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The following papers won the 2007 Best Technical Paper Awards:
Best Technical Paper Overall:
Fire Characteristics of Polyester FRP Composites with Different Glass Contents
By Nicholas Dembsey, Melissa Avila, and Esther Kim, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Fire Protection Engineering; Chris Lautenberger, UC Berkeley, Mechanical Engineering; and Charles Dore, Abate Fire Technologies
Best Technical Paper: Construction & Infrastructure
Hybrid Pultruded Plank with a Concrete Compression Flange for Pedestrian Bridges
By Bryan Bindrich and Lawrence Bank, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Best Technical Paper: Design & Engineering
Elastic Buckling Behavior Characteristics of GFRP Pipe with Reinforced Ribs
By Taek Hee Han, Young Jong Kang, and Sang Yun Han, Korea University
Best Technical Paper: Fire Resistant Technology
Fire Characteristics of Polyester FRP Composites with Different Glass Contents
By Nicholas Dembsey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Fire Protection Engineering
Best Technical Paper: Manufacturing Technology
Using Peroxides to Optimize Process Control for Styrene Emissions
By Dennis Fink, CCT-I, CCT-CP, Norac, Inc.
Best Technical Paper: Materials
Impact Properties of Polyester Resins
By Stephen Brooks, Reichhold
Best Technical Paper: Testing & Evaluation
Emission Factors Derived by Mass Balance for the Production of Sheet Molding Compound
By Christine Piper, Molded Fiber Glass Research Company
Best Technical Paper, Materials: Open Molding
Reactive Copromoter for Unsaturated Polyester Resins
By Jeffery Powell and Angela Honeycutt, CCT, Eastman Chemical Company
Best Technical Paper: Pultrusion
The Impact of Release Agent on Pultruded FRP
By Clint Smith, Strongwell; and Stacey Brooks, Technick Products
Best Technical Paper, Worldwide State of the Art: FRP in Infrastructure (IIFC):
FRP Composites for Retrofitting of Existing Civil Structures in Europe: State-of-the-Art Review
By Masoud Motavalli and Christoph Czaderski, ETH Zurich, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories of Materials Testing and Research |
