The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announced the availability of $50,000 for student teams from international universities to participate in the Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Bowling Ball Competition during the ACI Concrete Convention and Exposition on March 25-29 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The aim of the Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Bowling Ball Competition is to demonstrate the effect of fibers in reinforced concrete, gain experience in forming and fabricating a concrete fiber-reinforced element, and encourage creativity in engineering design and analysis.
The inaugural FRC Bowling Ball Competition was held in 2002 during the ACI Convention in Detroit and has challenged student teams regularly at ACI conventions since then. Travel stipends of up to $10,000 will be awarded to each of five teams of students from international universities who have not previously participated in an ACI student competition.