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USSD 2019 ANNUAL MEETING & CONFERENCEHDR Presenters

Tue, April 9, 2019

TRACK 1 | 10:45AM – 12:15PM

Ali Reza Firoozfar1D: Dam Safety | Room: Salon A3How to Make a Business Case to Justify Dam Safety Improvements?

Daniel Osmun & William Fiedler1D: Dam Safety | Room: Salon A3Decision Making in Dam Engineering

TRACK 2 | 1:30 – 3:30 PM

Matthew Redington & Michael Butterfi eld2C: Conference Theme IRoom: Salon A1Cedar Rapids, Iowa – A Second Chance for a Flooded City

Abbas Dorostkar2D: H&H (Hydraulics)Room: Salon A3Flow Modeling of a Steep, Curved Spillway Chute

Brian Reinicker,Brian Chrisman, &David Gerlach2E: Construction (Rehabilitation) Room: Salon A5Upgrades for a Second Century at Duke Energy’s Bridgewater Hydroelectric Project

POSTER SESSION | 3:30 – 6:00 PM

Anurag SinghalA Study on Seismic E� ects of Gate-Wall Interaction on Spillway Gates in an Existing Spillway

Mark StanleyThree-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of Levee through Seepage Considering End-Around E� ects

WED, April 10, 2019

PLENARY SESSION II | 8:30 AM – 10:15 PM

Keith FergusonRoom: Grand Ballroom – 2nd FloorUSSD Historical Milestones

Robert Beduhn5A: LeveesRoom: Salon A2Improving Levee Resiliency – Mitigating Failure Modes to Avoid Disasters in Great Britain and the United States

Elena Sossenkina5C: Dam Safety IIIRoom: Salon A1Information to Inform Design of Dams and Levees

THURS, April 11, 2019

WORKSHOP | 8:00 – 12:00PM

Erwin SupranataThreshold and Action Levels

WORKSHOP | 8:00 - 5:00PM

Paul RisherFlood Consequence Estimation with HEC-LifeSim