2008 Auction
The 2008 NASTT 7th Annual Education Fund Auction was a huge success! It was a record breaking year raising over $40,000 to support student chapters and activities. This event would not be possible without the continuous support of our Auction Sponsor Barbco Inc. and highest grossing auction donation item from Baroid Industrial Drilling Products. We would also like to thank the following companies for their generous donations:
| Akkerman Inc. |
HammerHead |
Northern California Pipe Users Association |
| AOC Resins |
Insituform Technologies |
Northwest Chapter of NASTT |
| Barbco Inc. |
Interplastic Corp. |
Nowak Corp. |
| Baroid IDP |
Jacobs Associates |
Parsons Brinckerhoff |
| Benjamin Media Inc. |
Michels Corp. |
Rain for Rent |
| CAC Construction |
Midwest Mole |
Sprayroq Inc. |
| Can Clay / UIT |
Miller Pipeline |
The Robbins Co. |
| CATT |
New York Yankees |
Trenchless Techology Center |
| Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (CUIRE) |
North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) |
TT Technologies |
| Godwin Pumps |
Northeast Consulting Inc. |
Vermeer |
Scholarships and awards are also given out at the Annual Education Fund Auction. This year the following students were recognized:
NASTT Student Poster Competition (1st Place - Research)
- Ivan Diaz, Louisiana Tech University
- Evaluation of a Geopolymer Grout Using Fly Ash Activated with a Sodium Hydroxide Solution
NASTT Student Poster Competition (Runner-up - Research)
- Sherif Kamel, McGill University
- Pressure Redistribution on Rigid Pipes Subjected to Subsurface Soil Erosion
NASTT Student Poster Competition (1st Place - General)
- Denise Morello and Charles Ormsby, McGill University
- Socio-Economic Impacts of Buried Infrastructure Rehabilitation
NASTT Student Poster Competition (1st Place - General)
- John Matthews, Louisiana Tech University
- Trenchless Assessment Guide for Rehabilitation
Rain for Rent Academic Scholarship Awards ($1,000 each)
- Adam Kolwicz, Bowling Green State University
- John Matthews, Louisiana Tech University
- Robert Pohlman, Bowling Green State University
- Todd Snyder, University of Texas at Arlington
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