SCP met December 8, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia in conjunction with ASTM. Dr. Larry Sutter from Michigan Technological University presented the results of research on the effects of deicing salts on concrete. Fourteen SCP members and guests attended.
The 32nd annual meeting of ICMA will be held March 28 to April 1, 2010 at the Omni Royal Orleans in New Orleans. Please visit the ICMA website www.cemmicro.org for more information.
Laura Powers
We would like to encourage a strong showing of SCP members at ICMA in New Orleans. If you would like to present at the SCP session at ICMA, please send your paper to LPowers@wje.com. A reviewer will be assigned.
Concrete International recently published notice of the passing on March 29, 2009 of our colleague and SCP member, James A. Ray, at age 78. After a distinguished career in industry Jim founded his own petrographic consulting company, James A. Ray Corp. in Mantua, Ohio.
We were informed by Timo Nijland that our colleague and SCP member Dr. Joe Larbi of TNO in the Netherlands passed away the week of June 15, 2009. Joe was an active contributor to Euroseminar on Microscopy of Building Materials and ICMA, as well as many other venues.