PhD, Research Institute of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete (NIIZhB), Russia, 1993
BS/MS (summa cum laude), Moscow State Civil Engineering University (MISI-MGSU), Russia, 1988
Research Focus
Superhydrophobic materials
Photocatalytic and photovoltaic materials
Nanotechnology for advanced cement-based materials
High-strength, high-performance and ultra-high-performance composites
Computational modeling of particles packing
Publications
Sobolev K. and Batrakov V., The Effect of a Polyethylhydrosiloxane Admixture on the Durability of Concrete with Supplementary Cementitious Materials. ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (in press).
Albayrak M., Aras A., Arikan M., and Sobolev K., Evaluation of Selected Kaolins as a Raw Material for the Turkish Cement and Concrete Industry. Clays and Clay Minerals (in press).
Sobolev K., Türker P., Soboleva S., and Iscioglu G., Utilization of Waste Glass in Eco-Cement: Properties and Microstructural Observations. Waste Management, Vol. 27, No. 7, 2007, pp. 971-976.
Sobolev K. and Amirjanov A., The Simulation of Particulate Materials Packing based on the Solid Suspension Model. Advanced Powder Technology, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2007.
Amirjanov A. and Sobolev K., Fractal Properties of Dense Packing of Spherical Particles. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 14, 2006, pp. 789-798.
Sobolev K. and Ferrada-Gutiérrez M., How Nanotechnology Can Change the Concrete World: Part 2. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, No. 11, 2005, pp. 16-19.
Sobolev K. and Ferrada-Gutiérrez M., How Nanotechnology Can Change the Concrete World: Part 1. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, No. 10, 2005, pp. 14-17.
Sobolev K., Mechano-Chemical Modification of Cement with High Volumes of Blast Furnace Slag. Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 27, No. 7-8, 2005, pp. 848-853.
Sobolev K., The Development of a New Method for the Proportioning of High-Performance Concrete Mixtures. Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 26, No. 7, 2004, pp. 901-907.
