Composites News International reports that a UMR bridge project in Greene County, Mo., has a fifty-fifty shot at receiving a major national award. The project, which involves the use of strong but lightweight fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) materials to strengthen the bridge, is 
one of two finalists for the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2006 CERF Pankow Award for Innovation.
UMR has been a leader in the use of FRP to extend the longevity of aging bridges and recently received a $1.2 million grant to use the technology on Missouri bridges.
The CERF Pankow award winner will be announced on Wednesday, April 26, in Washington, DC. Stay tuned.
More links on the technology itself, please.
Craig - UMR's University Transportation Center has links to several research papers (all PDFs). The most recent one is: Repair of Bridge Girders with Composites: Experimental and Analytical Validation, published last fall in the American Concrete Institute's ACI Structural Journal.
Thanks for your interest!
Andrew Careaga
We are updating our websites (UTC and RB2C centers at UMR) with published material on the project. meanwhile, please feel free to email me (mattaf@umr.edu) for any questions, info, and related publications.
Here are links to material uploaded:
FHWA accelerated bridge construction conference, San Diego, CA (2005),
PAPER:
http://campus.umr.edu/rb2c/publications/conf/2005/Matta_et_al-Prefabricated%20Modular%20GFRP%20Reinforcement%20for%20Bridge%20Deck%20and%20Rail%20System-FHWA.2005.pdf
PRESENTATION:
http://campus.umr.edu/utc/pubs/misc/Presentation-FHWA_ABC_Conf-Dec.14-16.2005.pdf
85th meeting of the transportation research board, Washington, DC (2006),
PAPER:
http://campus.umr.edu/utc/pubs/conf/2006/06-2218.pdf
Other technical publications were and are being prepared for upcoming venues, and will be promptly released when permitted.
Kind regards, fabio
Holy linkage, Batman. I'm gonna be reading for quite awhile now. Thanks all!