For the second time, Dr Zhidong Zhang has won a best-poster award for his research on supercritical drying of cement paste: “Comparison of different methods to dry OPC paste” at the 7th Advances in Cement-Based Materials conference, July 10–13 at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL ( http://ceramics.org/ceramic-tech-today/a-solid-future-cements-conference-looks-at-a-vision-of-things-to-come-for-the-industry)
Tyler Ley (left), Cements Division Chair, poses for a picture with two of the winners of the student poster competition. Matthew Krafcik (center), Purdue University, won for his poster “Superabsorbent hydrogels as internal curing agents: Investigating the effects of hydrogel particle size on properties and microstructure of concrete.” Zhidong Zhang (right), Princeton University, won for his poster “Comparison of different methods to dry OPC paste.” Credit: ACerS