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One Student’s Journey to an ACI Foundation Fellowship

Because of your support, the ACI Foundation fellowship program awards more than $200,000 annually to students to both further their studies and help them gain professional exposure to the concrete industry and ACI by funding travel to the ACI Concrete Convention. Madeleine (Maddy) Murphree was awarded the 2020‐ 2021 ACI Foundation Concrete Materials Fellowship. She is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with a focus on materials at the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, USA. She is an active member of the new ACI UF Student Chapter and serves as its President. Murphree’s long‐term goal is to obtain her PhD and work in academia.

This is the story, so far, of her college experience and introduction to ACI. Read on

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“I definitely would not have been able to get here without the ACI Foundation Fellowship and the incredible people in the concrete industry who have taken time out of their day to mentor me,” expresses Maddie Murphree of University of Florida, 2020‐21 recipient of the Concrete Materials Fellowship.

“Some of my favorite professors I have had are members of ACI and are involved in at least one Technical Committee of ACI. Through plenty of long talks with them, they made me realize how special this industry really is and how I want to be able to contribute and advance the concrete industry,” shares Michael Morano, University of California – San Diego, 2021 recipient of the Daniel W. Falconer Memorial Fellowship.