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Nabil Grace, 54.(Focus)
Crain's Detroit Business, May, 2007 by Begin, Sherri
Byline: Sherri Begin Director of the Center for Innovative Research Materials and chairman of the civil engineering department Lawrence Technological University, Southfield Never-ending bridge repair could become a thing of the past in Michigan, if Lawrence Technological University researcher Nabil Grace's invention is widely adopted.
Grace, has spent 20 years developing advanced composites that consist of polymers - such as carbon or glass - mixed with fibers, and finding applications for them. The resultant materials are 10 times stronger than steel and weigh five times less, Grace said. The carbon fiber he's developed can be used to replace steel in concrete bridges and already has been adopted for the Bridge Street Bridge in Southfield, which...
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