2013

November 26, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: The DFI Educational Trust announces the establishment of three new scholarship programs: the Manual Fine Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, John O’Malley Scholarship Fund and Francis Gularte Scholarship Fund. The Manuel Fine Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund was established through a $25,000 donation from the Heavy Construction Association of Ontario. The fund […]

November 4, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: Charles J. Berkel, 88, Chairman of the Board and Founder of Berkel & Company, one of the largest piling contractors in the U.S., passed away November 4, 2013. A Charter Member of Deep Foundations Institute (DFI), Berkel was the recipient of the 2007 DFI Distinguished Service Award, and a major […]

September 6, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: Armin Stuedlein, Ph.D., P.E., of Oregon State University (OSU) is the winner of this year’s DFI Educational Trust Young Professor Paper Competition for his paper, “Factors Affecting Reliability-Based Serviceability Limit State Design of Augered Cast-in-Place Piles in Cohesionless Soil.” He was assisted with the paper by graduate student Seth Reddy. […]

September 6, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: Hessam Yazdani, Ph.D., candidate in geotechnical engineering at the University of Oklahoma is the winner of the DFI Educational Trust 2013 Student Paper Competition. His winning paper is titled, “Optimization of Piled-Raft Foundations Considering Soil-Pile Raft Interaction.” Yazdani received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University […]

August 30, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that the Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP) is the winner of the 2013 C. William Bermingham Award for Innovation. The award will be presented at DFI’s 38th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, September 25-28, Phoenix, Ariz. The Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP) was developed by Foundations […]

August 13, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that Bengt H. Fellenius, Dr.Tech., P.Eng., former Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa, will be the tenth John Mitchell Lecturer. He will speak at the DFI-EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations & Piling, May 21-23, 2014 in Stockholm, Sweden at Stockholmsmässan. Bengt […]

August 1, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: Arturo L. Ressi di Cervia is the recipient of DFI’s highest award to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award. He is the 33rd recipient of the award, designated for individuals or companies chosen by their peers for exceptionally valuable contributions to the deep foundations industry. The award will be presented […]

July 15, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announces that BAUER Maschinen GmbH and BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH will be presented the 2013 Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in the Design and Construction of Marine Foundations at a dinner in Seattle, August 1. The dinner is being held in conjunction with DFI’s Marine Foundations […]

April 9, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust (www.trust.dfi.org), the charitable arm of DFI, recently appointed a new member to the Board of Trustees. Mark J. Rice was elected to serve as an at-large member for a two-year term ending December 2015. Rice has been a practicing attorney since 1986, and […]

March 4, 2013, Hawthorne, N.J.: The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust (www.trust.dfi.org), the charitable arm of DFI, announces a new At-Large Scholarship program for the academic year of 2013-2014. The DFI Educational Trust will award three $2,000 At-Large Scholarships, which can be used for funding, tuition, fees, books and/or living expenses. Applicants must be […]