Académicos

Jose Norambuena-Contreras

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PhD in Civil Engineering
University of Cantabria (UC), Spain

MSc in Civil Engineering
University of Cantabria (UC), Spain

BSc Construction Engineering
Catholic University of the Maule (UCM), Chile

Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Swansea University, UK
j.norambuena@swansea.ac.uk

Sus principales áreas de investigación son:

- Self-Healing Bituminous Materials.
- Waste-Based Construction Materials.

 Proyectos (últimos 5)

  1. FONDECYT Regular Project: Modified bitumen with waste hazelnut-shell pyrolysed to improve its rheological and ageing properties: an additive to extend the lifetime of road (2023 – 2027). International Collaborator. ID 1230035. Funded by the National Research and Development Agency, ANID-Chile.
  2. Project Consolidation Grant Chile-Switzerland: Potential use of lignin filler waste for the production of sustainable warm asphalt mixtures (2023 – 2024). Co-Investigator at UBB-Chile. Funded by the Leading House for the Latin American Region, University of St. Gallen (CLS HSG), Switzerland.
  3. FONDEF Project IDeA: Development of rejuvenating products from the pyrolysis of end-of-life tyres to improve the rheological and self-healing properties of aged binders (2022 – 2023). Principal-Investigator at UBB-Chile. ID 21I10127. Funded by the National Research and Development Agency, ANID-Chile.
  4. FONDECYT Regular Project: Lignin-based recycled asphalt pavements: from nano-scale approach to large-scale application (2021 – 2024). Co-Investigator at UBB-Chile. ID 1211009. Funded by the National Research and Development Agency, ANID-Chile.
  5. FONDECYT Regular Project: Self-healing of bituminous materials using renewable resource-based microcapsules: a sustainable approach to extend the lifetime of roads (2019 – 2023). Principal-Investigator at UBB-Chile. ID 1190027. Funded by the National Research and Development Agency, ANID-Chile.

Publicaciones (últimos 5 años)

  1. Camila Martínez-Toledo; Gonzalo Valdés-Vidal; Alejandra Calabi-Floody; María Eugenia González; Antonieta Ruiz; Cristian Mignolet; José Norambuena-Contreras. Enhancing Rheological and Ageing Performance of Asphalt Binders Using Hazelnut Shell Biochar Additives. Construction and Building Materials 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2026.145507.
  2. Andrés Silva-Balaguera; José L. Concha; Manuel Chávez-Delgado; Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda; Richard Johnston; José Norambuena-Contreras. Multifunctional Porous Asphalt Mixture Containing Metallic Blast Furnace Dust for Self-Healing Permeable Pavements. Materials and Structures 2026. https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-026-02957-1.
  3. José R. Colina; Cristina Segura; Alex A. Fernández-Andrade; José L. Concha; José Norambuena-Contreras; Gonzalo Valdés-Vidal; Luis Bustamante; Francisco Medina; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez. Optimized Phenolic-Rich Bio-Oil from Kraft Lignin Pyrolysis as a Sustainable Additive for Asphalt Binders. Biomass and Bioenergy 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2026.109762.
  4. Angélica Viana-Sepúlveda; Silvia Caro; Daniel Castillo; José Norambuena-Contreras. Computation of the Dynamic Axial Modulus and Activation Potential of Virtual Self-Healing Asphalt Mixtures with Encapsulated Rejuvenators. International Journal of Pavement Engineering 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2025.2470862.
  5. Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; Sebastián Larrere; Manuel Chávez-Delgado; Yesid J. Rueda-Ordoñez; José L. Concha; Cristina Segura; José Norambuena-Contreras. Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Encapsulated Rejuvenators from Mining Truck Waste Tires via Pyrolysis for Asphalt Self-Healing. Journal of Cleaner Production 202 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.144787.
  6. Amir Tabakovi?; Greet Leegwater; Quantao Liu; José Norambuena-Contreras; Hassan Baaj; Orazio Baglieri. Extrinsic Self-Healing Technology for Asphalt Pavements. In Crack-Healing of Asphalt Pavement Materials: State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 278-CHA; Springer Nature Switzerland: Cham, Suiza, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99443-2_3.
  7. Camila Martínez-Toledo; Gonzalo Valdés-Vidal; Alejandra Calabi-Floody; María Eugenia González; Antonieta Ruiz; Cristian Mignolet-Garrido; José Norambuena-Contreras. Optimising Slow Pyrolysis Parameters to Enhance European Hazelnut Shell Biochar as a Biobased Asphalt Modifier. Materials Today Sustainability 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2025.10108
  8. Rodrigo Delgadillo; Araceli González; Ixa Marzal; José L. Concha; Cristina Segura; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; José Norambuena-Contreras. Rheological and Chemical Effects of Waste Tire Pyrolytic Oil and Its Encapsulation as Rejuvenators on Asphalt Binders. Polymers 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17182449.
  9. Manuel Chávez-Delgado; José L. Concha; Silvia Caro; Carlos P. Silva; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; José Norambuena-Contreras. Self-Healing Asphalt with Optimised Tyre-Based Pyro-Rejuvenator. Fuel 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.135747.
  10. José R. Colina; Maray Ortega; José Norambuena-Contreras; Stef Ghysels; Frederik Ronsse; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez. Thermo-Catalytic Depolymerization of Lignin over Pd-Based Catalysts: Role of Catalyst Support on Monoaromatics Selectivity. Biomass and Bioenergy 2025. https://doi.org/1016/j.biombioe.2024.107547.
  11. Manuel Chávez-Delgado; José R. Colina; Cristina Segura; Claudio Álvarez; Paula Osorio-Vargas; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; José Norambuena-Contreras. Asphalt Pyro-Rejuvenators Based on Waste Tyres: An Approach to Improve the Rheological and Self-Healing Properties of Aged Binders. Journal of Cleaner Production 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142179.
  12. Mayra A. Mariño; Karina Oyarce; Catalina Tobar; Rodrigo Segura del Río; María G. Paredes; Paulina Pavez; Mauricio Sarabia; Alejandro Amoroso; José L. Concha; José Norambuena-Contreras. Crosslinked Oxidized-Nanocellulose/Chitosan Hydrogels as a Scaffold Matrix for Mesenchymal Stem Cell Growth. Cellulose 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-023-05591-0.
  13. Daniel York; Isaac Vidal-Daza; Cristina Segura; José Norambuena-Contreras; Francisco J. Martin-Martínez. Data-Driven Representative Models to Accelerate Scaled-Up Atomistic Simulations of Bitumen and Biobased Complex Fluids. Digital Discovery 2024. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3dd00245d.
  14. José L. Concha; Angélica Viana-Sepúlveda; Silvia Caro; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; José Norambuena-Contreras. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Asphalt Mortar Samples Containing Millimetre-Size Capsules for Self-Healing Purposes. Powder Technology 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2024.119735.
  15. José L. Concha; Miguel Sáez-Gutiérrez; José Norambuena-Contreras. Mechanical Activation Assisted of Biobased Encapsulated Rejuvenators to Promote Asphalt Self-Healing. Materials Today Communications 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2023.107735.
  16. José Norambuena-Contreras; José L. Concha; María J. Varela; Laura Trigos; Lily Poulikakos; Álvaro González; Martín Arraigada. Microwave Heating and Self-Healing Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Containing Metallic Fibres from Recycled Tyres. Materials 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17235950.
  17. Gonzalo R. Quezada; Camilo Solar; Jorge H. Saavedra; Karla Petit; Francisco J. Martin-Martínez; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; José Norambuena-Contreras. Operando FTIR-ATR with Molecular Dynamic Simulations to Understand the Diffusion Mechanism of Waste Tire-Derived Pyrolytic Oil for Asphalt Self-Healing. Fuel 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.129834.
  18. José Norambuena-Contreras; José L. Concha; Gonzalo Valdés-Vidal; Clare Wood. Optimised Biopolymer-Based Capsules for Enhancing the Mechanical and Self-Healing Properties of Asphalt Mixtures. Materials and Structures 2024. https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-024-02508-6.
  19. J. Waldo Márquez; Valentina Fuentes; Eduardo J. Rueda; Alain Tundidor-Camba; Néstor Escalona; José Norambuena-Contreras; Álvaro González. Temperature Effect of Asphalt Production on the Thermo-Chemical Properties of Kraft Lignin. International Journal of Pavement Engineering 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2024.2400563.
  20. Nian Chen; Huan Wang; Quantao Liu; José Norambuena-Contreras; Shaopeng Wu. The Production of Porous Asphalt Mixtures with Damping Noise Reduction and Self-Healing Properties through the Addition of Rubber Granules and Steel Wool Fibers. Polymers 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16172408.
  21. José L. Concha; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; Erik Alpizar-Reyes; Cristina Segura; Irene González-Torre; Antonios Kanellopoulos; José Norambuena-Contreras. Effect of Rejuvenating Oil Type on the Synthesis and Properties of Alginate-Based Polynuclear Capsules for Asphalt Self-Healing. Road Materials and Pavement Design 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680629.2022.2092026.
  22. José L. Concha; Rodrigo Delgadillo; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; Cristina Segura; José Norambuena-Contreras. Optimised Sunflower Oil Content for Encapsulation by Vibrating Technology as a Rejuvenating Solution for Asphalt Self-Healing. Polymers 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15061578.
  23. José Norambuena-Contreras; Quantao Liu; Álvaro González; Álvaro Guarín; Nilo Ruiz-Riancho; Álvaro García-Hernández; Bastian Wacker; José L. Concha. Advances in Self-Healing Bituminous Materials: From Concept to Large-Scale Application. In Self-Healing Construction Materials: Fundamentals, Monitoring and Large Scale Applications; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Suiza, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86880-2_4.
  24. José L. Concha; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; Irene González-Torre; Quantao Liu; José Norambuena-Contreras. Biopolymeric Capsules Containing Different Oils as Rejuvenating Agents for Asphalt Self-Healing: A Novel Multivariate Approach. Polymers 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14245418.
  25. Antonios Kanellopoulos; José Norambuena-Contreras. Fundamentals of Self-Healing Construction Materials. In Self-Healing Construction Materials: Fundamentals, Monitoring and Large Scale Applications; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Suiza, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86880-2_1.
  26. Guoqiang Sun; Daquan Sun; Mingjun Hu; Álvaro Guarín; José Norambuena-Contreras. Modeling of Self-Healing Process in Bituminous Materials: Experimental and Numerical Models. In Self-Healing Construction Materials: Fundamentals, Monitoring and Large Scale Applications; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Suiza, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86880-2_7.
  27. Guoqiang Sun; Daquan Sun; Álvaro Guarín; José Norambuena-Contreras. Multiscale Measurements of the Self-Healing Capability on Bituminous Materials. In Self-Healing Construction Materials: Fundamentals, Monitoring and Large Scale Applications; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Suiza, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86880-2_5.
  28. Antonios Kanellopoulos; Magdalini Theodoridou; Michael Harbottle; Sergio Lourenço; José Norambuena-Contreras. Self-Adaptive Construction Materials: Future Directions. In Self-Healing Construction Materials: Fundamentals, Monitoring and Large Scale Applications; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Suiza, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86880-2_8.
  29. Antonios Kanellopoulos; José Norambuena-Contreras. Self-Healing Construction Materials: Fundamentals, Monitoring and Large Scale Applications; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Suiza, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86880-2.
  30. José Norambuena-Contreras; José L. Concha; Luis E. Arteaga-Pérez; Irene González-Torre. Synthesis and Characterisation of Alginate-Based Capsules Containing Waste Cooking Oil for Asphalt Self-Healing. Applied Sciences 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052739.
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