ENAE651-25X2 (C) Special non-calendar-based Two 2025

Special Topic

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 6 October 2025
End Date: Sunday, 7 December 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 19 October 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 16 November 2025

Description

Special Topic

Special Topic: Next-Gen Construction: The Science and Engineering Behind 3D Concrete Printing

The course offers a focused overview of the key technological and engineering aspects involved in the additive manufacturing (AM) of concrete structures, with a particular emphasis on 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP). Participants will achieve the basics of the digital design-to-fabrication process, including fresh and hardened-state material behaviour, reinforcement strategies, structural performance, and large-scale implementation challenges. The course combines theoretical lectures with case studies and examples from experimental research, aiming to equip attendees with practical and analytical tools to approach this emerging field.

Learning Outcomes

  • LO1. Understand the fundamentals of additive manufacturing (AM) in the construction sector, with a focus on 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) technologies and workflows.
  • LO2. Identify key material properties and rheological requirements necessary for a successful 3D printing process, including pumpability, extrudability, and buildability.
  • LO3. Assess the mechanical and physical behaviour of cementitious materials in both fresh and hardened states and understand their impact on structural performance.
  • LO4. Apply basic experimental and analytical methods for the characterization of 3D printed elements, including interface behaviour and anisotropic effects.
  • LO5. Explore analytical and numerical approaches for modelling the printing process and layered structural behaviour.
  • LO6. Compare reinforcement solutions for 3D printed concrete, including embedded, external, and hybrid strategies.
  • LO7. Analyse structural behaviour and assess the applicability of current design codes and approval processes in large-scale, real-world 3DCP applications.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval to the Programme Director.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 09:00 - 11:00 John Britten 117 HP Seminar Room
6 Oct - 7 Dec
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 09:00 - 14:00 Civil 112 Concrete Lab
27 Oct - 2 Nov
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 09:00 - 14:00 Civil 216 Richard Fenwick Seminar Room
24 Nov - 30 Nov

Course Coordinator

Giuseppe Loporcaro

Guest Lecturer

Costantino Menna

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 60%
Project 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,268.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Environmental Engineering .

All ENAE651 Occurrences

  • ENAE651-25X2 (C) Special non-calendar-based Two 2025