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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
    11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    CS4C - Concurrent Session 04C: Using GIS as a Tool in Managing a National Dam Safety Program
    Location: Sierra
    Presenter: C Kirk Cover – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    Dam Failures and IncidentsIncident Management Exercises & TrainingInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsRegulatory Program IssuesHydroelectricFundingNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Monday, Sep 18th
    11:45 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    CS1E - Concurrent Session 01E: Gleno Dam - Italy’s OG of Modern Dam Failures
    Location: Catalina
    Presenter: Christopher S. Owen – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    Dam Failures and IncidentsSecurity Programs and Protective MeasuresGeneral Risk PoliciesHydroelectric
  • 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 - 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
    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
    5:15 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    PLT - Hydrologic Insights from 14,000 Square Miles: Unique Dynamics of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Site-Specific PMP & PMF Study
    Location: Oasis 3/4
    Poster Presenter: Jacob Adkins, EIT – Freese and Nichols, Inc.
    HydroelectricGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
  • Tuesday, Sep 19th
    10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
    CS11A - Concurrent Session 11A: Cracking of buttresses in an Ambursen Dam Spillway
    Location: Pasadena
    Presenter: Mussie Eyob – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    Inspection of DamsHydroelectricGeneral 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
    2:30 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
    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