Cali, Colombia, 12th - 14th November 2008

Tenth International Conference on

Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies - NOCMAT 2008

Associação Brasileira de Materiais e Tecnologias

Não Convencionais

Centro de Excelenciaen Nuevos Materiales

Facultad de IngenieríaGrupo de Investigación Materiales Compuestos

Proyecto VALORES

Materials Valorization for Sustainability

This Conference is the 10th on the science of “Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies” series and a follow-up of the previous one, which was held in Maceió, Alagoas - Brazil (November 2007). It is intended to be a forum for the presentation of recent scientific and technological developments in the broad field of non-conventional materials and technologies. The conference provides an opportunity to follow the scientific advances made in a variety of topics related to non-conventional materials and technologies around the world. The conferences create an opportunity for the direct examination of new research findings and their consequences for a variety of materials ranging from products made with local materials such as bamboo and vegetable fibers, agricultural, mining and industrial wastes to soil composite and non-conventional-based polymer materials without referring to the benefits to our environment. Great emphasis is given to the application of findings in practice.

Since the last conference, valuable work has been carried out either to use good quality low cost and energy saving materials and products, such as bamboo, vegetable fibers, or mountains of wastes. Now is the time to show what has been achieved during the recent years. What are other applications? What are the environmental, economical, social and cultural impacts? Do we need to go to the space to save the earth or can we do it while living on it?

th thThe 10th conference of NOCMAT, will take place from 12 - 14 November 2008 in Cali, Colombia, where there is increased public concern about the application of . The theme of this year's conference is Materials Valorization for Sustainability.

A task of the NOCMAT conferences is to foster interdisciplinary activities and synergy among professional, scientific, and educational organizations, and through public education.

Scientific knowledge is basic for sustainability of ecosystems. It is urgent for science to include a holistic approach to develop eco-friendly materials and technologies to limit the consumption of non-renewable materials and energy resources.

NOCMAT 2008 will coincide with the VALORES CYTED project Meeting (Acción de coordinación de proyectos de investigación 307AC0307 Residuos Agro-Industriales: Fuente Sostenible de Materiales de Construcción (VALORES)). The main objective of this CYTED project is the coordination of projects which their common objective is the valorization of particles and fibrous materials obtained from mining, industrial, domestic or agro-industrial residues applied as particulated-filled (additions) and fiber-reinforced composites using inorganic cementitious or polymeric matrices.

non-conventional building materials

Scope and Objective

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES:

Alkali- activated slags and their composites, Geopolymers and their composites, Natural cements, gypsum and lime in construction, Mortars and special concretes, Pozzolans and portland cement additions, Natural based admixtures for cement based materials, Fillers in building materials, Natural fibers and their treatments, Non-traditional fibrous matrix reinforcements, Inorganic matrix composites with non-conventional reinforcements, Polymer matrix composites with non-conventional reinforcements, Tailored materials for housing and civil infrastructure, Alternative cementitious matrices, Ferrocement, Bamboo and Guadua as construction materials, Earth based materials and soil construction, Waste materials in building construction, Valorization and recycling of industrial, minning, agricultural and urban residues as engineering materials, Environmentally friendly and energy efficient materials and construction, Materials and technology for low cost housing and sheltering.

APPLICATIONS:

Civi l Engineering, Rehabi l i ta t ion of Construction, Durability aspects of non-conventional materials, Process of production, Rural Construction, Urban Construction, Community Centers, Restoration, Road Construction, Slope Stabilization, Structural Elements, Theoretical Analysis, Case Studies and other new topics.

Silvio Delvasto, Universidad del Valle, Colombia

Khosrow Ghavami, ABMTENC & PUC-Rio, Brazil

Chairmen

Main Topics

Silvio Delvasto, Univalle, Colombia, delvasto@univalle.edu.co

Ruby Mejía de Gutiérrez, Univalle, Colombia, rudeguti@yahoo.com

Khosrow Ghavami, PUC-Rio, Brazil, ghavami@civ.puc-rio.br

Vicente Amigó, UPV, Spain, vamigo@mcm.upv.es

Holmer Savastano, USP Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil, holmersj@usp.br

Alejandro Manzano Ramírez (CINVESTAV, Mexico) amanzano@qro.cinvestav.mx

Organizing Committee

Ahmad Varvani (Ryerson University,Toronto,Canadá)

Alejandro Manzano Ramírez (CINVESTAV, Mexico)

Andrés Simbaña (PUCEI, Ecuador)

Ángel Tomás Pérez Rodríguez (U. de Holguín, Cuba)

Angela Costa Sales (UFSE, Brazil) Antônio Ludovico Beraldo (Unicamp, Brazil)

Caori Patricia Takeuchi (Universidad Nacional, Colombia)

Conrado de Sousa Rodrigues (CEFET-MG, Brazil)

Daniel Bedoya (Universidad de Medellín, Colombia)

Ernesto Villar Cociña (UCLV, Cuba)

Ferran Martí Ferrer (AIMPLAS, Spain)

Khosrow Ghavami (PUC-Rio, Brazil) Holmer Savastano Jr. (USP/Pirassununga, Brazil)

Idalberto Águila (UCV, Venezuela) Joana Sousa Coutinho (Universidade do Porto, Portugal)

Jorge Bernardo Acevedo Catá (CECAT, Cuba)

Luis Eustáquio Moreira (UFMG, Brazil)

Luis Roberto Cerna (CUPROFOR, Honduras)

Mariana Gatani (UNC, Argentina)

Marie-Ange Arsène (Université des Antilles, France)

Michel Gohnert (WIT University, South Africa)

Milena Sosa (UCV, Venezuela)

Normando Perazzo Barbosa (UFPB, Brazil) Patricia Guerrero Zúñiga (Universidad del Valle, Colombia)

Pierre Ohayon (FACC/UFRJ, Brazil) R. Narayan Swamy (University of Sheffield, UK)

Rafael Talero (IETcc, CSIC, Spain)

Romildo Dias Toledo Filho (COPPE/UFRJ, Brazil)

Ruby Mejía de Gutiérrez (Universidad del Valle, Colombia)

Said Kenai (Blida University, Algeria)

Sérgio Henrique Pezzin (UDESC, Brazil)

Silvio Delvasto Arjona (Universidad del Valle, Colombia)

Vicente Amigó (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain)

Wolé Soboyejo (Princeton University, USA)

Yunus Ballim (WIT University, South Africa)

avarvani@ryerson.ca

amanzano@qro.cinvestav.mx

andres_sv@pucei.edu.ec

aperez@facing.uho.edu.cu

angelasales19@gmail.com

beraldo@agr.unicamp.br

cptakeuchit@unal.edu.co

rodrigues@vicosa.ufv.br

dabedoya@udem.edu.co

evillar@uclv.edu.cu

fmarti@aimplas.es

ghavami@civ.puc-rio.br

holmersj@usp.br

iaguila@idec.arq.ucv.ve

jcouti@fe.up.pt

acevedo@cecat.cujae.edu.cu

luis@dees.ufmg.br

Cerna.luis@gmail.com

mgatani@faudi.unc.edu.ar

maarsene@univ-ag.fr

gohnert@civil.wits.ac.za

msosa@postgrado.ucv.ve

nperazzo@lsr.ct.ufpb.br

aydeegzu@univalle.edu.co

pohayon@facc.ufrj.br

r.n.swamy@sheffield.ac.uk

rtalero@ietcc.csic.es

toledo@labest.coc.ufrj.br

rudeguti@yahoo.com

sdkenai@yahoo.com

pezzin@joinville.udesc.br

delvasto@univalle.edu.co

vamigo@mcm.upv.es

soboyejo@princeton.edu

ballim@civil.wits.ac.za

International Scientific Committee

Conference Secretariat

Invitation for Technical Papers

Language and proceedings

Social Program

Contacts

Abmtenc, Brazil, www.abmtenc.civ.puc-rio.brUniversidad del Valle, Oficina de Extensión en IngenieríaE-mail: berthalb@univalle.edu.co

Universidad del Valle, Oficina de Extensión en IngenieríaBertha Bolaños e- mail: berthalb@univalle.edu.co berthalbm@yahoo.esPhone: (57) (2) 333 4898 - 333 4904 Fax: (57) (2) 330 2479

Abstracts should be submitted within 250 to 400 words with title, author's n a m e , a d d r e s s a n d s e n d b y e - m a i l t o S i l v i o D e l v a s t o (delvasto@univalle.edu.co, silviodelvasto@hotmail.com) before 30th of May 2008.

Receipt of abstracts not later than: 30th of May 2008Notification of acceptance: 30th of June 2008Receipt of full paper: 30th of August 2008Notification of final acceptance: 30th of September 2008

The registration fee will be:

Participants non - authors: 500.000 Colombian pesos (or US Dollars or Euros equivalent value)

Authors: 250.000 Colombian pesos

Students: 100.000 Colombian pesos

This fee includes three days attending at the conference, lunches in november 12 and 13, coffee breaks and a CD copy of the conference proceedings. All delegates can purchase separately tickets for the banquet dinner.

Registration fee must be paid before October 15, 2008. An additional fee of 50.000 Colombian pesos will be charged for payment received after this date.

Post conference tours and an accompanying persons program will be arranged based on the requests from participants.

Silvio Delvasto Arjona (delvasto@univalle.edu.cosilviodelvasto@hotmail.com)

Ruby Mejía de Gutiérrez (rudeguti@yahoo.com)

Escuela de Ingeniería de MaterialesFacultad de Ingeniería - Universidad del ValleCalle 13 No.100-00 • Cali Colombia(57 2) 3302436 • (57 2) 3212187 0149 • (57 2) 3212270

nocmat2008@univalle.edu.co .

Correspondance and inquiries

Deadlines

Registration Fee

Conference location

The Conference's working languages will be Spanish and English. Papers written in Spanish, English and Portuguese will be accepted. Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt) presentations must be prepared in English.The referred papers presented during the conference will be published in the proceedings to be distributed during the conference.

The conference will be held at Hotel Plaza las Américas Cali, ColombiaCalle 21 Norte Nº 3N - 34 PBX: (57 2) 680 1010 Fax: (57 2) 661 1140 Toll Free: 01 8000 52 77 77 www.hotelplazalasamericas.com