Civil and Environmental engineering professor elected vice president of American Concrete Institute
Published: May 7, 2026 4:00 PM
By Dustin Duncan
Anton Schindler, Mountain Spirit Professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Highway Research Center, has been elected vice president of the American Concrete Institute.
Anton Schindler, Mountain Spirit Professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Highway Research Center, has been elected vice president of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), one of the world’s leading organizations for concrete standards, technical resources, education, certification and research.
Schindler will serve a two-year term from 2026-28. His appointment began at the conclusion of the Spring 2026 ACI Concrete Convention in Rosemont/Chicago, Illinois.
Founded in 1904 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, ACI has more than 90 chapters, 350 student chapters and approximately 40,000 members in more than 120 countries. As vice president, Schindler will serve on the ACI Board of Direction, Executive Committee, and ACI Foundation Board of Trustees, among other leadership responsibilities.
“I’m very honored to be elected vice president of the American Concrete Institute because ACI has played an important role throughout my career, it has an exceptional membership base, and it has a significant global impact,” Schindler said. “The institute brings together contractors, producers, suppliers, engineers, educators, students and researchers from around the world to advance knowledge of concrete and its use. It is truly a privilege to support that mission in a leadership role.”
Schindler has been with the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering since 2002. He helped establish the ACI Auburn University Student Chapter and has served as its faculty advisor since 2014. At Auburn, his teaching, research, and professional service have focused on concrete materials, structural design, structural repair, durability, high-performance concrete and the early-age behavior of concrete structures.
Schindler’s leadership within ACI has included service on several technical and leadership committees. He is a past chair and current member of technical committees focused on early-age concrete properties and self-consolidating concrete. He has also served as chair of the ACI Foundation Scholarship Council and member of ACI’s Technical Activities Committee. He also previously served on the ACI Board of Direction and helped to develop the institute’s latest strategic plan.
His contributions to ACI and the broader concrete industry have earned multiple honors, including election as an ACI Fellow in 2013. More recently, he received the ACI Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award in 2021 and the ACI Foundation Building the Future Award in 2025. He also received ACI's Wason Medal for concrete materials research in 2006 and 2011.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2019 and served as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Finland in 2016, researching durable concrete infrastructure for long-term nuclear waste storage.
“Concrete affects nearly every aspect of modern society, including transportation, building, water handling and energy infrastructure,” Schindler said. “I look forward to providing effective leadership to ensure that ACI has a vibrant membership and provides stakeholders with the knowledge and skills necessary to use concrete effectively.”
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