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Nicole Robinson Nicole Robinson has joined the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) team as the new editor for Deep Foundations. She has more than a decade of experience writing for and editing trade magazines in the construction and engineering field, including Tunnels & Tunnelling North America and Cranes Today. Robinson is from Minneapolis and has a […]

Jerry A. DiMaggio, P.E., D.GE, M.ASCE Jerry A. DiMaggio, P.E., D.GE, M.ASCE, senior principal engineer − associate at Applied Research Associates (ARA), is the recipient of DFI’s highest award bestowed to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). This award recognizes individuals who have made exceptionally valuable contributions to the advancement of the deep foundations

Registration is open for the 2nd DFI-PFSF Piling & Ground Improvement Conference taking place November 16-18, 2022, at International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney in Australia. This conference — hosted by Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and Piling & Foundation Specialists Federation (PFSF) —promotes all aspects of the deep foundations, earth retention and ground improvement works. The

Dan A. Brown, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE Dan A. Brown, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, chief engineer and senior principal, Dan Brown and Associates, has been selected as the 2022-2023 Traveling Lecturer. He is available, on request of DFI, to present lectures September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2023. As one of America’s leading authorities on the construction

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust recently awarded two $5,000 scholarships to civil engineering students focusing on geotechnical and/or environmental engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The awards were presented by Joseph Good, P.E., LEED AP, of Langan and a graduate of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign during the university’s Civil and Environmental Engineering

Harry Poulos, Ph.D., D.Sc. Eng., senior consultant, Tetra Tech Coffey, and emeritus professor of civil engineering, University of Sydney, has been invited to present the DFI Osterberg Memorial Lecture at SuperPile ’22. The annual SuperPile conference, hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC, is taking place at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark in

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, is accepting online applications for the Trust’s At-Large Scholarships, Michael L. Condon Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund and Goble Rausche Likins Scholarship Fund. Applications are being accepted through May 16. At-Large Scholarships Several At-Large Scholarships ranging from $2,000 – $5,000 each are being awarded

The DFI Educational Trust, through the DFI WiDF Committee Fund, is awarding Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Professional Development Grants of $1,750 each to women involved in design or construction of deep foundations. Recipients are invited to attend DFI’s 47th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in National Harbor, Maryland, October 4-7. The grant defrays travel

Registration is open for DFI’s S3: Slopes, Slides and Stabilization Conference, July 26-28, at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Tennessee. The event is led by DFI’s Deep Foundations for Landslides/Slope Stabilization Committee and the DFI-ADSC Anchored Earth Retention Committee with contributions from six additional DFI committees that support the subject matter. The 2.5-day event provides