Zena Aljazaeri, a Ph.D. candidate in civil engineering, and Dr. John Myers, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, received the Outstanding Paper Award at the fourth International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT4) in Las Vegas in August. Their paper is titled “Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete One-Way Slabs for Flexure Using Composite Materials: Evaluation of Different Composite Materials.”
Aljazaeri and Myers investigated new, innovative composite material techniques for structural strengthening of reinforced concrete slabs. The technology will be used in the rehabilitation of a load-posted bridge in Howell County, Missouri, within the next year.