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The 11th North
American Masonry Conference, which was held in
Minneapolis, Minnesota earlier this month, drew over 180
attendees from 26 countries to disseminate information
on masonry behavior, design, construction, and
evaluation. The conference began with a enjoyable
reception where attendees were able to get to know one
another better, while learning more about the Twin
Cities. Excellent educational programs were given
throughout the conference and presentations on
approximately 110 papers and posters were presented. In
addition, 3 interesting keynote addresses were presented
by David Biggs (Innovation in the Masonry Industry: What
Would Steve Jobs Do?), Wolfram Jaeger (Views, Philosophy
and Experience on Retrofitting ) and Jason Ingham
(Performance of Masonry Buildings in the 2010/2011
Canterbury Earthquake Swarm), and Norman Weiss of
Columbia University presented a captivating keynote
address at the Awards Banquet. Target Corporation
provided an overview of their work with masonry over a
luncheon session and 3 educational seminars on Special
Inspection of Masonry, Sustainable Design using Masonry,
and Masonry Structural Software were given. An evening
with the Minnesota Orchestra was a highlight of the
conference, providing attendees with a beautiful evening
out while listening to symphonic music with friends. The
Awards Banquet featured an excellent meal followed by
the presentation of several awards as noted below.
Additional information on the awards can be obtained by
clicking the links below. Photographs from the
conference can be accessed
here.
Proceedings from the
conference that include 129 technical papers are
available from TMS in both
electronic and
printed forms. Thanks are due to:
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the local steering
committee of Arturo Schultz, Steve Weeks, Olene
Bigelow, and Jennifer Bean Popehn.
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the generous
Sponsors (click here for a listing)
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the authors, reviewers,
attendees, steering committee members, student
volunteers, and supporters of the NAMC.
During the Awards Banquet,
Gregg Borchelt presented the 2011
James L. Noland Student Fellowship Award
on behalf of TMS’s Scholarship Committee to Timothy
Gregor who is researching Hybrid Masonry via a
Large-Scale Experimental Test under the direction of Dr.
Daniel P. Abrams at the University of Illinois.
During his presentation, Borchelt noted that TMS had
received 6 excellent nomination packages for the
scholarship. The $3,000 award will be paid to Mr. Gregor
in two installments of $1,500 each. The first
installment was presented at the NAMC and the second
installment will be paid for the semester beginning
January 2012.
The
Noland Fellowship was established in 1995 to honor the
memory of Dr. James L. Noland who was instrumental in
the early stages of TMS, serving as its Executive
Director and co-chairing the First North American
Masonry Conference. The Noland Fellowship is awarded
every four years to a graduate student who is doing
research on masonry related to materials, structures,
architecture or construction. The next fellowship will
be likely be awarded at, or possibly before, the 12th
North American Masonry Conference.
Howard Noziska, Chairman
of the 11th NAMC Awards Committee presented
the
11th North American Conference Outstanding
Paper Awards. Noziska reported that choosing
award winning papers was difficult due to the many
excellent papers submitted for the conference. Awards
were presented to:
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“Seismic Performance of Masonry Veneer in Wood-Frame
Structures” by Hussein Okail, P. Benson Shing,
Richard E. Klingner, Seongwoo Jo, W. Mark McGinley,
and David I. McLean
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“Allowable Stress Recalibration in the 2011 TMS 402”
by Richard M. Bennett, Edwin T. Huston, David I.
McLean, and Diane B. Throop
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“Brick Beyond Boundaries” by Richard Filloramo,
Mack Scogin, Jennifer Pindyck, Michael Filisky, and
David Biggs
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“Performance of Brick in Field Freeze-Thaw Exposure
to That Predicted by Physical Properties and
Freeze-Thaw Tests” by J. Gregg Borchelt and Brian E.
Trimble.
Papers receiving honorable mention included:
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“Splice Provisions for Deformed
Reinforcement Surrounded by Grout in AAC Masonry” by
Miguel Forero Henao and
Richard E. Klingner
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“Fragility Curves for In-Plane
Seismic Performance of Reinforced Masonry Walls” by
Juan Murcia-Delso and P.
Benson Shing
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“Evaluation of Water Repellent
Admixtures and Coatings on the Air Permeance of
Single-Wythe Concrete Masonry” by
Nicholas R. Lang, Jason J. Thompson,
and Dennis W. Graber
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“Shear Design of Reinforced Masonry
Beams” by Salah R. Sarhat
and Ted Sherwood
Amde M. Amde, of the
University of Maryland who serves as Editor of TMS
Journal, presented
TMS Journal Outstanding Paper Awards.
Eligible papers were published in TMS Journal between
September 2007 and December 2010 and included more than
30 papers published in six TMS Journals. Amde presented
awards to:
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“Out-of-Plane Flexural
Strength of Unreinforced Clay Brick Masonry Walls"
by M.C. Griffith and J. Vaculik; published in
Volume 25, Number 1 .
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“Effect of Moisture on
FRP-Masonry Bond Strength" by D. D. Stierwalt and
H. R. Hamilton III; published in Volume 26,
Number 1.
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“In-Plane Seismic
Response of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Shrinkage
Control Joints" by Jason Ingham, Gavin Wight and
KC Voon; published in Volume 26, Number 1.
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“Performance of Lap
Splices in Concrete Masonry Shear Walls" by Jon
Z. Mjelde, David I. McLean, Jason J. Thompson and W.
Mark McGinley; published in Volume 27, Number
1.
In addition, while
officially awarded in 2010, Max Porter, Chairman of
TMS’s Research Committee presented Paulo Lourenco
with the 2010
John B. Scalzi Research Award.
The location of the next
NAMC has not yet been selected by TMS. If you would like
to submit a proposal for TMS to consider for the 12NAMC,
contact Phillip Samblanet by September 29, 2011.
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