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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
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
PLT - 3D Detailing for Hydraulic Structures: Capabilities and Deficiencies
Location: Oasis 3/4
Poster Presenter: Cristian Franklin – Schnabel Engineering
Co-Presenter: Charles M. Johnson – Schnabel Engineering
Inspection of DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
Monday, Sep 18th
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
PLT - Building a Digital Defect Timeline for Concrete Dams and Spillways – A Pathway to Predictive Monitoring for Dam Safety Engineers
Location: Oasis 3/4
Poster Presenter: Ryan T. Coppersmith – Niricson Software Inc.
Inspection of DamsGeneral Case StudiesNew and Emerging Technologies
Monday, Sep 18th
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
PLT - Digital Twins are Twice the Fun
Location: Oasis 3/4
Poster Presenter: Brian Schroeder, P.E. – Collins Engineers Inc.
Co-Presenter: Kyle M. Nicks – Collins Engineers Inc.
Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
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 - How the City of Austin uses the ESRI Survey123 Connect App
Location: Oasis 3/4
Poster Presenter: Sergio Mendoza, P.E., CFM, CESCP – City of Austin - Watershed Protection Department
Inspection of DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
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
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
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
CS7B - Concurrent Session 07B: DMAD Dam Rehabilitation Phase II
Location: Pasadena
Presenter: Jed McFarlane, P.E. – Gerhart Cole, Inc.
Inspection of DamsPublic Safety at DamsGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
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
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 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 - Stillwater Creek Watershed Dam Monitoring and Inspection Pilot Program
Location: Oasis 3/4
Poster Presenter: Sherry L. Hunt, Ph.D., EIT – USDA - ARS
Inspection of DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
Tuesday, Sep 19th
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
CS9A - A Reservoir Restriction Toolbox
Location: Catalina
Presenter: Jeremy Franz, P.E. – CO Division of Water Resources
Co-Presenter: Brent Zundel, P.E., CFM – MT DNRC
Inspection of DamsRegulatory Program Issues
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
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
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
CS11C - Concurrent Session 11C: Yet Another Lesson Learned from Wolf Creek
Location: Pasadena
Presenter: Michael A. Brown – Tetra Tech
Co-Presenter: Dylan Grissom – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Inspection of DamsGeneral Case Studies
Tuesday, Sep 19th
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
CS12C - Concurrent Session 12C: The Impact of Vibration Loads on Liquefaction Susceptible Soils in Earth Embankment Dams
Location: Sierra
Presenter: Carlin Grundemann, P.E. – GEI Consultants, Inc.
Co-Presenter: Heidi Pence, P.E. – GEI Consultants, Inc.
Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
Tuesday, Sep 19th
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT
CS14B - Concurrent Session 14B: 1993 Split Rock Creek Dam Failure: Can I Get an Inspection?
Location: Catalina
Presenter: Robb J. Roy, P.E. – Hatch Associates Consultants, Inc.
Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsRegulatory Program Issues
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
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
CS18B - Concurrent Session 18B: Liquefaction Assessment in Gravels using Vs and DPT Blow count from Case Histories
Location: Smoketree A-E
Presenter: Kyle M. Rollins, Ph.D. – Brigham Young University
Inspection of DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
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
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
2:45 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
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
CS22B - Concurrent Session 22B: Large Scale Peer Audit of Dam Instrumentation and Monitoring Program
Location: Sierra
Presenter: Douglas S. Roy, P.E. – GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Co-Presenter: David J. Barile, P.E. – GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
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
CS25B - Concurrent Session 25B: Assessing Uplift at Existing Spillway Chutes in a Post Oroville World
Location: Madera
Presenter: Frederick (Rick) Lux, III, P.E. – Aubian Engineering Inc.
Dam Failures and IncidentsInspection of DamsGeneral Risk PoliciesGeneral Case Studies
Wednesday, Sep 20th
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
CS26C - Concurrent Session 26C: Seismic Acoustic Resonance (SAR) - A complimentary tool for mapping seepage through, beneath and around dams
Location: Pasadena
Presenter: Ryan Blanchard – Willowstick Technologies, LLC
Inspection of DamsNew and Emerging Technologies
Wednesday, Sep 20th
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT
CS31A - Concurrent Session 31A: The Argument for Mandatory Outlet/Drain Inspections on a 5-year Cycle.
Location: Sierra
Presenter: Chadrick D. Hill – Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Inspection of Dams
Wednesday, Sep 20th
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
CS30B - Concurrent Session 30B: South Fork Dam: Understanding and Mitigating Complex Geologic and Seepage Issues
Location: Pasadena
Presenter: Austin Martin, P.E. – Nevada Division of Water Resources
Co-Presenter: E.J. Barben, P.E. – Gannett Fleming, Inc.
Inspection of DamsGeneral 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