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Research in Progress

3/26/2019

A two-part session featuring presentations of original, unpublished results from ongoing research projects and leading-edge concrete technology and research throughout the world took place at The Concrete Convention and Exposition, Québec City, QC, Canada, on Monday March 25, 2019.

Sponsored by ACI Committee 123, Research and Current Developments, “Research in Progress” showcased presentations on several topics including marine concrete; geopolymers; admixtures; cementitious materials; and service life assessment.

Committee 123 also sponsored the Concrete Research Poster Session. This session complemented the existing Research in Progress and Open Topic sessions and provided further opportunity for the presentation of original, unpublished results from ongoing research projects and leading-edge concrete technology throughout the world.

Concrete Research Poster Winners:

1st Place:
"Estimation of chloride threshold and service life of structures with highly resistive binders"
Presented by: Sripriya Rengaraju, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Co-authors: Radhakrishna G. Pillai, Lakshman Neelakantan, Manu Santhanam, and Ravindra Gettu, all from Indian Institute of Technology Madras

2nd Place:
"Influence from different drilling methods on the bearing capacity of anchors"
Presented by: Michael Schwenn, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Co-authors: Oliver Zeman and Konrad Bergmeister, both from University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

3rd Place:
"A new S-notch cube geometry for testing shear properties of cementitious materials"
Presented by: Subodh Ashok Mhamankar, Kansas State University
Co-author: Christopher A. Jones, Kansas State University

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— AmericanConcreteInst (@ConcreteACI) March 26, 2019

Undergraduate students had the opportunity to present their research at the “Undergraduate Research Session.” Session presentations included:

• An Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Location and Inclination of Construction Joints in Beams with No Shear Reinforcement
• An Experimental Study on the Tensile Capacity of Concrete at an Interface Tested at Dry and Wet Condition
• Development of Ultra-high-performance Self-compacting Concrete Reinforced with Steel Fiber by Particle Packing
• Optimization of Mortar Mixtures for Use in 3-D Printing

The Student Lunch featured special guest speaker Dr. Michel Pigeon, who presented “The Environmental and Social Responsibility of Engineers.” The presentation focused how the work of all engineers has a very large impact on human societies and the environment in which they thrive.

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