The ACI Foundation's 2025-2026 Fellowship and Scholarship Recipients

4/15/2025

The ACI Foundation is excited to announce its 2025-2026 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 400 students.

This year the ACI Foundation was able to award 28 fellowships and 15 scholarships to students from 35 different institutions.

2025-2026 Fellowship Recipients

ACI Foundation Concrete Materials Fellowship: Shayan Ali Khan, University of Illinois Urban Champaign

ACI Foundation Concrete Practitioner Fellowship: Adam Mouak, University of Kansas

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Richard Sturm, Queen's University

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Ernesto Perez-Claros, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Daniel Akerele, University of Washington

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Md Hasibul Hasan Rahat, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Awetehagn Tuaum Gebremariam, Colorado State University

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Rubaiya Rumman, The University of British Columbia

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Parisa Heidari, University of Sherbrooke

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Avijit Pal, The University of Texas Arlington

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Majdi Flah, McMaster University

ACI Foundation Fellowship: Jozepha Soborowicz, Iowa State University

ACI Foundation Future Concrete Industry Leader Fellowship: Jasmine Brittan, New York University

ACI Foundation MENA Student Excellence Award: Paul Inya Isu, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

ACI Houston Chapter Fellowship: Sondos Hlayhel, University of Houston

ACI Presidents' Fellowship: Hector Garcia Matamoros, University of California, Berkeley

AOE Fellowship: Katherine Connor, South Dakota State University

Barbara S. & W. Calvin McCall Carolinas Fellowship: Jacob Bowers, Clemson University

Burg-Coleman Iowa State '77 ACI Fellowship: Raymond Pepera, Iowa State University

Charles Pankow Foundation Student Fellowship: Meshach Ojo, University of Connecticut

Don Marks Memorial Fellowship: Maxwell Edman, University of Illinois at Chicago

JoAnne K. and Cecil L. Jones Carolinas Fellowship: Sunday Michael Akanji, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Kenneth C. Hover Honorary Fellowship: Addie Lederman, University of Washington

Nicholas F. Maloof, Jr. Georgia Chapter of ACI Fellowship: Gabriel Ackall, Georgia Institute of Technology

Robert F. Mast Memorial Fellowship: Samuel Dwima Halim, University of California, Los Angeles

Ronald G. Burg Leadership Fellowship: Alexander Babcock, University of Texas at Austin

S.P. Shah Fellowship: Erick Moreno Rangel, Oregon State University

Tribute to the Founders Fellowship: Stanton Freeman, Auburn University

2025-2026 Scholarship Recipients

ACI 201 Undergraduate Concrete Durability Scholarship: Angela Tewksbury, Clarkson University

ACI Foundation Scholarship: Wyatt Johansen, Southern Utah University

ACI Foundation Scholarship: Alireza Jafari, Dalhousie University

ACI Foundation Scholarship: Zach Kahle, Iowa State University

ACI Foundation Scholarship: Daniel Corcoran, Clarkson University

Bernard Erlin Memorial Scholarship: William Newhoff, Stanford University

Bertold E. Weinberg Scholarship: Ahmed Almaadawy, Utah State University

Honorary Dr. Mohan Malhotra Quebec and Eastern Ontario Scholarship: Nourhan Ali, Concordia University (Quebec)

Katharine & Bryant Mathers Scholarship: Kittipong Thiamchaiboonthawee, Cornell University

Master Builders Solutions Concrete Materials Scholarship: Muhammad Farjad Iqbal, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Nick Bada - ACI Ontario Chapter Scholarship: Chloe Thorp, Toronto Metropolitan University

Richard D. Stehly Memorial Scholarship: Alyssa Durham, Oklahoma State University

Roger S. Johnston Memorial Scholarship: Tyler Seiwert, Pittsburg State University

Stewart C. Watson Memorial Scholarship: Kyoungyeon Lee, University of California San Diego

W. Gene Corley Memorial Scholarship: Paul Acuna, North Carolina State University

The online application process for the ACI Foundation’s 2026-2027 Fellowships and Scholarships will open on July 1, 2025, and close on November 1, 2025, 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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For more information, contact:

stacey.mccann@acifoundation.org
Marketing Manager
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ACI Foundation | Building the Future
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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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