ACI Announces Winners of Pervious Concrete Cylinder Student Competition

The American Concrete Institute announces the winners of its 2018 Pervious Concrete Cylinder Student Competition. The competition took place at the recent Concrete Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas, NV, USA. The first, second, and third place in the Cylinder Performance, and Cementitious Efficiency categories each receive cash awards of $750, $500, and $250, respectively.

Teams were challenged to apply sustainability concepts and to use their knowledge of concrete mixture design by producing pervious concrete that balanced permeability and splitting tensile strength. Teams were additionally challenged to develop a mixture design that demonstrated cementitious efficiency; that is, maintaining the overall performance of the mixture with the lowest amount of cementitious material.

Cylinder Performance Category

1st Place: University of Sherbrooke (Canada)

Students: Cedric Gauthier, Philippe Dubois, Anthony Côté, Sebastien Cloutier, Raphael Gosselin, Antoine Lamontagne-Dalphond

Advisor: Ammar Yahia

2nd Place: Centro de Investigación Multidisciplinaria Aragón (Mexico)

Students: César Apolinar Valencia Alonso, Eduardo Popocatl Sánchez, Ulises Alfredo Zarza Orozco, Mario Alberto Ramirez Franca, Vanessa Itzel Perez Lamadrid

Advisor: José Paulo Mejorada Mota

3rd Place: Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador)

Students: Andrés Asmal, Pablo González, Victor Samaniego, Pablo Vasquez, Esteban Zeas, María Ojeda

Advisor: Daniel Mogrovejo

Cementitious Efficiency Category

1st Place: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (Peru)

Students: José Miguel Yataco Huamán, Ronald Bryan Valderrama Castro, Junior Juan Carlos Ricaldi Estrella, Jhonnathan Franck Lazo Carhuaz, José Luis Ramos Delgado, Eduardo Raul Alarcon Bastidas, Jean Pierre Gomez Perez, Angel Fermín Román Jiménez

Advisor: Carlos Alberto Villegas Martínez

2nd: Pittsburg State University (USA)

Students: Jonah Lies, Garret Gross, Gabriel Blair

Advisor: Seth O’Brien

3rd: Centro de Investigación Multidisciplinaria Aragón (Mexico)

Students: César Apolinar Valencia Alonso, Eduardo Popocatl Sánchez, Ulises Alfredo Zarza Orozco, Mario Alberto Ramirez Franca, Vanessa Itzel Perez Lamadrid

Advisor: José Paulo Mejorada Mota

Winners of the Concrete Projects Competition were also announced at the ACI Convention.

Concrete Projects Competition

1st Place: The Effect of Rock Wool and Curing on Some Properties of Ferrocement Mortar

Authors: Aseel Sami Najaf and Safa Jasim Khudhair, University of Technology, Iraq

Faculty Advisor: Asst. Lecturer, Ziyad Majeed Abed

2nd Place: Properties of High-Strength Self-Compacting Concrete (HSSCC) Containing Waste Ceramic Powders as Supplementary Cementitious Material

Authors: Abdullah Karim Mohammed and Eman Ibrahim Faris, Iraq University College

Faculty Advisor: Asst. Lecturer, Ahmed Nasrat Mohammed

3rd Place: Behavior of Self-Compacting Concrete Produced from Recycled Aggregate

Authors: Qasim J. Salim and Younis Y. Younis, Northern Technical University, Iraq

Faculty Advisor: Asst. Professor, Dr. Eethar Thanon Dawood

ACI is currently accepting applications for the Concrete Construction Competition and James Instrument NDT Competition. The Eco Concrete Competition and Mortar Workability Competition will be held at the next ACI Convention in Québec City, Québec, Canada, March 24-28, 2019.

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