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James K. Wight receives Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research

Civil and Environmental Engineering
March 25, 2009
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Professor Wight was selected to receive the Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research based on his co-authored paper that presented a theoretical approach to predict the shear strength of steel fiber reinforced concrete beams without web reinforcement. This paper was selected as the best paper to appear in the ACI Structural Journal during the last calendar year. This is the second time Professor Wight has received this “best journal paper” award.

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