Scholarship & Fellowship Recipients

Congratulations to the 2025-2026 fellowship and scholarship awardees. This year the ACI Foundation was able to award 28 fellowships and 15 scholarships to students from 35 different institutions.

Shayan Ali Khan, University of Illinois Urban Champaign

ACI Foundation Concrete Materials Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Forensic Engineering, Sustainability, Durability

Adam Mouak, University of Kansas

ACI Foundation Concrete Practitioner Fellowship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Concrete Industry Management, Forensic Engineering, Materials

Jasmine Brittan, New York University

ACI Foundation Future Concrete Industry Leader Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Industry Management, Construction/Field, Sustainability

Richard Sturm, Queen's University

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Sustainability, Durability

Ernesto Perez-Claros, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Sustainability

Daniel Akerele, University of Washington

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Materials, Sustainability

Md Hasibul Hasan Rahat, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Awetehagn Tuaum Gebremariam, Colorado State University

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Materials, Durability

Rubaiya Rumman, The University of British Columbia

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Parisa Heidari, University of Sherbrooke

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Materials, Sustainability

Avijit Pal, The University of Texas Arlington

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Construction/Field, Sustainability

Majdi Flah, McMaster University

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Forensic Engineering, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Jozepha Soborowicz, Iowa State University

ACI Foundation Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Sustainability

Paul Inya Isu, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineralsy

ACI Foundation MENA Student Excellence Award

Focus of Study: Concrete Materials, Design of Reinforced Concrete

Sondos Hlayhel, University of Houston

ACI Houston Chapter Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Hector Garcia Matamoros, University of California, Berkeley

ACI Presidents' Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design

Katherine Connor, South Dakota State University

AOE Fellowship

Focus of Study: Concrete Industry Management, Construction/Field, Materials

Jacob Bowers, Clemson University

Barbara S. & W. Calvin McCall Carolinas Fellowship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Forensic Engineering

Raymond Pepera, Iowa State University

Burg-Coleman Iowa State '77 ACI Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Materials, Sustainability

Meshach Ojo, University of Connecticut

Charles Pankow Foundation Student Fellowship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Maxwell Edman, University of Illinois at Chicago

Don Marks Memorial Fellowship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Construction/Field, Materials, Sustainability

Sunday Michael Akanji, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

JoAnne K. and Cecil L. Jones Carolinas Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Addie Lederman, University of Washington

Kenneth C. Hover Honorary Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Forensic Engineering, Sustainability

Gabriel Ackall, Georgia Institute of Technology

Nicholas F. Maloof, Jr. Georgia Chapter of ACI Fellowship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Forensic Engineering, Materials

Samuel Dwima Halim, University of California, Los Angeles

Robert F. Mast Memorial Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Forensic Engineering, Sustainability

Alexander Babcock, University of Texas at Austin

Ronald G. Burg Leadership Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Construction/Field, Materials, Sustainability

Erick Moreno Rangel, Oregon State University

S.P. Shah Fellowship

Focus of Study: Academics, Construction/Field, Sustainability, Durability

Stanton Freeman, Auburn University

Tribute to the Founders Fellowship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Forensic Engineering, Materials, Sustainability

Angela Tewksbury, Clarkson University

ACI 201 Undergraduate Concrete Durability Scholarship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Wyatt Johansen, Southern Utah University

ACI Foundation Scholarship

Focus of Study: Academics, Construction/Field, Sustainability, Durability

Alireza Jafari, Dalhousie University

ACI Foundation Scholarship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Zach Kahle, Iowa State University

ACI Foundation Scholarship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Construction/Field, Sustainability

Daniel Corcoran, Clarkson University

ACI Foundation Scholarship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Concrete Industry Management, Construction/Field

William Newhoff, Stanford University

Bernard Erlin Memorial Scholarship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Construction/Field, Materials, Sustainability

Ahmed Almaadawy, Utah State University

Bertold E. Weinberg Scholarship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Nourhan Ali, Concordia University (Quebec)

Honorary Dr. Mohan Malhotra Quebec and Eastern Ontario Scholarship

Focus of Study: Construction/Field, Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Kittipong Thiamchaiboonthawee, Cornell University

Katharine & Bryant Mather Scholarship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Construction/Field, Materials, Sustainability

Muhammad Farjad Iqbal, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Master Builders Solutions Concrete Materials Scholarship

Focus of Study: Academics, Construction/Field, Materials, Sustainability

Chloe Thorp, Toronto Metropolitan University

Nick Bada - ACI Ontario Chapter Scholarship:

Focus of Study: Materials, Sustainability, Durability

Alyssa Durham, Oklahoma State University

Richard D. Stehly Memorial Scholarship

Focus of Study: Concrete Design, Forensic Engineering, Sustainability, Durability

Tyler Seiwert, Pittsburg State University

Roger S. Johnston Memorial Scholarship

Focus of Study: Concrete Industry Management, Construction/Field, Materials, Sustainability

Kyoungyeon Lee, University of California San Diegot

Stewart C. Watson Memorial Scholarship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Construction/Field, Forensic Engineering

Paul Acuna, North Carolina State University

W. Gene Corley Memorial Scholarship

Focus of Study: Academics, Concrete Design, Construction/Field, Forensic Engineering

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