Mark A. Bury, is a product manager in the Product Marketing Group at Master Builders, Inc., Beachwood, Ohio. In 1994, Mr. Bury initiated a research program to study concrete in microgravity followed by a successful experiment on concrete aboard the space shuttle, Endeavor. Mr. Bury has been awarded the Master Builders Master Merit Award in 1988 and in 1994. He also received a Managers Award for Excellence in 1987. Mark holds a US Patent for corrosion-inhibiting admixture for steel reinforced concrete and has authored and co-authored eight papers in various concrete industry journals. Mr. Bury earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from Baldwin Wallace College.