This month we will be meeting in-person and will offer the ability to attend virtually via ZOOM. Upon registration, you will receive a link to the ZOOM meeting which can be accessed on the date of the meeting.

For June we will be having a joint meeting with Leo Saenz and the local American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians (ASCET) group. Leo will share what their group is all about and what they have going on and coming up.

Additionally, we will get to hear from ACI Central Texas Chapter scholarship winner, Drew Cope of Texas State University, and Dr. Katy Aughenbaugh, Ph.D of WJE!

Drew Cope is a student in the CIM program at Texas State where he is the Spring 2022 ACI Student Chapter President.  He has made the Dean’s list multiple times and received various research, leadership, scholarship, and academic awards for CIM.  Cope has presented at World of Concrete in Las Vegas, participated in a TACA high early strength competition, and interned with Bartlett Cocke General contractors.  During his internship, he got hands-on experience with GPS surveying, RFI’s, submittals, take-offs, placing & tying rebar,  placing concrete, and even finishing concrete piers and driveways.  Cope plans to graduate with a Bachelors in Concrete Industry Management and continue his education for a Masters in Construction Management. 

Title: Macro to Micro: How common construction problems look in the laboratory

Summary: Ever wonder what happens to those core samples after they are removed from the project site? Dr. Katy Aughenbaugh, a concrete petrographer and materials scientist at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. in Austin, will present on field and laboratory investigations, with lots of case studies.

Bio:

Dr. Katy Aughenbaugh is a concrete petrographer and materials scientist at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. in Austin, Texas. She has nearly 15 years of experience in research and materials investigations of cementitious systems. She earned her doctorate in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, with a focus on fly ash characterization for use in geopolymer cements. She also spent several years researching novel materials for oilwell cementing, with a focus on offshore well cement slurries. Since joining WJE, her work has included petrographic examinations of cementitious systems including concrete, mortar, historic mortar, brick, cast stone, and more. In addition, she puts her laboratory background to use in materials evaluations including alkali-silica reaction testing, aggregate characterization, cement testing, and materials characterization using analytical test methods.

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