FRP INTERNATIONALthe official newsletter of the International Institute for FRP in Construction

Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2011

Editor Kent A. Harries University of Pittsburgh, USA

IIFC Executive Committee President Lawrence C. Bank City College of New York, USA

Senior Vice President Jian-Fei Chen University of Edinburgh, UK

Vice Presidents Charles E. Bakis Pennsylvania State University, USA

Renata Kotynia Technical University of Lodz, Poland

Zhi-Shen Wu Ibaraki University, Japan

Treasurer Scott T. Smith University of Hong Kong, China

Members-at-Large Luke A. Bisby University of Edinburgh, UK

Jian-Guo Dai Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Raafat El-Hacha University of Calgary, Canada

Amir Fam Queen’s University, Canada

Emmanuel Ferrier Université Lyon 1, France

Conference Coordinators Tamon Ueda (APFIS 2012) Hokkaido University, Japan

Giorgio Monti (CICE 2012) University of Roma La Sapienza, Italy

Secretary Rudolf Seracino North Carolina State University, USA

A New Look for FRP International…

Welcome to FRP International. In an effort to provide timelier reporting of IIFC

activities and to permit more versatility in this reporting, FRP International is

moving to a digital format. This will allow us a more interactive document, eliminate

page limits and save a few trees. It is additionally my intent, as the new editor, to

take FRP International to a quarterly format, allowing more opportunity for IIFC

members to communicate with their colleagues.

Which brings me to what will undoubtedly become my regular plea: Please become

an FRP International author. Short feature articles are solicited. These may be

brief research or research-in-progress reports, case studies, field applications, or

anything that might interest the IIFC membership. Articles will generally run about

1000 words and be well-illustrated. Submissions may be sent directly to me.

Additionally, please utilize FRP International as a forum to announce items of

interest to the membership. Announcements of upcoming conferences and abstracts

from newly-published PhD dissertations are particularly encouraged. FRP

International is yours, the IIFC membership’s forum. The newsletter will only be as

useful and interesting as you help to make it. So, again, please become an FRP

International author.

This issue of FRP International is mostly devoted to reporting the activities of IIFC’s

flagship conference, the 5th International Conference on Fiber Reinforced Polymer

Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE 2010, held in September in Beijing. At CICE

2010 all IIFC governing bodies and working groups met meaning a great deal was

accomplished and much is to be reported.

Finally, I would be remiss if I were not to acknowledge and thank our outgoing FRP

International editor, Rudi Seracino. He did a great job with the newsletter and will

continue to serve IIFC as the Institute’s Secretary. I would also like to personally

thank Rudi for his help in my transition into the editor’s seat. I look forward to

serving IIFC and working with the entire membership (as FRP International authors,

of course).

Kent A. Harries newsletter.editor@iifc-hq.org

… and a new IIFC website!

Early in 2011, IIFC will be launching the ‘new look’ website. The address will remain

the same: www.iifc-hq.org. The new website will include a Members Only login to

facilitate Working Group collaboration, a membership directory and renewal system

and conference registration. FRP International articles will provide featured content

allowing additional links, images and details to be presented. Dr. Jian-Guo Dai

(webmaster@iifc-hq.org), Member-at-Large of the IIFC Executive Committee, will

serve as the webmaster.

Website Task-Group: Scott T. Smith (Chair), Jian-Fei Chen, Jian-Guo Dai (webmaster), Kent Harries and Charleen Choboter

FRP International • Vol. 8 No. 1 2

CICE 2010 - Beijing September 27-29, 2010

The 5th International Conference on Fiber Reinforced

Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering, CICE

2010, was successfully held at the Friendship Hotel in

Beijing, China, September 27-29 2010. The conference

was organized by Tsinghua University and the Central

Research Institute of Building and Construction, MCC

Group. The aim of this conference, the flagship IIFC

conference, is to provide an international forum for all

concerned with the application of FRP composites in

civil engineering to exchange and share recent

advances in both research and practice.

Professor Lieping Ye IIFC Presidents

general meeting parallel sessions

About 160 delegates attended CICE 2010. 184 papers

and 10 keynote lectures were presented over three

days. The Proceedings include 210 technical papers

(including 7 keynotes) from more than 30 countries

authored by a total of 643 individuals. The Proceedings

includes a good distribution of papers over a wide

range of topics. Additional copies of the proceedings

are available through IIFC.

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Keynote papers

FRP Materials and Sustainability

All-FRP Structures

FRP Hybrid Structures and CFT

Smart FRP Structures

FRP Reinforced or Prestressed Concrete

Long-term Performance

Fire, Impact and Blast Loading

Education, Applications and Design Guidelines

Interfacial Behaviour of FRP and Concrete

Confinement of Concrete by FRP

Flexural Strengthening of Concrete Elements

Shear Strengthening of Concrete Beams

Strengthening of Columns, Walls and Frames

Stengthening of Steel Structures

Strengthening of Masonry and Timber Structures

The IIFC general meeting and the IIFC Council Meeting

were held on the 27th and the IIFC Executive and

Advisory Committees met on the 29th. The primary

outcomes of these meetings are reported in this edition

of FRP International. All IIFC working groups, fib Task

Group 9.3, the CCES FRP and its Applications

Committee, and the ISHMII/IIFC Task Group on

Heritage Structures all took the opportunity to hold

meetings during the conference.

banquet KungFu Tai Chi

On the 28th, delegates were treated to a tour of the

Summer Palace prior to the conference banquet. At the

banquet, held along the shores of Kunming Lake, the

delegates enjoyed Chinese royal cuisine and traditional

shows.

A technical tour to the Beijing Olympic Park - including

the National Stadium “Birdnest” and National

Swimming Center “Water Cube” - was organized on the

29th. An interesting social program visiting the

Forbidden City, the Great Wall and the 2008 Olympic

Park also was arranged.

Conference photographs are available for download at

www.cice2010.net.

As organizers of CICE 2010 we wish to thank all the conference participants for their great contribution including many

interesting presentations and inspiring discussions during the conference. It was a pleasure to host such an energizing

event, and we trust that the conference will help advance FRP technologies in civil engineering.

Lieping Ye and Qingrui Yue, Conference Chairs

Peng Feng, Conference General Secretary

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Keynote Lectures

Ten keynote lectures were presented at CICE 2010.

Among these were two lectures associated with IIFC

honours, The IIFC Medal and Distinguished Young

Researcher Award. Both papers appear in the

Proceedings. Award citations were published in FRP

International in August 2010.

Prof. Triantafillou Dr. Smith

Professor Thanasis Triantafillou, the 2010 IIFC Medal

recipient, presented a paper entitled Innovative Textile-

Based Composites for Strengthening and Seismic

Retrofitting of Concrete and Masonry Structures.

Professor Triantafillou is the Director of the Structural

Engineering Laboratory and Director of Post-graduate

Studies at the University of Patras, Greece.

Winner of the Distinguished Young Researcher Award,

Assistant Professor Scott Smith from the University of

Hong Kong, China, presented a paper entitled

Strengthening of Concrete, Metallic and Timber

Construction Materials with FRP Composites.

CICE 2010 Best Paper Awards

Two papers were selected from among those eligible to

receive Best Paper Awards:

Luke A. Bisby and Tim J.

Stratford. The Ultimate Condition of

FRP Confined Concrete Columns:

New Experimental Observations and

Insights, Proceedings, pp 599.

J.G. Dai, W.Y. Gao and J.G.

Teng. Finite Element

Modeling of Insulated

FRP-Strengthened RC

Beams Exposed to Fire,

Proceedings, pp 428.

The Award Selection Committee was chaired by Raafat

El-Hacha.

IIFC General Meeting

The IIFC General Meeting was held on September 27

2010 at CICE 2010 at which changes were made to the

IIFC Council. As a result, 12 new members were elected

to the IIFC Council; their profiles are presented in the

following pages. In addition, the terms of 13 retiring

Council members were extended until CICE 2012,

namely:

Prof. C.E. Bakis, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Prof. L.C. Bank, The City College of New York, USA

Prof. N. Banthia, University of British Columbia,

Canada

Dr. J.F. Chen, University of Edinburgh, UK

Prof. I.E. Harik, University of Kentucky, USA

Prof. V.M. Karbhari, University of Alabama in

Huntsville, USA

Prof. T. Keller, EPFL, Switzerland

Prof. P. Labossière, University of Sherbrooke, Canada

Prof. M. Motavalli, EMPA, Switzerland; University of

Tehran, Iran

Prof. K.H. Tan, National University of Singapore,

Singapore

Prof. T.C. Triantafillou, University of Patras, Greece

Prof. Z.S. Wu, Ibaraki University, Japan

Prof. X.L. Zhao, Monash University, Australia

Twelve IIFC members retired from the Council at CICE

2010 as listed below. They were thanked by the IIFC

President and awarded with Token of Appreciation

Plaques.

Prof. D.J. Oehlers, University of Adelaide, Australia

Dr. G.M. Van Erp, LOC Composites, Australia

Prof. B. Bakht, JMBT Structures Research Inc., Canada

Prof. Z.T. Lu, Southeast University, China

Prof. L.P. Ye, Tsinghua University, China

Dr. Q.R. Yue, National Diagnosis and Rehab. Research

Centre, China

Prof. B. Täljsten, Sto Scandinavia, Sweden

Prof. E. Cosenza, University of Naples Federico II,

Italy

Dr. H. Fukuyama, Building Research Institute, Japan

Prof. U. Meier, EMPA, Switzerland

Prof. P. Waldron, University of Sheffield, UK

Prof. A. Mirmiran, Florida International University,

USA

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The IIFC Council, listed in its entirety on the back page

of FRP International, now has 38 elected members

representing 19 countries. Members of the Advisory

Council, also listed on the back page, are also Members

of the Council. Council terms are six years.

IIFC Council Meeting

Following the General Meeting in Beijing, the Council

met to elect the IIFC Executive Committee that will

steer the IIFC up to CICE 2012. Profiles of the new

Executive Committee are presented in the following

pages.

IIFC Council also elected four new IIFC Fellows:

Professor Brahim Benmokrane University of Sherbrooke, Canada Research Interests: Advancing knowledge on fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials, and designing a new generation of FRP products and expanding their use in civil

engineering structures.

Professor Jongsung Sim Hanyang University, Korea Research Interests: FRPs for strengthening and rehabilitation of concrete structures; development and application of GFRP reinforcing bars; and structural health monitoring using smart sensors.

Professor Thanasis Triantafillou University of Patras, Greece Research Interests: The application of advanced structural materials in structures, with emphasis in the field of repair/strengthening and seismic retrofitting. His secondary research interests are in the area of steel-concrete composite construction.

Professor Xiao-Ling Zhao Monash University, Australia Research Interests: FRP Strengthening of Structures; Thin-walled and tubular structures.

IIFC Council admitted IIFC Immediate Past-President

Kenneth Neale to the IIFC Advisory Council.

Professor Kenneth Neale University of Sherbrooke, Canada Research Interests: FRPs for structural strengthening and rehabilitation; solid mechanics and materials; and high performance computation.

2010 IIFC President’s Award – Dr. Rudolf Seracino

The IIFC President’s Award is bestowed at the discretion of the Institute’s President in recognition of distinguished

services by members for advancing the understanding and the application of fibre-reinforced polymers in the civil

infrastructure, in the service of the engineering profession and society. Past recipients of this award were Jian-Fei

Chen (2006), Vistasp Karbhari (2006) and Scott Smith (2008).

In Beijing, outgoing IIFC President Ken Neale had the privilege of announcing Dr. Rudolf Seracino as the recipient of

the 2010 President’s Award. “This was a very easy decision for me, given Dr. Seracino’s many past contributions to

IIFC. On behalf of IIFC I sincerely thank Dr. Seracino for his dedication and contributions to IIFC.”

Dr. Seracino is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering and Mechanics at

North Carolina State University. Rudi is a member of IIFC Council and has just been

appointed IIFC Secretary. He served IIFC as the FRP International Editor from 2007

to 2010. Dr. Seracino is a co-chair of the FRPRCS-10 Symposia to be held in Tampa

in April.

Dr Seracino's primary research area is the application of advanced fiber reinforced

polymers (FRP) in civil engineering, particularly in the development of ductile FRP

systems for the rehabilitation or strengthening of existing infrastructure. Other

research interests include the partial-interaction assessment of composite steel-

concrete members, and the behavior of high strength/performance materials. His

research includes large-scale laboratory testing, and analytical and numerical

modeling.

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IIFC Executive Committee

President

Prof. Lawrence Bank The City College of New York, USA

Vice Presidents

Dr. Jian-Fei Chen (Senior Vice President) University of Edinburgh, UK

Prof. Charles Bakis Pennsylvania State

University, USA

Dr. Renata Kotynia Technical University of Lodz, Poland

Prof. Zhi-Shen Wu

Ibaraki University, Japan

Treasurer Secretary

Dr. Scott Smith University of Hong Kong, China

Dr. Rudolf Seracino North Carolina State

University, USA

Members-at-Large

Dr. Luke Bisby University of Edinburgh, UK

Dr. Raafat El-Hacha University of Calgary,

Canada

Prof. Amir Fam Queen’s University, Canada

Prof. Emmanuel Ferrier

Université Lyon 1, France

Dr. Jian-Guo Dai Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

FRP International Editor

Dr. Kent Harries University of Pittsburgh,

USA

Conference Coordinators

Prof. Tamon Ueda (APFIS2012) Hokkaido University, Japan

Prof. Giorgio Monti (CICE 2012)

Sapienza University of Roma, Italy

President’s Message - Larry Bank

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the new look of

FRP International, designed by our new newsletter editor,

Kent Harries, who takes over from Rudi Seracino. I would

like to thank Rudi for his outstanding service to the IIFC as

newsletter editor for the last four years.

As the International Institute for FRP in Construction

enters its second decade as the international society for

the promotion of research and applications of fiber

composites in construction, I am honored to have been

elected to serve as the President of the Institute. We have

come a long way from the founding meeting called by

Prof. Jin-Guang Teng at the 1st International Conference

for Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE) in Hong Kong

in December 2001. Now, ten years later, many of us have

just returned from the very successful 5th CICE Conference

which was held in Beijing, China and organized by Profs.

Leping Ye and Feng Peng of Tshingua University. I speak

for all of us when I say that we left Beijing with a renewed

enthusiasm and commitment to continue to build and

develop the next generation of leaders in the field of FRP

for Construction.

At the recent conference we also elected a new Executive

Committee, the members of which are featured on this

page. On behalf of the Executive Committee, I would like

to express my thanks to the outgoing President, Prof.

Kenneth Neale of Sherbrooke University, for his

leadership of the Institute for the last four years. Without

Ken we would not be in our headquarters in Manitoba,

Canada and in the very healthy intellectual and fiscal

condition we are in today.

I encourage all our readers to get more involved with the

IIFC and come feel for yourselves the enjoyment of our

camaraderie and excitement of our work.

With very best wishes to all for the next decade of FRP in

Construction!

Larry Bank, President IIFC

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IIFC Council Members elected at CICE 2010

Prof. Riadh Al-Mahaidi Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Dr. Thiru Aravinthan University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Dr. Luke Bisby University of Edinburgh, UK

Dr. Raafat El-Hacha University of Calgary,

Canada

Dr. Peng Feng Tsinghua University, China

Dr. Emmanuel Ferrier Université Lyon 1, France

Prof. Michael Griffith University of Adelaide, Australia

Dr. Maurizio Guadagnini

University of Sheffield, UK

Dr. Fabio Matta University of South Carolina, USA

Dr. Tim Stratford University of Edinburgh,

UK

Dr. Yufei Wu City University of Hong Kong, China

Prof. Seishi Yamada Toyohashi University of

Technology, Japan

Upcoming Conferences and Meetings

ACMA COMPOSITES 2011, February 2-4, 2011, Fort

Lauderdale, Florida, USA. www.acmanet.org

SMAR 2011 First Middle East Conference on Smart

Monitoring, Assessment and Rehabilitation of Civil

Structures, February 8–10, 2011, Dubai UAE, American

University in Dubai (AUD). smar.empa.ch

JEC Composites 2011, March 29-31, 2011, Paris,

France. www.jeccomposites.com

FRPRCS-10 10th International Symposium on Fiber

Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Reinforced

Concrete Structures, April 2-4, 2011 Tampa, Florida

USA. Hosted by the American Concrete Institute and its

Committee 440. frprcs10.eng.usf.edu

CDCC 2011 4th International Conference on

Durability and Sustainability of FRP Composites for

Construction and Rehabilitation, July 20-22, 2011,

Quebec City, Canada.

www.civil.usherbrooke.ca/cdcc2011

Early Registration: before May 1, 2011

APFIS 2012 Third Asia-Pacific Conference on FRP in

Structures, February 2-5, 2012, Sapporo, Japan. http://www.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/labo/maintenance/APF

IS2012

Abstracts due: March 31 2011 Papers due: July 31 2011

ACMBS-VI Advanced Composite Materials in Bridges

and Structures, May 22-25, 2012, Kingston, Canada.

civil.queensu.ca/documents/ACMBS2012.pdf

Abstracts due: May 15, 2011

CICE 2012 6th International Conference on FRP

Composites in Civil Engineering, June 13-15, 2012,

Rome, Italy. www.cice2012.it

Abstracts due: April 2011 Papers due: December 2011

CICE 2014 7th International Conference on FRP

Composites in Civil Engineering, July 2014,

Vancouver, Canada.

APFIS 2012 Poster Competition

Poster presentations are invited for the APFIS 2012

conference to be held in Sapporo, Japan, February 2-

4, 2012. A poster competition will be held and IIFC

awards will be provided in the categories: best

research poster for FRP in new construction, best

research poster for FRP in structural retrofitting, and

best field application poster. Information will be

available at the APFIS website.

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FRP INTERNATIONALthe official newsletter of the International Institute for FRP in Construction

International Institute for FRP in Construction Council

Australia Korea R. Al-Mahaidi Swinburne University of Technology J. Sim Hanyang University T. Aravinthan University of Southern Queensland Poland M. Griffith University of Adelaide R. Kotynia Technical University of Lodz X.L. Zhao Monash University Portugal

Canada J. Barros University of Minho N. Banthia University of British Columbia Singapore R. El-Hacha University of Calgary K.H. Tan National University of Singapore A. Fam Queen’s University Spain P. Labossière University of Sherbrooke M.D.G. Pulido San Pablo University

China Switzerland P. Feng Tsinghua University T. Keller Swiss Federal Institute of Technology S.T. Smith University of Hong Kong Turkey Y.F. Wu City University of Hong Kong A. Ilki Istanbul Technical University

Egypt UK H.M. Seliem Helwan University L.A. Bisby University of Edinburgh

France J.F. Chen University of Edinburgh E. Ferrier Université Lyon 1 M. Guadagnini University of Sheffield

Greece T.J. Stratford University of Edinburgh T.C. Triantafillou University of Patras USA

Iran C.E. Bakis Pennsylvania State University M. Motavalli University of Tehran/EMPA, Switzerland L.C. Bank City College of New York

Israel I.E. Harik University of Kentucky A. Katz Technion-Israel Institute of Technology K.A. Harries University of Pittsburgh

Italy V.M. Karbhari University of Alabama in Huntsville L. De Lorenzis University of Lecce F. Matta University of South Carolina G. Monti Sapienza University of Roma R. Seracino North Carolina State University

Japan Z.S. Wu Ibaraki University S. Yamada Toyohashi University of Technology

International Institute for FRP in Construction Advisory Committee A. Machida Saitama University, Japan S.H. Rizkalla North Carolina State University, USA A. A. Mufti University of Manitoba, Canada L. Taerwe Ghent University, Belgium A. Nanni University of Miami, USA J.G. Teng (Chair) Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China K. W. Neale University of Sherbrooke, Canada T. Ueda Hokkaido University, Japan

First Announcement

The Official Regional Conference ofthe International Institute for FRP in Construction

(IIFC) for the Asia-Pacific Region

2-4 February 2012 Sapporo, Japan

Aim and Scope

About APFIS 2012 Key Dates

Official Language

Awards

Registration fee

www.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/labo/maintenance/APFIS2012/

APFIS 2012 is the third IIFC Asia-Pacific regionalconference on the research and application of fiberreinforced polymers (FRP) in civil and architecturalengineering structures to be held in Sapporo, Japan from 2to 4 February 2012. APFIS 2012 aims to continue thesuccess of the preceding conferences held in Hong Kong,China in 2007, and Seoul, Korea in 2009 with expectingparticipation from the Asia-Pacific region and various partsof the world.

The aim of APFIS 2012 is to share the latest developmentsin research and application of FRP in civil and architecturalengineering areas. Papers dealing with fundamentalresearch and application of FRP composites to civil andarchitectural engineering structures will be considered forpublication in the conference proceedings and forpresentation at the conference. Topics include but arenot limited to:

• Materials and products

• Strengthening of concrete, metallic, timber and

masonry structures

• Bond behavior and debonding failures

• Confinement and seismic retrofit

• Concrete structures reinforced or prestressed with

FRP

• Durability and long-term performance

• Fire, impact and blast loading

• Structural health monitoring and intelligent sensing

• Field applications and case studies

• Codes and standards

• Hybrid structures and all FRP structures

Organized by

Japan Concrete Institute

in collaboration with

Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Japan Society for Composite Materials

Hokkaido University

Call for Papers

English is the official language of the Conference.

300 words abstract: 31 March 2011Full paper for review: 31 July 2011Final manuscript: 31 October 2011Early bird registration: 30 November 2011Conference: 2-4 February 2012

Technical Program

Prospective authors are invited to submit an abstract ofnot more than 300 words with paper title, authors’ nameand affiliation, name and e-mail address of contact personby 31 March 2011. Abstract is to be submitted by e-mailto the following address:

Three days technical program includes invited lectures,keynote lectures, parallel sessions and poster sessionsby young researchers. Post conference technical tour isplanned after the three days program.

apfis2012@eng.hokudai.ac.jp

Proceedings

A soft cover book containing one-page abstracts will bepublished. Full papers will be included in CD-ROM.

Best paper awards will be given to excellent paperspresented at the conference. Competition of posterpresentation is tentatively planned.

Social Program

Welcome reception and banquet will be arranged.Accompanying persons’ program will be planned ondemand.

Participant: JPY 40,000 (before 1 December 2011)JPY 50,000 (after 30 November 2011)

Student: JPY 20,000 (before 1 December 2011)JPY 25,000 (after 30 November 2011)

Banquet and welcome reception ticket: JPY 10,000

Conference VenueInternational Scientific Committee

Organizing Committee

About Sapporo City

APFIS 2012 will be held at Conference Hall, HokkaidoUniversity, Sapporo, Japan.

Hokkaido University started out in 1876 as SapporoAgricultural College, the first modern academic institute inJapan. Its curriculum which combined agricultural andcivil engineering disciplines was developed following thatof the Massachusetts Agricultural College and classes weretaught by foreign experts. Since the Japanesegovernment’s purpose of setting up SAC was to developHokkaido, an untamed land, using the advancedknowledge of foreign faculty and subsequently SACgraduates, civil engineering education in Japan started inearnest at SAC.

http://www.hokudai.ac.jp/en/

Sapporo is the fifth largest city of Japan with apopulation of more than 1.8 million. It developed asthe main urban center of Hokkaido, the northern islandof Japan and became well known internationally when in1972 it became the first Asian city to host the WinterOlympics. Sapporo is also famous for its annual SnowFestival, in which massive ice sculptures adorn OdoriPark in the city center.

Sapporo residents are friendly and the city itself is richin natural environment. One can enjoy the magnificentview of mountains, which are covered with lushgreenery in summer, vibrant colored leaves in autumnand white snow in winter. Sapporo is generouslyendowed with parks and gardens and laid out in aneasy-to-follow grid plan. The mountains that attractskiers and snowboarders rise up to its south, while thecoast is less than thirty minutes away.

Hokkaido is home to a rich variety of foodstuffs, andSapporo is a great place to find fresh seafood, dairy andagricultural products. Nationwide surveys con-sistentlyrank Sapporo as one of Japan's most desirable places tolive.

http://en.visit-hokkaido.jp/

The New Chitose Airport, 30 minutes by train toSapporo, is linked to numerous airports within andoutside Japan.

http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/

L.C. Bank, USA (Chairman)

R. Al-Mahaidi, Australia

T. Aravinthan, Australia

C.E. Bakis, USA

N. Banthia, Canada

J. Barros, Portugal

L.A. Bisby, UK

J.F. Chen, UK

L. De Lorenzis, Italy

R. El-Hacha, Canada

A. Fam, Canada

P. Feng, China

E. Ferrier, France

M. Griffith, Australia

M. Guadagnini, UK

I.E. Harik, USA

K.A. Harries, USA

A. Ilki, Turkey

V.M. Karbhari, USA

A. Katz, Israel

T. Keller, Switzerland

R. Kotynia, Poland

Chairman:T. Ueda, Hokkaido University

Members:

T. Kanakubo, University of Tsukuba

Y. Sato, Hokkaido University

T. Shimomura, Nagaoka University of Technology

J.G. Dai, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Y. Goto, Hokkaido University

M. Iso, University of Fukui

A. Kamiharako, Hirosaki University

Y. Kurihashi, Muroran Institute of Technology

A. Kobayashi, Nippon Steel Materials Co., Ltd.

T. Matsumoto, Hokkaido University

K. Nakano, Niigata Institute of Technology

H. Nishi, Civil Eng. Research Institute for Cold Region

I. Nishizaki, Public Works Research Institute

Y. Takahashi, Hokkai-Gakuen University

F. Taguchi, Civil Eng. Research Institute for Cold Region

Z. Wu, Ibaraki University

K. Yamaguchi, Kyushu University

S. Yamada, Toyohashi University of Technology

K. Yonemaru, Shimizu Corporation

The event began in 1950 when six students built snowstatues in Odori Park. The idea caught on and todayteams of talented professional sculptors come fromaround Japan and the world to create hundreds ofstatues and sculptures from ice.

These amazing creations range from small, intricatepieces to huge structures the size of multi-storeybuildings.

There's a support program of concerts and culturalevents, and at night the sculptures are beautifullyilluminated with colored lighting.

The 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival will be held from February 6 (Mon.) through 12 (Sun.) in 2012.

http://www.snowfes.com/english/

Sapporo Snow Festival

Hokkaido University’s School of Engineering

P. Labossiere, Canada

A. Machida, JapanF. Matta, USAG. Monti, ItalyM. Motavalli, IranA.A. Mufti, CanadaH. Mutsuyoshi, JapanH. Nakamura, JapanA. Nanni, USAK.W. Neale, CanadaM.D.G. Pulido, SpainS.H. Rizkalla, USAH.M. Seliem, EgyptR. Seracino, USAJ. Sim, KoreaS.T. Smith, ChinaT.J. Stratford, UKL. Taerwe, BelgiumK.H. Tan, SingaporeJ.G. Teng, ChinaT.C. Triantafillou, GreeceT. Uomoto, JapanY.F. Wu, ChinaX.L. Zhao, Australia

Call for Papers

Authors can submit abstracts through the conference web site

www.cice2012.it

Deadlines to remember: 30 April 2011 – Abstract submission

31 December 2011 – Paper submission

31 March 2012 – Early bird registration

Acceptance of abstracts and papers will be provided within one month from submission.

For additional information, please contact:

info@cice2012.it

Welcome to the Eternal City!

After the successful conferences in Hong Kong 2001, Adelaide 2004,

Miami 2006, Zurich 2008, and Beijing 2010, the 6th International conference on Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)

Composites in Civil Engineering is to be held in Rome, Italy, in June 2012.

CICE 2012, an official conference of the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC), aims to provide

an international forum where researchers and practitioners in the

field of FRP composites in civil engineering can exchange and share

recent advances and future perspectives.

CICE 2012

Conference Chair Sapienza Università di Roma

Via Antonio Gramsci, 53 – 00197 Roma, Italy

Giorgio Monti 13-15 June 2012 The 6th International Conference on

FRP Composites in Civil Engineering

Rome

Committees

About Rome It has been said that all roads lead to Rome. In Rome, every road leads to eternity.

Its history spans over 2,700 years and it is a spectacular encyclopedia of living history, including Vatican City,

an independent city-state located entirely within Rome. Tours are plentiful and often based on themes of

history, food and wine, art, and religion. The whole experience is so powerful as to be almost overwhelming.

After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day!

National Organizing Committee

G. Monti (chair), M.A. Aiello, L. Ascione, V. Bianco, M. Liotta, G. Manfredi, N. Nisticò,

M. Pecce, A. Prota, S. Russo, M. Savoia.

International Scientific Committee

R. Al-Mahaidi, B. Bakht, C.E. Bakis, L.C. Bank, N. Banthia, J.A. Barros, B. Benmokrane, L. Bisby,

F. Ceroni, J.F. Chen, J.G. Dai, L. De Lorenzis, R. El-Hacha, A. Fam, P. Feng, E. Ferrier,

H. Fukuyama, M. Green, J. Grenestedt, M. Griffith, X.L. Gu, M. Guadagnini, I.E. Harik, K. Harries,

P.Y. Huang, A. Ilki, A. Katz, T. Keller, R. Kotynia, H. Li, L.L. Luo, S. Matthys,

U. Meier, M. Motavalli, A. Nanni, D.J. Oehlers, J.P. Ou, S.H. Rizkalla, R. Seracino, W. Sebastian,

J.S. Sim, S.T. Smith, B. Taljsten, K.H. Tan, J.G. Teng, T. Triantafillou, L. Taerwe, T. Ueda,

G. Van Erp, P. Waldron, Y.F. Wu, Z.S. Wu, Y. Xiao, Z.M. Xue, W.C. Xue, J. Yao, X.L. Zhao.

The program will consist of keynote lectures and general sessions. The IIFC general

meeting and council meeting will be held during the conference. Technical tours and social programs will be arranged. Products

and services exhibition will be open during the conference. If you are interested in a display booth, please contact us at: info@cice2012.it.

Registration before 31 March 2012

€ 700 (regular) € 450 (student)

Registration after 31 March 2012 € 900 (regular) € 550 (student)

Registration covers IIFC Membership, attendance at the conference, conference proceedings, welcome reception, banquet, refreshments, all lunches and social dinner.

Technical tours and social programs are not included.

Registration

Topics • FRP Strengthening of Concrete

Structures, Historic Structures, Masonry Structures, Timber Structures and Metallic Structures

• FRP in Seismic Retrofitting • Bond and Interfacial Stresses • Confinement of Concrete • Hybrid FRP Structures • Concrete-Filled FRP Tubes • All-FRP and Smart FRP Structures • Prestressing with FRP • Fire, Impact and Blast Loading • Durability and Long-Term Performance • Inspection and Quality Assurance • Field Applications and Case Studies • Codes and Design Guidelines