Professor Rod Jones

Rod is Academic Lead for Civil Engineering and the research cluster Concrete Technology and Structural Engineering. He has spent most of his career attempting to make ‘better’ concrete. His early work as a PhD student at Dundee addressed the use of fly ash in concrete long before it became a mainstream cementitious material. The output of this research was to show that low test period durability tests could be accelerated and this often-contentious theme has continued throughout his career. He was co-opted on to CEN TC51/WG12/TG5 to develop these test methods into European Standards (which has been completed for accelerated carbonation and chloride ingress). More recently, he co-edited Coal and coal Combustion Products that draws together 30 years of experience in the use of fly ash worldwide.

Over the past decade his research has been focussed on both low carbon concrete and attempting to functionalising the material to create and store energy. Due to the slow reacting nature of low carbon cements CEN TC51 has set up an ad hoc committee led by Jones to determine whether the maturity of these can be accelerated.

His research has been supported by funding from a wide variety of sources including EPSRC, industry, the Carnegie Trust etc. He collaborates with leading research groups in the US, Canada and India.

He is a member of the editorial boards for Coal Combustion and Gasification Products and the International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment.

Professional memberships

Chartered Civil Engineer

Fellow - Institution of Civil Engineers

Fellow - Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

Fellow - Geological Society of London

Professional roles

Member of CEN TC51(CEN TC 104)/WG12/TG5

Tayside and Fife Branch Committee ICE