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  • Monday, Sep 18th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    CS4B - Concurrent Session 04B: Beyond Emergency Action Plans: Leveraging Regulatory Requirements to Develop a Collaborative and Cross-Functional Hydroelectric Emergency Management Program
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Andrew Hagen – Pacific Gas and Electric Company
    Co-Presenter: Ryan Conrad – Gannett Fleming
    Emergency Action PlansIncident Management Exercises & TrainingPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesHydroelectric
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    PLT - Fracture Networks in Mississippian Carbonate Rocks: Investigation of Dam Bedrock Foundations in Northeastern Oklahoma
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Melina Lazar – Boone Pickens School of Geology at Oklahoma State University
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyHydroelectricGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    PLT - Numerical Evaluation of Anti-Liquefaction Performance of Deep Soil Mixing Method under Embankment Dams
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Araz Hasheminezhad – Iowa State University
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    CS7A - Concurrent Session 07A: Wanapum Dam Repair: A Challenge For Con-Tech Systems USA Inc.
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Paul Krumm
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsHydroelectricNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    CS8A - From Translational to Transformational Flood Risk Communication: How USACE is Shifting its Communication About Dams, Levees, and Flooding
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Katelyn Noland – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Co-Presenter: Adam Yeeles – HDR
    Emergency Action PlansPublic Safety at DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    CS6B - Concurrent Session 06B: Evaluating Spillway Capacity with Changing Data– The Effects of a Statewide PMP Study on a Portfolio of Dams
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Amanda Hess, P.E., CFM – Gannett Fleming, Inc.
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    CS8B - Whittier Narrows Dam: Managing Risk Thru Communication: A Partnership Between USACE and The City of Pico Rivera
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Aaron Smith – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Co-Presenter: Javier Hernandez – City of Pico Rivera
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    CS8C - Bourbanis Dam: The Spring 2022 Emergency Response and Moving Forward to Mitigate Future Risk
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Zachary O. Herrmann – Houston Engineering, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Christi Fisher, P.E. – USDA - NRCS
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsDam RemovalEnvironmental IssuesInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Case StudiesFunding
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    5:15 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    PLT - How to Exercise your Emergency Action Plans to be both impactful to dam owners and your downstream communities
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Preston W. Wilson, Sr. – Resilience Solutions Consulting
    Emergency Action PlansIncident Management Exercises & Training
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    5:15 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    PLT - Savage River Dam, A Wild Ride: Developing 86 Miles of Inundation Mapping and Emergency Action Planning for 10 Municipalities/Counties Downstream of Savage River Dam.
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Kevin Chapman – Hazen and Sawyer
    Emergency Action Plans
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    CS10C - Concurrent Session 10C: Labyrinth Weir Spillway Design: Lessons Learned on the DMAD Dam Rehabilitation Project
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Thayne Clark, P.E. – Bowen Collins & Associates
    Co-Presenter: Jon Howe, EIT – Bowen Collins & Associates
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    CS14A - Concurrent Session 14A: 2003 Fuse Plug Failure at Silver Lake Dam, Michigan: A Look Back at the Lasting Impacts – DFIC Decade Series
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Carmen Lepsch, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering
    Co-Presenter: James Pawloski, P.E. – James T. Pawloski, PE, LLC
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsEnvironmental IssuesIncident Management Exercises & TrainingPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    CS17A - Concurrent Session 17A: Evaluating Dam Breach Inundation for Largely Sedimented Reservoirs
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Martin W. McCann, Jr. – Stanford University/Jack R. Benjamin & Associates, Inc.
    Emergency Action Plans
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    CS17B - Concurrent Session 17B: A Sensitivity Analysis Involving Simplified Approaches for Emergency Action Plan Development in Urbanized Settings
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Joseph Machala, P.E. – CDM Smith
    Co-Presenter: Carlos Yvellez, EI – CDM Smith
    Emergency Action PlansPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    8:30 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
    CS25A - Concurrent Session 25A: Effort Put on the Right Path: Safety Evaluation Risk Assessments & Risk-Informed Decision-Making for Maple Grove Dam in Colorado
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Hui Ming Shih, Ph.D., P.E., CFM – CDM Smith
    Co-Presenter: Carlos Yvellez, EI – CDM Smith
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
    CS31B - Concurrent Session 31B: Overtopping Potential for 550 Dams: Considering Storm Events with Varying Duration and Return Period
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Jacob A. Smith – North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsSecurity Programs and Protective MeasuresIncident Management Exercises & TrainingPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Risk Policies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
    CS31C - Concurrent Session 31C: Rapid Overtopping Evaluation for State-Regulated Dams in North Carolina
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Michael Crouch, P.E., CFM – RTI International
    Emergency Action PlansDam Failures and IncidentsIncident Management Exercises & TrainingPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Risk PoliciesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    CS34B - Concurrent Session 34B: Wellsville Reservoir Dam Decommissioning: a HHPD Success Story
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Melissa Menerey, CFM – OH Department of Natural Resources
    Co-Presenter: Mia Kannik, P.E. – OH Department of Natural Resources
    Emergency Action PlansDam RemovalFunding