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The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) inducted new Officers and a new Board of Directors during its biennial membership meeting in Houston, Texas on February 12, 2019 at the Geosynthetics 2019 Conference.  The FGI’s membership meeting was attended by fifty-seven (57) people.  In addition to introducing the new Officers and Directors, Timothy D. Stark, FGI Technical Director and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, reviewed the current state of the FGI, including current activities, finances, and goals of the research institution, as well as presented the FGI’s 2019 Engineering Innovation Awards.

 The newly elected FGI Officers will serve a two-year term (2019-2021) and are:

• President – Patrick Elliott (Raven Industries, Parker, Colorado)
• Vice President – Andy Durham (Owens Corning, Granville, Ohio)
• Treasurer – Jordan Wiechmann (Plastatech, Saginaw, Michigan)
• Secretary – Greg Scales (Titan Environmental Containment, Houston, Texas)

 The recently elected FGI Board of Directors also will serve a two-year term (2019-2021) and are listed below in alphabetical order: 

• Ray Peebles (Cooley Group, Pawtucket, Rhode Island)
• Bill Shehane (Seaman Corporation, Wooster, Ohio)
• Ed Silva (Engineered Polymer Technologies, Hillside, New Jersey)
• Duff Simbeck (Simbeck & Associates, Mancos, Colorado)

The FGI is dedicated to advancing the use of fabricated geomembranes through education, research, and technology transfer.  The FGI is a consortium of manufacturers, fabricators/installers, designers, regulators, and material suppliers of fabricated geomembranes.  For more information on the FGI, please visit www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com.

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