The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has announced the winners of its 2018 Pervious Concrete Cylinder Student Competition which took place at the Concrete Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas. The first place in the cylinder performance and cementitious efficiency category received a cash award of $750 followed by second place ($500) and third place ($250).
The teams applied sustainability concepts and used their knowledge of concrete mixture design by producing pervious concrete which balanced permeability and splitting tensile strength. They also developed a mixture design that demonstrated cementitious efficiency which maintains 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.
