Annual Awards of the American Concrete Institute

At the ACI Spring 2006 Convention in Charlotte, NC, ACI's annual awards included four new Honorary Memberships. ACI's highest citation is given in recognition to "persons of eminence in the field of the Institute's interest, or one who has performed extraordinary meritorious service to the Institute."

* Carl Bimel,

* P. Kumar Mehta,

* Ramnath Narayan Swamy, and

* Richard N. White.

In addition, ACI honored the Carolina Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Structural Preservation Systems, and 31 individuals with personal and paper awards from the Institute. ACI's newest personal award, the ACI Certification Award, was presented for the first time as part of the Opening Session and Awards Program on March 26, 2006. This award was established to honor individuals and organizations that have made notable contributions to the advancement of ACI Certification. Notable contributions may be, but are not limited, to: involvement in the general areas of developing, maintaining, delivering, promoting, specifying, or enforcing requirements for ACI Certification programs.

Those receiving ACI awards this year include:

HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS

"for his outstanding contributions to ACI and the concrete construction industry"

Carl Bimel retired in 2004 after 45 years as a business owner and consultant.

After serving in WWII for 3-1/2 years, Bimel left his family's business and eventually became the owner of a small company (four men and a secretary) committed to the promotion and sale of one product-a premixed, non-metallic aggregate concrete floor hardener called MAXIMENT.

Due to limited personnel and capital, the company focused on selected industries that were building new facilities and on the architects/engineers who worked with them, as well as on general contractors who were interested and capable of doing their own concrete work.

After Master Builders acquired MAXIMENT, Bimel did some consulting work for them, as well as Iron Mountain Trap Rock, and also worked on legal depositions for concrete contractors. In the past 20 years, Bimel has consulted for a concrete finishing contractor who was one of his first customers-Baker Concrete Construction, Inc. He feels fortunate to have gotten to know many wonderful people over the years. An ACI Fellow since 1994, he is a member and Past Chair (1992-1998) of ACI Committee 302, Construction of Concrete Floors, and is a member of ACI Committees 223, Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete, and 360, Design of Slabs on Ground. Bimel devoted considerable time to working on a number of ACI technical committees and several very revealing in-field evaluation tests in the finishing of concrete.

Bimel graduated from Purdue University in 1942. He and his "young wife" have been together for 60 years.

"for dedicated teaching and research in concrete materials and technology that have resulted in increased use of supplementary cementitious materials, especially high- volume fly ash concrete; and for leading the concrete industry toward more sustainable concrete structures"

P. Kumar Mehta is Professor Emeritus in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. He retired in 1993 after 30 years of teaching and research in concrete technology.

Mehta is Past Chair of the ACI Commemorative Lectures Series Committee and is a member of the ACI Board Advisory Committee on Sustainable Development and ACI Committee 232, Fly Ash and Natural Pozzolans in Concrete. He received the ACI Wason Medal for Materials Research in 1988, the ACI Construction Practice Award in 1999, an ACI/CANMET award for outstanding contributions to knowledge and understanding of physical-chemical factors influencing the performance of concrete in marine environments, and an ACI/CANMET award for research contributions to supplementary cementing materials. At the ACI Fall 2001 Convention, he delivered the Lewis H. Tuthill Commemorative Lecture. Mehta was also awarded the Berkeley Citation by the University of California at Berkeley upon his retirement, the highest campus honor for his contributions to his field and to the university.

He holds nine patents in the area of cement and concrete technology, and is the author or coauthor of nearly 250 scientific papers and four books including a popular university text: CONCRETE-Microstructure, Properties, and Materials. The book has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portugese, and Persian. An updated edition of this book (coauthor P.J.M. Monteiro), containing several topics of interest in modern concrete technology, was recently published.

Mehta received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delhi, India; his master's degree in ceramic engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; and his doctorate degree in material science and engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

"for contributing to both structural and materials engineering through teaching and research for nearly 50 years; for supervising more than 100 PhD students; and for extraordinary service to ACI, RILEM, and The Concrete Society"

Ramnath Narayan Swamy is Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Sheffield, England. He has been involved in teaching, research, design, and consultancy for about 45 years.

An ACI member, he has served on several ACI committees, and is currently a member of ACI Committee 549, Thin Reinforced Cementitious Products and Ferrocement. He has earned many awards, including the ACI Design Practice Award in 2005, the ACI Concrete Research Council's Robert E. Philleo Award, the ICE (UK) George Stephenson Gold Medal, and the Construction Institute/ASCE Best Paper Award for developing a new design criterion for plate bonding. In March 1992, Swamy organized a technical session at the ACI Convention in Washington, DC, that resulted in the publication of ACI SP-165, Repair and Strengthening of Concrete Members with Adhesive Bonded Plates.

His research interests include a variety of topics concerned with concrete materials and concrete structures and their interactive performance in real environments, design, and construction. The focus of his research/lecture activities has been technology transfer and holistic design for durability, sustainability, and the environment.

He has guided and trained over 100 doctorate students from all over the world, leading to the publication of over 200 refereed papers. In addition, Swamy has edited a series of books on concrete technology and design and many international conference proceedings. He is the Founding Editor of the journal Cement and Concrete Composites, of which he has been Editor for 27 years. He has been the Chairperson of the Yorkshire (UK) Chapters of the Concrete Society, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Institution of Structural Engineers. As Secretary and then Chairperson, he was closely associated with the work of the RILEM (Paris) Committee on fiber concrete for about two decades.

He received a BEng degree in civil and structural engineering from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India, in 1950, and his MEng and PhD from Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK, in 1956 and 1959, respectively.

"for his lifetime dedication to promoting innovative teaching methods, experimental research and developing knowledge in concrete and for his dedication and friendship to thousands of students and colleagues at Cornell University and the American Concrete Institute"

Richard N. White retired from Cornell University in 1999, where he was named the James A. Friend Professor of Engineering in 1987.

An ACI member since 1957, White was elected ACI Vice President in 1995, served as ACI President from 1997-1998, and was Chair of the Standards Board from 2002 to 2005. He is a founding member and Past Chair of ACI Committee 444, Experimental Analysis for Concrete Structures, and is a member of ACI Committees E 602, Electronic Delivery Oversight; 335, Composite and Hybrid Structures; and the International Membership Subcommittee. He is also a member and Past Chair of the ACI Technical Activities Committee Technology Transfer Committee (TTTC) and was a member of the Technical Activities Committee (TAC) for 8 years and served as Chair from 1991 to 1994. He is a past member of several ACI committees including 349, Concrete Nuclear Structures, and 369, Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation, and Joint ACI-ASME Committee, 359, Concrete Components for Nuclear Reactors. White received the ACI Joe W. Kelly Award in 1992 and was the co-recipient of the ACI Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper and the ACI Structural Research Award in 1993 and 1994, respectively.

He was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 1992 and to Honorary Membership in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2002. He received the ASCE Collingwood Prize in 1962.

White received three civil engineering degrees, including his PhD in 1961, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI. In 1994, he received the University of Wisconsin Distinguished Service Citation.

BURNS RECEIVES ANDERSON AWARD

"for contributions in research and development of code provisions for post-tensioned, unbonded, flat-plate slab systems and for his lifelong contributions to teaching and research in prestressed concrete structures"

Ned H. Burns is the Zarrow Centennial Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. He has served on the faculty, in various positions, for the past 40 years, receiving many awards from the university for his achievements.

An ACI Fellow since 1977, Burns is a member and past Chair of Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 423, Prestressed Concrete. He was also on the ACI Board of Direction from 1983 to 1986, and is past Chair of the ACI Publications Committee. Burns received the ACI Joe W. Kelly Award in 1990.

Burns received BS and MS degrees in architectural engineering from the University of Texas in 1954 and 1958, respectively, and a PhD degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois in 1962.

CORBETTA CONSTRUCTOR HONOR TO BEAUDOIN

"for his leadership within the concrete construction industry, and for his many contributions to ACI committees in the areas of construction processes and practices"

Kenneth L. Beaudoin has been involved in the concrete construction industry for over 35 years. He is Vice President of Walbridge Aldinger, one of the largest general contracting firms in the State of Michigan. He began as a laborer, then worked in the field as a Layout Engineer, Superintendent, and General Superintendent before assuming his current position. Walbridge Aldinger carries 150 to 300 trades, places between 2,000,000 and 4,000,000 ft2 of flatwork, and does an average of $20-30 million of concrete work per year. Throughout his years of dedication to concrete services at Walbridge Aldinger, Beaudoin has been involved in many noteworthy projects and has attained a keen insight to every facet of the construction process.

Beaudoin is a member of ACI Committees 302, Construction of Concrete Floors; C 640, Craftsman Certification; and the Construction Liaison Committee (CLC). He is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the ACI Greater Michigan Chapter.

RAMIREZ RECEIVES KELLY AWARD

"for his dedicated teaching and research in the area of reinforced concrete, and for his contributions to ACI Committee 318, ACI Committee 445, and the Technical Activities Committee"

Julio A. Ramirez is Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, where he has been on the faculty since 1983.

An ACI Fellow, Ramirez serves on the ACI Board of Direction, and is Chair of ACI Subcommittee 318-E, Shear and Torsion. He is also a member of the ACI Technical Activities Committee (TAC); the ACI Young Member Award for Professional Achievement Committee; and ACI Committees 314, Simplified Design of Concrete Buildings; 318, Structural Concrete Building Code; 408, Bond and Development of Reinforcement; and E 803, Faculty Network Coordinating Committee. In addition, he is a member of Joint ACI-ASCE Committees 423, Prestressed Concrete, and 445, Shear and Torsion. He was a co-recipient of the Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award in 2000. His research interests include experimental studies on the behavior of structural concrete, use of high-strength concrete, durability and structural design of concrete bridges, and earthquake engineering. He has authored and coauthored over 100 publications.

Ramirez has been a member of several National Cooperative Highway Research Program panels, and is currently a member of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), Chi Epsilon, and the Society of Sigma Xi.

Ramirez received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, in 1983.

KENNEDY AWARD TO WOOD

"for her outstanding technical and administrative contributions to the Institute, particularly as a member of ACI Committee 318, Chair of ACI Publications Committee, and Member and Chair of the Technical Activities Committee"

Sharon L. Wood is the Robert L. Parker, Sr., Centennial Professor in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. She joined the faculty in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas in 1996.

A Fellow of ACI, Wood serves as the Chair of the ACI Technical Activities Committee (TAC). She is also a member of ACI Committees 318, Structural Concrete Building Code; 369, Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation; 374, Performance-Based Seismic Design of Concrete Buildings; the Construction Liaison Committee (CLC); and the Convention Committee. She served on the ACI Board of Direction from 1997 to 2000 and chaired the Publications Committee from 1996 to 2002. She received the ACI Joe W. Kelly Award in 2002, the Arthur J. Boase Award from the Reinforced Concrete Research Council in 1998, and the Alfred Noble Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 1993. Her research interests include earthquake engineering, fatigue response of bridges, and wireless sensors for corrosion detection.

Wood received a BSCE from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, and her MSCE and PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.

LINDAU AWARD TO SANDBERG

"for his long-term contributions and innovations in the area of reinforced concrete bridge design practice, and his leadership on the ACI bridge committees"

Harold R. Sandberg is a Structural Engineer and Officer at Alfred Benesch & Co. He continues to be actively engaged in structural projects, particularly those built with reinforced concrete.

An ACI Fellow, Sandberg is a member of Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 343, Concrete Bridge Design. In 1971, while serving as Chair of this committee, he was instrumental in organizing, and is still a member of, ACI Committees 341, Earthquake-Resistant Concrete Bridges, and 342, Evaluation of Concrete Bridges and Bridge Elements, where he also served as Past Chair. In addition, he is Past Chair of ACI Committees 336, Footings, Mats, and Drilled Piers, and the Responsibility in Concrete Construction Committee, and is a past member of the ACI Board of Direction. Sandberg is a member of ACI Committees 116, Terminology and Notation; 345, Concrete Bridge Construction, Maintenance, and Repair; and 348, Structural Safety. He received the ACI Delmar L. Bloem Award for Distinguished Service in 1997 and the ACI Illinois Chapter Henry Crown Award in 2005.

Sandberg received a BS from the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, in 1942. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he returned to the University of Illinois to teach while earning an MS in civil engineering in 1947.

POSTON RECEIVES TURNER MEDAL

"for contributions in diagnostic and repair technologies for a wide range of concrete structures and for leadership in related committee activities"

Randall W. Poston is a Structural Engineer and Principal with WDP & Associates, Inc. (WDP), which has offices in Manassas, VA, and Austin, TX. He has been with WDP since its inception in 1995 and has been a consulting engineer for over 20 years.

An ACI Fellow since 1994, he is a member of ACI Committees 222, Corrosion of Metals in Concrete; 228, Nondestructive Testing of Concrete; 318-F, New Materials, Products, and Ideas; and is a member and Past Chair of ACI Committees 224, Cracking, and the TAC Repair and Rehabilitation Committee (TRRC). He also serves on the ACI Publications Committee and the Fellows Nomination Committee. Poston is a past member of the Technical Activities Committee (TAC) and the ACI Board of Direction. He received the ACI Construction Practice Award in 1998 and the ACI National Capital Chapter Outstanding Accomplishment Award in 1998.

He received a BS in civil engineering and an MS and PhD in structural engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

WHITNEY AWARD TO STRUCTURAL PRESERVATION SYSTEMS

"for their continuous industry leadership in concrete repair methods and technology promoting better knowledge and usage of new materials and techniques for concrete"

Structural Preservation Systems, founded in 1976, is the nation's leading specialty contractor focused on construction, and strengthening services. Structural Preservation Systems' range of construction, repair, and protection services, as applied in many work environments, is unparalleled in the industry. Many services are provided to the commercial and public sectors, including repair, protection, and strengthening for buildings, hospitals, schools, hotels, parking facilities, condominiums, bridges, and other structures.

A Sustaining Member of ACI, Structural Preservation Systems enters 2006 as part of Structural Group, which encompasses Structural Preservation Systems, VSL, and Pullman Power with a team of more than 1200 employees who serve the entire U.S. from 18 field offices located throughout the country.

Notable projects performed by Structural Preservation Systems include three high-priority civil infrastructure projects performed concurrently for a delayed coking unit at a major Southwest U.S. refinery, an emergency project on a preheater tower in Colorado requiring 24/7 operations, a multi-faceted plaza deck and garage restoration for a luxury condominium complex near Manhattan, the Consolidated Parking Facility at Baltimore/Washington's Thurgood Marshall International Airport, and the construction of a 1000 ft stack for the American Electrical Power Mountaineer Plant in West Virginia.

ACI CERTIFICATION AWARDS

"for outstanding support in promoting and facilitating ACI Certification programs in Kansas"

E.W. Geiger, III, is presently Chairman/CEO of Geiger Ready-Mix Co., Inc., and has been with the company for 37 years. Geiger Ready-Mix Co., Inc., is a family-owned company with the fourth and fifth generations actively engaged in the day-to-day operations of the company. The company was founded in 1892 in Leavenworth, KS, and has grown to include five ready-mix plants in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Geiger is also a founder of the metropolitan Kansas City area promotion group, Concrete Promotion Group.

Geiger became involved with the ACI certification process when it was first introduced. Out of approximately 180 employees at Geiger Ready-Mix Co., Inc., 42 hold current ACI certifications. Twenty-three of these employees are batch operators and drivers. Geiger is one of 20 members of the Geiger team who holds dual certification from ACI.

He received a BS in business from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

"for outstanding service on ACI Certification committees and in administering ACI Certification programs in Colorado"

Merlin J. "Red" Holland began his career as a Field Engineer with the Portland Cement Association (PCA) in 1953. He was later promoted to Office Engineer in Des Moines, IA, and later to District Engineer of the Missouri District. In 1971, he was named Regional Manager of the nine-state Rocky Mountain Northwest Region. He retired in 1989, after working for PCA for 35 years. He also served a short time as the Executive Director of the Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Association (CRMCA).

Holland is a member of ACI Committee C 620, Laboratory Technician Certification, and is Chair of the ACI Certification Committee of CRMCA, the ACI local sponsoring group in Colorado. In 1999, the ACI Rocky Mountain Chapter presented him with the J. Robert Florey Award for career devotion to the improvement of concrete construction.

He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and an Honorary Member of the ACI Rocky Mountain Chapter. His research interests include the design, construction, and behavior of concrete and its components.

Holland received his BSCE from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, in 1949, and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

"for outstanding service in initiating, promoting, and administering ACI Certification programs in Ohio"

John T. Paxton is a Consultant who retired in 2001 from the Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association after over 10 years of service. Prior to his tenure at the Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association, he worked for the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and was the Engineer of Tests during his last 5 years there. Paxton has dedicated his career to concrete and materials testing, and is currently responsible for setting up and staffing Barr & Prevost's testing laboratory.

A member of ACI, Paxton co-authored a research report titled "Development of Laboratory Methods for Determining D-Cracking Susceptibility of Ohio Gravel and Limestone, Coarse Aggregates in Concrete Pavements," and has authored a report on a research project titled "Development of Laboratory and Field Test Methods for Detecting D-Cracking Susceptibility of Ohio Coarse Aggregates in Concrete Pavements."

He is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and ASTM International.

Paxton majored in civil engineering at Ohio State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Ohio.

ACI DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

"for their innovative leadership in promoting concrete throughout the Carolinas through educating the construction community"

The Carolinas Ready Mixed Concrete Association (CRMCA) is a nonprofit organization established in 1951 by large and small ready mixed concrete producers and associated members who supply materials, equipment, and service to the industry in North and South Carolina. The purpose of the CRMCA is to present a single voice before state and federal governments that regulate the industry, provide a clearinghouse for members to coordinate efforts in solving common problems, sponsor educational programs to promote the industry, promote the highest standards of business practices, promote increased use and applications of ready mixed concrete, and to enhance cooperation between suppliers and providers of ready mixed concrete.

To achieve these goals, the CRMCA formed Concrete Education Council Chapters, of which there are 10 chapters in the Carolinas. Each chapter meets nine times a year and conducts educational or promotional programs in their geographical area. Some notable programs implemented by the CRMCA include the development of the Pervious Concrete Installer & Technician Program in 2002, the first training program in the nation for pervious concrete installers and technicians; the College Outreach Program, created in 2005, for universities and colleges with architectural, engineering, and construction management departments; and "The Challenge," launched in 2004, which challenges CRMCA members to interact with members of the design community to bring them pertinent concrete information about new technologies, designs, products, and resources.

ACI YOUNG MEMBER AWARDS

"for his contributions to the education of future engineers by innovative integration of experimental and classroom learning, and for significant contributions to concrete technology in the area of measuring concrete fracture properties"

James H. Hanson is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN, where he teaches mechanics courses at the freshman through senior levels, including structural analysis and design. Prior to that, he was a Visiting Professor at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA, and an instructor at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

An ACI member, Hanson is a member and Chair of ACI Committee E 802, Teaching Methods and Educational Materials, is a member and Secretary of ACI Committee 446, Fracture Mechanics, and is a member of ACI Committee 440, Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement.

Hanson's research interests include pedagogical and applied research, which encompasses test methods for measuring fracture properties of concrete. He has developed a new test method and organized an international round-robin study to compare several test methods. He has published 10 articles on fracture of concrete. His pedagogical research interests include measuring the effectiveness of teaching methods. Through a grant from the National Science Foundation, he is currently developing teaching resources to help undergraduates develop the same skills that experienced structural engineers use to evaluate structural analysis and design results. He has published or is currently working on six articles on pedagogical topics.

Hanson earned his BS, MEng, and PhD in civil engineering from Cornell University. Between undergraduate and graduate studies, he served 4 years in the U.S. Army as an Engineer Lieutenant at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer.

"for his pioneering work on earthquake applications for high-performance fiber-reinforced cement composites as well as research and design work for composite structural systems, his service to ACI technical committees, and his mentoring and guidance of students"

Gustavo Jos? Parra-Montesinos has been an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, since September 2000, where he also serves as Director of the Structural Engineering Laboratory.

An ACI member, he is a member and Secretary of ACI Committee 335, Composite and Hybrid Structures, and a member of ACI Committee 318-F, New Materials, Products, and Ideas; ACI Committee 544, Fiber Reinforced Concrete; and Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 352, Joints and Connections in Monolithic Concrete Structures. He received the 2004 Shah Family Innovation Prize from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) for his work on the use of high-performance fiber-reinforced cement composites (HPFRCCs) in earthquake-resistant construction. His research interests include the seismic design and behavior of reinforced concrete, fiber-reinforced concrete, and composite concrete-steel structures.

He received his BS in civil engineering from the Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela in 1994, and his MS and PhD in civil engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1997 and 2000, respectively.

MOST MERITORIOUS PAPER

"for presenting an approach to assess the web crushing capacity in hollow rectangular bridge piers"

"Web Crushing Capacity of Hollow Rectangular Bridge Piers," ACI Structural Journal, V. 101, No. 4, July-Aug. 2004, pp. 569-579.

Eric M. Hines has been a Structural Engineer at LeMessurier Consultants in Cambridge, MA, since 2002, and became an Associate in 2004. Recent projects include the design of a 37-story structural concrete residential tower in Boston, MA, and a 62-story steel hotel tower in Beijing, China, as well as the structural renovation of several steel, concrete, and masonry buildings in the Eastern U.S. Hines is also a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University, Medford, MA, where he leads a team investigating the seismic performance of low-ductility structural systems in New England and other moderate seismic regions.

Hines is a member of ACI Committee 341, Earthquake-Resistant Concrete Bridges, and Chair of ACI Subcommittee 341-D, Performance-Based Seismic Design of Bridge Systems. His research interests include the study of web crushing in high-strength concrete structural walls and the assessment of building system vibrations due to trains and human activity.

He received his BSE in civil engineering with a concentration in architecture from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and studied glazed grid shells as a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. He received his MSE and PhD in structural engineering from the University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, where he was involved in the large-scale testing of the structural concrete Skyway Piers that support the new East Bay Spans of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Frieder Seible has been serving as the Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, since 2002 and holds the Eric and Johanna Reissner Chair in Applied Mechanics and Structural Engineering and the Walter J. Zable Chair in the Jacobs School of Engineering.

An ACI Fellow, Seible is a member of the ACI International Conferences/Conventions Subcommittee. He received the ACI Structural Research Award in 2000 and 2002, and the ACI San Diego International Chapter Award for Outstanding Concrete Project in 1993.

Seible developed and directs the Charles Lee Powell Structural Research Laboratories, which serve as a worldwide resource for full-scale testing and analysis of structures. He has published close to 600 papers and technical reports mainly related to seismic design of bridges and buildings, and has served on or led many committees on security, reconstruction, and retrofit of buildings, bridges, and transportation infrastructure.

Seible received a Dpl. Ing. from the University of Stuttgart, an MSc from the University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, all in civil engineering.

ACI CONSTRUCTION AWARD

"for providing guidance on proportioning concrete mixtures for slab-on-ground"

"For the Ideal Slab-on-Ground Mixture," Concrete International, V. 26, No. 3, Mar. 2004, pp. 49-55.

Patrick J. Harrison is a Senior Consultant for Structural Services, Inc. He has over 23 years of experience in consultation for concrete floor slab design, construction, materials proportioning, and testing. He previously held the position of Vice President with a national concrete flooring contractor, and then Manager of Industrial Flooring for a leading fiber reinforcing manufacturer. His specialization includes high-quality surface tolerances, hardened surfaces, bonded toppings, post-tensioning, steel fiber reinforcing, and shrinkage-compensating concrete systems for both industrial and retail concrete slabs on ground.

He is a member of ACI Committees 223, Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete; 360, Design of Slabs on Ground; and is Chair of ACI Committee 302, Construction of Concrete Floors. Since 1994, he has been an instructor for the ACI Concrete Slab on Ground seminars given throughout the U.S. to educate owners, designers, and contractors in state-of-the-art design and construction methods. He has written several articles concerning slabs-on-ground design, construction, and concrete materials proportioning for various publications, including Concrete Construction, Concrete International, and Concrete Products.

Harrison received a BS in construction engineering from Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, and an MBA from Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO.

WASON MEDAL FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH

"for providing guidance on the selection of activation energy values for different cement types and mineral admixtures"

"Effect of Temperature on Hydration of Cementitious Materials," ACI Materials Journal, V. 101, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 2004, pp. 72-81.

Anton K. Schindler is the Gottlieb Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Auburn University, Auburn, AL. He has served on the faculty for the past 4 years and has twice been selected by students as the department's Outstanding Faculty Member. He teaches courses in engineering mechanics, structures, and concrete materials.

Schindler is Secretary of ACI Committee 231, Properties of Concrete at Early Ages; a member of ACI Committee 211, Proportioning of Concrete Mixtures; and an associate member of ACI Committee 237, Self-Consolidating Concrete. His research interests include nondestructive testing, concrete properties, early-age behavior of concrete structures, self-consolidating concrete, and concrete performance modeling.

He received his BSE from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and his MSE and PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

CHESTER PAUL SIESS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN STRUCTURAL RESEARCH

"for outlining an approach to assess the physical behavior of bridge piers subjected to horizontal force and displacement"

"Force-Displacement Characterization of Well-Confined Bridge Piers," ACI Structural Journal, V. 101, No. 4, July-Aug. 2004, pp. 537-548.

Jos? I. Restrepo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Structural Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, CA. He has been with UCSD for 5 years, and is also the Director of Operations for the Charles Lee Powell Structural Research Laboratories at UCSD and is the Principal Investigator for the NSF-funded Large High-Performance Outdoor Shake Table located at the Robert Englekirk Center within the Powell Laboratories. Restrepo was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, from 1994 to 2000.

Restrepo received a civil engineering degree at the University of Medell?n, Colombia, and a PhD in civil engineering at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

ACI DESIGN AWARD

"for the discussion of code-related shear issues in the design of large, wide beams"

"Safe Shear Design of Large, Wide Beams," Concrete International, V. 26, No. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 67-78.

Evan Bentz has been an Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for the past 6 years. He is a member of ACI Committee 365, Service Life Prediction, and Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 445, Shear and Torsion.

His research interests include the development of computer programs for the analysis and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete members. One program called Response-2000 allows engineers to determine the shear strength of reinforced concrete sections using state-of-the-art analysis methods with a very easy-to-use interface. Another program called Life-365 has received extensive use in the design and analysis of service life for structures across North America. He has also developed new simplified equations for predicting the shear strength of reinforced and prestressed concrete beams and columns, which have been implemented in the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) design codes for buildings and the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code.

Bentz received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Waterloo and his doctorate from the University of Toronto in 1994 and 2000, respectively.

Michael P. Collins is University Professor and Bahen-Tanenbaum Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. For more than 35 years he has led a research program at Toronto aimed at developing simple, rational approaches to the analysis and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures subjected to shear and torsion.

An ACI Fellow since 1980, Collins is a member of ACI Committee 318, Structural Concrete Building Code, and is a member of ACI Subcommittees 318-E, Shear and Torsion and 318-G, Precast and Prestressed Concrete. He is also a member of Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 445, Shear and Torsion. He has served on the ACI Board of Direction; the Awards for Papers Committee; the Educational Activities Committee (EAC); the Scholarship Council; the ACI Commemorative Lecture Series Committee; and the Committee on Nominations.

Collins has received a number of ACI awards, including the Joe W. Kelly Award in 1994, the Phil M. Ferguson Lecture Series Award in 1997, and the Arthur J. Boase Award in 2004. He was a co-recipient of the ACI Raymond C. Reese Structural Research Award in 1976; the Charles S. Whitney Award in 1989; the Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper in 1991; the ACI Structural Research Award in 1998; and the ACI Design Practice Award in 1999.

Collins is a graduate of the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Adam Lubell is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada. Previously, he worked as a design engineer for Read Jones Christoffersen, a structural consulting firm in Vancouver, British Columbia, and as an Instructor in the Civil and Structural Engineering Technology program at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

He is a member of ACI and his research interests include the design and rehabilitation of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures using high-performance materials and hybrid reinforcement configurations.

Lubell received a BASc and MASc from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and the University of British Columbia, respectively. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, where he is studying the shear behavior of large, wide, reinforced concrete members. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada.

Ted Sherwood is currently completing his PhD in civil engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada. His doctoral research has focused on the shear behavior of large reinforced concrete beams and one-way slabs. Prior to his PhD studies, he worked as a project engineer with Halsall Associates in Toronto, where he conducted and oversaw condition assessments and repairs of numerous concrete structures and building envelope systems. He has also worked at Yolles Partnership, where he was involved in the structural design of high-profile buildings in Toronto.

His research interests include innovative rehabilitation techniques and the application of modern, durable materials in concrete construction; high-performance concrete; fiber-reinforced concrete; and high-strength corrosion-resistant reinforcement. He is also interested in the advancement of rational design methods for shear in concrete, such as those based on the modified-compression field theory and strut-and-tie models; and the development of simple, theoretically-sound design approaches for modern materials and rehabilitation techniques.

He received a BASc and MASc from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

BLOEM AWARDS FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

"for outstanding leadership of ACI Committee 355, Anchorage to Concrete"

Ronald A. Cook is a Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, where he has been involved in engineering research and education for the past 16 years. His prior work experience includes 3 years in construction and 11 years in engineering design.

An ACI Fellow, Cook is Chair of ACI Committee 355, Anchorage to Concrete, and is a member of ACI Committee 349, Concrete Nuclear Structures. He also serves on ACI Subcommittee 318-B, Reinforcement and Development. His research interests include experimental work with a particular interest in anchorage to concrete.

Cook received his BSCE and MS from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. He is a registered Professional Engineer.

"for outstanding leadership of ACI Committee 124, Concrete Aesthetics"

Mary K. Hurd has been an engineer, writer, and consultant in private practice for the past 14 years. She has also served on the ACI staff on three different occasions, and was previously Editor-in-Chief and Engineering Editor of Concrete Construction magazine.

Hurd is an ACI Honorary Member and is a member of ACI Committees 124, Concrete Aesthetics, and 347, Formwork for Concrete. Previously, she served on ACI's Board of Direction, the ACI International Activities Committee, the ACI Planning Committee, the ACI Publications Committee, the ACI TAC Metrication Committee, and the ACI Concrete Research Council. She is Past President of the ACI Greater Michigan Chapter where she received the Arthur R. Moy Memorial Award. Hurd is also the author of ACI SP-4, Formwork for Concrete, the "green bible" of the formwork industry, of which she worked in conjunction with and received guidance from ACI Committee 347, Formwork. She received the ACI Construction Practice Award in 1982 and 1988, the ACI Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award in 1990, and the ACI Henry C. Turner Medal in 1995.

She is a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and maintains membership in the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), The Concrete Society (UK), and the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC). She is also Past President of the Detroit Concrete Improvement Board.

Hurd received her degree in civil engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, IA. In 2004, she received the Anson Marston Medal from the College of Engineering at Iowa State University in recognition of her lifetime career achievements.

"for outstanding leadership of ACI Committee 301, Specifications for Concrete"

W. Calvin McCall is a Senior Materials Engineer with Concrete Engineering Specialists, LLC, Charlotte, NC, where he investigates field problems related to material deficiencies, admixture and cement compatibility, and mixture designs that affect strength, setting, and finishing. He also evaluates the cause of cracking, surface defects and distress, and provides cost-effective solutions. During his 35 years of experience in the concrete construction and prestressed concrete industry, he has developed and managed quality assurance, quality control, and concrete inspection programs.

An ACI Fellow, McCall is a member of ACI Committees 122, Energy Conservation; 213, Lightweight Aggregate and Concrete; 223, Shrinkage-Compensating Concrete; 308, Curing Concrete; 318, Structural Concrete Building Code; 350, Environmental Engineering Concrete Structures; 533, Precast Panels; and C 630, Construction Inspector Certification. He is also a member and Chair of ACI Committee 301, Specifications of Concrete. He was the ACI Educational Seminar Speaker of the Year for 2002, is a Distinguished Member of the ACI Carolinas Chapter, and previously served on the ACI Board of Direction.

McCall received his degree in civil engineering technology from Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of North Carolina.

"for outstanding leadership of ACI Committee 302, Construction of Concrete Floors"

Eldon G. Tipping is President of Structural Services, Inc. (SSI), Richardson, TX. He has more than 32 years of experience in the design and construction of concrete floors and was recently chosen by Concrete Construction magazine as one of the 10 most influential people in the concrete industry. Prior to founding SSI, he spent 12 years designing commercial and industrial structures and 3 years as Vice President at a commercial materials testing laboratory where he monitored construction projects. Tipping has led the structural design effort on a number of mid- and high-rise structures.

A Fellow of ACI and recently elected to the ACI Board of Direction, Tipping is a member of ACI Committees 360, Design of Slabs on Ground; 544, Fiber Reinforced Concrete; E 601, Seminar Oversight Committee; and the TAC Tolerance Coordinating Committee. He is also a member and Chair of ACI Committee 117, Tolerances, and is a member and Past Chair of ACI Committee 302, Construction of Concrete Floors. Since 1998, Tipping has been an instructor for the ACI Concrete Slabs-on-Ground educational seminars. He is the author of numerous articles in professional publications and has spoken annually since 1991 at World of Concrete on subjects related to tolerances, suspended slab construction, and industrial floor construction and repair. He is a member of the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA), the American Institute of Steel Construction, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), ASTM International, the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI), and the Structural Engineers Association of Texas.

Tipping received a BS in architectural construction and an MA in construction management from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, with an emphasis on structural design and management.

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES AWARDS

"for his leadership and promotion of the ACI Missouri Chapter, and outstanding service to the next generation of ACI members"

Abdeldjelil "DJ" Belarbi is Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR), Rolla, MO, where he has spent the past 15 years as a faculty member.

An ACI Fellow, Belarbi is Past President of the ACI Missouri Chapter and has served as faculty advisor of the ACI-UMR Student Chapter since its initiation in 1995. He is Past Chair of ACI Committee E 801, Student Activities, and is Chair of ACI Subcommittee 440-E, FRP Professional Education, and Joint ACI-ASCE Subcommittee 445-E, Torsion of Structural Concrete. He is a member of Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 445, Shear and Torsion, and ACI Committee 440, Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement. He has also served on ACI Committee E 802, Teaching Methods and Educational Materials; the Educational Activities Committee (EAC); and the Certification Programs Committee (CPC).

His research interests include the constitutive modeling and experimental investigations of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and the use of FRP composites in civil engineering infrastructure. He has served as principal investigator in numerous funded research projects and has published over 90 technical papers.

Belarbi received his MSCE and PhD from the University of Houston, Houston, TX, and his Engineer Diploma from the University of Sciences and Technology of Oran in Algeria.

"for his outstanding contributions, dedication, and service to the ACI Northeast Texas Chapter"

Robert L. Henry is National Secretary/Treasurer of Chi Epsilon, the National Civil Engineering Honor Society, headquartered at the University of Texas at Arlington. Prior to that, he worked as a structural engineer in the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, area from 1977-1992 with Texas Testing Laboratories; Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates; Maxim Engineers; and Bowen Structure. From 1964 to 1977, he was an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Mississippi.

An ACI member, he is a member of ACI Committees C 620, Laboratory Technician Certification; 116, Terminology and Notation; 123, Research and Current Developments; 311, Inspection of Concrete; 332, Residential Concrete Work; and 364, Rehabilitation. He is a past member of ACI Committees C 610, Field Technician Certification; 117, Tolerances; 121, Quality Assurance Systems for Concrete; and 544, Fiber Reinforced Concrete. He is also a member of the Chapter Activities Committee (CAC). Henry has served in all offices of the ACI Northeast Texas Chapter, including Secretary/Treasurer/Membership for 11 years. He has worked with three ACI national conventions, and was Convention Chair in Dallas, TX, in 1991.

Henry received his BS in civil engineering from West Virginia University in 1958, his MS in structural engineering from Iowa State University in 1963, and his PhD in structural engineering from North Carolina State University in 1971. He is a registered Professional Engineer.

"for his consistently outstanding devotion and involvement in the ACI India Chapter"

Mohan A. Jacob has worked as a Consultant for corporate contracting firms for the past 4 years, including being involved in the premier construction project of a large nationalized bank in Mumbai, India. Prior to that, he was Additional Director General, Central Public Works Department, Government of India, where he was involved in the construction of buildings and bridges in India and Nepal for 37 years until his retirement in 2001.

An ACI member, he has been a member of the ACI India Chapter since 1985, and a member of its Board of Directors since 1998. He is also Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the chapter, and is involved in teaching technical seminars and helping to launch ACI certification courses in India.

He received a degree in civil engineering and his post-graduate degree in soil mechanics and foundations, which he completed in 1964, from the College of Engineering, Pune, India. He also received a diploma in specialized building construction from the Agency for Technical, Industrial, and Economic Cooperation, Paris, France, in 1974.

"for his outstanding service in the promotion of the concrete industry and dedication to the ACI Italy Chapter"

Antonio Nanni holds professorship positions at the University of Missouri-Rolla and the University of Naples-Federico II (Italy). He has been in academia since 1985 and, through consulting, has remained active in practice.

An ACI member, he is a member of the Concrete Research Council (CRC) and the TAC Repair and Rehabilitation Committee, is Chair of ACI Committee 437, Strength Evaluation of Existing Concrete Structures, and is a member of ACI Committees 440, Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement; 544, Fiber Reinforced Concrete; and 549, Thin Reinforced Cementitious Products and Ferrocement. He is a former member of ACI Committee 325, Concrete Pavements, and Joint ACI-ASCE-TMS Committee 530, Masonry Standards Joint Committee. In 1999, he received the ACI Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his work on Committee 440, of which he is the founding Chair.

Nanni received degrees from the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; the University of Witwaterswrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.

MOORE FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

"in recognition of his dedication to excellence and innovation in education in the field of concrete design, materials, and construction"

John J. Myers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, and has served as a faculty member there since 1999. In addition to his academic experience, Myers has 10 years of consulting experience as a structural engineer working in the building design arena for RTKL Associates, Inc., LPJ Inc. of Baltimore, MD, and Jose I. Guerra, Inc., of Austin, TX.

Myers is a member of ACI Committees 201, Durability of Concrete; 342, Evaluation of Concrete Bridges and Bridge Elements; 440, Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement; and E 802, Teaching Methods and Educational Materials. He is the Chair of ACI Committee E 801, Student Activities; Co-Chair of ACI Subcommittee 440-L, Durability of FRP Concrete Structures; and Secretary of ACI Committees 363, High-Strength Concrete, and E 803, Faculty Network Coordinating Committee.

His research interests include high-performance concrete and use of fiber-reinforced polymers in structural repair and strengthening applications.

He received his bachelor's degree in architectural engineering (structures option) from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, in 1987. He received his MS and PhD in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, in 1994 and 1998, respectively. Myers is currently a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Missouri, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

CRC BOASE AWARD

"for numerous contributions to the analysis and design of concrete structures, notably in the area of earthquake engineering, and for major roles in the advancement of seismic design provisions in the building codes"

S.K. Ghosh is President of S.K. Ghosh Associates, Inc., Palatine, IL, and Laguna Niguel, CA. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.

Ghosh is a member of ACI Committees 318, Structural Concrete Building Code; 435, Deflection of Concrete Building Structures; Joint ACI-ASCE-TMS Committee 530, Masonry Standards Joint Committee; and the TAC Technology Transfer Committee (TTTC). He is also Chair of the Innovative Task Group (ITG-4) on High-Strength Concrete. He is a Fellow of ACI and was awarded the ACI Structural Research Award in 1992 and the Alfred E. Lindau Award in 2004. He was the ACI Educational Seminar Speaker of the Year for 2003.

His research interests include earthquake-resistant design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and structural performance in earthquakes. He is known internationally for his work in earthquake engineering. He has influenced seismic design provisions in the U.S. for many years by serving on or chairing numerous committees and advisory panels. He played a major role in the development of shearwall design provisions of the 1994 UBC and the precast concrete design provisions of the 1997 UBC.

Ghosh has lectured extensively in the U.S., Canada, and abroad on analysis, response, and design of concrete buildings. He specializes in the analysis and design, including earthquake-resistant design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. In addition to authoring many publications in the area of seismic design, he has investigated and reported on structural performance in recent earthquakes.

Ghosh received a PhD in structural engineering from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

CRC PHILLEO AWARD

"for pioneering developments in high-performance concrete and fiber-reinforced cement-based materials, and for leadership in the conduct of interdisciplinary research"

Surendra P. Shah is a Walter P. Murphy Professor of Civil Engineering at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

An ACI Fellow, he is a member and Past Chair of ACI Committees 215, Fatigue of Concrete and 544, Fiber Reinforced Concrete. He is also a member of ACI Committee 440, Fiber Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement; 446, Fracture Mechanics; 548, Polymers in Concrete; and 549, Thin Reinforced Cementitious Products and Ferrocement. Shah received ACI's Arthur R. Anderson Award in 1989.

In addition, he has been honored at ACI, RILEM, and Dundee University symposiums. He received ASTM International's Thompson Award, the ASCE CERF Charles Pankow Award, the Swedish Concrete Award, the RILEM Gold Medal, the Engineering News-Record Award, and the Popular Science Inventor Award.

His research interests include promoting cement and concrete research globally. He has been a Visiting Professor at MIT, Delft University, Denmark Technical University, the University of Sidney, and the University of Singapore. He is an Honorary Professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received the Alexander von Humboldt Award from Germany and NATO's Distinguished Visiting Scientist Award from France and Turkey.

Since its inception in 1989, Shah has been the Director of the Center for Advanced Cement-Based Materials (ACBM). ACBM is a pioneering National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center that conducts inter-disciplinary research in conjunction with the University of Illinois, the University of Michigan, Purdue University, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

He has coauthored two textbooks, published more than 400 journal articles, coedited approximately 20 symposium volumes, and was Editor-in-Chief of the Materials and Structures journal. He has been a principal advisor for more than 100 graduate students and more than 60 post-doctoral fellows.

He received his undergraduate degree from India; his MS from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; and his PhD from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.