Team

The reseach team at VTT is made up by:
  • Dr./Mr. Miguel Ferreira (Project Manager, Senior Scientist) –  Concrete, durability,  service life design, modelling concrete durability 
  • Prof./Mr. Heikki Kukko (Research Professor) – Concrete, durability and especially frost attack expert
  • Dr./Mr. Markku Leivo (Principal Scientist) – Concrete expert on material development, mixture design, admixtures, air entrainment, frost durability
  • Dr./Mr. Lasse Makkonen (Principal Scientist) – Expert on climate change and ice physics – friction and formation
  • Dr./Mr. Jaakko Heinonen (Principal Scientist) – Expert on ice mechanics and material modelling, finite element modelling 
  • Dr./Mrs. Erika Holt (Principal Scientist) – Concrete expert on material development, alternative binders, environmental impacts, cracking durability
  • Lic.Tech./Mr. Erkki Vesikari (Senior Scientist) – Service life design, life cycle analysis, modelling concrete durability 
  • MSc./Mrs. Hannele Kuosa (Research Scientist) – Concrete, mix design, freeze-thaw, testing fresh/hardened cement based materials, optical microscopy, durability
  • Eng./Mrs. Mia Löija (Research Engineer) – Material development, analytical material testing, concrete, mix design, durability
  • Eng./Mr. Ville Sjöblom (Research Engineer) – Material development, concrete, mix design, durability