Project research
1. Bušić, Robert; Miličević, Ivana. Primjena praha otpadnih guma kao zamjenskog materijala (punila) u samozbijajućem betonu (SCC) // ZAJEDNIČKI TEMELJI 2018 - uniSTem, Šesti skup mladih istraživača iz područja građevinarstva i srodnih tehničkih znanosti / Sunara Kusić M., Galešić M. (ur.). Split, 2018. 38-45 (Presentation)
2. Kalman Šipoš, Tanja; Hadzima-Nyarko, Marijana; Miličević, Ivana; Grubišić, Marin. Structural performance levels for masonry infilled frames // Proceedings of 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering/Solun:EAEE/ETAM, 2018. Solun, Grčka, 2018. str. 1-12
3. Strukar, Kristina; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja. Utjecaj recikliranog agregata od gume na materijalnu nelinearnost betona // Zajednički temelji 2018. - uniSTem / Sunara Kusić M., Galešić M. (ur.). Udruga hrvatskih građevinskih fakulteta ; Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet građevinarstva, arhitekture i geodezije, 2018. 216-222 (Presentation)
4. Karakaš, Nikolina; Strukar, Kristina; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja; Miličević, Ivana. Potential Use of Recycled Aggregate in Structural Concrete Elements // Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of Croatian Society of Mechanics / Marović, Pavao ; Krstulović-Opara, Lovre ; Galić, Mirela - Split : Croatian Society of Mechanics, 2018.. 1-14
5. Bušić, Robert; Miličević, Ivana; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja; Strukar, Kristina. Recycled Rubber as an Aggregate Replacement in Self-Compacting Concrete—Literature Overview. // Materials. 11 (2018) , 9; 1-25
6. Strukar, Kristina; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja; Dokšanović, Tihomir; Rodrigues, Hugo. Experimental Study of Rubberized Concrete Stress-Strain Behavior for Improving Constitutive Models. // Materials. 11 (2018) , 11;
7. Hadzima-Nyarko, Marijana; Nyarko, Emmanuel Karko; Ademović, Naida; Miličević, Ivana; Šipoš Kalman, Tanja. Modelling the Influence of Waste Rubber on Compressive Strength of Concrete by Artificial Neural Networks. // Materials. 12 (2019) , 11;
8. Strukar, Kristina; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja; Miličević, Ivana; Bušić, Robert. Potential use of rubber as aggregate in structural reinforced concrete element – A review. // Engineering Structures. 188 (2019) , 452-468;
9. Šandrk Nukić, Ivana; Marošević, Katarina. Eco Innovations as part of the Circular Economy: Evidence from Croatia // IMR 2019 - Interdisciplinary Management Research / Barković, Dražen ; Crnković, Boris ; Zekić Sušac, Marijana ; Dernoscheg, Karl-Heinz ; Pap, Norbert ; Runzheimer, Bodo ; Wentzel, Dirk (ur.). Osijek : J.J.Strossmayer Unibersity of Osijek, Faculty of Economics in Osijek ; Hochschule Pforzheim University ; Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2019. 86-104 (Certificate)
10. Šandrk Nukić, Ivana; Miličević, Ivana. Fostering Eco-Innovation: Waste Tyre Rubber and Circular Economy in Croatia. // Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems: INDECS. 17 (2019) , 2-B; 326-344
11. Bušić, Robert; Miličević, Ivana. Characteristics of self-compacting concrete (SCC) with waste tire rubber and its possible application in structural elements // Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS2019) PhD Symposium / Carević, Ivana ; Lakušić, Stjepan ; Schlicke, Dirk (ur.). Paris, France: RILEM Publications S.A.R.L., 2019. str. 31-32 (Presentation) (Certificate)
12. Bušić, Robert; Štirmer, Nina; Miličević, Ivana. Effect of tire powder and wood biomass ash on properties of self-compacting concrete // Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS2019), New Generation of Construction Materials / Serdar, Marijana ; Štirmer, Nina ; Provis, John (ur.). Paris, France: RILEM Publications S.A.R.L., 2019. str. 515-522 (Presentation) (Certificate)
13. Bušić, Robert; Miličević, Ivana. Influence of Waste Tire Rubber on Fresh and Hardened Properties of Self-Compacting Rubberized Concrete (SCRC) // Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials / Mechtcherine, Viktor ; Khayat, Kamal ; Secrieru, Egor (ur.). Cham: Springer, 2019. str. 3-10 doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22566-7_1 (Certificate 1) (Certificate 2)
14. Strukar, Kristina; Jeleč, Mario; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja. Selection of earthquake records for efficient damage assessment // Compdyn 2019 Proceedings / Papadrakakis, M. ; Fragiadakis, M. (ur.). Greece, 2019. str. 1-13 (Certificate)
15. Strukar, Kristina; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja; Jeleč Mario; Hadzima-Nyarko Marijana. Efficient damage assessment for selected earthquake records based on spectral matching // Earthquakes and Structures, 17 (2019), 3; 271-282 doi:10.12989/eas.2019.17.3.271
15. Strukar, Kristina; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja; Jeleč Mario; Hadzima-Nyarko Marijana. Efficient damage assessment for selected earthquake records based on spectral matching // Earthquakes and Structures, 17 (2019), 3; 271-282 doi:10.12989/eas.2019.17.3.271
16. Bušić, Robert; Benšić, Mirta; Miličević, Ivana; Strukar, Kristina. Prediction Models for the Mechanical Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete with Recycled Rubber and Silica Fume // Materials, 13 (2020), 8; 1-25 doi:10.3390/ma13081821
17. Hadzima-Nyarko, Marijana; Nyarko, Emmanuel Karlo; Lu, Hongfang; Zhu, Senlin. Machine learning approaches for estimation of compressive strength of concrete // European physical journal plus, 135 (2020), 682, 23 doi:10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00703-2
18. Hadzima-Nyarko, Marijana; Miličević, Ivana. Equations for prediction of rubberized concrete compressive strength: a literature review // New Materials in Civil Engineering / Samui, Pijush ; Kim, Dookie ; Iyer, Nagesh R. ; Chaudhary, Sandeep (ur.). Kidlington,: Elsevier, 2020. str. 857-876
19. Jeleč, Kristina; Jeleč, Mario; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja; Grubišić, Marin; Lukić, Sanja. Experimental investigation on bond-slip behavior of selfconsolidating rubberized concrete // IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. Visoke Tatre, Slovačka: IOP Publishing, 2020. 012038, 7 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/867/1/012038
20. Jeleč, Kristina; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja; Miličević, Ivana; Jeleč, Mario. Prediction of seismic behavior of reinforced self-consolidating rubberized concrete structural elements // 2020 17WCEE Proceedings Sendai, Japan, 2020. 2i-0206, 10
21. Jeleč, Kristina. Ponašanje armirano betonskih konstrukcijskih sustava od samozbijajućeg betona sa recikliranom gumom pri djelovanju potresnog opterećenja // Obrana teme doktorskog rada
22. Bušić, Robert. Samozbijajući beton s recikliranom gumom u konstrukcijskim elementima // Obrana teme doktorskog rada
23. Miličević, I.; Hadzima Nyarko, M.; Bušić, R.; Simonović Radosavljević, J.; Prokopijević, M.; Vojisavljević, K. Effect of Rubber Treatment on Compressive Strength and Modulus of Elasticity of Self-Compacting Rubberized Concrete // IRC 2021 X. International research conference proceedings, Pariz, 2021. str. 131-134
24. Zanić, Lucija; Radotić, Dora; Uličnik, Martina; Bušić, Robert. New eco-friendly and earthquake resistant building material - self-compacting concrete with recycled waste tire rubber // 25th International, Cultural and Academic Meeting of Engineering Students (ICAMES 2021). Istanbul, Turska, 2021. str. 1-10 (Potvrda o sudjelovanju)
25. Bušić, Robert; Miličević, Ivana; Lukić, Zoran. Utjecaj vrste i količine superplastifikatora na svojstva betona s recikliranom gumom // Zbornik radova devetog skupa mladih istraživača iz područja građevinarstva i srodnih tehničkih znanosti / Krstić, Hrvoje ; Anić, Filip ; Jeleč, Mario (ur.). Osijek: Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Građevinski i arhitektonski fakultet Osijek, 2022. str. 19-26
26. Miličević, Ivana; Bušić, Robert; Bebek, Kristijan; Briševac, David. Influence of superplasticizer type and dosage on retention of consistency of rubberized concrete // WIT Transactions on the Built Environment / Hernández S., Schelyer G. (ur.). Southampton UK: WIT Press, 2022. str. 23-31
27. Jeleč, Kristina; Grubišić, Marin; Guljaš, Ivica; Kalman Šipoš, Tanja Bond-slip behavior of self-consolidating rubberized concrete // Construction and Building Materials, 346 (2022), 1-14
28. Bušić, Robert. Samozbijajući beton s recikliranom gumom u konstrukcijskim elementima // PhD thesis

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