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4/16/2024
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The ACI Foundation is pleased to announce its 2024-2025 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; paid travel expenses and attendance fees to two ACI conventions; and assistance in finding an industry mentor. 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 nearly 370 students.
This year the ACI Foundation was able to award 29 fellowships and 15 scholarships to students from 35 different institutions.
2024-2025 Fellowship Recipients ACI Foundation Concrete Materials Fellowship Nima Khodadadi, University of Miami ACI Foundation Concrete Practitioner Fellowship Grant Harrington, Oklahoma State University ACI Foundation Future Concrete Industry Leader Fellowship Artem Egorov, University of Florida ACI Foundation Fellowship Mohammad Albashiti, Clemson University ACI Foundation Fellowship Monjee Almustafa, McMaster University ACI Foundation Fellowship Will Pahl, University of Saskatchewan ACI Foundation Fellowship Sofiane Amroun, University of Miami ACI Foundation Fellowship Balaram Luitel, The University of Texas at Arlington ACI Foundation Fellowship Jacob Yager, Queen's University ACI Foundation Fellowship Abdulrahman Salah, University of Houston ACI Foundation Fellowship Brittany Multer, The Ohio State University ACI Foundation Fellowship Yoonjung Han, Texas A&M University ACI Foundation Fellowship Benjamin (Bo) Rider, Georgia Institute of Technology ACI Middle East Fellowship Mahmoud Higazey, King Saud University ACI Presidents' Fellowship Ann Albright, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University AOE Fellowship Matthew Pasemann, Texas State University Baker Student Fellowship Austin Mizen, Bowling Green University Baker Student Fellowship Abigail Erich, The Pennsylvania State University Barbara S. and W. Calvin McCall Carolinas Fellowship Issac Oyawoye, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Burg-Coleman Iowa State '77 Fellowship Md. Lutfor Rahman, Iowa State University Charles Pankow Foundation Student Fellowship Camille Davis, University of Louisville Don Marks Memorial Fellowship Nicholas Barrio, Texas A&M University Elmer Baker Fellowship Merrill (Kaid) Nygren, Texas State University JoAnne K. & Cecil L. Jones Carolinas Fellowship Aakriti Khadka, North Carolina State University Nicolas F. Maloof Jr. GA Chapter Fellowship Segun Osibodu, Auburn University Robert F. Mast Memorial Fellowship Tyler Wood, South Dakota State University Ronald G. Burg Leadership Fellowship Thomas Carnes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University S.P. Shah Fellowship Hossein Kabir, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Tribute to the Founders Fellowship Catherine Lucero, Oregon State University
2024-2025 Scholarship Recipients ACI Foundation Scholarship Amjad Diab, The University of Texas at Austin ACI Foundation Scholarship Bayezid Baten, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ACI Foundation Scholarship Joel Freitas, University of Massachusetts Amherst ACI Foundation Scholarship Bahareh Tayebani, The Pennsylvania State University ACI 201 Undergraduate Durability Scholarship Dennis Brickl, University of Wisconsin Platteville Bernard Erlin Memorial Scholarship Tu-Nam Nguyen, Georgia Institute of Technology Bertold E. Weinberg Scholarship Luca Galli, University of Miami Katharine & Bryant Mather Scholarship James Stewart, University of Arkansas, Bell Engineering Center Nick Bada – ACI Ontario Chapter Graduate Scholarship Mehran Aziminezhad, Lakehead University Master Builders Solutions Concrete Materials Jackson Kaszas, Rutgers University Richard D. Stehly Memorial Scholarship Kenan Johnson, Saint Louis University Roger S. Johnston Memorial Scholarship Maxwell Edman, University of Illinois at Chicago Schwing America Scholarship Rebecca Rasmussen, Brigham Young University Stewart C. Watson Memorial Scholarship Md Shahjalal, University of Calgary W. Gene Corley Scholarship Sherryen Mutoka, University of Notre Dame The online application process for the ACI Foundation’s 2025-2026 Fellowships and Scholarships will open on July 1, 2024, and close on November 1, 2024, 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.
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The ACI Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports a wide range of research and educational initiatives that contribute to keeping the concrete industry at the forefront of technological advances in material composition, design, and construction. We engage with industry partners, invest in students and research, share knowledge, and provide programs to encourage innovation and new technology. The American Concrete Institute established the ACI Foundation in 1989 to promote progress, innovation, and collaboration in the industry.
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