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ZUT students best (also) overseas 26.03.2024 13:01

The students of the ACI Student Chapter at West Pomeranian University stood on the podium 3 times at the ACI Spring Convention 2024 in New Orleans. They are Karolina Iwańska, Alicja Żygadło, Wiktoria Góra, Adrian Góralski, Kacper Kaźmierczak and Maciej Jaczyński. The group's supervisors are PhD Norbert Olczyk and Professor Maria Kaszyńska from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The results were announced on Monday 25 March.

In this year's Mortar Workability competition, organised by the American Concrete Institute (ACI), there were three competition categories:

Overall Efficiency Category - mix design with high fluidity and stability

Economical Design Category - for the lowest cost mix that meets specific rheological requirements

Ecological Design Category - a blend with a low carbon footprint of the materials used.

ZUT students with their 'super mortar' stood on the podium 3 times, winning the first two competitions, while in the last category they won 3rd place.

This year, more than 30 teams from all over the world competed in New Orleans, including Puerto Rico, Mexico, Indonesia, and Chile.

Unlike other concrete competitions that focus mainly on hardened concrete parameters, Mortar Workability focuses on the workability and rheological properties of cement mixtures.

The ACI Student Chapter at West Pomeranian University is the first student chapter of the American Concrete Institute in Poland. They are mainly involved in disseminating concrete knowledge to future engineers at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Szczecin.

Congratulations!

 

Phot. ACI Student Chapter at West Pomeranian University