2024 DVGI Student Night Scholarships and Presentations

DVGI's annual Student Night was held on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The DVGI Board had the challenge of narrowing a crowded field of well-qualified candidates to select scholarship recipients. The Board extends its thanks to all this year's applicants and congratulates to the following winners:

Kris Melag (Drexel University)

Catherine Marino (Villanova University)

Daniel Porotov (University of Delaware)

Slade Goldman (University of Delaware)

Sean Walshe (Lafayette College)

Ani Khachadourian (Lafayette College)

 

DVGI also thanks the following students who delivered presentations on their technical work to the Student Night attendees:

Will Baker (University of Delaware) on assessment of Continuous Compaction Control.

Kaniz Roksana (Rowan University) on biocementation of beach sands to prevent erosion.

Weiling Cai (Rowan University) on evaluation of soil properties using high-frequency electromagnetic induction.

 

DVGI also thanks the following students who presented posters on their technical work during the Student Night reception:

Mohammad Amin Nozari (University of Delaware) on use of drones for assessing thickness of soil layers.

Thomas Mayer [presented by Thommy Messmer] (Villanova University) on management of urban stormwater using ultra-lightweight foam glass aggregate.

Siamak Yoosefi (University of Delaware) on behavior of stone columns under axial loading.

Mohammadreza Jebeli (University of Delaware) on improving finite element analysis of lateral movement.

Mohamad El Ahmad (Villanova University) on liquefaction behavior of sands.