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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 & […]

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 […]

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 […]