Source: Portland Cement Association

The PCA Education Foundation awarded three graduate students with educational fellowships at the association’s recent fall meeting in Chicago. The 2009 recipients are (listed by university, student, professor, research title):

• University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick; Sean Hayman; Professor Michael D.A. Thomas; Title: The Durability of Concrete Exposed to Potassium Acetate;
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Steven Barbachyn; Professor Yahya C. (Gino) Kurama; Title: Nominal Shear Strength Limits for Short Diagonally-Reinforced Coupling Beams; and
• Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Charles Hope; Professor W. Spencer Guthrie; Title: Full-Depth Reclamation Using Cement Slurry and Microcracking