Oğulcan Canbek

Research

During my Ph.D. at Georgia Tech, I focused on limestone calcined clay cements (LC³), a lower-carbon alternative to Portland cement. I studied how cementitious materials flow, hydrate, and gain strength, and I used machine learning to build composition and property linkages.

Journal articles

  1. [1] O. Canbek, C. Szeto, N. R. Washburn, K. E. Kurtis (2023). A Quantitative Approach to Determining Sulfate Balance for LC³. Cement, 12, 100063.DOI ↗
  2. [2] O. Canbek, Q. Xu, Y. Mei, N. R. Washburn, K. E. Kurtis (2022). Predicting the Rheology of Limestone Calcined Clay Cements (LC³): Linking Composition and Hydration Kinetics to Yield Stress through Machine Learning. Cement and Concrete Research, 160, 106925.DOI ↗
  3. [3] O. Canbek, N. R. Washburn, K. E. Kurtis (2022). Relating LC³ Microstructure, Surface Resistivity and Compressive Strength Development. Cement and Concrete Research, 160, 106920.DOI ↗
  4. [4] C. Childs, O. Canbek, T. M. Kirby, C. Zhang, J. Zheng, C. Szeto, B. Poczos, K. E. Kurtis, N. R. Washburn (2020). Cheminformatics for Accelerated Design of Chemical Admixtures. Cement and Concrete Research, 136, 106173.DOI ↗
  5. [5] O. Canbek, S. T. Erdoğan (2020). Influence of Production Parameters on Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements. Construction and Building Materials, 239, 117866.DOI ↗
  6. [6] O. Canbek, S. Shakouri, S. T. Erdoğan (2020). Laboratory Production of Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements with High Industrial Waste Content. Cement and Concrete Composites, 106, 103475.DOI ↗
  7. [7] B. A. Bilginer, O. Canbek, S. T. Erdoğan (2020). Activation of Blast Furnace Slag with Soda Production Waste. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 32(1), 04019316.DOI ↗

Proceedings

  1. [8] O. Canbek, N. R. Washburn, K. E. Kurtis (2025). Rheology of Limestone Calcined Clay Cements (LC³): Predictive Modeling of Yield Stress and Plastic Viscosity with Machine Learning. Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete 2022: Conference Proceedings, pp. 447–456.DOI ↗
  2. [9] O. Canbek, F. Lolli, C. Childs, N. R. Washburn, K. E. Kurtis (2022). Multi-Objective Design of LC³: Sustainability and Strength. ACI Special Publication.Link ↗
  3. [10] O. Canbek, S. T. Erdoğan (2018). Production of Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements Using Industrial Byproducts in Turkey. 13th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering, İzmir, Türkiye.

Presentations

  1. Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) Webinar2023

    Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC³) Technology and Practical Application for DOTs

    Virtual

  2. ACI Spring Convention2023

    Workability and Retardation Effects on Early CSA Hydration by Phosphono and Carboxylate Chemistries

    San Francisco, CA

  3. 4th Corvallis Workshops: Concrete Fit for Purpose and Planet2022

    Performance-Based Design of Limestone Calcined Clay Cements Guided by Machine Learning

    Corvallis, OR

  4. 12th Advances in Cement-Based Materials, American Ceramic Society2022

    Relating LC³ Microstructure, Surface Resistivity and Compressive Strength Development

    Irvine, CA

  5. Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete2022

    Rheology of Limestone Calcined Clay Cements (LC³): Predictive Modeling of Yield Stress and Plastic Viscosity with Machine Learning

    Lausanne, Switzerland

  6. ACI RACTSI2022

    Multi-Objective Design of LC³: Sustainability and Strength

    Milan, Italy

  7. ACI Fall Convention2021

    Predicting the Rheology of Limestone Calcined Clay Cements (LC³)

    Virtual

  8. 11th Advances in Cement-Based Materials, American Ceramic Society2021

    Predicting the Rheology of Limestone Calcined Clay Cements (LC³)

    Virtual

  9. 13th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering2018

    Production of Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cements Using Industrial Byproducts in Turkey

    İzmir, Türkiye

Service

American Concrete Institute (ACI) · Voting Member, Committee 135 – Machine Learning-Informed Construction and Design