Akindele Receives Fok Fellowship

Medinat Akindele, a CEE PhD student, was recently awarded a Thomas and Maria Fok Presidential Fellowship. In 2019, she completed her undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Minnesota. 

Under the mentorship of Professor Peter Adams, Akindele is spearheading the development of accessible and globally applicable air quality models to evaluate the health ramifications of air pollution. Reflecting on this recognition, she humbly expresses, "I am deeply honored to have been selected for the Thomas and Maria Fok Presidential Fellowship. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the benefactors for their generosity and acknowledge the unwavering support of my advisor throughout my doctoral pursuit."

The Fok estate generously endowed the department with fellowship and scholarship funds to support CEE students. Thomas Fok earned his civil engineering doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University in 1956. He subsequently taught at Youngstown State University until 1967 before founding Mosure-Fok Consulting Engineers. By 1976, he chaired his own business, Thomas Fok and Associates.