The ACI Foundation is excited to announce its 2026-2027 fellowship and scholarship recipients. The ACI Foundation is a non-profit subsidiary of ACI that promotes progress, innovation, and collaboration in the concrete industry through strategic investments in ideas, research, and people to create the future of the concrete industry.
All Fellowship recipients receive a $10,000 (USD) educational stipend; and paid travel expenses and attendance fees to two ACI Concrete Conventions. All Scholarship recipients receive a $5,000 (USD) educational stipend.
Since the inception of the Foundation’s Fellowship program in 2008, the ACI Foundation has provided financial support, mentorship, and internship opportunities to over 420 students.
This year the ACI Foundation was able to award 29 fellowships and 14 scholarships to students from 36 different institutions.
2026-2027 Fellowship Recipients
- ACI Foundation Concrete Materials Fellowship: Abdallah Montaser, Concordia University
- ACI Foundation Concrete Practitioner Fellowship: Mohmmed Al-Sharah, Clarkson University
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Ahmad Abu Abah, University of Notre Dame
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Md. Shahjalal, University of Calgary
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Mohamed Eltahlawi, Texas A&M University
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Pradhyumna Jasti Kosaraju, University of Minnesota
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Sikandar Ali Khokhar, Purdue University
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Osama Ibrahim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Ahmed Almaadawy, Utah State University
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Tanner Drum, Western Carolina University
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Erik Kittelson, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- ACI Foundation Fellowship: Payton Dokken, University of St. Thomas
- ACI Foundation Future Concrete Industry Leader Fellowship: Vania Moreno-Colin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- ACI Houston Chapter Fellowship: Mohamed Moustafa, University of Houston
- ACI Presidents' Fellowship: Carolina Vellenich Triboni, Auburn University
- AOE Fellowship: Collin Richardson, Texas State University
- Barbara S. & W. Calvin McCall Carolinas Fellowship: Nestor Walter Barrera Romero, North Carolina State University
- Burg-Coleman Iowa State '77 ACI Fellowship: Amir Ramezani, Iowa State University
- Cagley Student Fellowship: Alexander Torres-Acosta, The Pennsylvania State University
- Charles Pankow Student Fellowship: Caleb Tittel, Arkansas State University
- Don Marks Memorial Fellowship: Chance Thomasy, University of Kentucky
- Elmer Baker Student Fellowship: Samuel Condrich, University of Cincinnati
- JoAnne K. and Cecil L. Jones Carolinas Fellowship: Lauren Camps, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Kenneth C. Hover Honorary Fellowship: Elisabeth Baret, University of Laval
- Nicholas F. Maloof, Jr. Georgia Chapter of ACI Fellowship: Peter Grafstein, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Robert F. Mast Memorial Fellowship: Sian Helfrich, University of Kansas
- Ronald G. Burg Leadership Fellowship: Noah Breder, University of Florida
- S.P. Shah Fellowship: Ho Wai Cheung, University of California Berkeley
- Tribute to the Founders Fellowship: Grace Vaughan, University of Alabama
2026-2027 Scholarship Recipients
- ACI 201 Undergraduate Concrete Durability Scholarship: Anthony Cauley, Clarkston University
- ACI Foundation Scholarship: Ike Jones, Iowa State University
- ACI Foundation Scholarship: Paige Huggins, University of Cincinnati
- ACI Foundation Scholarship: Jaime Estrada, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- ACI Foundation Scholarship: Eunice Mendes Rodrigues Farias Mello, The University of Alabama
- Bernard Erlin Memorial Scholarship: Dalton Vassallo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Bertold E. Weinberg Scholarship: Bahar Arian, University of Miami
- Honorary Dr. Mohan Malhotra Quebec and Eastern Ontario Scholarship: Nancy Kachouh, University of Waterloo
- Katharine & Bryant Mathers Scholarship: Richard Sturm, Queen's University
- Master Builders Solutions Concrete Materials Scholarship: Sasin Prajapati, Auburn University
- Nick Bada - ACI Ontario Chapter Scholarship: Laura Kalab, Western University
- Richard D. Stehly Memorial Scholarship: Esther De Velasco, LeToureanu University
- Roger S. Johnston Memorial Scholarship: Olivia Miller, University of Maryland, College Park
- Stewart C. Watson Memorial Scholarship: Hector Garcia Matamoros, University of California Berkeley
The online application process for the ACI Foundation’s 2027-2028 Fellowships and Scholarships will open on July 1, 2026, and close on November 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST.
ACI Foundation Fellowship and Scholarship awards are made possible through generous contributions by donors from the concrete community. Together, the Foundation and its supporters are strengthening the concrete industry by supporting students entering a professional career in the field of concrete.
The ACI Foundation is leading the way to ensure a sustainable, successful future of the concrete industry by intentional and focused investments in ideas, research, and people. Additional information about each fellowship and scholarship is available at acifoundation.org/scholarships.