Source: Portland Cement Association

The PCA Education Foundation selected three graduate students for educational fellowships at the association’s recent spring meeting in Chicago.

The 2009 recipients are (listed by university, student, professor, research title):

• Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Charles Hope; Professor W. Spencer Guthrie; Title: Full-Depth Reclamation Using Cement Slurry and Microcracking

• University of New Brunswick, Fredericton; Sean Hayman; Professor Michael D.A. Thomas; Title: Durability of Concrete Exposed to Potassium Acetate

• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind.; Ali Ozdagli, Professor Yahya C. Kurama; Title:  Nominal Shear Strength Limits for Short Diagonally-Reinforced Coupling Beams

The students and their professors will be honored at an Awards luncheon in August during the PCA Fall Meeting in Chicago and the 2010 spring convention of the American Concrete Institute. The PCA Education Foundation Research Fellowship identifies and rewards outstanding masters and doctoral students in the fields of engineering and physical sciences who are studying areas that advance the science and technology of cement and concrete. PCA’s Education Foundation presents the students with $20,000 each for university and study costs.