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HQ National Earthquake Program Policy Advisor and Senior Geotechnical Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Folsom, California
Dr. Khaled Chowdhury is a Senior Geotechnical Engineer at the USACE South Pacific Division Dam Safety Production Center in Sacramento, California and the USACE Headquarters National Earthquake Program Policy Advisor. Khaled has over 23 years of experience in evaluation, design, and construction of infrastructure projects. He currently provides technical leadership on several major dams and levees evaluation and design projects nationwide, addressing static and seismic potential failure modes. Khaled contributed or is currently contributing to development of several USACE and California DWR guidance and regulatory documents on dams and levees. Khaled earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley under supervision of Professor Raymond B. Seed. Khaled’s research and practice areas include site characterization, soil liquefaction, residual strength, seismic deformation analyses, seepage cutoff walls, and levee and dam design and construction and he has about 30 technical papers on these topics. Khaled is a member of seismic cadre of the USACE, which has been formed to evaluate seismic risk of USACE dams. Khaled is the lead instructor for USACE Prospect Course on seismic stability of embankment dams.
Monday, September 18, 2023
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT