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Cal Poly faculty member Anahid Behrouzi (left) in the Concrete Lab as students measure aggregates for use in a concrete mix as part of the Reinforced Concrete Design course. Image credit: Cal Poly CAED/Josef Kasperovich.
–A Cal Poly architectural engineering faculty member was honored for excellence and innovation in teaching by the American Concrete Institute (ACI), a leading professional organization in the global concrete industry.
Anahid Behrouzi is the 2021 recipient of the ACI Walter P. Moore Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, which recognizes new faculty members for how they teach concrete design, materials, or construction. She has been at Cal Poly since 2016. The ACI Board of Direction bestowed the honor specifically “for blending new technologies, hands-on experiences, and storytelling to motivate students and to make concrete design concepts tangible.”