Chico State Becomes Training Center for STADIUM® Software

Chico State is set to become the U.S. training center for STADIUM® software that predicts the service life of concrete infrastructure exposed to aggressive environments. In addition to providing training for concrete industry and engineering professionals, the CIM program will help develop training materials and curriculum modules for professional training and integrating STADIUM® into the classroom, use it for student projects, and conduct research with state departments of transportation and other public agencies. After the completion of the field school pilot year in 2010, the National Park Service noted the Chico State CIM students' enthusiasm, work ethic and the high degree of industry support, and invited CIM to enter a five-year Field School Cooperative Agreement. This past summer was the second year for the field school. Andrew Billingsley, who graduated in May and was one of the students from the 2010 team, returned this year as the project manager. Billingsley said that the historical aspect of working on Alcatraz was especially fulfilling. "We are contributing to future generations' being able to visit this and see a piece of history. We helped preserve the staircase-it's still here because we worked on it.