Dr. Jason WEISS, 2008 Robert L'Hermite Medallist
Dr. Jason WEISS was awarded the 2008 Robert L’Hermite Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the investigation of the volume stability of hydrating cement-based materials and its implication on cracking. Jason Weiss is a RILEM Senior Member. He is professor at the School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University (Indiana, USA). Dr. Weiss is Associate Editor of Materials and Structures, member of the Technical Activity Committee of RILEM, Chairman of RILEM TC 214-CCD: Concrete cracking and its relation to durability: Integrating material properties with structural performance and Secretary of Educational Activities Committee.
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Summary of the 2008 RILEM Spring Meeting
The traditional spring meeting of the RILEM standing committees took place on March 26 and 27 2008 in the RILEM office in Bagneux. On the first day, the technical activities committee (TAC) and the Management Advisory Committee (MAC) held their individual meetings which were followed by a joint meeting which took place with the presence of the President, the Vice-President, Treasurer and the Acting Secretary General. On the second day the Bureau meeting was held. Discussions focused on the ongoing activities of RILEM, in particular looking into future developments and addressing recommendations made by the TAC, MAC and the Editor-in-Chief of Materials & Structures. Altogether 20 people were present in these meetings.
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Learning from Failure: Long-term Behavior of Heavy Masonry Structures - edited by L. Binda, Politecnico di Milano
This book edited by L. Binda has the scope of helping architects and engineers to deal with the continuous damage of heavy structures and, to understand the signs of the phenomenon while proposing some modelling, but also to give guidelines for the on site investigation, monitoring and repairing of the damaged structures.
ISBN: 978-1-84564-057-6 October 2007 256pp
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Just published: A new book on SCC, authored by Geert De Schutter, Peter J. M. Bartos, Peter Domone and John Gibbs
A new book on SCC is published by Whittles Publishing, authored by G. De Schutter et al.
The book is scientifically sponsored by RILEM TC EAC, the Educational Committee of RILEM.
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Offre d'emploi en Suisse
La société CORNAZ & FILS SA recherche un ingénieur béton, développeur de produits, créatif pour son site de production situé à Allaman, Suisse,
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Dr. Nicolas ROUSSEL, 2007 Robert L'Hermite Medallist
The author selected by the jury for the 2007 Robert L'Hermite Medal is Dr Nicolas ROUSSEL in recognition of his extensive scientific work within rheology of concrete. In particular his physical analysis of concrete rheology and his ability to combine experimental and theoretical work is of high quality.
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