2015

The 10th Annual DFI Educational Trust Gala Fundraising Dinner in November at The Chart House in Weehawken, N.J., raised $40,000 in net proceeds to support the Stanley Merjan Civil Engineering Scholarship at City College of New York (CCNY), the Women in Deep Foundations Fund and the DFI Educational Trust General Fund. During the event, Stanley […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust announces the establishment of the Michael L. Condon Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, honoring the late “Mike” Condon, co-founder of Condon-Johnson & Associates, Inc., of Oakland, Calif., for his contributions to the deep foundations industry. The fund was established with a generous donation of $50,000 received from Condon-Johnson & […]

Aaron S. Bradshaw, Ph.D., P.E., from University of Rhode Island, is the winner of this year’s DFI Educational Trust Young Professor Paper Competition for his paper, “Pile Load Transfer from Static Loading Test Inversions.” Bradshaw’s paper presents an inversion approach to estimate the distribution of load at depth in a deep foundation from the load-movement […]

Kevin Johnson, E.I.T., a Ph.D. candidate at the University of South Florida, in the department of civil and environmental engineering, is the winner of the DFI Educational Trust 2015 Student Paper Competition. Johnson’s paper, “Analysis of Thermal Integrity Profiling Data for Drilled Shaft Evaluation,” discusses the most recent nondestructive test method to gain widespread popularity […]

DFI’s membership voted to elect three new members to the DFI Board of Trustees and re-elect three members and the current officers as follows. Their terms begin on January 1, 2016. Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E., is an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focus is on experimental soil structure interaction with […]

The 40th DFI Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, held October 12-15 in Oakland, Calif., had record-breaking attendance. More than 900 attendees from around the world attended technical presentations, 135+ exhibits of innovative products and services, technical committee meetings, poster presentations, networking events and the annual awards ceremony. The theme of the 40th Annual Conference was […]

The DFI Educational Trust has joined #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving that connects diverse groups of individuals, communities and organizations around the world for one common purpose: to celebrate and encourage giving. Occurring this year on December 1, #GivingTuesday is held annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and follows the widely […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting its ninth annual SuperPile conference on June 7-9, 2016, at the Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago. SuperPile ‘16, a collaboration of nine DFI Technical Committees, will include presentations on the latest developments in driven piles, augered cast-in-place/drilled displacement piles, micropiles, marine foundations, testing and evaluation of foundation systems, seismic […]

The DFI and the DFI Educational Trust have established an award to honor practitioners that have made significant contributions and advancements to the research, design, construction, manufacturing and use of deep foundations. The Legends Program recognizes three awardees – an engineer, contractor and manufacturer/supplier – who have shown steadfast professionalism, character and integrity, and have […]

The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust announces that the first John O’Malley Scholarship has been awarded to Jennifer Kubeczko, who is pursuing an M.S. in geotechnical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. The award is in the amount of $5,000. Kubeczko earned a B.S. in civil and materials engineering from the University of […]