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  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    CS3A - Concurrent Session 03A: Beyond Boundaries: CFD Modeling for Innovative Spillway Design
    Presenter: Ann N. Houseman, P.E. – Hazen and Sawyer
    Co-Presenter: Benjamin Winter, EIT – Hazen and Sawyer
    New and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    CS4A - Concurrent Session 04A: Replacing 5000-lb Trunnion Pins on a Giant Radial Spillway Gate
    Presenter: Tony S. Vader, P.E. – Grant Co. PUD
    Public Safety at DamsHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • 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
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    CS2B - Concurrent Session 02B: Understanding Tropical Storm Risk in the Appalachian Mountains – An Assessment of Tropical Storm Areal Reduction Factors
    Presenter: Debbie Martin – RTI International
    Co-Presenter: Kyle Chudler, Ph.D. – RTI International
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    CS5B - Concurrent Session 05B: Alternative Method to Model Dam Concrete-Rock Foundation Interface Shear Strength
    Presenter: R Craig Findlay, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., BC.GE – Findlay Engineering, Inc.
    Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    CS2C - Concurrent Session 02C: New Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) for Dam Safety – the case of North Carolina
    Presenter: Hadush Seged Hagos, Ph.D., P.E. – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    Co-Presenter: William E. Toby Vinson, Jr., PE, CPM – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    Co-Presenter: Bill Kappel – Applied Weather Associates
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    CS3C - Concurrent Session 03C: Optimizing Spillway Rehabilitation: A Multi-Tool Hydraulic Approach at McCloud Dam
    Presenter: Greg Richards, P.E., CFM – GFT
    Co-Presenter: Abbas Dorostkar, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng. – Pacific Gas & Electric Company
    Co-Presenter: Seth Thompson, P.E., SPRAT I – GFT
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    CS10A - Concurrent Session 10A: What Are We Learning Through Alternative Project Delivery in A Dam World
    Presenter: Brad Long, P.E. – HDR
    Co-Presenter: Jared Deible, P.E. – HDR
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    CS9B - Concurrent Session 09B:A New Concrete-Lined Spillway Chute Concept, Part 1 - Addressing Hydraulic Potential Failure Modes
    Presenter: Frederick Lux, III, P.E. – Aubian Engineering Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Paul G. Schweiger, PE, CFM – GFT
    Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    CS9C - Concurrent Session 09C:A New Concrete-Lined Spillway Chute Concept, Part 2 – Addressing Uplift Through Seepage Measures
    Presenter: Frederick Lux, III, P.E. – Aubian Engineering Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Paul G. Schweiger, PE, CFM – GFT
    Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT19 - Modifying Existing Low-Head Dams to Fish Passable Rock Rapids
    Poster Presenter: Samuel Prentice, P.E. – GEI Consultants
    Dam RemovalEnvironmental IssuesPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesFundingNew and Emerging TechnologiesClimate Change
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT20 - Muscatine Island Levee Incorporates HydroTurf for Overtopping Resilience
    Poster Presenter: Joshua Leyh, PE, CFM – Klingner & Associates, P.C.
    Emergency Action PlansGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT21 - North Carolina Statewide PMP-Modernizing the Process for Dam Safety
    Poster Presenter: Bill Kappel – Applied Weather Associates
    Poster Co-presenter: Hadush Seged Hagos, Ph.D., P.E. – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    Poster Co-presenter: William E. Toby Vinson, Jr., PE, CPM – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging TechnologiesClimate Change
  • 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
    PLT30 - Restoration and Innovation: The FishPass project on the Boardman-Ottaway River
    Poster Presenter: Megan Schroeder, EIT – AECOM
    Poster Co-presenter: Jason Plum, P.E. – AECOM
    Poster Co-presenter: Daniel Zielinski, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE – Great Lakes Fishery Commission
    Dam RemovalEnvironmental IssuesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT33 - Smart Monitoring and Predictive Maintenance of Dams Using A-DInSAR and Geohazard Integration
    Poster Presenter: Emanuela Valerio – NHAZCA S.r.l.
    Poster Co-presenter: Tony Simmonds – RE-Monitor Inc.
    Poster Co-presenter: Paolo Mazzanti – NHAZCA S.r.l., Sapienza University of Rome
    New and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT42 - USACE Civil Works Geospatial Database – An Integrated Approach Towards Dealing with Construction Data for a Levee Construction Project
    Poster Presenter: Meredith H. Beswick, PE, PG – Kleinfelder
    Poster Co-presenter: Timothy Williams, PE, GE – Kleinfelder
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT45 - Willisburg Lake Dam Spillway Design – The Importance of a Multi-Faceted Design Approach
    Poster Presenter: Jesse M. Pope, PE, CFM – Stantec
    Poster Co-presenter: Glen Alexander, P.E. – Kentucky Division of Water
    Poster Co-presenter: Dhaivat Patel, P.E. – Stantec
    Poster Co-presenter: Robert Hatton, P.E. – Stantec
    Environmental IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    CS12A - Concurrent Session 12A: The State of Using CFD to Calculate Air Entrainment on Spillways
    Presenter: Dan Gessler, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE – Flow Science
    Co-Presenter: Brian L. Fox, P.E. – Flow Science
    General Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    CS13A - Concurrent Session 13A: Innovative Design for High Head Bulkhead Used in Slots With Multiple Openings
    Presenter: Paul H. Schiller, P.E. – Barr Engineering Co.
    Co-Presenter: Mike Sondag, P.E. – Alltech Engineering Corp
    Co-Presenter: Madelyn Rubin, P.E. – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
    Inspection of DamsGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    CS14B - Concurrent Session 14B: Innovative Bulkhead System for Hydraulic Structures
    Presenter: Meredith Shaw, EIT – Verdantas
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    CS12C - Concurrent Session 12C: Garrison Dam Spillway Modification - Spillway Overlay Alternatives Analysis using CFD Modeling (Hydraulic White Paper Series)
    Presenter: Chad Vensel, P.E. – US Army Corps of Engineers
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    CS15C - Concurrent Session 15C: Revitalizing Resilience: How Cured-In-Place Pipe Lining Helps Address Aging Infrastructure
    Presenter: Jennifer L. Gaines, P.E. – Freese and Nichols
    Co-Presenter: James Grimes, M.S, PE – Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources
    Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    CS17A - Concurrent Session 17A: 2D Dam Breach Modeling Best Practices and Troubleshooting
    Presenter: Chris Goodell, PE, BC.WRE – Kleinschmidt Associates
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    CS18A - Concurrent Session 18A: Hamilton Dam Removal - Innovative Design and Collaboration to Achieve a Wide Variety of Objectives
    Dam RemovalEnvironmental IssuesPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyFundingNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    CS20A - Concurrent Session 20A: Seepage Assessment in Embankment Dams Using Active Fiber Optic Sensing Technology
    Presenter: Matthew Walker, P.E. – Barr Engineering Co.
    General Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    CS19B - Concurrent Session 19B: Long Term Strength Gain of Soil Cement Bentonite Mixtures and Current States of Practice
    Presenter: Justin N. Stoeber, MS, PE – AECOM
    Co-Presenter: Eric Eisinger, P.E. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife
    Co-Presenter: Joshua Ehlich, M.S. – DeWind One Pass Trenching
    General Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    CS20B - Concurrent Session 20B: More Bang for your Buck? Making Instrumentation Worth the Investment
    Presenter: Nicole Wiesner, P.E. – Freese and Nichols
    Co-Presenter: Russ Springer, P.E. – Freese and Nichols
    Co-Presenter: Jennifer Montgomery – North Texas Municipal Water District
    Inspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    CS24A - Concurrent Session 24A: Safety Enhancements at Cedar Cliff Dam with Massive Reinforced-Concrete Fusegates
    Presenter: Hasan T. Kocahan, PMP – Hydroplus, Inc.
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    CS25B - Concurrent Session 25B: Improving Tailings Dam Safety with Near Real-time Piezometer Monitoring
    Presenter: Summer Sun, Ph.D., P.E. – Stantec
    Regulation of Tailings DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    4:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    CS25E - Concurrent Session 25E: Assessing Change and Uncertainty in Future Flood Estimates with Large-Ensemble Streamflow Projections
    Presenter: Ganesh R. Ghimire, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Presenter: Scott DeNeale – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Dam Failures and IncidentsHydroelectricNew and Emerging TechnologiesClimate Change
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    CS24C - Concurrent Session 24C: Physical Modeling of Valenciano Dam
    Presenter: Albert Molinas, Ph.D., P.E. – Hydrau-Tech, Inc.
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • 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
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    CS29B - Concurrent Session 29B: Application of RCC for Small Dam Projects - Rehabilitation of Rawson Hill, Bear Creek and Beaver Creek Dams
    Presenter: Paul G. Schweiger, PE, CFM – GFT
    General Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • 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
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    CS33A - Concurrent Session 33A: Rubber J-Bulb Seals Used for High Head Bulkhead on Corroded Surface
    Presenter: Paul H. Schiller, P.E. – Barr Engineering Co.
    Co-Presenter: Mike Sondag, P.E. – Alltech Engineering Corp
    Co-Presenter: Madelyn Rubin, P.E. – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
    Inspection of DamsHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    CS32B - Concurrent Session 32B: Improving dam safety with operational AI hydrologic forecasts: sharing case studies and insights
    Presenter: Laura Read – Upstream Tech
    Dam Failures and IncidentsHydroelectricNew and Emerging TechnologiesClimate Change
  • 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