by ESCSI | October 23, 2025 | ESCSI News, Press release | Tags: Education, John Ries Scholarship
🎓 Calling All Civil Engineering Students! 🚧 The Expanded Shale, Clay, and Slate Institute (ESCSI) is proud to announce the John Ries Scholarship for the 2025–26 academic year! This $5,000 scholarship is open to undergraduate and gradua...
by ESCSI | June 10, 2025 | ESCSI News | Tags: John Ries Scholarship, Lightweight Aggregate Concrete, Internal Curing
ESCSI is proud to announce Mujtaba Ahmadi, a PhD student in structural engineering at the University of Oklahoma, as the recipient of the John Ries Scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year. In 2019, Mr. Ahmadi was awarded a Fulbright scholarship an...
by ESCSI | April 30, 2025 | ESCSI News | Tags: Lightweight Concrete, Advanced Concrete Solutions
ESCSI Member Ken Nunley authored an article featured in Concrete Products outlining key considerations when choosing between lightweight concrete (LW) and normal weight concrete (NWC) in mid- and high rise building projects. Read an excerpt below. ...
by ESCSI | April 30, 2025 | ESCSI News | Tags: ESCSI, Lightweight Concrete, Lightweight Aggregate Concrete, Structural
ESCSI Member Darren Medeiros authored an article featured in Concrete Products answering key questions about structural lightweight concrete (SLC) in mix design. Read an excerpt below. When designing concrete mixes for bridges and other structure...
by ESCSI | March 4, 2025 | ESCSI News | Tags: Urban Landscape, Soil Stabilization, Advanced Concrete Solutions, Lightweight Aggregate Concrete
With 89% of the U.S. population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, soil stabilization is more critical than ever. As cities grow, managing soil compaction and promoting water infiltration become essential to building resilient, sustainable com...