In an Interview Dr Nemkumar Banthia delves into the grave environmental menace of tackling disposed tyres ending up in landfill by diverting it as a sustainably efficient ingredient for the construction industry. His research is based on extracting fibers from tyres and utilizing them as reinforcement in concrete.
Dr Banthia is a Professor, Distinguished University Scholar & Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Rehabilitation at the Department of Civil Engineering in The University of British Columbia, Canada. He is also the CEO and Scientific Director at Canada India Research Center of Excellence (IC-IMPACTS).
Insight into current research
The research relates to extracting fibers from the tyres, and utilizing them as reinforcement in concrete.
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