Deep Foundations Institute Announces Latest John Mitchell Lecturer
The Deep Foundations Institute named Bengt H. Fellenius the group’s 10th John Mitchell Lecturer. Fellenius will speak at the 2014 DFI-EFFC International Conference on Deep Foundations & Piling.
Fellenius has an international reputation as a geotechnical consultant and professional engineer specializing in foundation studies. He served as a professor of civil engineering at University of Ottawa, Canada. His membership in DFI stretches back to the group’s charter and he was one of the DFI’s original trustees. He received the group’s distinguished service award in 1993, was Hal Hunt Lecturer in 1999 and Osterberg Lecturer in 2010.