IFF Innovation Award winners announced at IFAI Expo 2019

October 3, 2019  |  Awards, IFAI Expo News

The Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) has awarded Propex GeoSolutions, Chattanooga, Tenn., first prize in the 2019 IFF Innovation Award competition. The company’s PETROMAT® Enviro engineered paving fabric won in the category of End Products. Propex GeoSolutions was awarded a prize of …
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GSI awards 2019–20 academic fellowships

September 27, 2019  |  Awards

The Geosynthetic Institute’s (GSI’s) fellowship program for the 2019–20 academic year includes candidates pursuing a master’s degree, as well as a doctoral degree. With the help of the GSI board of advisors (BOA), the following eighteen winners of the GSI Fellowship awards were selected. The…
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ASTM honors Von Maubeuge and Allen

June 14, 2019  |  Awards, News

During the biannual meeting of ASTM International in Denver, Colo., June 5–7, the society awarded the Award of Merit to NAUE’s Kent von Maubeuge and the L. David Suits Award to Sam Allen of TRI Environmental. The Award of Merit was established in 1949 by the ASTM International Board of Directors…
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FGI presents engineering innovation for outstanding project award to Hull and Associates

April 12, 2019  |  Awards, News

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign presented two Fabricated Geomembrane Engineering Innovation Awards during its biennial membership meeting in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2019, at the 2019 Geosynthetics Conference. The second award, the 2019…
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2018 International Achievement Awards

February 1, 2019  |  Awards

Recognizing design excellence in geosynthetics The International Achievement Awards, sponsored by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), recognize innovation, technical skill and design excellence in geosynthetic applications. The awards are an annual competition promoting awarenes…
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GMA honors Sen. Whitehouse as ‘leader of the year’

December 12, 2018  |  Awards, GMA News

The Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) honored Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., with the GMA Leader of the Year Award during the fall Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., on November 14. “I’m honored to be recognized in this way by the Geosynthetic Materials Association,” Sen. Whitehouse said,…
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MMPA honors IFAI magazines in three categories

November 2, 2018  |  Awards, News

Specialty Fabrics Review has been awarded the first-place Gold Award for Overall Excellence by the Minnesota Media and Publishing Association (MMPA). Galynn Nordstrom, senior editor of Review, accepted the award November 1 at MMPA’s annual gala that recognizes publishing excellence. Todd Berger, s…
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Barry R. Christopher honored with 2018 Koerner award and lecture series

September 11, 2018  |  Awards, Events, GMA News, News

The Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA), led by a Koerner awardee selection task force, selected Barry R. Christopher, Ph.D., P.E., as the recipient of the 2018 Dr. Robert M. Koerner Award and Lecture Series. The award and lecture series is named for Dr. Robert M. Koerner, Ph.D., the founder an…
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DFI Educational Trust awards scholarships to engineering students

June 5, 2018  |  Awards, News

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 th…
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International Achievement Awards submissions due June 30

May 9, 2018  |  Awards

The International Achievement Awards (IAA) are an annual competition with a goal to promote awareness of the specialty fabrics used in thousands of products and applications ranging in size and shape, including geosynthetics. For more than six decades, the awards have recognized innovation, technica…
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