Rodrigo Valbuena Tovar

Tovar received his BS in civil engineering from the National University of Colombia in 2001 and received a degree as a Specialist in Project Management in 2006 from Pontifcia Bolivariana University in Colombia. Tovar is currently working toward earning his MS in civil engineering from the University of Texas in San Antonio. In Colombia, Tovar participated in several concrete research projects on new construction materials and techniques and has received honorable mention for his thesis, “The Use of Mini­Round abouts for Control of the Trafficof Intersections in Bogotá.” Tovar plans to receive his master’s degree and pursue the benefitsof the shotcrete process as a civil engineer.

Jean-Michel Royer

Royer received his BS in civil engineering from Laval University in 2009 and is currently working toward earning his MS in civil engineering from the same university. Royer worked as a Research Assistant for 2 years on concrete and shotcrete at Laval University, was a member of the Steel Bridge Competition Team with the American Society of Concrete Engineers (ASCE), and was a winning member of the Laval University canoe team. Currently, Royer is a Teaching Assistant for a concrete structure course at Laval University and plans to keep teaching during his professional career.