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Your Impact
Your generosity has made an immense impact on faculty, students, and others who benefit from the programs sustained by your donations. From AISC scholarships and undergraduate research fellowships to hands-on experiences like faculty-led field trips, student travel grants, and the Student Steel Bridge Competition, you have made life-changing things happen for those eager to experience the world of structural steel.
Please take a moment to see your generosity in action by browsing the stories below.
On behalf of the AISC Education Foundation and all of our program beneficiaries, we thank you.
November 19, 2024
Your Impact Update: November 2024
Learn about your generous impact on our inaugural Innovation Scholars, professors Joshua Schultz, PE, PhD (Gonzaga University), and Ashley Thrall, PhD (University of Notre Dame).
November 1, 2024
AISC Education Foundation Awards More Than $350,000 in Scholarships
The AISC Education Foundation has awarded 107 undergraduate and master’s students with scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year.
August 9, 2024
Your Impact Update: August 2024
Thanks to a Student Travel Grant, Shay Rutenberg, a civil engineering student at the University of Texas at Austin, attended the spring AASHTO/NSBA Steel Bridge Collaboration Meeting.
June 19, 2024
Five Students Receive Structural Steel Research Funding
Each AISC Ernest J. McCartney/B&B Welding Company, Inc. Undergraduate Research Fellowship recipient will conduct research during the 2024-2025 academic year.
May 8, 2024
Your Impact Update: May 2024
Learn about the meaningful networking connections students made at NASCC: The Steel Conference and the forward-thinking conversations they took part in during a variety of educational sessions.
April 10, 2024
Your Impact Update: The Steel Conference 2024
We brought five students and our Reidar Bjorhovde Outstanding Young Professional Award recipient to NASCC: The Steel Conference through travel grants and fellowships made possible by donors like you.
February 20, 2024
Ahmad Hassan Receives 2024 Reidar Bjorhovde Outstanding Young Professional Award
Hassan will make industry connections at NASCC: The Steel Conference, steel mill and fabrication shop tours, and November Task Committee meetings in Chicago.
February 16, 2024
Your Impact Update: February 2024
In November, donors like you gave five college students the opportunity to attend the AISC Fall Task Committee meetings. Find out more about how this opportunity enriched their career development.
January 8, 2024
Thank You for Contributing to the Steven J. Fenves Scholarship
Thanks to an anonymous $50,000 donation and to the generosity of your contributions, Steve's impact on our profession can continue to spread well beyond his half-century of dedication to AISC.
November 14, 2023
Your Impact Update: November 2023
In August, the AISC Education Foundation awarded the inaugural Steven J. Fenves Scholarship to Georgia Tech's Rafael Avila, a senior civil engineering student and two-time Student Steel Bridge Competition participant.
November 1, 2023
Annual AISC Scholarship Recipients Announced
The AISC Education Foundation, in partnership with several other structural steel industry associations, awarded a total of $360,250 in funding to 90 undergraduate and master's level students for the 2023-2024 academic year.
September 13, 2023
Undergraduates Research Electroslag Welding and Fatigue Behaviors of 3D-printed Steel
Rebecca Bauman of the University of California, San Diego and Shirin Raschid Farrokhi of Georgia Tech will each receive $2,500 for their research projects during the fall 2023 academic term.
September 1, 2023
Faculty-Led Fun
Field trips provide students--whether traditional or life-long learners--with not just educational opportunities but also memorable experiences. That's why the AISC Education Foundation has allocated $20,000 to establish and support a new, year-round Faculty-led Field Trips program.
March 15, 2023
Cristopher Montalvo Receives Inaugural Reidar Bjorhovde Outstanding Young Professional Award
Montalvo will attend NASCC: The Steel Conference, participate in steel mill and fabrication shop tours over the summer, and join the AISC Committee on Specifications meeting in the fall.
March 1, 2023
Learning The Loop
Ball State College of Architecture professor J. Rod Underwood tasked his students with developing a new sign to celebrate the college's 50th year. Thanks to generous funding from donors, the AISC Education Foundation was able to help the class's vision come together.
January 3, 2023
Your Contributions Made Our 2022 Fundraiser a Success!
With matching donations from Nucor Corporation and Pat Bjorhovde, your contributions helped us raise more than $63,000 to establish a permanent award program to kickstart careers: The Reidar Bjorhovde Outstanding Young Professional Award.
November 1, 2022
Annual AISC Scholarship Winners Announced for 2022-2023 Academic Year
The AISC Education Foundation, together with industry partners, awarded a total of $361,000 in scholarships to 100 deserving undergraduate and master's students for the current academic year.
August 19, 2022
AISC Undergraduate Fellowships Support Research in 3D-Printed Structural Connections, Modular Steel
Aneesh Kakirde of Rutgers University and Haixin Zhou of Washington University in St. Louis will each receive $2,500 to conduct research projects during the fall 2022 academic term.
The AISC Education Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every penny donated to the AISC Education Foundation is 100% tax-deductible and goes to students, educators, and education programs.