‘Gen Next’ Honored at Scholarship Awards, EMERGing Leaders Bash

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

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

AMPP Georgia Chapter Scholarship

Joshua Lake, Auburn University
Sheik Coker, Georgia State University- Perimeter College
Mason Petterson, Arizona State University

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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