Pca Education Foundation Awards Eight Fellowships

Recipients of the Portland Cement Association Education Foundation 2007 educational fellowships include the following (listed by university, student,

Recipients of the Portland Cement Association Education Foundation 2007 educational fellowships include the following (listed by university, student, professor, research title):

  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; Aleksandra Radlinksa; Professor Jason Weiss; Title: Using Limestone Fillers to Reduce Cracking Potential and Improve Shrinkage Performance of Low w/c Mixtures
  • Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; G. Ben Reese; Professor W. Spencer Guthrie; Title: Use of the Heavy Clegg Impact Soil Tester to Assess Rutting of Cement-Treated Base Material Under Early Trafficking
  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Nicholas DeBlasis; Professor John L. Daniels; Title: Optimization of Soil Cement Mixtures for Cold Weather Construction
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jaehong Kim; Professors James M. LaFave; Title: Development of Plastic Rotation Capacity Prediction Models for Intermediate Reinforced Concrete (RC) Frames Based on Beam-Column Connections Subjected to Seismic Lateral Loading
  • University of Norte Dame, South Bend, Ind.; Adam Knaack; Professor Yahya Kurama; Title: Properties of Reinforced Concrete for Use in Fire-Design of Concrete Structures
  • University of Louisville in Kentucky; Giri Venkiteela; Professor Zhihui Sun; Title: Measuring and Modeling the Setting Behavior of Cement Pastes
  • University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lindsay Lashley; Professor R. Douglas Hooton; Title: Prediction of Cementitious Materials-Chemical Admixture Compatibility and Performance
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; Jun Chen; Professor Kimberly Kurtis; Title: Ultra-Accelerated Assessment of Alkali-Reactivity of Aggregate

The PCA Education Foundation Research Fellowship identifies and rewards masters and doctoral students in engineering and the physical sciences who focus on areas that advance cement and concrete science and technology. Selected students receive $20,000 each from the Education Foundation for university and study costs.