivity and properties of blended cements. Cement and Concrete Research 192 107854. (Article publié).
  • A. Koutsouradi, T.R. Muzenda, P.A. Jensen, W.R. Leal da Silva, A.J. Damø, F. Georget, T. Matschei. (2025). Impact of clay calcination method on the physicochemical properties of limestone calcined-clay cement. Construction and Building Materials 473 (Article publié).
  • F. Georget, V. Caprai, A. Belli, A. Keulen, T. Matschei. (2025). Investigation of a supplementary cementitious material with three reactive components: the example of a carbonated mineral composite. Cement and Concrete Composites 106179. (Article publié).
  • F. Georget, A. Babaahmadi, A. Machner, M. Mrak, S. Dolenec, Q. Xiang Xiong, J. Shiju, D. Snoeck, P. Suraneni, W. Wilson. (2025). Measuring chloride binding in cementitious materials: a review by RILEM TC 298-EBD. Materials and Structure (Révision demandée).
  • T.R. Muzenda, F. Georget, T. Matschei. (2025). Mechano-chemical activation of kaolins – Effect of mineral composition and triethanolamine on activation effectiveness and hydration. Construction and Building Materials 482 141703. (Article publié).
  • T. Manninger, F. Georget, R. Patel, T. Honorio, G. C. Keserle, R. Wan-Wendner, S. Barbosa Nunes. (2025). Opening Letter of RILEM TC SDM: The current situation of data and metadata management 3 in construction materials research - emerging demands and viable solutions. RILEM Technical Letters (Révision demandée).
  • T. R. Muzenda, Y. Demeusy, F. Georget, C. Labbez, T. Matschei. (2025). Sulfate adjustment and early reactivity in calcined clay limestone cements: investigation and assessment via a sulfate-limited model system. Cement and Concrete Research (Article soumis).
  • T.R. Muzenda, F. Georget, T. Matschei. (2025). The effect of the physico-chemical properties of (calcined) clays on the rheological properties and early hydration of calcined clay-limestone cement. Construction and Building Materials (Article publié).
  • Georget, F. and Schmatz, J. and Wellmann, E. and Matschei, T. (2024). A critical catalogue of SEM-EDS multispectral maps analysis methods and their application to hydrated cementitious materials. Journal of Microscopy 294 (2), 105-116. DOI. (Article publié).
  • Glawe, C. and Georget, F. and Raupach, M. and Matschei, T. (2024). Multi technique characterization of the carbonation affected zone including non-destructive single sided 1H NMR. Cement and Concrete Research 178 DOI. (Article publié).
  • Fabien Georget, Shiyu Sui, William Wilson, Karen L. Scrivener. (2024). Reconciliation of pore structure characterization methods: The simple case of PC-limestone cement pastes. Cement and Concrete Research 184 107624. DOI. (Article publié).
  • William Wilson, Fabien Georget, Karen L. Scrivener. (2024). Towards a two-step assessment of the chloride ingress behaviour of new cementitious binders. Cement and Concrete Research 184 107594. DOI. (Article publié).
  • Scrivener, K.L. and Matschei, T. and Georget, F. and Juilland, P. and Mohamed, A.K. (2023). Advances in hydration and thermodynamics of cementitious systems. Cement and Concrete Research 174 DOI. (Article publié).
  • De Weerdt, K. and Wilson, W. and Machner, A. and Georget, F. (2023). Chloride profiles – What do they tell us and how should they be used?. Cement and Concrete Research 173 DOI. (Article publié).
  • Georget, F. and Wilson, W. and Matschei, T. (2023). Long-term extrapolation of chloride ingress: An illustration of the feasibility and pitfalls of the square root law. Cement and Concrete Research 170 DOI. (Article publié).
  • Wilson, W. and Georget, F. and Scrivener, K.L. (2023). XCr/√t as an Indicator of the Resistance Against Bulk Chloride Diffusion. RILEM Bookseries 43 658-666. (Article publié).
  • Georget, F. and Bénier, C. and Wilson, W. and Scrivener, K.L. (2022). Chloride sorption by C-S-H quantified by SEM-EDX image analysis. Cement and Concrete Research 152 DOI. (Article publié).
  • Wilson, W. and Gonthier, J.N. and Georget, F. and Scrivener, K.L. (2022). Insights on chemical and physical chloride binding in blended cement pastes. Cement and Concrete Research 156 DOI. (Article publié).
  • Georget, F. and Wilson, W. and Scrivener, K.L. (2022). Simple automation of SEM-EDS spectral maps analysis with Python and the edxia framework. Journal of Microscopy 286 (2), 185-190. DOI. (Article publié).
  • Wilson, W. and Georget, F. and Scrivener, K. (2021). Unravelling chloride transport/microstructure relationships for blended-cement pastes with the mini-migration method. Cement and Concrete Research 140 (Article publié).
  • Georget, F. and Wilson, W. and Scrivener, K.L. (2021). edxia: Microstructure characterisation from quantified SEM-EDS hypermaps. Cement and Concrete Research 141 DOI. (Article publié).
  • Georget, F. and Soja, W. and Scrivener, K.L. (2020). Characteristic lengths of the carbonation front in naturally carbonated cement pastes: Implications for reactive transport models. Cement and Concrete Research 134 (Article publié).
  • Soja, W. and Georget, F. and Maraghechi, H. and Scrivener, K. (2020). Evolution of microstructural changes in cement paste during environmental drying. Cement and Concrete Research 134 (Article publié).
  • Wilson, W. and Gonthier, J.N. and Georget, F. and Scrivener, K. (2020). Tortuosity as a Key Parameter of Chloride Diffusion in LC3 Systems. RILEM Bookseries 25 593-600. (Article publié).
  • Sui, S. and Georget, F. and Maraghechi, H. and Sun, W. and Scrivener, K. (2019). Towards a generic approach to durability: Factors affecting chloride transport in binary and ternary cementitious materials. Cement and Concrete Research 124 (Article publié).
  • Georget, F. and Prévost, J.H. and Huet, B. (2018). Reactive transport modelling of cement paste leaching in brines. Cement and Concrete Research 111 183-196. (Article publié).

Ressources en ligne

Articles de conférence

  • Q. Wang, F. Georget, T. Matschei, P. Sandberg. (2025). CSA cement hydration kinetics: a focus on siliceous phases C2S and bredigite/merwinite. Shaping the fate of low-clinker cements. (Article accepté).
  • T.R. Muzenda, F. Georget, T. Matschei. (2025). Mechano-chemical activation of smectites as an alternative to thermal activation. Sustainable Construction for Africa 2025. (Article publié).
  • M. Wenzel, F. Georget, T. Matschei. (2025). Modified Bauxite Residues – alkali-rich pozzolans in blended cement. Shaping the fate of low-clinker cements. (Article accepté).
  • C. N. Bewa, R. T. Muzenda, F. Georget, T. Matschei. (2025). Utilising locally sourced indurated laterite and low-grade clay from Cameroon as supplementary cementitious material: Case of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3). Sustainable Construction for Africa 2025. (Article publié).
  • Y. Sargam, A. Hanmore; T. Matschei, F. Georget, S. Monkman. (2024). CO2-induced Mineralogical Changes in Concrete Wash Water: Thermodynamic and Experimental Assessments. 1st RILEM International Conference on the Mineral Carbonation of Cement and Concrete. (Article publié).
  • T.R. Muzenda, F. Georget, T. Matschei. (2024). Early Reactivity Assessment of Calcined Clays and the Impact of Secondary Phases. IBAUSIL. (Article publié).
  • T. Matschei, T.R. Muzenda, F. Georget. (2024). Influence of clay impurities on the performance of calcined clay-limestone cements. IBAUSIL. (Article publié).
  • Z. Ren, F. Georget, J. Provis, A. Pisch, T. Matschei, T. Hanein. (2023). Effect of cooling rates on the properties of Portland cement clinkers in the presence of Mg. The 16th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement 2023. (Article publié).
  • Z. Ren, F. Georget, J.L. Provis, A. Pisch, T. Matschei, T. Hanein. (2023). Thermochemistry of kaolinite dehydroxylation to “metakaolin”. 41st Cement & Concrete Science Conference. (Article publié).
  • W. Wilson, F. Georget, K.L. Scrivener. (2023). The square root law with an offset applied to chloride diffusion in slowly reacting blended cement pastes. The 16th International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement 2023 (ICCC2023). (Article publié).
  • W. Wilson, F. Georget, K.L. Scrivener. (2023). XCr/√t as an Indicator of the Resistance Against Bulk Chloride Diffusion. SynerCrete'23: International RILEM Conference on Synergising Expertise towards Sustainability and Robustness of Cement-Based Materials and Concrete Structures. (Article publié).
  • F. Georget, B. Huet, P. Turcry. (2022). Méthodes de mesure du coefficient de diffusion gazeuse des matériaux cimentaires : travaux du TC Rilem GDP. NOMAD 2022—4e Conférence Internationale Francophone Nouveaux Matériaux et Durabilité. (Article publié).
  • F. Georget, W. Wilson, W. Soja, J. Zheng, K. Scrivener. (2021). The role of the micron-scale in reactive transport processes. 4th International RILEM conference on Microstructure Related Durability of Cementitious Composites (Microdurability2020). (Article publié).
  • J. N. Gonthier, W. Wilson, F. Georget, K. Scrivener. (2020). Advanced characterization of chloride binding in OPC and LC³ pastes. 4th International RILEM conference on Microstructure Related Durability of Cementitious Composites (Microdurability2020). (Article publié).
  • S. Sui, F. Georget, J. Jiang, K. Scrivener. (2020). Chloride binding assessment in C3S systems with calcined clay, Microdurability2020. 4th International RILEM conference on Microstructure Related Durability of Cementitious Composites (Microdurability2020). (Article publié).
  • W. Wilson, J.N. Gonthier, F. Georget, K. Scrivener. (2020). Tortuosity as a Key Parameter of Chloride Diffusion in LC3 Systems. Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete, (Article soumis).
  • Soja, W. and Maraghechi, H. and Georget, F. and Scrivener, K. (2018). Changes of microstructure and diffusivity in blended cement pastes exposed to natural carbonation. MATEC Web of Conferences, (Article publié).
  • Georget, F. and Prévost, J.H. (2017). Integration of a Microstructural Model in a Coupled Reactive Transport Simulation of Carbonation and Drying. Poromechanics 2017 - Proceedings of the 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, 672-680.

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés

  • Concrete design for sustainability. (2023-02-01).Rheinisch-Westfalische Tech. Hoch. Aachen. Allemagne.
  • Practical Work: Fresh and Hardened Concrete. (2018-01-01 à 2021-03-01).École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Suisse.
  • Advanced Cementitious Materials. (2017-09-01 à 2020-12-31).École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Suisse.
  • Matrix structural analysis and Introduction to finite element. CEE 361 / CEE 513. (2013-09-02 à 2017-02-28).Princeton University. États-Unis d'Amérique.

Gestion d'évènements

  • Main organizer. (2024) 1st RILEM International conference on mineral carbonation for cement and concrete. (Conférence).
  • Main organizer. (2022) 5th European Conference on Cement Calorimetry. (Conférence).
  • Main organizer. (2019) ERICA doctoral school: modelling of cementitious materials. (Cours).