FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (Feb. 18, 2008) - The American Concrete Institute is currently seeking papers for sessions to take place during the ACI Spring 2009 Convention in San Antonio, Texas, USA, from March 15 to 19, 2009. More information about current Calls for Papers can be found by visiting www.CallforPapers.concrete.org.

Serviceability of Concrete Members with FRP Reinforcement

ACI Committee 440 is seeking papers for its technical session on “Serviceability of Concrete Members Reinforced with Internal/External FRP Reinforcement.” Participants are invited to submit abstracts on topics including recent advancements on serviceability design of concrete members reinforced with either internal or external fiber reinforced polymers (FRP).

Abstracts of 500 words or more, along with paper title, author name(s), and contact information should be sent to Carlos Ospina at carlos.ospina@abam.com no later than July 14, 2008.

Structural Concrete in Seismic Design of Bridge Infrastructure

ACI Committee 341 is seeking papers for its technical session on “The Practice and Placement of Structural Concrete in Seismic Design of Bridge Infrastructure.” Participants are invited to submit abstracts on topics including, but not limited to, seismic design and retrofit of concrete bridges, use of precast/prestressed concrete elements, seismic application of high-performance and self-consolidating concrete in bridges, and computational and experimental tools for seismic design of concrete bridges.

Abstracts of 200 to 300 words, along with paper title, author name(s), and contact information should be sent to Bassem Andrawes at andrawes@uiuc.edu no later than July 14, 2008.