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  • 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
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    CS4B - Concurrent Session 04B: Muskingum River Dam Replacement: Construction Manager at Risk Approach at McConnelsville
    Presenter: Mike Garver – The Ruhlin Company
    Co-Presenter: James Hilovsky, P.E. – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    Dam Failures and IncidentsDam RemovalPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    CS1C - Concurrent Session 01C: Terror in the San Francisquito Canyon
    Presenter: Andy Yung, P.E., CFM, BC.WRE – Walter P. Moore
    Co-Presenter: Josh Yung, EIT – Stantec
    Co-Presenter: Neel Salvi, P.E. – Walter P. Moore
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Case Studies
  • 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
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    CS9A - Concurrent Session 09A: Safeguarding Communities and Agriculture: Tule River Spillway Enlargement
    Presenter: Ike Pace, P.E. – Tetra Tech, Inc
    Co-Presenter: Mostafa Mostafa Mostafa, P.E. – US Army Corps of Engineers
    Environmental IssuesPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    CS7B - Concurrent Session 07B: The Reverse Roller: Remote Sensing and Modeling Low-head Dams
    Presenter: Brian Crookston, Ph.D., P.E. – Utah State University
    Public Safety at Dams
  • 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
    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
    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
    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
    PLT26 - Quantifying Hazard Potential in Dams: Integrating In-Situ Condition Analysis and Failure Mechanisms.
    Poster Presenter: Ayanda Tsitsa, MEng – Department of Water and Sanitation - South Africa
    Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Monday, Sep 22nd
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
    PLT43 - Using Realtime Rainfall/Runoff Data to Aid in the Calibration of Hydraulic and Hydrology Models for Dam Rehabilitation
    Poster Presenter: Geoffrey A. Cerrelli, P.E. – USDA - NRCS
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyFunding
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    8:45 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    GS2B: Hurricane Helene: A Panel Discussion on Impacts to Dams in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee
    Presenter: Jonathan M. Pittman, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering
    Co-Presenter: William E. Toby Vinson, Jr., PE, CPM – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    Co-Presenter: Dustin Waycaster – Town of Lake Lure
    Co-Presenter: Stan Aiken, P.E. – NC Department of Environmental Quality
    Co-Presenter: Leslie Carreiro – City of Asheville
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsIncident Management; Exercises; and TrainingPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    CS14A - Concurrent Session 14A: Dewatering, High Risk and Low Reward.
    Presenter: Andrew Baxter, P.E. P.G. – GEI Consultants
    Public Safety at Dams
  • 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
    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
    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
    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
    CS19A - Concurrent Session 19A: Secant Pile Cutoff Wall to Mitigate Flloding at Kentucky's Panbowl Lake
    Presenter: Stan Worst, P.E. – Schnabel Foundation Company
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    CS18C - Concurrent Session 18C: Thompson Mill Dam Removal - The Intersection of Community Resilience, Environmental Restoration and Public Safety
    Presenter: Manuela Johnson, CEM – Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC
    Dam RemovalEnvironmental IssuesPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program Issues
  • Tuesday, Sep 23rd
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    CS23A - Concurrent Session 23A: Improving Collaboration to Benefit Dam Safety and Emergency Management Programs
    Presenter: Tony Subbio, CEM, CFM, PMP – CDM Smith
    Emergency Action PlansIncident Management; Exercises; and TrainingPublic Safety at Dams
  • 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
  • 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
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    CS27A - Concurrent Session 27A: Great I Own A Lake; Damn I Own A Dam
    Presenter: Whit Montague, PE, CFM – Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Division
    Co-Presenter: Ben A. Hunter, BEng – Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Division
    Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • 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
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    CS29A - Concurrent Session 29A: Midwestern Dam Rehabilitation with Artesian Conditions… What could go wrong?
    Presenter: Matthew R. Marquis, P.E. – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    Co-Presenter: Michael Becker, P.E. – Ohio Department of Natural Resources
    Environmental IssuesSecurity Programs and Protective MeasuresInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • 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
    CS32A - Concurrent Session 32A: Cracking Complex Conundrums: Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling of Newark’s High Hazard Dams
    Presenter: Rex S. Gamble, EIT – GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Mia Hildebrandt, P.E., CFM – GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc.
    Dam Failures and IncidentsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    CS33B - Concurrent Session 33B: Title Transfer of Two Dams in California from Federal to State Regulatory Jurisdiction
    Presenter: Casey Phradichith – GEI Consultants
    Co-Presenter: Nicolas Oettle, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. – GEI Consultants
    Co-Presenter: Anthony Morales, P.E. – Contra Costa Water District
    Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    CS31C - Concurrent Session 31C: Building a municipal dam safety program and restoration case studies on dam embankments in Charlotte, NC.
    Presenter: Rebecca M. Deal – City of Charlotte Storm Water
    Co-Presenter: Kara Becker – City of Charlotte Storm Water
    Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    CS32C - Concurrent Session 32C: Baskatong Reservoir Age vs. Climate Change and Increase Population Challenges
    Presenter: Javier Patarroyo, P.Eng., M Sc. – Hydro-Quebec
    Public Safety at DamsHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesClimate Change
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    CS33C - Concurrent Session 33C: Florida's New Dam System Rules
    Presenter: Tracy C. Woods, Professional Geologist – Florida Department of Environmental Protection
    Emergency Action PlansIncident Management; Exercises; and TrainingInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program Issues
  • Wednesday, Sep 24th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    CS35B - Concurrent Session 35B: Prado Dam Spillway Risk Informed Structural Design
    Presenter: Steve Dominic – US Army Corps of Engineers
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Case Studies