Manuel Cruz Carrasco

Manuel Cruz Carrasco serves as a Substitute Interim Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Civil Engineering at the University of Cadiz, Spain.

His academic credentials include:

• Doctorate from the University of Malaga (2014) with thesis "Study of the strength and rheology of concretes with addition of copper slag as a substitute for fine aggregate", supervised by Dr. Francisco José Rubio Hernández and Dr. M.ª Dolores Rubio Cintas.

Dr. Cruz Carrasco specializes in sustainable construction materials research, particularly investigating industrial by-products like copper slag as fine aggregate substitutes in concrete formulations. His work bridges Civil Engineering Materials and Concrete Technology to advance environmentally responsible construction practices while maintaining structural integrity standards.