Contact: Bob Ratliff
Gabriel R. Camposagrado
A Mississippi State University civil engineering student from the Gulf Coast is receiving a $20,000 graduate fellowship from the Portland Cement Association.
Graduating senior Gabriel R. Camposagrado of Gulfport is one of seven American and Canadian students selected to receive research awards from the Skokie, Ill., industrial association. Following scheduled graduation with honors in December, he will immediately begin work on a master's degree at MSU.
Founded in 1916, PCA represents production companies throughout the United States and Canada. The organization conducts market development, engineering, research, and associated programs related to a particular type of hydraulic cement usually made by burning limestone and clay together in a kiln.
Developed in England in the early 1800s, the finely ground, usually grey mixture takes its name from similar colored rock found on the country's Isle of Portland.
Camposagrado's research will deal with the cause and effect of air-voids coalescing in the concrete mixes. Directed by MSU assistant professor Shane Buchanan, his investigation will be conducted, in part, in cooperation with scientists at Construction Technology Laboratories in Chicago, Ill.
A 1998 Harrison Central High School graduate, Camposagrado is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rene Camposagrado. He is serving this semester as president of the MSU student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Also a member of Chi Epsilon civil engineering honor society, he works part time as an instructor in the department's undergraduate geotechnical laboratory.