DFI Events in the Past Few Years

COVID-19 (coronavirus) Update
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September 20, 2021 Dublin, California	DFI Educational Trust Annual California Golf Outing The DFI Educational Trust will host the annual golf outing fundraiser at the Dublin Ranch Golf Course in Dublin, California. Proceeds from the outing fund scholarships for students studying toward careers in the deep foundations, engineering and constr...
September 16, 2021 Hershey, Pennsylvania	2021-2022 Traveling Lecturer Hosted by ASCE Central Pennsylvania Geotechnical Chapter On September 16th at 8:55am, Thomas Richards, Jr., P.E., D.GE will present his lecture "Current Rock Grouting Practices for the Army Corps of Engineers." This lecture reviews grouting methods based on the Corps of Engineers 2014 grouting manual and cov...
August 12, 2021 Royce Brook Golf Club, Hillsborough, New Jersey	2021 ACE Mentor Program & DFI Educational Trust NJ Golf Outing The ACE Mentor Program of New Jersey and the DFI Educational Trust will host their tenth annual golf outing fundraiser at Royce Brook Golf Club on August 12th. Proceeds from the outing will fund scholarships for students studying toward careers in the ...
August 11, 2021 Online	ITS Money Webinar Series This series of three webinars, brought to you by DFI's Testing & Evaluation Committee, demonstrated how foundation testing conducted during the design phase can provide data that optimizes foundation designs and construction procedures, thereby SAVING ...
August 3, 2021 San Francisco, California	WiDF Fundraiser at S3 Conference
July 26, 2021 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	DFI Educational Trust Pennsylvania Golf Outing Celebrating its 15^th year, the Pittsburgh Golf Outing will benefit the DFI Educational Trust's scholarship funds at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University.
June 23-25, 2021 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	SuperPile 2021 Technical committees of DFI and ADSC combined their industry expertise to organize DFI SuperPile'21. The three day event included technical committee meetings along with presentations on the latest developments in piling foundations. Invited and select...
June 8, 2021 ONLINE WEBINAR	2020-2021 Traveling Lecturer Hosted by ASCE San Francisco Chapter On June 8th at 12:00 PM Pacific, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture "Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation." This lecture addresses the foundation engineering challenges related to karst geology and r...
May 18, 2021 ONLINE WEBINAR	DFI India Groundwork Student Outreach Program DFI of India announced its student outreach program "Groundwork" during DFII2020 Annual Conference last November. This program is aimed to enhance the professional and interpersonal skills of students in geo technical field. Each session i...
May 10-14, 2021 Dallas, Texas	International Foundations Congress and Equipment Exposition The International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC), Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), Geo‐institute of the ASCE (G‐I), and Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA) will again join to host the international Foundations Congress a...
April 28, 2021 ONLINE WEBINAR	2020-2021 Traveling Lecturer Hosted by Geo-Institute Kansas City & San Antonio Chapters On April 28th at 12:40 PM Central, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture "40 Years of Dam & Levee Safety in the U.S." The failure of the Teton Dam in June 1976, prompted the U. S. government to enact dam safety legislation and a robust a...
April 14-15, 2021 ONLINE	DFI-COPRI 2021 New York City Ports and Marine Engineering Seminar DFI and the ASCE COPRI Met Section hosted a two day online seminar. This joint seminar focused on a variety of topics including rehabilitation of existing bulkheads, berth deepening, noise mitigation for marine pile diving, resilient waterfront design,...
April 8, 2021 WiDF India Webinar Series	Civil Engineering Careers - Connect & Grow DFI's Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Committee is facilitating a short series of webinars endeavoured to support students and young professionals in career opportunities and growth prospects in civil engineering. Each webinar comprises of...
April 7, 2021 ONLINE WEBINAR	2020-2021 Traveling Lecturer Hosted by ASCE Central PA Chapter On April 7th 1:00 PM Eastern, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture "Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation." This lecture addresses the foundation engineering challenges related to karst geology and redu...
March 22-26, 2021 Online Meetings	DFI Midyear Technical Committee Week DFI Technical Committees are as busy as ever preparing publications, seminars, workshops, and videos on all aspects of deep foundations. To showcase the initiatives and to invite more participation, DFI held a Midyear Committee Week, March ...
March 18, 2021 ONLINE WEBINAR	2020-2021 Traveling Lecturer Hosted by the ASCE Geo-Institute Pittsburgh Chapter On March 18th at 12:00 PM Eastern, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture "Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation." This lecture addresses the foundation engineering challenges related to karst geology and...
March 17, 2021 ONLINE WEBINAR	Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) Piles – Theory, Prospects & Application in India IGS Delhi Chapter and Deep Foundations Institute of India invite you to an Online workshop on "Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) Piles - Theory, Prospects & Application in India". This workshop is part of dissemination efforts and aimed at popularizing the...
March 12, 2021 ONLINE WEBINAR	2020-2021 Traveling Lecturer Hosted by Geo-Institute Student Chapter at University of Texas, Austin On March 12th at 12:00 PM Eastern - 1:00 PM Central, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture "Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation." This lecture addresses the foundation engineering challenges related to...
March 11, 2021 ONLINE WEBINAR	2020-2021 Traveling Lecturer Hosted by Geotechnical Graduate Student Society of California On March 11th at 12:00 PM Pacific, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture "Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation." This lecture addresses the foundation engineering challenges related to karst geology and...
February 16-18, 2021	DFI 2021 Middle East Conference The DFI Middle East Conference is the region's leading technical conference in the field of foundation engineering. The fifth edition of the conference provided an opportunity for the region’s geotechnical engineering practitioners, academics, and supp...
February 3, 2021 Online	ITS Money Webinar Series This series of three webinars, brought to you by DFI's Testing & Evaluation Committee, demonstrate how foundation testing conducted during the design phase can provide data that optimizes foundation designs and construction procedures, thereby SAVING M...
December 17, 2020 ONLINE 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Eastern	DFI45 Reunion Event This reunion event continues the online gathering of conference attendees for a special presentation titled "PROVIDING VALUE THROUGH ENGINEERING DESIGN - NEW LAS VEGAS STADIUM" by Diane Fiorelli, P.E., G.E. and Jason Goff, P.E. of Langan Engineering an...
December 15, 2020 WiDF Webinar Series	Converting Crisis into Opportunity-Different Perspectives The Metro NYC section of DFI's Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Committee presented a series of webinars to support and connect industry participants during this challenging COVID-19 time. The webinar series included guest presenters discussing though...
November 19-20, 2020 Virtual Event	DFI-India 2020: Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India DFI-India 2020 - Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development was presented in a virtual format. This event was organized by Deep Foundations Institute of India (DFI of India) in collaboration with Indian Geotechnical Socie...
November 9-13, 2020 Online	Annual Technical Committee Meetings at DFI45
November 4, 2020 Webinar Series	DFI-India Webinar Series on Steel Retaining Structures and Foundations DFI India launched one of its new webinar series on steel retaining structures and foundations. We brought together industry leaders worldwide to present educational sessions on the latest solutions, technologies and applications of steel pile foundati...
October 27, 2020	DFI45 ON DEMAND DFI’s 45^th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (#DFI45), was presented as an online conference. The theme was People. Purpose. Passion. The conference showcased a profession at the top of its game, highlighting the hard work, passion, conn...
October 27, 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR	2020-21 DFI Traveling Lecture “David Paul delivers a virtual talk on the Dam Safety program and positive impacts on critical infrastructure” On October 27th, join Dave Paul as he explores lessons learned from the Teton Dam failure with the ASCE Chicago chapter. This prese...
October 22, 2020 Virtual Event	DFI-India 2020: Pre-event Webinar Series Thursday, 20 August 2020 │ 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM IST Speaker: Dr. Amy Cerato
October 14, 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR	2020-21 DFI Traveling Lecture David Paul delivers a virtual talk on the "Dam Safety program and positive impacts on critical infrastructure”. The 2020-2021 DFI Traveling Lecturer, David Paul, presented a virtual lecture, “Forty Years of Dam & Levee Safety” to the ASCE New ...
August 12, 2020 Online	ITS Money Webinar Series This series of three webinars, brought to you by DFI's Testing & Evaluation Committee, demonstrated how foundation testing conducted during the design phase can provide data that optimizes foundation designs and construction procedures, thereby SAVING ...
August 5, 2020 Online	S3: Slopes, Slides and Stabilization: A Software Discussion Technical Committees of Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) created an amazing program for S3-2020 scheduled this August in San Francisco. However, due to the continued global concern over the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and ongoing travel and gr...
July 8, 15, 22, 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR SERIES	DFI Energy Foundations Webinar Series This NEW webinar series outlined good practice for designing and installing energy foundation systems to provide sustainable heating and cooling solutions. Energy foundations are ground sourced heat pump systems that use geothermal loops installed wit...
June 25, 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR	2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecture at ASCE San Francisco Geo-Institute Meeting The 2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecturer Willie M. NeSmith, P.E., delivered his presentation on the Application of Drilled Displacement Elements for Liquefication Mitigation and Foundation Improvement for the San Francisco Geo-Institute. The lecture will ...
June 18-19, 2020 Virtual Event	SuperPile 2020 VSP Technical committees of DFI and ADSC have worked hard to put together an amazing program for SuperPile 2020 in St. Louis, Missouri however due to the global concern over the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and ongoing travel and group gatherin...
May 19, 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR	2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecture at Delaware Valley Geo-Institute Dinner Meeting The 2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecturer Willie M. NeSmith, P.E., delivered his presentation on the Application of Cast in Place Piles in Intermediate Geomaterials as a webinar. The presentation focused on how the development of more powerful and...
March 30-April 2, 2020 Virtual Online Meetings	DFI Midyear Technical Committee Week DFI Technical Committees were as busy as ever preparing publications, seminars, workshops, and videos on all aspects of deep foundations. To showcase the initiatives and to invite more participation, DFI organized a Midyear Committee Week, ...
March 19, 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR	2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecture at ASCE Geo-Institute Pittsburgh Chapter Dinner Meeting The 2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecturer Willie M. NeSmith, P.E., will be delivering his presentation on the Application of Cast in Place Piles in Intermediate Geomaterials at ASCE Pittsburgh's Geo-Institute Dinner Meeting. The presentation will ...
March 12, 2020 ONLINE WEBINAR	2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecture at ASCE MET Section (sponsored by RA Engineering LLP) This Lecture Will Now Be Delivered as a Webinar. Due to concerns with attending large gatherings during the Coronavirus outbreak, ASCE Met Section and DFI have decided to present this lecture as a webinar so that attendee...
February 27, 2020 Seattle, Washington	2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecture at ASCE and Geo-Institute Seattle Geotechnical Section The 2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecturer Willie M. NeSmith, P.E., will be delivering his presentation on the Application of Drilled Displacement Elements for Liquefication Mitigation and Foundation Improvement for the ASCE and Geo-Institute Seattle Geotechni...
February 21, 2020 Austin, Texas	2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecture at University of Texas Austin's Geo-Institute Student Chapter Meeting The 2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecturer Willie M. NeSmith, P.E., will be delivering his presentation on the Application of Drilled Displacement Elements for Liquefication Mitigation and Foundation Improvement at the University of Texas - Austin. ...
February 5, 2020 Online	ITS Money Webinar Series The DFI Testing & Evaluation Committee launched an ITS Money Webinar Series in the fall of 2019. This series of three webinars, brought to you by DFI's Testing & Evaluation Committee, demonstrated how foundation testing conducted during th...
December 3, 2019 www.dfitrust.org/donate.asp	#GivingTuesday2019 #GivingTuesday connects diverse groups of individuals, communities and organizations around the world for one common purpose: to celebrate and encourage giving. The DFI Educational Trust is joining the movement once again on December 3 and is hoping th...
November 25, 2019 Dubai, UAE	DFI Middle East Geotechnical Engineering in Challenging Applications at The Big 5 Heavy DFI's Middle East Chapter is sponsoring a one-day educational seminar at The Big 5 Heavy International Building and Construction Show from 11:30 - 16:30 covering important topics to the geotechnical industry. Attendance to the seminar is free of c...
November 20, 2019 New York, New York	DFI WiDF Metro NYC Networking Event Join DFI's Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Committee for a Metro NYC event on Wednesday, November 20, hosted at Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, 225 W 34th Street. The event features a panel discussion on the impact of mentorship for women...
November 14-16, 2019 Hyderabad, Telengana, India	DFI-India 2019: 9th International Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India DFI of India, in collaboration with the National Academy of Construction (NAC), and the Indian Geotechnical Society Hyderabad Chapter, hosted DFI-India 2019: 9^th Conference on Deep Foundations Technologies for Infrastructure Development in I...
November 7, 2019 Corona, New York	DFI Educational Trust 14^th Gala Fundraising Dinner The DFI Educational Trust’s Annual Gala Dinner brings together individuals and companies who are committed to supporting our efforts to help young students discover the rewards of a career in the deep foundations industry. Proceeds from this year's eve...
October 23, 2019 San Jose, California	2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecture at CalGeo's October Regional Meeting The 2019-20 DFI Traveling Lecturer Willie M. NeSmith, P.E., delivered his presentation on Design Methodologies for Cast-In-Place Piles at CalGeo's October Regional Meeting. This lecture examined the development and evolution of cast-in-plac...
October 21, 2019 Pleasanton, California	DFI Educational Trust Annual California Golf Outing The DFI Educational Trust will host the annual golf outing fundraiser at the Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton, California. Proceeds from the outing fund scholarships for students studying toward careers in the deep foundations, engineering and con...
October 16, 2019 Chicago, Illinois	DFI Educational Trust 5K Fun Run & Walk All runners and walkers are invited to join the DFI Educational Trust 5K Fun Run & Walk on Wednesday, October 16. The race begins at 7:00 a.m., at Maggie Daily Park and Lake Front Path. All participants will receive a custom race shirt as part of their...
October 15-18, 2019 Chicago, Illinois	44^th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations DFI’s 44^th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (#DFI44) at the Chicago Hilton was a call to action to develop forward-thinking plans in geotechnical engineering through technical presentations and panel discussions. The 2019 Conference pro...
September 26, 2019 Seattle, Washington	2018-19 DFI Traveling Lecture at ASCE Seattle Section Geotechnical Group & Geo-Institute – Seattle Chapter September Dinner Meeting The 2018-2019 DFI Traveling Lecturer John R. Wolosick, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE delivered his presentation on Stabilization work from Normandy Beach in France at Pointe du Hoc. During World War II, after the occupation of France, the German army ...