SKOKIE, Ill.--The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Education Foundation awarded three graduate students with the educational fellowships at the association’s recent fall 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 Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
  Steven Barbachyn
  Professor Yahya C. (Gino) Kurama
  Title: Nominal Shear Strength Limits for Short Diagonally-Reinforced Coupling Beams
  
  
• University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
  Sean Haymans
  Professor Michael D.A. Thomas
  Title: Durability of Concrete Exposed to Potassium Acetate

PCA Education Foundation Fellows and Professors (from left to right): Professor Yahya C. (Gino) Kurama, University of Notre Dame; Steven Barbachyn, Graduate Student, University of Notre Dame; Professor W. Spencer Guthrie, Brigham Young University; Charles Hope, Graduate Student, Brigham Young University; Professor Michael D.A. Thomas, University of New Brunswick; Sean Hayman, Graduate Student, University of New Brunswick; George Gregory, Essroc, Chairman, PCA Education Foundation
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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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