Hi dear colleagues
Do the research projects that are continuously being published by researchers to reduce the depletion of resources and to enhance the environment are applied in practice?
For example, in the field of concrete technology, there are a lot of studies have used alternatives to cement (to reduce CO2 emission during cement industry) and natural aggregates for the above-mentioned purposes. Are such studies applied practically?
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Dear Salah Nasr its a big problem that most of inventions
are not being converted into innovation and finally these inventions are not being commercialized. Therefore need proper diffusion of technology is recommended
You are right Dr. Azfar Khan. I appreciate your contribution.
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Rarely the research projects are applied in real life for the welfare of the society. These projects are merely to guide the candidates for obtaining their PhD degree.
Environmental studies in any field are in progress, so in my opinion, even if it doesn't serve to improve the environment, it might be of a great benefit to other researches in the same field, so my answer is not all of them are applicable, but all of them have a great value.
Thank you very much for sharing your opinion doctors Paul Olusegun Bankole, Mahesh Kumar and Ahmed Mahdi.
Unfortunately, very few in the Middle East and third world countries
Very few innovative research projects are used in practice or become adopted by codes of practice. Unless research is actually sponsored by an industrial partner because they need a solution to an existing problem, it will be highly unlikely that research findings are adopted in practice.
I appreciate your contribution Dr. Fatimah hameed Naser and Dr. Messaoud Saïdani. Thanks a lot
Yes and no. Innovations are slow to transfer from the lab to the field. There are a number of reasons for this, but in my mind there are 2 primary reasons. Firstly, there is far more academic kudos in writing papers than in influencing practice. Consequently, academia is set up to support grant/journal writing far more than support for technical input. Secondly, industry is very conservative. This means that standards are often a long way behind the latest research findings (there may well be other, commercially influenced, reasons for this). The conservative nature of construction (and the low profit margins) means that industrial and academic timelines are not necessarily aligned.
I'm both sure what the solution is. But academia should encourage technology transfer while industry should put their hands in their pockets and recognise that not all research yields immediate returns.
It is really interesting and valuable information. Thank you Dr. Leon Black
An other example to answer your question is research for new fuel types for cars. Are they implemented in a wide range in the automotive industry since petrol companies still put petrol ang gasoline in the market? Or they block their use in order to keep up their profit without considering the environmental damage?
Very important example Dr. C. Bogiatzidis. I agree with your question, thank you for sharing it.
This publication may be useful regarding this question.
"Improving knowledge transfer between research institutions and industry across Europe"( http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/pdf/download_en/knowledge_transfe_07.pdf )
Thats actually a good question, you have taken example of concrete, countless researches have taken place to reduce cement content with other cementitious materials, river sand and coarse aggregates is partially replaced with other wastes, but exactly what happens is normal citizens will not be knowing any of these researches and they fear to use these materials which have been researched, in their life time they will be building their only asset so they will not be taking any risks with their building, so its the duty of the respective nations government to come forward and implement these researches slowly from their activities, governments should come forward and make use of these researches and build some low profile buildings so that slowly normal citizens will accept, otherwise it is very difficult to make understand normal citizens about these materials.
It's really a valuable opinion, I agree with you. Thanks a lot Dr. Abhijeet Baikerikar for your contribution.
It is a good thought provoking question. The answer for this is yes. Continuous research only leads to fruitful result. In that way continuous effort of researchers globally and publishing their outcomes is an important one. Regarding immediate implementation of their ideas is not possible in a single day. It needs approval from experts and acceptance from users (Public). It will take time depends on the demand of the product and the public awareness.
In the Republic of Belarus it is often enough, as the requirements of normative documents in this direction are rather strict.
I agree with your opinion Dr. Saravanakumar Palaniraj, "Continuous research only leads to fruitful result". Thank you for sharing your opinion.
I appreciate your response Dr. Viatceslav Konkov. Thanks a lot.
Economically speaking, development of research in the building field to improve environmental safety are far away less profitable than the classic standards used nowadays. And making money come in the first place for a capitalist world.
I agree with you Dr. Alireza Safari. I appreciate your contribution.
Thank you, dear Dr. Augustine Senanu Kukah for adding your opinion.
In our place Kenya, some of the studies are only experiments and application in normal situations is challenging.
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