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Building a Sustainable Global Masonry Industry Using Engineered Biopolymer Composites

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Team: Michael Lepech, Andrew Lesh, Barney Miao

Engineered Biopolymer Composite Brick (center) along with potential applications of EBC bricks and blocks used in construction. Image credit: B. Miao, A. Lesh

This project will deploy a new material called Engineered Biopolymer Composite (EBC), a cleaner, low-cost alternative to produce standardized concrete blocks and clay-fired bricks globally. The initial field demonstration of this manufacturing and construction technology will be done with industry partners in Bangladesh. The outcome of this project will be a technology for global substitution of local brick and concrete masonry unit manufacturing with more sustainable EBC material bricks and blocks