Civil and Environmental Engineering doctoral student receives fellowship from American Concrete Institute

Segun Osibodu, doctoral student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded a 2024-2025 fellowship for the American Concrete Institute.

Osibodu will receive the Nicholas F. Malloof, Jr. Georgia Chapter Fellow, which is awarded to a graduate or undergraduate student studying an advanced degree related to the concrete industry with a focus on construction or building material sciences.

According to Anton Schindler, director of the Highway Research Center (HRC), Osibodu is currently performing research on an HRC project for ALDOT that aims to develop cost-effective, ultra-high-performance concrete for the transportation industry. 

Segun said the United States is on a mission to improve its infrastructure by specifying durable and sustainable construction materials for the coming decade and century. His research focuses on improving this with economical ultra-high performance concrete research.

He was third place in last October’s Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, hosted by the college, for his oral presentation “The Development of Non-Proprietary Ultra-High-Performance Concrete for use in the Alabama Transportation Industry.”

As a fellowship awardee, Osibodu will receive $10,000 for tuition, residence, books and materials. Additionally, he will receive recognition in Concrete International magazine and on the ACI Foundation website and paid travel expenses and attendance fees to attend the ACI Concrete Conventions in Philadelphia in November 2024 and Toronto in April 2025. Osibodu will also receive assistance in finding an industry mentor.

“Segun is a hard-working student that is always willing to help and learn,” Schindler said. “This is a prestigious fellowship because students from all over the world apply and awardees were selected after in-person interviews in New Orleans. This fellowship is thus a testament to Segun’s exceptional technical and communication skills.”

Founded in 1904, the American Concrete Institute (ACI) is one of the world’s leading technical and educational organizations in the field of concrete with 94 chapters, 244 student chapters and 40,000 members spanning over 120 countries.