Condon Scholarship Erin Nebel, a graduate student at the University of Colorado - Boulder, is the recipient of the 2019 Michael L. Condon Civil Engineering Scholarship in the amount of $5,000. The Condon Fund was established in 2015 with an initial donation by Condon- Johnson and Associates, in memory of Michael L. Condon, a leader in the deep foundations industry. Scholarships benefit civil engineering students attending the following schools: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly Pomona, San Diego State University, Santa Clara University, University of California-Davis, Oregon State University, Washington State University, Montana Tech, University of Colorado-Boulder and Virginia Tech. Professional Grants Announced The Trust has awarded five Women in Deep Foundations (WiDF) Professional Development Grants to women working in the deep attend DFI’s 44 Annual Conference in Chicago and a grant of $1,750 for associated expenses. The winners of the 2019 grants are: • Sayantani Ghosh, EIT, senior staff engineer, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services • Amanda Parry, geotechnical engineer, GEI Consultants (former Educational Trust Scholarship recipient) foundations industry. Each person receives a free full registration to th • Tugce Baser, Ph.D., assistant professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Sherry Pirzadeh, P.E., design engineer, Menard Group USA • Adeleine Tran, P.E., geotechnical engineer, Jacobs Engineering Group recognized during DFI44 at the WiDF 5 Annual Networking Read an interview of the recipients (page 109) who will be th Reception on Tuesday, October 15, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. To register for the reception or to sponsor the event, visit www.dfi.org/ Annual2019. Top Row: Tugee Base, Sayantani Ghosh, Amanda Parry Bottom row: Sherry Pirzadeh and Adeleine Tran Recent Donors Carnegie Mellon University Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund Menard Group USA Fred H. Kulhawy Memorial Scholarship Fund Paul and Karen Mayne Penn State University Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund Equipment Corporation of America Menard Group USA Star Iron Works, Inc. University of Pittsburgh Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund Equipment Corporation of America Menard Group USA Star Iron Works, Inc. Thomas J. Wysockey Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund GMS Piling Products, LLC James McHugh Construction Co. John Keno & Company, Inc. Power Construction Company Shoreline Steel South DEEP FOUNDATIONS • SEPT/OCT 2019 • 69
