3D Printing of Concrete Properties, Materials, and Modeling

Part 1. Properties of 3D-Printed Concrete

1. Fresh Properties of 3D-Printed Concrete

Hanbin Cheng (Pennsylvania State University) and Aleksandra Radlińska (Pennsylvania State University)

2. Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Concrete

Fei Teng (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Weijian Ding (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Yiwei Weng (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

3. Fracture Mechanics of Layered and Additively Manufactured Materials: Theoretical Frameworks and Experimental Approaches

Shashank Gupta (Princeton University), Aimane Najmeddine (Princeton University), and Reza Moini (Princeton University)

4. Durability of 3D-Printed Concrete

Mohammed Alnaggar (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and Tathagata Bhaduri (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

5. Reinforcement Strategies for 3D-Printed Concrete

Zhengyu Wu (Pennsylvania State University), Ali M. Memari (Pennsylvania State University), and Jose P. Duarte (Pennsylvania State University)

Part 2. 3D-Printable Materials and Mixture Design

6. 3D-Printable Geopolymer Concrete

Maryam Hojati (University of New Mexico) and Christopher Vreeland (University of New Mexico)

7. 3D-Printable Limestone-Calcined Clay-Based Cementitious Materials

Adewumi John Babafemi (Stellenbosch University) and Jyotirmoy Mishra (Stellenbosch University)

8. 3D-Printable Concrete with Recycled Materials

Dhrutiman Dey (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati; Stratify 3D Pvt. Ltd.), Li Wang (Hebei University of Technology), and Biranchi Panda (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)

9. 3D-Printable Engineered Cementitious Composites

Binrong Zhu (Nanjing Forestry University), Jinlong Pan (Southeast University), and Mingzhong Zhang (University College London)

10. 3D-Printable Earth-Based Materials

Maryam Hojati (University of New Mexico) and Muhammad Saeed Zafar (University of New Mexico)

Part 3. Modeling and Simulation in 3D Printing of Concrete

11. Numerical and Analytical Modeling of Fresh-State Rheology and Stability in 3D Concrete Printing

Yohan Jacquet (Technical University of Denmark) and Inka Mai (Technical University of Berlin)

12. Computational Fracture Mechanics of Layered and Additively Manufactured Materials: Numerical Approaches and Constitutive Modeling

Aimane Najmeddine (Princeton University), Shashank Gupta (Princeton University), and Reza Moini (Princeton University)

13. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in 3D Printing of Concrete

Ali Kazemian (Louisiana State University), Kasra Banijamali (Louisiana State University), Zhanzhao Li (Rice University), and José P. Duarte (Pennsylvania State University)

Part 4. Construction Applications and Future Opportunities

14. Case Studies in 3D-Printed Concrete

Xiqiang Lin (Hangzhou Guanli Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.), Hailong Wang (Zhejiang University), Guanfei Tian (Hangzhou Guanli Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.), and Xiaoyan Sun (Zhejiang University)

15. Design and Additive Manufacturing of a Martian Habitat Using Geopolymer Concrete with In Situ Martian Material

Jose P. Duarte (Pennsylvania State University), Sven G. Bilén (Pennsylvania State University), Shadi Nazarian (University of Texas at Arlington), Ali M. Memari (Pennsylvania State University), Aleksandra Radlińska (Pennsylvania State University), Nicholas A. Meisel (Pennsylvania State University), and Nathan D. Watson (X-Hab 3D, Inc.)

16. On the Development of Planetary Applications for Cementitious Materials Using Additive Construction

Michael R. Fiske (Amentum Space Exploration Division)

Biography

Zhanzhao Li is a Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Rice University, USA. He earned his PhD in civil engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 2024. He received the ACerS Stephen Brunauer Award in 2026 and has been recognized as an ACerS Rising Star (2024) and an ACI Emerging Leaders Alliance Member (2023).

Aleksandra Radlińska is a professor at Pennsylvania State University, USA. She is the chair of ACI 565 Lunar Concrete Committee and past Chair of the ACI’s Concrete Research Council which helps transform academic research into industrial applications (2019–2022). She was given the ACI Young Member Award in 2012 and is an ACI Fellow.