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concrete blocks

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Penn State researchers investigated a method for better balancing sustainability with desirable acoustic properties in concrete floor slabs similar to the one shown in this photo with, left, Jonathan Broyles, an architectural engineering doctoral candidate, and Nathan Brown, assistant professor of architectural engineering. This scaled-down slab, fabricated in collaboration with Jonathan C. Boliek, an independent contractor, is a model for future research with Micah Shepherd, assistant research professor of acoustics and a paper co-author

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Kelby Hochreither, Penn State

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