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Prof. Dr Vasant Matsagar
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India
PART I : BOOK REVIEW
Associate Editors
Prof. Dr Manu Santhanam
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India 05 Passive vibration control of structures
Prof. Dr Valdir Pignatta e Silva Sandip Kumar Saha
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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University of Stuttgart, Germany / PART II : FEATURES
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Innovation Center Lyon, France
Dr Subramanian Narayanan 07 Powder packing optimization for clinker reduction in concrete
Consulting Engineer, Gaithersburg, USA Mark Alexander, Matthew Holmes
Dr David Lange
University of Queensland, Australia
Dr Saverio Spadea Critical review on various aspects of geopolymer concrete
University of Dundee, UK 14 Tanuja Gupta, Chakradhara Rao Meesala
Prof. Dr Ghani Razaqpur
McMaster University, Canada /
Nankai University, China
Prof. Dr Abass Braimah 35 Chemical characterization of cement composites- A FTIR study
Vice Chancellor (VC), Maitri Mapa, T. Hemalatha
Tamale Technical University, Ghana
Prof. Dr Esayas Gebre-Youhannes
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAiT),
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 41 Effect of different modifications on physical and mechanical
Prof. Dr S. Suriya Prakash properties of EPS-cement based composite materials
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Youquan Liu, Qiaoxia An
Hyderabad, India
Prof. Dr Vistasp Karbhari
The University of Texas at Arlington, USA 51 Effect of boric acid as set retarder on setting time and strength of

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