DFI Names Committee Chair for Landslides, Slope Stabilization
Professor Currently Works with FHWA in Washington
Professor Vern Schaefer of Iowa State University is the new chairman of the Deep Foundation Institute’s Committee on Deep Foundations for Landslides and Slope Stabilization. Schaefer takes the place of Professor Erik Loehr of the University of Missouri, who is joining the DFI Board of Trustees.
Schaefer has a long record of experience in the foundations sector. He serves as focus group leader of geotechnical and materials engineering in ISU’s Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department. In his time at the university, he’s worked on the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Strategic Highway Research Program. That program addresses the safety, reliability and capacity needs of the nation’s highway system.