IPLOCA is pleased to announce that 14 students, who are children or grandchildren of employees of IPLOCA member companies, were selected as recipients of the 2026 IPLOCA scholarships.

We would like to extend our special thanks to Nesma & Partners for their generous support, with two of this year’s scholarships sponsored by them of total 14 awards granted.

Scholarships of USD 4,500 each are awarded annually and have been offered by IPLOCA, as a benefit of membership, since the programme’s inception in 2016.

The 2026 scholarships were awarded to:

Josephine Toscano

Sapienza University of Rome
Organization and Marketing for Corporate Communications

BONATTI S.P.A.

Tuma Daoud

Hanze University of Applied Science
Creative Media and Game Technologies

CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTORS COMPANY (CCC)

Sahana Gade

University of Texas at Austin
Human Development & Family Sciences

GULF INTERSTATE ENGINEERING COMPANY

Huseyin Emre Ozden

Durham University
Computer Science

ENKA INSAAT VE SANAYI A.S.

Chunmin Yu

Beihang University
Master of Science

CPP – China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Co., Ltd.

Jack Bendell

University of Southampton
Maritime Engineering

RSK Group Plc

Zikra Nawaz

Aligarh Muslim University
Electronics & Communication Engineering

Nesma & Partners Contracting Company

Carlo Bellingeri

Bocconi University
International Management CEMS

SICIM S.P.A.

Angelina Camardo

Ohio University
Mechanical Engineering

Lincoln Electric Company

Muhammad Daniyal Niazi

University of Engineering and Technology Taxila
BS Mechanical

The C.A.T. Group of Companies

Mason Fraley

Ferris State University
Welding Engineering Technology

ITW Welding Products Group

Brendha Ballester Lopez

Florida State University
Political Science

Mears Group Inc.

Ethan Bhavinkumar Gandhi

University of Wisconsin – Madison
Computer Science

Precision Pipeline, LLC

Emily Ford

Florida Institute of Technology
BS Chemical Engineering

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