This award is presented for the best scientific paper on the topic of cement and concrete published by ACerS during the previous year.
2018 paper:
"Molecular and submolecular scale effects of comb‐copolymers on tri‐calcium silicate reactivity: Toward molecular design”
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 100(3), 817-841. (2017)
By: Delphine Marchon, Patrick Juilland, Emmanuel Gallucci, Lukas Frunz, & Robert J. Flatt
L.E. Copeland Award
This award recognizes an individual for outstanding contributions to the development and understanding of cement and concrete science. Presentation of this award is considered whenever the Copeland Award Committee feels that there is a suitable candidate.
The Della Roy lecturer is selected each year by the division executive committee. The recipient does not need to be a member of the Cements Division or the Society at large.
2019 Della Roy Lecturer:
David Lange, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lecture Title: Beyond the Science
Interview with David Lange
2018 Della Roy Lecturer:
Jan Olek, Purdue University
Lecture title and link: “Green concrete – the past, the present and the future”
Interview with Jan Olek
2019 Poster Session Awardees
Robbie Damiani, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mechanical property of foam concrete with recycled crumb rubber
Christina Siakati, KU Levuen, Belgium
Modelling the impact of chemical variability on the nanostructure of iron-rich slags
Sarah Williams, University of Colorado Boulder
Engineered living mortars: Structural hydrogel scaffolds that enhance microbial biocementation
Baishakhi Bose, Purdue University
Influence of silica-polyacrylamide hydrogel particles on the microstructure and mechanical properties of internally cured cement paste
Aniruddha Baral, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Self-cleaning and NOx removal of photocatalytic cements
YouTube Research Video Contest Awardees
Karthik Pattaje, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Controlling 3D Printable Concrete with Vibration
Nima Hosseinzadeh, University of Miami
Hydration, strength and shrinkage of cementitious materials mixed with brine