Alalea

@UKRI_News FLF/@RAEngNews Advanced Research Fellow in next-gen permeable infrastructure @ImperialCiveng @imperialcollege @RAEngNews Sir George MacFarlane Medal

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

I am very happy and humbled to share that I have been selected as the @RAEngNews Sir George Macfarlane Medal winner and have received a 2024 Young Engineer of the Year award. Thank you to @RAEngNews, @imperialcollege, my research group @ReSusInfra & my collaborators. #RAEngAwards

[Royal Academy of Engineering @RAEngNews]

We are delighted to present our 2024 Sir George Macfarlane Medal to
Alalea Kia for her work on sustainable concrete. Her invention, Kiacrete, will help to alleviate climate change and urbanisation challenges by absorbing stormwater. Find out more: https://t.co/59ZbxfEv6P

[Imperial ChemEng @ImperialChemEng]

🚀 #ChemEngEnterprise spinout 2D Nano is exhibiting at the Advanced Materials Show!

📍Visit stand 1043 where they're showcasing cutting-edge research happening at @imperialcollege.

🌟 Don't miss the interactive graphene demo.

@MaterialsShow

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

We had a fantastic #Outreach event yesterday hosting #GlobalSummerSchool students in the @Imperial_CEE @imperialcollege. Great to see them plan, design & build their bridges. Many thanks to everyone helping on the day. #STEM #Engineering #Outreach

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

Wonderful to attend the @RAEngNews #INWED Leadership Lunch 2025. The key takeaways were: be bold in initiating conversations & connections, nurture connections, use the power of engineering to build a strong network & do not be afraid to be judged. #INWED25 #TogetherWeEngineer

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

Thank you to everyone that came to see us @ExRdFestival @imperialcollege. We broke our previous record, with well over a 1,000 people testing #Kiacrete this weekend. All of the members of the @ReSusInfra & @RoboAMLab have worked very hard this weekend with highlights below.

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

We had a great day sharing the latest #Kiacrete developments with the public @ExRdFestival @imperialcollege. We had over 500 people testing Kiacrete and look forward to many more tomorrow. Many thanks to the members of the @ReSusInfra and @RoboAMLab.

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

Thank you @CIHTUK @CIHTEastMids for inviting me to speak at your 2025 conference on #ClimateAction: Building Resilience for an Uncertain Future. Truly enjoyed the panel discussions and thank you all for showing so much interest in #Kiacrete https://t.co/0vBYmrhO9T

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

We had a busy evening yesterday at our #Kiacrete stand @imperialcollege Lates: Future Cities event. Thank you to everyone from the @ReSusInfra who made last night possible. #FloodResilience #PuddleFree

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

Day 2 @UKConcreteShow was another busy day. I enjoyed presenting at the spotlight session & sharing recent #Kiacrete developments. Thank you @AndriusPatapas, @ReSusInfra & @craigb6 for making this event a success. Looking forward to following up on new discussions & next events.

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

We've had a great first day @UKConcreteShow with 2D Nano, @AndriusPatapas and @ReSusInfra at stand D34. Lots of good discussions & interest in graphene enhanced concrete & our puddle-free #Kiacrete pavement. Looking forward to day 2 & delivering a spotlight session talk tomorrow.

[Royal Academy of Engineering @RAEngNews]

What a great 2024 throwback - five early-career engineers received the RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year award in July. The overall winner @AlaleaKia received the Sir George Macfarlane Medal for her work with @ReSusInfra: https://t.co/xGufwXyEDg #RAEngAwards

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

We had a fantastic end of the year celebration 🎄❄️☃️🍕🍝with our research groups this evening. Thank you all for your hard work this year and looking forward to 2025!

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

@mpr_nano Thank you for your kind words @mpr_nano

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

I'm very happy to share that I have been nominated as an Engineering Role Model for #NationalEngineeringDay. It's exciting to be part of a community inspiring the future generation of engineers! Thanks to my nominators, it means a lot that you nominated me. #EngineeringRoleModels

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

We had a great day at the 10 yr @transportgovuk & @CPCatapult #TRIG showcase event in Birmingham. We demonstrated our #Kiacrete puddle-free pavement to @MikeKaneMP & @scsharples. It was exciting to see them testing Kiacrete! Thank you @ReSusInfra for your help & ongoing research

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

Action packed day at #HighwaysUK! Great to see many familiar faces and meet new people. Lots of great interactions and questions during my talk. It was such a privilege to be invited to give a talk at @HWYSUK and thank you for inviting me to talk again next year!

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

Great to be interviewed among prominent scientists & engineers🧑‍🔬👷this week @NakedScientists. Really enjoyed discussing the different ways engineers are tackling the climate crisis & how our @ReSusInfra puddle-free pavement research can play a part in addressing this challenge.

[The Naked Scientists @NakedScientists]

Engineering solutions to the climate crisis. This episode features @ProfMarkMaslin @ucl; @SarahBohndiek @ARIA_research and @Cambridge_Uni; @AlaleaKia @ImperialCiveng; Dan Wilson @UCL; and @DrSDFitzgerald @RepairClimate @Cambridge_Uni.

https://t.co/zJhDowbgxT

[Royal Academy of Engineering @RAEngNews]

Five early-career engineers received the RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year award this year, with the overall winner @AlaleaKia
receiving the Sir George Macfarlane Medal for her work with @ReSusInfra. Get to know her: https://t.co/xGufwXyEDg #RAEngAwards

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

We presented a poster & paper on our work with @OkMatar, @Petit_Group, @AndriusPatapas & @JsnStafford at the IOM3’s 43rd Cement & Concrete Science Conference at @QUBelfast. Alperen's presentation received significant interest & we look forward to presenting more in the future.

[Alalea @AlaleaKia]

It was great to attend the 16th Int. Con. on Applied Energy in Niigata, Japan 🇯🇵 and share ideas with like minded researchers in this field. We presented two papers on our work. It was a fantastic experience immersing ourselves in Japanese culture 🎌🎎🍱🍣 for a couple of days.

[Water @ ICL @WaterImperial]

Congratulations all 🏆 and to @AlaleaKia on winning the Sir George Macfarlane Medal & Young Engineer of the Year award 2024 for developing permeable pavement Kiacrete, to mitigate the devastating impact of urban flooding from stormwater
@RAEngNews #water

https://t.co/ElZJolV4HM