GSI to host webinar on geotextile tubes
June 11th, 2018
The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will sponsor a webinar entitled “Applications and Design of Geotextile Tubes,” on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. Geotextile tubes are large factory-fabricated textile tubes with multiple access ports for introduction of infilled material, which is usually dredged and in slurry form. After an overview, a […]
Dr. Robert M. Koerner answers your geosynthetics questions
June 5th, 2018
Get your technical geosynthetics questions answered by one of the world’s leading experts on geosynthetics through the GMA Techline. View past questions and answers at https://tinyurl.com/GMATechline. Email gmatechline@ifai.com anytime for fast, direct answers to any and all technical geosynthetics questions. This one-of-a-kind resource is free to all courtesy of the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA), Geosynthetics magazine and the […]
DFI Educational Trust awards scholarships to engineering students
June 5th, 2018
The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust recently awarded several scholarships to civil engineering students focusing on geotechnical and/or environmental engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, DFI said in a June 5, 2015, press release. The 2018 recipients of the Charles J. Berkel Memorial Scholarship were University of Illinois students Elisabeth Tarpey, Jessica […]