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  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    CS5A - Concurrent Session 05A: A Practical Methodology for Static Liquefaction Potential Evaluation and Post Triggering Stability Assessment in Embankment Dams
    Presenter: Casey Fritsch – GEI Consultants
    Co-Presenter: Carlin Grundemann, P.E. – GEI Consultants
    Dam Failures and IncidentsRegulation of Tailings DamsGeneral Risk PoliciesHydroelectricNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    CS8B - Concurrent Session 08B: Lake Ilo Revival: A Story of Dam Rehabilitation
    Presenter: Paul Perri – W. W. Wheeler and Associates, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Dave Hibbs – U.S. Fish & Wildlife
    Dam Failures and IncidentsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    CS10B - Concurrent Session 10B: Using the Progressive Design Build Model to Balance Risk and Costs when Sizing a Diversion for a Small Dam on a Flashy Watershed
    Presenter: Greg M. Shaffer, PE, CFM – Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers
    Co-Presenter: Scott L. Jones, PE, PhD – Kiewit Engineering Group Inc.
    General Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    CS10C - Concurrent Session 10C: Navigating Design and Constructability Risks During Construction
    Presenter: Nisheet Reddy, P.E. – GEI Consultants
    Co-Presenter: Zachary J. Servinski – Fisher Contracting Company
    Co-Presenter: Rusty Friedle, IV – Fisher Contracting Company
    Co-Presenter: Chetan Swarn, P.E. – GEI Consultants
    Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Risk Policies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT4 - Bridging Deterministic and Probabilistic Methods for Dam Safety Evaluation
    Poster Presenter: Giselle Aviles – Santa Clara University
    Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT10 - Dickson Dam Capacity Enhancement: Enhancing Resilience and Safety Through Infrastructure Upgrades
    Poster Presenter: Hooman Mahjoobi – WSP
    Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesHydroelectricGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT24 - Precision is the backbone of engineering—but what if it’s also a barrier
    Poster Presenter: Dave s. Michelson – UNC Asheville's NEMAC
    Poster Co-presenter: Jacob Smith – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Risk PoliciesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT27 - Recent Updates of the National Web-based Decision Support System for Water Infrastructural Security (DSS-WISE Web)
    Poster Presenter: Mohammad Al-Hamdan, Ph.D. – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Poster Co-presenter: Marcus McGrath – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Poster Co-presenter: Nuttita Pophet, Ph.D. – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Poster Co-presenter: Paul Smith – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Poster Co-presenter: Noor Dibou – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Poster Co-presenter: Ujwal Srinivasa – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Poster Co-presenter: Gokhan Inci, Ph.D., P.E. – Federal Emergency Management Agency
    Emergency Action PlansSecurity Programs and Protective MeasuresGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT32 - Smallwood Dam: Innovative Solutions for Phased Cofferdam Loading Challenges
    Poster Presenter: Rusty Friedle, IV – Fisher Contracting Company
    Poster Co-presenter: Zachary J. Servinski – Fisher Contracting Company
    Poster Co-presenter: Chetan Swarn, P.E. – GEI Consultants
    Poster Co-presenter: Nisheet Reddy, P.E. – GEI Consultants
    General Risk Policies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    CS14C - Concurrent Session 14C: Tackling Hydrogeologic Complexity for Construction Dewatering at Bull Lake Reservoir, Wyoming
    Presenter: Erik D. Blumhagen, LHG – Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc.
    Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM ET
    CS25A - Concurrent Session 25A: A Comparison of Trencher Method vs. Slurry Trenching and Soil Mixing for Seepage Barriers in Dams
    Presenter: Charlie Krug – Geo-Solutions, Inc.
    Dam Failures and IncidentsEnvironmental IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    CS22B - Concurrent Session 22B: Our Levees are Failing Us
    Presenter: Jacob E. Bench, PE, CFM – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    Co-Presenter: Dena C. Barnhouse, P.E. – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    Public Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    CS23C - Concurrent Session 23C: Too big or too small? Why communicating at the watershed level might help us solve our flood risk awareness challenges.
    Presenter: Megan Pierce, P.E. – US Army Corps of Engineers
    Co-Presenter: Katelyn Noland – US Army Corps of Engineers
    Emergency Action PlansPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    CS28A - Concurrent Session 28A: Probabilistic Flood Model to Evaluate Hydrologic Loadings and Evaluate the Operational Conservatisms of the PMP/PMF, An Owners Perspective
    Presenter: Bruce Barker, P.E. – MGS Engineering Consultants, Inc
    Co-Presenter: Josh Gile, P.E. – Tacoma Public Utilities
    Co-Presenter: Nicole Novembre, P.E. – RTI International
    Co-Presenter: Kyle Chudler, Ph.D. – RTI International
    Public Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Risk PoliciesHydroelectricGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    CS28B - Concurrent Session 28B: Comparison of Two Stochastic Modeling Approaches for PFHA Development
    Presenter: Nicole Novembre, P.E. – RTI International
    Co-Presenter: Haden Smith, P.E. – US Army Corps of Engineers
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    CS27C - Concurrent Session 27C: Insights, Challenges and Opportunities of the Kansas Dam Safety Program
    Presenter: Maria Neeland, P.E. – Benesch
    Co-Presenter: Terry Medley, P.E. – Kansas Dept of Agriculture
    Regulatory Program IssuesGeneral Risk Policies
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    CS28C - Concurrent Session 28C: Probable Maximums Should Probably Have Rare Probabilities: Implications of Modernizing Probable Maximum Precipitation
    Presenter: Derek Kinder, P.E. – US Army Corps of Engineers
    Co-Presenter: David Margo, P.E. – US Army Corps of Engineers
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesNew and Emerging TechnologiesClimate Change
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    CS31B - Concurrent Session 31B: Establishing a Capital Program
    Presenter: Jeremy Wenner, P.E. – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    Co-Presenter: James Hilovsky, P.E. – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    Co-Presenter: Steven Berezansky – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesFunding
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    CS35A - Concurrent Session 35A: Development of a Screening Level Risk Assessment Tool: Risk Prioritization for 220 High and Significant Hazard Dams in Michigan
    Presenter: Jennifer Pitcher, P.E. – GEI Consultants
    Co-Presenter: Daniel DeVaun – GEI Consultants
    Inspection of DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    CS35C - Concurrent Session 35C: A Decade of RIDM: Lessons Learned from the First Ten Years of Modern Risk Management Practices at BIA
    Presenter: Matthew Young, PE, CFM – Bureau of Indian Affairs
    Co-Presenter: Andrew Lockman, P.G. – U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (contractor)
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesFunding
  • Thursday, Sep 25th
    8:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    Workshop: DSS-WISE Web: A Web-Based Flood Inundation Simulation System. Hands-On Training, Tips & Tricks, and Discussion of Upcoming Enhancements.
    Workshop Presenter: Marcus McGrath – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Co-Presenter: Mohammad Al-Hamdan, Ph.D. – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Co-Presenter: Nuttita Pophet, Ph.D. – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Co-Presenter: Noor Dibou – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Co-Presenter: Ujwal Srinivasa – National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
    Emergency Action PlansSecurity Programs and Protective MeasuresGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesNew and Emerging Technologies