Student Resources
DFI takes a special interest in deep foundations education, recognizing that the students of today will be the industry leaders of tomorrow. In pursuit of supporting the future of deep foundations, DFI has compiled many resources useful to students in the fields of deep foundations, construction, and excavation.
DFI is also excited to provide free individual memberships for students. Students must provide a copy of their student ID card upon submission of their application, and are encouraged to submit resumes to the resume bank for viewing by DFI Corporate Members.
DFI Academic Opportunities
Applying for DFI’s scholarship opportunities, joining student chapters, and submitting your resume are a great way to begin your deep foundations journey.
Scholarships​
The DFI Educational Trust provides scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students studying in the fields of geotechnical and foundation engineering, and construction management.
Student Chapters​
DFI Student Chapters are organized to allow student members to participate in improvement of the planning, design, and construction aspects of deep foundations and deep excavations.
Student Resumes
DFI student members are able to upload their resumes for corporate members in the deep foundations industry to browse. Resumes can be uploaded through your MyDFI account.
Student Competitions
DFI and its Educational Trust hold an annual student paper competition as well as other competitions at conferences at times.
Student Paper Competition
DFI’s Student Paper Competition is open to graduate and undergraduate students of engineering and construction, providing winners with chance to publish in the DFI Journal and to present at DFI’s Annual Conference.
Educational and Career Videos
Learn more about Geotechnical and Deep Foundation Careers with our collection of industry videos.
Playlist
OneMine
As a DFI Student Member you are entitled to free, unlimited downloads of 110,000+ papers and articles on mining, tunneling and deep foundations construction from this online document library.
Sign-in as a DFI member at dfi.org to be automatically logged-in to OneMine.org, or register separately at OneMine.org.
Industry Links
DFI has compiled this list of links to relevant deep foundations construction industry resources and related associations for ease of access to our members and website visitors.
If you are aware of other pertinent links that should be added to this list, please submit them through our Industry Link Form for our consideration.
Academy of Geo-Professionals (AGP)
ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
American Concrete Pipe Association
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
American Geosciences Institute (AGI)
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
American Public Works Association (APWA)
American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA)
American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
American Segmental Bridge Institute (ASBI)
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM)
American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE)
American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE)
American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
American Subcontractors Association, Inc. (ASA)
American Welding Society
ASCE Met Section Geotechnical Group
ASCE Seattle Section Geotechnical Group
Asphalt Institute
Associated Builders & Contractors
Associated Equipment Distributors (AED)
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
Associated Schools of Construction
Association for Bridge Construction and Design
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International
Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG)
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS)
Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)
Belgian Building Research Institute (BBRI)
Brazilian Association of Engineering Special Foundations and Geotechnics (ABMS)
British Drilling Association
British Geotechnical Association (BGA)
British Tunnelling Society (BTS)
California Soil Stabilization Association (CSSA)
Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS)
Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC)
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
Cement Association of Canada
Center for Geotechnical Practice and Research
Centra Paraguayo de Ingenieras
China Civil Engineering Society
Civil Engineer
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association
Construction Institute of ASCE (CI)
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)
Contractors Liability
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)
Dispute Review Board Foundation
Down for That – Underground Construction Industry Resources
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania
Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
European Federation of Foundation Contractors (EFFC)
Federation of Piling Specialists (FPS)
Find a Pile
Foundation QA
foundationdrilling.com
Geo-engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER)
Geo-Institute of ASCE (GI)
Geological Society of America (GSA)
GeoPrac.Net: Geological, Geotechnical Engineering News, Articles, Community
Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA)
Geosynthetic Institute (GSI)
Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA)
Geosynthetica.net
GeoTech Tools: GeoConstruction Information & Technology Selection Guidance
Geotechnical Directory
Geotechnical Engineering Podcast
Helical Pile World
Highways England
Indian Geotechnical Society
Indian Society for Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling Technology (ISRMTT)
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
Institution of Civil Engineers Scotland Committee
International Association for Bridge & Structural Engineering (IABSE)
International Code Council (ICC)
International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD)
International Erosion Control Association (IECA)
International Geosynthetic Society (IGS)
International Journal of Geomate
International Society for Helical Foundations
International Society for Micropiles (ISM)
International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
International Society of Environmental Geotechnology (ISEG)
International Society of Explosives Engineers (ISEE)
International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
International Tunneling & Underground Space Association
ISSMGE Online Open Access Library
Japanese Geotechnical Society
Karst Conference
Mexican Society for Geotechnical Engineering
Michigan Concrete Association (MCA)
Mining Journal
Minnesota Geotechnical Society
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO)Â Foundation
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
National Council of Structural Engineers Association (NCSEA)
National Driller Magazine
National Drilling Association (NDA)
National Geotechnical Experimentation Sites (NGES)
National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA)
National Research Council
National Research Council, Canada
National Society of Professional Engineers
National Steel Bridge Alliance (NSBA)
North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS)
North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT)
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)
Pile Driving Contractors Association (PDCA)
Piling and Foundation Specialists Federation
Portland Cement Association (PCA)
Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI)
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
Roads and Bridges
Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME)
Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society
Southeast Cement Promotion Association
Structalis Engineering Institute
Structural Engineers Association of Southern California
Sunstate Equipment-Preventing Heatstroke During Construction Projects
Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI)
Swedish Geotechnical Society
Tennessee Road Builders Association (TRBA)
The Engineered Wood Association (APA)
The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
The Internet for Civil Engineers
Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
UCA of SME Women in Tunneling
Underground Construction Association of SME
Underground Construction Technology
United States Society on Dams
US Universities Council on Geotechnical Engineering Research (USUCGER)
Vietnamese Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (VSSMGE)
World of Concrete (WOC)
American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE)
Construction Engineering Research Lab.(CERL)
Federal Highway Administration – Bridge Division
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
FHWA Geotechnical Division
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association
International Road Federation
National Highway Institute (NHI)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Waterways Experimental Station Geotechnical Laboratories
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
US Department of Transportation (USDOT)
Construction Management Software Link URL:
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Aggregate Research Industries (ARI)
American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Society for Continuing Education (ASCE)
American Water Works Association
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
ASU Online
British Dam Society
Building Research Establishment (BRE)
Building Team
Civil Engineering Portal
Civil Engineering Resource Guide
Civil and Structural Engineer Media
Civil Seek
Columbia Engineering STEM Resources for BIPOC, AAPIs, and Allies
Conexpo – Con/Agg
Construction Management Degree Programs
Construction Management Software Advice
Datasurge: Geotechnical Software
Earthworks-Jobs.com
Educating Engineers
Education Programs in Civil/ Structural Engineering
Engineering News Record
Engineers without Borders
Equipment Financing
GeoEngineer
Geotechnical Software Directory
Geotechpedia
GeoWorld
IGT Division of Geotechnics
Institute of Brownfield Professionals
International Erosion Control Association
International Press-in Association
Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau of the UK
Kids Guide to Engineering
Latinas in Stem
Linda Hall Library
MechaniCalc
National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP)
National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG)
National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)
National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
NJIT Master of Science in Engineering
NSF Engineering
Pile Buck International
Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC)
SAVE International
SC Solutions: Bridge Engineering
Science Directory
STEM Opportunities for Women and Minorities
Structure Magazine
TechGuide
The Blue Book of Building & Construction
The Center for Construction Research and Training
The Engineer Explains
The Science-Lab.Com
The Structural Engineer
TypesofEngineeringDegrees.org
UK Civil Engineering Limited
www.EducatingEngineers.com