SKOKIE, IL - The Portland Cement Association (PCA) Education Foundation awarded three graduate students with educational fellowships at the association's recent fall meeting in Chicago.

The 2009 recipients are (listed by university, student, professor, research title):

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick; Sean Hayman; Professor Michael D.A. Thomas; Title: The Durability of Concrete Exposed to Potassium Acetate

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Steven Barbachyn; Professor Yahya C. (Gino) Kurama; Title: Nominal Shear Strength Limits for Short Diagonally-Reinforced Coupling Beams

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Charles Hope; Professor W. Spencer Guthrie; Title: Full-Depth Reclamation Using Cement Slurry and Microcracking

The PCA Education Foundation Research Fellowship identifies and rewards outstanding masters and doctoral students in the fields of engineering and physical sciences who are studying areas that advance the science and technology of cement and concrete. PCA's Education Foundation presents the students with $20,000 each for university and study costs.