DFI Announces Winner of Student Paper Competition
Hawthorne, N.J.: John Huntoon, Ph.D., EIT, a recent graduate of the geosystems engineering program at the Georgia Institute of Technology and current president of BioBilt Infrastructure Systems, is the winner of the DFI Educational Trust Student Paper Competition. His paper is titled, “Analytical Model of In-Situ Root-Inspired Ground Anchor Actuation and Pullout.”
His research at Georgia Tech brought Huntoon through the National Science Foundation’s Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics where he worked with Georgia Tech professor David Frost, Ph.D., to incorporate the anchoring efficiency of plant roots into a full-scale geotechnical ground anchor through the process of bio-inspired design. This collaboration developed a new anchoring technology called root-inspired ground anchors, which Huntoon now works to commercialize through his company, BioBilt Infrastructure Systems. Prior to his work in academia, he held a variety of positions in civil and geotechnical engineering for government agencies, private consultants and specialty contractors, and is a proud graduate of Oregon State University.
Huntoon is presenting his paper at DFI’s 49th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations being held in Aurora, Colorado, October 7−10.
About Deep Foundations Institute (DFI): DFI (www.dfi.org) is an international association of contractors, engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, academics and owners in the deep foundations industry. Our multidisciplinary membership creates a consensus voice and a common vision for continual improvement in the planning, design and construction of deep foundations and excavations. We bring together members for networking, education, communication and collaboration. With our members, we promote the advancement of the deep foundations industry through technical committees, educational programs and conferences, publications, research, government relations and outreach. DFI has more than 4,000 members worldwide.
About DFI Educational Trust: The Deep Foundations Institute Educational Trust (www.trust.dfi.org) is an independent, 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2006 by the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) as its charitable arm. The mission of the Trust is to support and encourage individuals in the fields of study related to the deep foundations industry by providing scholarships and opportunities to meet and work with deep foundations industry leaders.
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