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 Diegot
- 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.
About The ACI Foundation
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.
