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Abbas Dorostkar

PG&E

Abbas Dorostkar, PhD, PE, PEng
Hydrology and Hydraulics Practice Lead
Dam Safety, Power Generation, PG&E

Abbas Dorostkar is the Hydrologic & Hydraulic (H&H) Practice Lead and Subject Matter Expert for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). He is a registered Professional Engineer in the US (CA) and Canada (ON) with a PhD in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University, Canada. Abbas routinely applies his extensive dam safety experience to ensure the safety and reliable performance of PG&E’s hydroelectric infrastructure including over 170 dams California. His wide range of expertise include:
• probable maximum precipitation & flood (PMP&PMF) studies,
• flood frequency analyses and inflow design flood assessments,
• dam breach analyses and inundation mapping,
• dam breach consequence analyses,
• spillway hydraulics and rock scour assessments,
• part12D inspections and potential failure mode analyses (PFMA),
• hydrologic modeling & 2- and 3-dimensional hydraulic modeling,
• semi-quantitative risk analyses,
• and reservoir water temperature modeling,

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