2021

December 14, 2021, Hawthorne, N.J.: DFI and the DFI Educational Trust announce that the Call for Papers is open for the annual Student Paper Competition and Young Professor Paper Competition. The due date for abstract submissions is January 14, 2022.

August 18, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: In July, Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, awarded 30 scholarships totaling $92,500 to students pursuing careers in civil and geotechnical engineering. “The pandemic brought unprecedented challenges. Thankfully the deep foundations industry and DFI’s membership continued to support the Trust with continued donations,” says Rudolph […]

August 2, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: DFI and the DFI Educational Trust annually hold the Student Paper Competition as a means to help bridge the gap among practice, studies and research.

July 13, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: 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.

March 9, 2021, Hawthorne NJ: The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, is accepting online applications for the Trust’s At-Large Scholarship program, Michael L. Condon Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, and the newly established Goble Rausche Likins Scholarship Fund. Applications are being accepted April 1- May 17.  Applications and eligibility and submission requirements for all […]

March 9, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: The DFI Educational Trust and the DFI Women in Deep Foundations Committee are awarding five grants of $1,750 each to women involved in design or construction of deep foundations to attend DFI’s 46th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Las Vegas.

February 17, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: DFI and the DFI Educational Trust announce that the Call for Papers is open for the annual Student Paper Competition and Young Professor Paper Competition. The due date for abstract submissions has been extended until March 3. The winning authors are invited to attend DFI’s 46th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations in Las Vegas, […]

January 13, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: Rudolph P. Frizzi, P.E., G.E., D.GE, managing principal/executive vice president of Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, and past president of DFI, has been elected chair of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust Board of Trustees. He succeeds Tracy Brettmann, P.E., D.GE, executive vice president of A.H. Beck Foundation Company.  […]

January 12, 2021, Hawthorne N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, recently awarded 15 scholarships to students pursuing careers in civil and geotechnical engineering. The DFI Educational Trust manages 19 scholarship programs funded by endowments, donations and fundraising events. Since 2006, the Trust has awarded $1.25 million in scholarships to […]