Aug 28, 2026 · 35 min · 12 segments
In this episode, Katelyn Hensel, research and development assistant at Salt River Materials Group, and Dr. Tony Lamanna, professor at Arizona State University, share the very different paths that led…
Tony LaMannaGuest
Katelyn HenselHost
Speaking of committees, what are your sort of main committees that you focus on when you go to a convention?

But the two big ones are SIPAC, the Student Young Professionals and Activities Committee, and the Women in ACI.

So I help them organize events and help just get involved, volunteer with what they need help with.

And during my PhD, I did a lot of work with powder actuated fasteners and concrete screws.

And so it seemed natural to join that committee, and I've been a member ever since, enjoying bringing Anchorage design through what used to be Appendix D, now into Chapter 17.

We mainly work on the qualifying documents, so what testing has to be done in order to be able to use the equations developed in the code.

She convinced me to join, I think it's 134 on constructability from when we started.

And they've been very informative to bring some of that information from the construction side into concrete.

Speaking of committees, what are your sort of main committees that you focus on when you go to a convention?

But the two big ones are SIPAC, the Student Young Professionals and Activities Committee, and the Women in ACI.

So I help them organize events and help just get involved, volunteer with what they need help with.

And during my PhD, I did a lot of work with powder actuated fasteners and concrete screws.

And so it seemed natural to join that committee, and I've been a member ever since, enjoying bringing Anchorage design through what used to be Appendix D, now into Chapter 17.

We mainly work on the qualifying documents, so what testing has to be done in order to be able to use the equations developed in the code.

She convinced me to join, I think it's 134 on constructability from when we started.

And they've been very informative to bring some of that information from the construction side into concrete.
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