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Manhattan University students and their advisors. Left to right: Emanuel Lala, Mark Markic, Caitlan Haiduk, Alexandra Castellano, Anirban De (advisor), Meddi Omdivar (advisor), Annas Alokush...
Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, has elected four new board members. John M. Allen, P.E. Emma Migneault Shawna Munn, P.Eng. Monica Prezzi, Ph.D. John M...
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James Johnson Morgan NeSmith The DFI Board of Trustees has elected a new executive committee starting in 2025. Incoming DFI President James Johnson, who served as DFI vice president from 2023-2024, is...
DFI President’s Award recipients Jamey Rosen, Mary Ellen Large and Maurice Bottiau. Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) President Gianfranco Di Cicco recognized three DFI members with President’s...
Andrew Burns, P.E. Ed Laczynski, P.E. Antonio Marinucci, Ph.D., P.E. Cassandra Rutherford, Ph.D., P.E. DFI’s membership voted to elect four new members to the DFI Board of Trustees. Their terms begin...
Miriam Smith, Ph.D., P.E. Jeff Burton, P.Eng Steve Garlick Scott Walker, P.E., G.E. Emma Migneault Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces five new technical committee chairs who started their new...
The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, is accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students for several scholarships being...
Edward E. Belk Jr., P.E. Edward E. Belk Jr., P.E., director of civil works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Washington D.C., is presenting a keynote lecture at the plenary session on...
The DFI Educational Trust awarded $102,000 in scholarships this spring to 32 exceptional students preparing for a career in the civil engineering and construction fields. More scholarships will be...
John A. Huntoon, Ph.D., E.I.T. John Huntoon, Ph.D., EIT, a recent graduate of the geosystems engineering program at the Georgia Institute of Technology and current president of BioBilt Infrastructure...
DFI Educational Trust has awarded five Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Professional Development Grants of $1,750 each to women working in the deep foundations industry. The recipients are invited to...
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Jesús E. Gómez, Ph.D., P.E., BC.GE Jesús Gómez, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, vice president, GEI Consultants, has been selected as the 2023-2024 Traveling Lecturer. He is available, on request of DFI, to...
Ken Jennings, the greatest Jeopardy! player of all time, Jeopardy! co-host and best-selling author, is presenting the Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications at DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep...
The program is available for S3: Slopes, Support and Stabilization being held August 8-10 at the Royal Sonesta in Boston. The two-and-a-half-day conference focuses on the practical application of deep...
Jim Glider Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, has appointed Jim Glider of Malcolm Drilling Company to the Board of Trustees. He is serving as a trustee for...
Paul W. Mayne, Ph.D., P.E. Paul W. Mayne, Ph.D., P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, has been invited to present the DFI Osterberg Memorial Lecture at SuperPile ’23. The annual SuperPile...
Matthew Meyer, P.E., D.G. David Frost, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng., F.ASCE Invited speakers have been selected for SuperPile ’23, the leading piling design and construction conference hosted by DFI in...
Registration is open for S3: Slopes, Support and Stabilization being held August 8-10 at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The two-and-a-half-day conference focuses on the practical...
Join more than 1,000 geotechnical professionals this fall at DFI’s 48th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations (#DFI48), being held October 31–November 3, in Seattle. Registration is open to attend...
Registration is open for SuperPile ’23, a piling design and construction conference hosted by DFI in partnership with ADSC. The annual SuperPile conference is taking place at the Atlanta Marriott...