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María Isabel Prieto is a Professor in the Department of Building Technology at Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain, and she received her doctorate degrees from Polytechnic University of Madrid. Her research interests include the corrosion assessment of reinforced concrete using electrochemical techniques and the reduced environmental impact produced by ladle furnace slag. She has published articles in indexed journals, and is author or coauthor of numerous communications in national and international congresses.

She is author or coauthor of two books and she has organized several workshops in “Research and innovation in structures, collective protection auxiliary building and rehabilitation” at the UPM and she directs works of master and doctoral thesis at the UPM on reinforced concrete. She has taken part in different projects R & D funded in competitive tenders by public or private bodies and she has participated in projects for innovation in teaching on concrete reinforcement.