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Martin W. McCann, Jr.

Director National Performance of Dams Program
Stanford University/Jack R. Benjamin & Associates, Inc.
Menlo Park, California

Dr. McCann received his B.S. in civil engineering from Villanova University in 1975, an M.S. in civil engineering in 1976 from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in 1980, also from Stanford University. He is an Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University and Director of the National Performance of Dams Program. He is also the president of Jack R. Benjamin & Associates, Inc. His areas of expertise and professional experience includes probabilistic risk analysis for civil infrastructure facilities and, probabilistic hazards analysis, including seismic and hydrologic events, reliability assessment, risk-based decision analysis, systems analysis, and seismic engineering. He has been involved in probabilistic risk studies for critical infrastructure (dams, levees, nuclear power plants, ports, chemical facilities) since the early 1980’s. Dr. McCann is currently leading the seismic risk analysis for the Wanapum Dam Left Embankment. He also a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ IPET Risk and Reliability team evaluating the risk associated with the New Orleans levee protection system following Hurricane Katrina. Dr. McCann developed the SHIP risk analysis software that is used to perform risk and uncertainty calculations for facilities.

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