A poster by graduate student Rouzbeh Shahsavari on the “Transferability of Empirical Force Fields” received the Best Poster award from the American Ceramic Society, Cements Division at the organization’s annual meeting held at Purdue University in July. And at the Engineering Mechanics Institute’s 2010 conference in August, Shahsavari’s paper, “From Atoms to Microstructure of Cement Hydrate,” was one of five finalists for Best Paper.