Journal Papers

  1. Shaghayegh Sadeghzadeh Benam, Ahmet Burhan Kara, Özkan Bebek, Zeynep Başaran Bundur “Clay and Lime-Based Additive Strategies for Printable High-Volume Fly Ash Mortars” Submitted Materials and Structures in February 2026 (Under Review)
  2. Ilgın Sandalcı, , Zeynep Başaran Bundur. “Natural mineral additives and their role in biomineralization-driven self-healing applications” Submitted ACS Sustainable and Chemistry Engineering in January 2026 (Under Review)
  3. Zeynep Başaran Bundur, Matineh Mahmoudi, Mehmet Ali Gülgün et al. “Valorization of Construction and Demolition Waste as Supplementary Cementitious Materials: Characterization, Performance Evaluation and Strength Prediction” Submitted to ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering in December 2025 (Under Review)
  4. Tolga Aydın, Ilgın Sandalci, Burhan Kara, Eylül Mina Aydın, Ata Nikravan, Nilüfer Özyurt, Özkan Bebek, Zeynep Başaran Bundur.“Unlocking Potential: Bacterial Cells and Clays as Rheology Modifiers in 3D Concrete Printing” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 37 (10) (2025). https://doi.org/10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-19982
  5. Ömer Karadağ, Zeynep Başaran Bundur, Özgür Çakır, Turhan Bilir. “Evaluation of strength and electrical resistivity in cement mortars incorporating different biomass ashes.” Discover Sustainability 6, 523 (2025). z
  6. Shaghayegh Sadeghzadeh Benam, Sami Berat Tever, Zeynep Başaran Bundur, Taner Yılmaz “Enhancing Fresh-State Performance of High-Volume Fly Ash Mixes Through Ternary Mineral Blends and Chemical Additives: A Comprehensive Study” Rheological Acta 64 (2025), 225–239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-025-01500-3
  7. Sercan Baş, Ozan Eray Aydın, Zeynep Başaran Bundur, Gürşans Güven Işın “Buildıng Information modeling (BIM)-based onsite 3D printer position optimization and path planning for digital fabrication” Journal of Construction Engineering, Management & Innovation. 7/4 (2025), 291-309. https://doi.org/10.31462/jcemi.2024.04291309
  8. Ata Nikravan, Tolga Aydın, Zeynep Başaran Bundur, Nilüfer Özyurt “Enhancing the performance of 3D-printed Fiber-Reinforced Mortar: Synergistic Effects of Clays and Bacterial Cells as Viscosity Modifying Agents” Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials (2024), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/21650373.2024.2400295
  9. Yiğit Alper Atalay, Tolga Aydın, Zeynep Başaran Bundur, Pozhhan Mokhtari, Mehmet Ali Gulgun, Zoubeir Lafhaj “Optimization of hybrid microwave curing approach based on the performance of metakaolin-based geopolymer mortars” Turkish Journal of Civil Engineering, v. 35 (2024) (6), ISBN: https://doi.org/10.18400/tjce.1322047
  10. Ogulcan Ahi, Zeynep Başaran Bundur, Özkan Bebek, Özgür Ertunç “A method of flow rate control for 3DCP incorporating the rheological parameters” Automation in Construction, v.140, (2024)105319.
  11. Cansu Acarturk, Ilgın Sandalcı, Nathalie Hull, Zeynep Başaran Bundur, Lisa Burris “Calcium sulfoaluminate cement and supplementary cementitious materials containing binders in self-healing systems” Cement and Concrete Composites, v. 141 (2023), 10511
  12. Eylül Mina Aydın, Burhan Kara, Zeynep Başaran Bundur, Ozkan Bebek, Nilüfer Ozyurt, Mehmet Ali Gülgün “A comparative evaluation of sepiolite and nano-montmorillonite on the rheology of cementitious systems for 3D printing”Construction and Building Materials, v. 350 (2022), pp. 128935.
  13. Vasile, B. S., Nicoara, A. I., Surdu, V. A., Ene, V. L., Neacsu, I. A., Stoica, A. E., Oprea, O., Boierasu, I., Trusca, R., Vrabec, M., Miklavic, B., Sturm, S., Ow-Yang, C., Gulgun, M. A., & Zeynep Basaran Bundur (2022). Fly-Ash Evaluation as Potential EOL Material Replacement of Cement in Pastes: Morpho-Structural and Physico-Chemical Properties Assessment. Materials, 15(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15093092
  14. Mustafa Mert Tezer, Zeynep Basaran Bundur, “Use of natural minerals to immobilize bacterial cells for remediating cracks in cement-based materials.” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering v. 34 (3) (2022), ISBN: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0004098
  15. Mustafa Mert Tezer, Zeynep Başaran Bundur “Çimento-esaslı harçlarda kendiliğinden iyileşmenin sağlanması için 2 bileşenli biyolojik katkı maddesinin geliştirilmesi” Gazi Üniversitesi Mühendislik Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi, v. 36/3 (2021),pp 1171-1184.
  16. Ilgın Sandalcı, Mustafa Mert Tezer, Zeynep Başaran Bundur “Immobilization of bacterial cells on natural minerals for self-healing cement-based materials” Frontiers in Built Environment, v. 7 (2021), pp. 46-61 ISBN: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.655935
  17. Adrian Ionut Nicoara, Alexandra Elena Stoica, Mirijam Vrabec, Nastja Šmuc Rogan, Saso Sturm, Cleva Ow-Yang, Mehmet Ali Gulgun, Zeynep Basaran Bundur, Ion Ciuca, Bogdan Stefan Vasile “End-of-Life Materials Used as Supplementary Cementitious Materials in the Concrete Industry” Materials, v.13 (2020).pp-1954
  18. Mahzad Azima, Zeynep Başaran Bundur “Use of Sporosarcina pasteurii cells as rheology modifying admixtures in cement-based materials” Construction and Building Materials , v. 225 (2019), pp. 1086-1097. ISBN https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.07.132.
  19. Mahzad Azima, Zeynep Başaran Bundur “A bio-based rheology modifying agent inspired from nature” Eskişehir Technical University Journal of Science and Technology A – Applied Sciences and Engineering, v. 20 (2019), pp 252-260. DOI: 18038/estubtda.624444
  20. Ali Amiri, Zeynep Başaran Bundur ” Influence of chemical admixtures on performance of biomineralized self-healing cement-based materials” Sürdürülebilir Mühendislik Uygulamaları ve Teknolojik Gelişmeler Dergisi, v.2 (2019), pp 38–49. (In Turkish)
  21. Ali Amiri, Mahzad Azima, Zeynep Başaran Bundur“Crack remediation in mortar via biomineralization: Effects of chemical admixtures on biogenic calcium carbonate” Construction and Building Materials, v. 190 (2018), pp. 317-325. ISBN:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.09.083
  22. Ali Amiri, Zeynep Başaran Bundur ” Use of corn-steep liquor as an alternative carbon source for biomineralization in cement-based materials and its impact on performance.” Construction and Building Materials, v. 165 (2018), pp. 655-662. ISBN: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.01.07
  23. Zeynep Basaran Bundur, Mary Jo Kirisits, Raissa Douglas Ferron. “Use of pre-wetted lightweight fine expanded shale aggregates as internal nutrient reservoirs for microorganisms in bio-mineralized mortar.” Cement and Concrete Composites, v. 84 (2017), pp. 167-174. ISBN: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2017.09.003
  24. Zeynep Basaran Bundur, Sung Woo Bea, Mary Jo Kirisits, Raissa Douglas Ferron. “Biomineralization in self-healing cement-based materials: investigating the temporal evolution of metabolic state, viability and material porosity.”  ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 29 (2017). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0001838.
  25. Zeynep Basaran Bundur, Ali Amiri, Yusuf Cagatay Ersan, Nele De Belie, Nico Boon. “Impact of air entraining admixtures on biogenic calcium carbonate precipitation and bacterial viability.” Cement and Concrete Research, 98 (2017) 44–49. doi:10.1016/j.cemconres.2017.04.005.
  26. Shukui Lui, Zeynep Basaran Bundur, Jinyung Zhu , Raissa Douglas Ferron. “Monitoring the Evaluation of Self-healing of Internal Cracks in Biomimetic Mortar Using Coda Wave Interferometry Method”. Cement and Concrete Research, v.83 (2016),pp 70-78. ISBN: http://dx.doi:10.1016/j.cemconres.2016.01.006
  27. Zeynep Basaran Bundur, Raissa Ferron, Mary Jo Kirisits. “Biomineralized cement-based materials: impact of inoculating vegetative bacterial cells on hydration and strength.” Cement and Concrete Research, v. 67 (2015), pp. 237-245. ISBN: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2014.10.002
  28. Bin Zhang, Zeynep Basaran Bundur, Paramita Mondal, Raissa Douglas Ferron. “Use of biomineralization in developing smart concrete inspired by nature”. International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity, v. 9 (2015), pp. 39-60. ISBN: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJMSI.2015.071109