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  • Monday, Sep 18th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
    CS3A - Concurrent Session 03A: Hardfill Dam Feasibility in a High Seismic Area
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Rajendram Arulnathan, Ph.D. – AECOM
    Co-Presenter: Steven Haugaard, MS – AECOM
    Public Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    10:45 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
    CS1B - Concurrent Session 01B: 100th anniversary of the 1923 Apishapa Dam failure, Colorado: an analysis of an underappreciated embankment dam settlement/cracking case history and the local impacts of a lost resource
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Lee Mauney, P.E., CFM – HDR
    Co-Presenter: Keith Ferguson, P.E. – HDR
    Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    CS3B - Concurrent Session 03B: Assessment of Aging Dams for Seismic Potential Failure Modes: A Delta Approach
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Khaled Chowdhury, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    11:15 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    CS1C - Concurrent Session 01C: Hales Bar Dam: Many Firsts and Many Lessons
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Robert Hatton, P.E. – Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Eric Peterson – Tennessee Valley Authority
    Dam Failures and IncidentsDam RemovalGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    PLT - Assessing Dam Risk in Iowa: An Analysis of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Dam Inventory
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Abdulazeez R. Lawal – Iowa State University
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    PLT - Closing the Gap: Combining numerical and analytical methods to predict gate closures
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Adrian Strain – HDR
    Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • 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 - Levee Performance during Floods: A Finite Element Method Study of Transient Hydrodynamic Conditions
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Audrika Nahian – Jackson State University
    Dam Failures and IncidentsEnvironmental IssuesInspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyClimate Change
  • 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
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    PLT - Using State-of-the Art Geophysical Technologies to Assess Earthen Embankments
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Lincoln Steele – Tetra Tech
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyRegulation of Tailings DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    PLT - Using the Simplified Stochastic Event Flood Modeling Approach to Support the Risk Informed Decision Making Method to Evaluate Dam Safety
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Cory Anderson, P.E. – Barr Engineering Co.
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesHydroelectricGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    CS6A - Concurrent Session 06A: The “Perfect Storm”: Can Atmospheric Models Improve Confidence In Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP)?
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Emilie G. Tarouilly – UCLA
    Dam Failures and IncidentsEnvironmental IssuesSecurity Programs and Protective MeasuresGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging TechnologiesClimate Change
  • 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
    CS6C - Concurrent Session 06C: Evaluating Extreme Precipitation for Hydrologic Analysis for Dam Safety and Mining Operations: Considering Current and Future Conditions
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Bill Kappel – Applied Weather Associates
    Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyRegulation of Tailings DamsGeneral Case StudiesClimate Change
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    CS7C - Small Dams, Big Problems: A Case Study on a Complete Dam Reconstruction
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Joseph Kudritz – Michael Baker International
    Dam RemovalInspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    5:15 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    PLT - An Evaluation of Uncertainty Associated with Generalized PMP Estimation Methods
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Zahra Zahmatkesh – KGS Group
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    5:15 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    PLT - How Do We Get to This Gate?
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Arthur Nix – Tetra Tech
    Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    5:15 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    PLT - Hydraulics of beveled face stepped spillways
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Megh Raj K C, MS – Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University
    General Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT
    CS10A - Concurrent Session 10A: Narrows Bypass Channel CFD Analysis – Modeling Challenges for Large CFD Models with Large Flows and Interpretation of Their 3-D Results
    Location: Madera
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
    CS12A - Concurrent Session 12A: Liquefaction Triggering Analysis of Construction and Long-Term Surcharge Loading on Earth Embankment Dams
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Carlin Grundemann, P.E. – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: David Froster, P.E. – GEI Consultants, Inc.
    Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    CS9B - The Dam Safety Toolbox – A New Online Resource for the Dam Safety Industry from ASDSO
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Jeremy Franz, P.E. – CO Division of Water Resources
    Co-Presenter: Greg Richards, P.E., CFM – Gannett Fleming, Inc.
    Regulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • 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
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    CS12B - Concurrent Session 12B: Evaluating Slope Stability of a Reclamation Dam using Three-Dimensional Limit Equilibrium Analysis
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Tyler Quick – Bureau of Reclamation
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    CS13B - Concurrent Session 13B: In a Room Full of Experts… Tips for Success from PFMA Recorders
    Location: Smoketree A-E
    Presenter: Kathleen Darby, Ph.D., P.E. – Geosyntec Consultants
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • 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
    CS18A - Concurrent Session 18A: Updates to USACE Drilling Guidance ER 1110-1-1807
    Location: Smoketree A-E
    Presenter: Thomas Terry, P.E., P.G. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Regulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    CS16B - Concurrent Session 16B: Oregon’s Semi-Quantitative Risk Assessments for Dams with Limited Design and Analysis Information
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Keith Mills, P.E., G.E. – Oregon Water Resources Department
    Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk PoliciesNew and Emerging TechnologiesClimate Change
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    2:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    CS14C - Concurrent Session 14C: 2003 Emergency at Mount Carmel Dam, North Dakota – DFIC Decade Series
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Carmen Lepsch, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering
    Co-Presenter: Ben Webster, P.E., PMP – Schnabel Engineering
    Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    CS15C - Concurrent Session 15C: Nonlinear Watershed Behavior Using Variable Unit Hydrograph Parameters for California
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Daniel Meyersohn, Ph.D., P.E. – CA Department of Water Resources
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    CS16C - Concurrent Session 16C: Idaho Dam Safety Portfolio Risk Assessment - 7 High Hazard Dams
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Rick Scott – McMillen Inc.
    Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    CS18C - Concurrent Session 18C: Regulatory Perspective on Penetration Testing in Gravelly Soils
    Location: Smoketree A-E
    Presenter: Alex Pires-Sturm, Ph.D., P.E. – CA Department of Water Resources
    Co-Presenter: Andrew Lutz, CEG – CA Department of Water Resources
    General Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    CS14D - Concurrent Session 14D: Cart Path Only: Spillway Breaching at Black Creek Site 53 Dam
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Stephen M. Karpenko, P.E. – Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
    Dam Failures and IncidentsIncident Management Exercises & TrainingInspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    CS22A - Concurrent Session 22A: Owner's Perspective: Addressing Seepage Issues During Dams Normal Operation
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Mark Ickert – Freese and Nichols, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Dorota Koterba – Tarrant Regional Water District
    Dam Failures and IncidentsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    CS20B - Concurrent Session 20B: An Alternate Approach for Developing Design Waves for Establishing Freeboard Requirements for Perched Reservoirs Exposed to Extreme Winds
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Don Kingery – Jacobs Engineering Group
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    CS21B - Concurrent Session 21B: Oklahoma’s Innovative Solutions to Funding Dam Safety Projects
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Emma Moradi – Oklahoma Water Resources Board
    Co-Presenter: Natalie Orbesen – Oklahoma Water Resources Board
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyFunding
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    CS22C - Concurrent Session 22C: Century Old, Run of the River Dam, Inspected for the First Time In 70 Years
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Catrin Bryan, M.Sc. P.E. – McMillen Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Jeri Timm – Public Utility No. 1 of Okanogan County
    Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    9:00 AM – 9:30 AM PDT
    CS26B - Concurrent Session 26B: Development of a Definition of Plastic Concrete for Cutoff Walls
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: David B. Paul, P.E. – Tetra Tech
    Dam Failures and IncidentsEnvironmental IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
    CS28A - Concurrent Session 28A: NDSP BIL Implementation Progress/Updates
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Jena’i Jordan – Federal Emergency Management Agency
    General Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
    CS30A - Concurrent Session 30A: Lessons Learned - Artesian Head at Earth Dams in Glacial Country
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Donald R. Green, P.E. – Michael Baker International
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    CS28B - Concurrent Session 28B: Levees? Why Should States Care? Don’t They Have Enough DAM Problems?
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Michael L. Bachand – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    General Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
    CS29B - Concurrent Session 29B: Reanalysis of a Record-Breaking Storm in the Colorado Rockies-Combining Meteorology with Hydrology to Find the Answer
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Bill Kappel – Applied Weather Associates
    Dam Failures and IncidentsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    CS28C - Concurrent Session 28C: Implementing Risk-Informed Decision Making in a Regulatory Dam Safety Program
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Doug Boyer – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    Regulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    CS29C - Concurrent Session 29C: Development of Precipitation Frequency Areal Reduction Factors for Dams in British Columbia
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Kyle Chudler – RTI International
    Public Safety at DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    CS30C - Concurrent Session 30C: Grindstone Canyon Dam Seepage Gallery Drain Cleaning
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Gresh Eckrich – Yeh and Associates
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    11:45 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    CS31G - Concurrent Session 31G: Case Study: The Effects of Hot Temperatures on Deep Mix Method Seepage Barrier Construction
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: David C. Dean, P.E., G.E. – SMUD/USACE
    Co-Presenter: Christopher Hamilton – US Army Corps of Engineers
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    CS32A - Concurrent Session 32A: Best Practices in Developing and Reviewing CFD Models for Spillways
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Benjamin Israel Devadason, P.E., CFM – Gannett Fleming, Inc.
    Co-Presenter: Abbas Dorostkar – PG&E
    Co-Presenter: Seth Thompson, P.E. – Gannett Fleming, Inc.
    Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    CS32B - Concurrent Session 32B: Performance-based design of existing and future reservoir structures: An application of computational fluid dynamics modelling and machine learning techniques
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Duane McClelland – Jacobs Engineering Group
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging TechnologiesClimate Change
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    CS35B - Concurrent Session 35B: Bethany Dams Restoration and Rodent Burrow Prevention Project Case History
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Youssef M. Awad – CA Department of Water Resources
    Co-Presenter: Daniel Bremerman – CA Department of Water Resources
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
    CS35C - Concurrent Session 35C: A case study for embankment rehabilitation under full headwater pool: Challenges, surprises, and lessons learned
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Adam J. Schneider, P.E. – Ayres
    Co-Presenter: Austin Rieder, P.E. – Ayres
    Inspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyHydroelectricGeneral Case Studies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    CS37A - Concurrent Session 37A: Constructability Considerations for Dams and Spillways
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Brianna K. Crotty, P.E. – Schnabel Engineering
    Co-Presenter: Charles M. Johnson – Schnabel Engineering
    Co-Presenter: Marius Sima – Schnabel Engineering
    General Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    CS39A - Concurrent Session 39A: The Engineer-of-Record’s Role in Risk Informed Decision Making in Levee Design
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Daniel N. Teak, P.E. – HDR
    Co-Presenter: Kimberly Lukas, P.E., CPESC – HDR
    General Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Risk Policies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    CS37B - Concurrent Session 37B: Designing or Evaluating a Spillway? Chute Condition Matters!
    Location: Madera
    Presenter: Benjamin Israel Devadason, P.E., CFM – Gannett Fleming, Inc.
    Dam Failures and IncidentsIncident Management Exercises & TrainingInspection of DamsGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyHydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    CS39B - Concurrent Session 39B: Risks and Approach of Private Infrastructure on Public Levee ROW
    Location: Sierra
    General Dam Safety or Levee Policy
  • Wednesday, Sep 20th
    4:30 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    CS39C - Concurrent Session 39C: Risk Informed Assessment to Support a Section 408 Authorization
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: Adam L. Hacker, P.E. – HDR
    Co-Presenter: Matthias Lindenbauer, EIT – HDR
    Co-Presenter: Matthew Whelan – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
    Regulatory Program IssuesGeneral Dam Safety or Levee PolicyGeneral Case Studies