Meet the editors

Mazen Alshaaer is an Associate Professor of Materials Science at the Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University. He received his doctorate degree in Materials Science, with specialization in synthesis of inorganic materials, from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) in 2006. He worked at the University of Jordan from 2006 until 2012. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Aveiro (Portugal) Technical University of Crete (Greece). He

has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers in reputed international journals and conferences, as well as one patent and has been the principal investigator or coordinator on 10 research projects. His current research interests include green construction materials, synthesis of bioceramics, cement, and scaffolds for bone tissue engineering, functional geopolymeric materials, and low cost construction.

Dr. Han-Yong Jeon is a professor at Inha University, Incheon, Korea (South), and a geosynthetics/technical organic materials researcher. He was the 32nd President of the Korean Fiber Society (2014–2015) and the sixth President of the Korean Geosynthetics Society (2011–2013). He has published more than 943 proceedings and abstracts in domestic and international conferences. His research is focused on the manufacturing, application,

and evaluation of technical organic materials and the manufacturing, evaluation, standardization, and regulation of geosynthetics/environmental and structural polymeric composites, etc. He has written 24 texts, including Geosynthetics, and has published 158 papers in domestic and international journals. He was given the Marquis Who'sWho-Science and Engineering award in 2003–2019 and also received the 33rd Academy Award of the Korean Fiber Society in 2006 as well as the "Excellent Paper Award of 2012" by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies.

Contents

*by Mazen Alshaaer*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 23**

**Chapter 4 39**

**Chapter 5 55**

**Chapter 6 73**

**Chapter 7 99**

**Chapter 8 121**

Introductory Chapter: Case Studies of Functional Geopolymers

*by Sudhir Sitaram Amritphale, Pooja Bhardwaj and Rainy Gupta*

*by Raghunandan Kumar, Pranab Das, M. Beulah and H.R. Arjun*

Utilization of Iron Ore Mines Waste as Civil Construction Material

*by Pranab Das, Beulah Matcha, Nabil Hossiney, Mothi Krishna Mohan,* 

Survey of Bauxite Resources, Alumina Industry and the Prospects of the Production of Geopolymer Composites from the Resulting by-product

Thermal Evolution of Geopolymer in the Process of High-Temperature

Review of Sustainable Geosynthetic Development Trend with Environmental Adaptive and Eco-Environmental Performances

*by Sékou Traoré, A. Diarra, O. Kourouma and D.L. Traoré*

*by Jingkun Yuan, Peigang He and Dechang Jia*

Summary of Some Selected Characterization Methods of Geopolymers

Geopolymer Bricks Using Iron Ore Tailings, Slag Sand, Ground Granular

Advanced Geopolymerization Technology

*by Dattaguru Ananthapadmanaban*

Blast Furnace Slag and Fly Ash

through Geopolymer Reactions

*Anirban Roy and Arun Kumar*

Treatment

Point of View *by Han-Yong Jeon*
