DISS. ETH NO. 23707 DRYING SHRINKAGE OF CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS AT EARLY AGE A thesis submitted to attain the degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES of ETH ZURICH (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich) presented by CARMELO DI BELLA M.Sc., Purdue University born on 04.03.1984 citizen of Italy accepted on the recommendation of Prof. Dr. Pietro Lura, examiner Dr. Mateusz Wyrzykowski, co-examiner Prof. Dr. Karen Scrivener, co-examiner Prof. Dr. Geert De Schutter, co-examiner 2016