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Bridge project a finalist for ASCE innovation award

FRP_t.jpg Composites News International reports that a UMR bridge project in Greene County, Mo., has a fifty-fifty shot at receiving a major national award. The project, which involves the use of strong but lightweight fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials to strengthen the bridge, is Finished_t.jpgone of two finalists for the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2006 CERF Pankow Award for Innovation.

UMR has been a leader in the use of FRP to extend the longevity of aging bridges and recently received a $1.2 million grant to use the technology on Missouri bridges.

The CERF Pankow award winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 26, in Washington, DC. Stay tuned.

Posted by Andrew Careaga on February 17, 2006 in Transportation | | add to del.icio.us

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More links on the technology itself, please.

Posted by: Craig | February 20, 2006 01:41 PM

Craig - UMR's University Transportation Center has links to several research papers (all PDFs). The most recent one is: Repair of Bridge Girders with Composites: Experimental and Analytical Validation, published last fall in the American Concrete Institute's ACI Structural Journal. Thanks for your interest! Andrew Careaga

Posted by: Andrew Careaga | February 20, 2006 06:20 PM

We are updating our websites (UTC and RB2C centers at UMR) with published material on the project. meanwhile, please feel free to email me (mattaf@umr.edu) for any questions, info, and related publications.

Posted by: Fabio Matta | February 20, 2006 07:07 PM

Here are links to material uploaded: FHWA accelerated bridge construction conference, San Diego, CA (2005), PAPER: http://campus.umr.edu/rb2c/publications/conf/2005/Matta_et_al-Prefabricated%20Modular%20GFRP%20Reinforcement%20for%20Bridge%20Deck%20and%20Rail%20System-FHWA.2005.pdf PRESENTATION: http://campus.umr.edu/utc/pubs/misc/Presentation-FHWA_ABC_Conf-Dec.14-16.2005.pdf 85th meeting of the transportation research board, Washington, DC (2006), PAPER: http://campus.umr.edu/utc/pubs/conf/2006/06-2218.pdf Other technical publications were and are being prepared for upcoming venues, and will be promptly released when permitted. Kind regards, fabio

Posted by: Fabio Matta | February 21, 2006 09:50 AM

Holy linkage, Batman. I'm gonna be reading for quite awhile now. Thanks all!

Posted by: Craig | February 22, 2006 07:59 AM

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