SKOKIE, Ill.—The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Education Foundation has awarded Brian Kootstra a 2008 PCA Education Foundation Fellowship Award.

Kootstra is a Masters student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.  He, under the guidance of Tuncer B. Edil, a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will measure the base course equivalency and life expectancy of full-depth recycled pavement materials stabilized with cement and cement kiln dust.

Kootstra is one of seven graduate students presented with 2008 PCA Fellowship awards.  He was honored at the PCA Fall Meetings in Chicago on August 25 and will recognized again by the Foundation at the Spring 2009 American Concrete Institute Convention in San Antonio.

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.

PCA established the Foundation in 2001 to help finance education programs in nearly every facet of the cement and concrete industries, from university research fellowships to career recruitment and craft training.

About PCA
Based in Skokie, Ill., the Portland Cement Association represents cement companies in the United States and Canada. It conducts market development, engineering, research, education, and public affairs programs. More information on PCA programs is available at www.cement.org.

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