In one of this week’s flagship events, we celebrated our industry’s future at Tuesday’s Scholarship Awards Ceremony and EMERGing Leaders Bash!

With support from Sherwin-Williams, BP, and IUPAT, the event honored our 2025 scholarship recipients with well-deserved recognition, and it allowed attendees to mingle while celebrating the next generation of leaders.

Featuring students, mentors, and professionals all under one roof, AMPP showcased the bright talent rising in the materials protection industry.

The full list of award winners can be found below:

AMPP Academic Scholarship

Alice Pandaleon, University of Virginia

Bryce Bailey, University of Akron

Brooke Lastinger, University of Florida

AMPP Graduate Book Award

Elnaz Bahani, McMaster University

Lingiun Xu, Ohio University

Razieh Larki, Queen’s University

Sankar V, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings Academic Scholarship

Prastuti Upadhyay, Drexel University

Abigail Murray, University of Akron

AMPP Central Florida Chapter Scholarship

Mahesh Karki, University of South Florida

Brooke Lastinger, University of Florida

Wesley Bezerra, University of South Florida

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Appalachian Underground Corrosion Short Course Scholarship

Bryce Bailey, University of Akron

Sydney Stacklin, University of Akron

Jack Chaffee, University of Akron

MTI Bert Krisher Memorial Scholarship

Ashley Chow, University of Akron

MTI Robert Sinko Memorial Scholarship

Jack Chaffee, University of Akron

Gordon Rankin Corrosion Engineering Scholarship

Lucy Zeng, University of Pennsylvania

Alexander Baxter, Michigan Technological University

Sydeny Stacklin, University of Akron

Melvin J. Schiff Fellowship Fund

Rebecca Crow, Texas A&M University

Past Presidents and Chairs Community Scholarship

Eva Ray, Kilgore College

Williams Companies Academic Scholarship

Ashley Chow, University of Akron

Oliver Moghissi Memorial Scholarship

Joshua Lake, Auburn University

Tyler Peoples, Ohio University

AMPP Great Lakes Chapter Scholarship

Abigail Murray, University of Akron

Alexander Baxter, Michigan Technological University

AMPP Philadelphia Chapter Liberty Bell Academic Scholarship

Prastuti Upadhyay, Drexel University

PPG Protective and Marine Coatings Academic Scholarship

Leah Manous, University of Tampa

Januar Putra, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa

Prastuti Upadhyay, Drexel University

Martinson Bedu-Addo, University of Ghana

Abigail Murray, University of Akron

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AMPP Georgia Chapter Scholarship

Joshua Lake, Auburn University

Sheik Coker, Georgia State University- Perimeter College

Mason Petterson, Arizona State University

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AMPP EMERG India Scholarship

Sankar V, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Sreelakshmi Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Vijayeta Himani, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Hans Schmoldt Scholarship in Cathodic Protection

Alexander Baxter, Michigan Technological University

Theodore D. Harrington Scholarship

Kai Halpin, University of California, Irvine

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