With a background in materials science and chemistry from University of Illinois and the Danish Engineering Academy, Claus Pade has more than 6 years of laboratory and field experience in the field of concrete technology.

Claus Pade has significant experience with the properties of fresh concrete. He wrote his B.Sc. thesis focusing on the issue of compatibility between super-plasticizers and air-entraining agents in concrete. He participated in 1994-95 in a major research and development project as responsible for testing the workability of concrete, mortar and cement paste. He has been optimizing mix designs of plastic as well as zero slump concrete utilizing concepts of particle packing and rheology, and has recently been involved in several projects involving self compacting concrete.

Further, Claus Pade spent 2½ years at the University of Illinois working towards his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering. His thesis research dealt with alkali silica reactions in concrete, with the primary objective of developing a new ASTM test method for discriminating Portland cements with respect to alkali silica reaction.

Claus Pade is experienced in concrete durability with special focus on Delayed Ettringite Formation (DEF), chloride induced corrosion of reinforcement (service life prediction), Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) and sulfate attack. His experience is a result of investigations performed as part of litigations in North America, major research and development projects financed partly by the European Commission, as well as from the monitoring of both smaller and larger concrete constructions.

As part of his work with assessment of the durability of concrete, Claus Pade has gained experience with a variety of experimental techniques including optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction analysis as well as chemical analysis of concrete.

Non-destructive testing (impact echo) was used by Claus Pade to evaluate the near surface cracking of high performance concrete on marine constructions in Northern Europe.

Pade, C., and Struble, L. "Kinetics and Microstructural Changes Associated with Mortar Bar Expansion"Cement, Concrete and Aggregates (in press, 1999).

Struble, L., and Pade, C. "Proposed New Test Procedure for Alkali-Silica Reaction of Hydraulic Cement". Cement, Concrete and Aggregates (in press, 1999).

Pade, C., Jakobsen, U.H. and Johansen, V.: "Evolution of Expansion, Weight gain, Microstructure and Microchemistry of DEF Affected Mortar". 13. Internationale Baustofftagug Weimar Bundesrepublik Deutschland. IBausil. Tagungsbericht - Band 1 pg. 1-0521, 1997.

Pade, C.: "Alkali Silica Reactivity of Portland Cement", M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 1997.

Goltermann, P., Pade C. and Thaulow, N.: "High Performance Concrete. Rheology: From the Lab to the Site", Proceedings Nordic Concrete Research Meeting, Espoo, Finland, 1996.

Goltermann, P., Pade, C. and Thaulow, N.: "Workability. Rheological Characteristics of Concrete, Mortar and Cementpaste. High Performance Concrete for Exposed Structures", (in Danish), HUA-2, Danish Concrete Institute, Denmark, March 1995.

Pade, C.: "Kompatibilitet imellem superplastificerende og luftindblandende tilsætningsstoffer i beton", (in Danish), B.Sc. Thesis, The Engineering Academy of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, 1991.

Andersen, P.J. and Pade, C. "Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Organic Admixtures in Hardened Concrete", internal GMIC report, D.K. January 1990, GMIC No. 890906 (In Danish).

Selected Industrial Reports:

Pade, C., "The Potential of Very Fine Sand as Aggregate in Self Compacting Concrete", company report, DK., January 2000, RAMBOLL No. 990640 (in Danish). 

Pade, C., Jakobsen, U.H. and Henriksen, J.H.H., "Investigation of the Cause of Efflorescence on Glass-Element" company report, DK., September 1999, RAMBOLL No. 980209A (in Danish). 

Pade, C. "Evaluation of xxxxxxx's Potential as Raw Material in Production of Portland Cement", company report, DK., November 1999, RAMBOLL No. 992919 (in Danish). 

Jakobsen, U.H. and Pade, C., "Examination of Hot Pressed Samples from XXXXXX", company report, Italy, March 1998, RAMBOLL No. 971319. 

Grelk, B. and Pade, C., "Petrographic Analysis of 3 Cores from Concrete Masts" company report, DK., December 1997, RAMBOLL No. 971450 (in Danish). 

Pade, C. and Johansen, V., "Potential DEF Reactivity of Cements", company report, U.S.A., April 1997, RAMBOLL No. 960494. 

Pade, C., "Workability - Rheological Properties of Concrete, Mortar and Cement Paste", Report to Danish Concrete Institute A/S, DK., February 1995, RAMBOLL No. 940841. 

Pade, C. "Use of "Magnetized" Water in Concrete", company report, DK., March 1995, RAMBOLL No. 950204.

Andersen, P.J. and Pade, C., "Analysis and Optimization of Concrete Cast Using the XXXXXX-Method", company report, DK., September 1991, GMIC No. 910705 (in Danish). 

Andersen, P.J. and Pade, C., "Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Organic Admixtures in Hardened Concrete", internal GMIC report, DK. January 1990, GMIC No. 890906 (in Danish).