DFI Magazine September/October 2020 - 64

Editors in Chief
Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E., associate professor,
University of California, Irvine, California, U.S.
Timothy Siegel, P.E., G.E., D.GE, CEO and a
senior principal engineer, Dan Brown and
Associates, Tennessee, U.S.

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Ombudsman
1. Harry Poulos, Ph.D., D.Sc. Eng., professor
emeritus, and senior consultant, Coffey Services
Australia, New South Wales, Australia

Editors
2. Alaal Ashmawy, Ph.D., P.E., executive director
of MENAREES, Dubai, U.A.E.

7. Bengt Fellenius, Dr. Tech, P.Eng., independent
consultant, British Columbia, Canada

3. Sunil Basarkar, Ph.D., general manager of
geotechnical design, Afcons Infrastructure,
Mumbai, India

8. Jennifer Nicks, Ph.D. P.E., research
geotechnical engineer, Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), Virginia, U.S.

4. Billy Camp, P.E., D.GE, technical principal
and vice president, S&ME, South Carolina, U.S.

9. Cassie Rutherford, Ph.D., P.E., assistant
professor, Iowa State University, Iowa, U.S.

5. Rick Deschamps, Ph.D., P.E., vice president of
engineering, Nicholson Construction,
Pennsylvania, U.S.

10. Jon Sinnreich, P.E., principal engineer, Zeta
Geotechnics, Florida, U.S.

6. Paul Doherty, Ph.D., managing director, Gavin
& Doherty Geosolutions, Dublin, Ireland

11. Armin Stuedlein, Ph.D., P.E., professor,
School of Civil and Construction Engineering,
Oregon State University, Oregon, U.S.
12. Zia Zafir, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., vice president,
Kleinfelder, California, U.S.

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Meanwhile, the peer review process
remains as rigorous and detailed as before,
and is guided by a qualified editor in the
area of expertise. The single blind-review
also ensures the reviewers' anonymity,
while having a number of required
reviewers preserves objectivity.
The publication's expanded, newly
established editorial board provides
technical expertise from all sectors of the
deep foundation industry. The international board members represent the diverse
geographical membership of our authors
and readers. The new board also reflects the
broad membership diversity and expertise
in DFI. It now includes qualified professionals from academia, government,
engineering consulting and contracting
who provide technical rigor and have
shown a personal commitment to advancing the foundation engineering practice.
Board members are experienced Journal
paper writers, reviewers and editors (with
authors able to request an editor upon
submission if desired).
Our three editorial teams include two
editors in chief, a journal ombudsman and
highly qualified editors. Each member has
committed to serving a three-year term for
the publication, with the opportunity for
renewal for editors afterward.
Each editor advocates for the publication, serves as a technical resource about it
for members, and seeks to elevate the Journal
to a new level. This includes a continued
focus on publication of transformative,
practice-oriented research, as well as stateof-the-art case studies and summaries of
novel techniques (engineered and built) that
set practice benchmarks.
We hope that our efforts to enhance the
Journal and its publication team will
improve its use by the foundation engineering community and that members will
greatly benefit from the board's continuing
efforts. We welcome any feedback on how to
more effectively serve our readership.

This article was written by DFI Journal Editors-in
Chief, Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E., University of
California, Irvine (alemnitz@uci.edu) and Timothy
Siegel, P.E., G.E., D.GE, Dan Brown and Associates
(tim@dba.world )
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