Main research interests:

•     Annular gap mortar - development taking into account the various interactions with the rock and segment lining (SFB 837 - TP B3)
•     Noise barriers with facing layer of aerated concrete

2023

• Weber, M.; Steinbock, U.; Schulte-Schrepping, C.; Krikelis, C.; Breitenbücher, R. (2023). Prüfmethodik zur Erfassung zusätzlicher Materialkennwerte von Zwei-Komponenten-Mörteln. In: Tunnel 2/2023, S. 22-30, 2023.
• Neu, E. N.; Christ, F.; Iskahov, T.; Krikelis, C.; Petraroia, D. N.; Plückelmann, S.; Schoen, M., Breitenbücher, R.; Lavasan, A. A., Mark, P.; Meschke, G.; Timothy, J. J. (2023). Tunnel Linings. Inbook: Interaction Modeling in Mechanized Tunneling, 1st edition 2023 (Eds.: Meschke, G.; Breitenbücher, R.; Freitag, S.; König, M.; Thewes, M.), open access: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-24066-9, S. 253- 328

2022

• Plückelmann, S.; Krikelis, C.; Breitenbücher, R. (2022). Cementitious Materials with High Compressibility for Deformation Tolerant Tunnel Lining. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods and Information Models in Tunneling (EURO:TUN), pp. 173-174, 22-24 June, Bochum, Germany
• Breitenbücher, R.; Krikelis, C. (2022). Transfer of Fundamental Research Into Practical Tunnel Construction Applications - Optimization of Annual Gap Backfilling-Laboratory Procedures and Transfer to Practice. In: Tunnel 2/2022, pp.16-17, 2022.
• Krikelis, C.; Breitenbücher, R. (2022). Verformungsfähiger Tunnelausbau im Gesamtsystem „Druckhaftes Gebirge – Ringspaltmörtel – Tübbing“. In: Research Department Newsletter – subsurface, modeling & engineering.

• Building Materials Technology II (BI) - Lecture Support & Exercises (SoSe 2023)
• Implementation of internships for BI and UI students

[5] Repair concept and design of a noise barrier, Master's project thesis, Chair of Building Materials Technology of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum.

[4] Evaluation of rheological measurement data for the assessment of the properties of two-component mortars for annular gap grouting in mechanized tunneling, Master's project thesis, Chair of Building Materials Technology of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum.

[3] Influence of the composition of pile-porous lightweight concrete on damage-relevant material properties of noise barriers, Master's thesis, Chair of Building Materials Engineering of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum.

[2] Investigations into the material behavior of compressible annular gap mortars for compressive rock masses, Master's thesis, Chair of Building Materials Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum.

[1] Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Interaktion von quellfähigem Tongestein und verformbarem Tunnelausbau, Bachelor-Thesis, Lehrstuhl für Bodenmechanik, Grundbau und Umweltgeotechnik & Lehrstuhl für Baustofftechnik der Fakultät Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

•     until December 2020 studies of civil engineering at the Ruhr-University Bochum
•     since January 2021 research associate at the Chair of Building Materials Engineering at the Ruhr-University Bochum