For information on Classroom Presentations or Precast/Prestressed Concrete Plant Tours,
Please contact: Phil Wiedemann at (937) 833-3900 or click here to email phil@pci-central.org

The PCI Student Education Committee is inviting entries from students to participate in the Engineering Student Design Competition for the 2011-2012 academic year. Each student team must work with a PCI Producer Member to build a precast concrete beam, no more than 17 feet long. The beams will be tested and prizes awarded for best performance in the stated areas.
PCI Big Beam competition for university students information is here:

PCI’s Architectural Student Design Competition is intended to encourage universities to explore the widest range of capabilities that precast/prestressed concrete can offer.
Architectural Student Design Competition information is found here

PCI webinar information is available here

Solicitation for the Daniel P. Jenny Fellowship program Research Proposals for 2012-2013. Proposals are due at PCI headquarters no later than February 20, 2012.
The PCI Research and Development Council will meet in late March 2012 to decide on the awards. Results will be available by April 30, 2012. Please submit electronically to:
Roger Becker, Managing Director, Research and Development
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
200 West Adams Street, Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60606
rbecker@pci.org
312-360-3213

2012 Call for Papers and Student Posters is Now Open!
The call for papers and student posters for the 2012 PCI Convention and National Bridge Conference. All abstracts, papers and student posters must relate to the design, analysis, materials, production, erection, or maintenance and repair of precast concrete. Case studies, research and project profiles are all welcome. All abstracts must be submitted electronically. Click here https://www.softconf.com/c/PCI2012 to make a submission, or visit http://www.pci.org/ and click on the "Call for Papers/Student Posters" icon.
• The deadline for abstract submission, for both peer-reviewed papers and student posters is February 6, 2012.
• Complete and final papers are due May 18, 2012.
• Completed presentations are due August 17, 2012.

New graduates from an architectural, engineering, or construction management program are eligible for a special offer to become a PCI Associate Professional Member for free for one year. Students can register online at www.pci.org/about/join/types/professional_intern_mem.cfm. To access the free membership, they will need to enter discount code STU09 when registering. For more information, please contact Don Raths at dcraths@rrj.com. For more information about the submission site or process, contact Jennifer Peters at jpeters@pci.org or Brian Miller at bmiller@pci.org. Visit http://pci.org/cms/index.cfm/Callforpapers for more information.