2004 National Hydraulic Engineering Conference
Asheville, NC
Transforming Technology and Research into Practice
Conference Agenda
Monday, August 30, 2004 | |
5:00 - 7:00 | Conference Sign-In |
6:00 - 10:00 | Welcome Party - Upper Pool |
Tuesday, August 31, 2004 | |
Morning Session - Update of Nation and States | |
8:00 - 8:30 | Opening Remarks |
8:30 - 9:00 | Key Note Address - Len Sanderson, Administrator, NCDOT |
9:00 - 10:00 | Status of National Research and Activities - Representatives from NHT, NHI, NCHRP |
10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
10:30 - 11:30 | Roundtable Discussions of States' Challenges and Solutions |
11:30 - 12:00 | Summarization of Discussions |
12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch On Your Own |
Afternoon Session - Modeling with WMS and SMS: | |
1:00 - 2:00 | Overview of WMS Software and Applications in Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design - Jim Nelson, Brigham-Young University |
2:00 - 2:30 | New Mexico DOT's Experiences with WMS - Parviz Eftekhari, New Mexico Department of Transportation |
2:30 - 3:00 | Pennsylvania DOT's Experiences with WMS - Barry Newman, Pennsylvania DOT |
3:00 - 3:30 | Break |
3:30 - 4:30 | Overview of SMS Software and Application in Hydraulic Design - Alan Zundel, Brigham-Young University |
4:30 - 5:00 | Utah DOT's Experiences with SMS - ???, Utah DOT |
Wednesday, September 1, 2004 | |
Morning Session A - Hydrology | |
8:00 - 9:00 | Regional Characteristics of Unit Hydrographs and Hyetographs - George Hermann, Texas DOT, and David Thompson, Texas Tech University |
9:00 - 9:30 | Recent Updates To NOAA/NWS Precipitation Frequency Estimates - Geoffrey Bonnin, National Weather Service |
9:30 - 10:00 | An Evaluation of Hydrologic Procedures in Maryland - Will Thomas, Michael Baker Jr. |
10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
10:30 - 11:30 | National Flood Frequency and StreamStats Programs - Kernell Ries, USGS |
11:30 - 12:00 | Region of Influence Regression Equations - Ali Hangul, Tennessee DOT |
Morning Session B1 - Plans of Action | |
8:00 - 8:30 | Plans of Action - Jorge Pagan, FHWA Headquarters |
8:30 - 9:00 | Minnesota DOT's Plans of Action - Andrea Hendrickson, Minnesota DOT |
9:00 - 9:30 | Oklahoma DOT's Plans of Action - Leslie Lewis, Oklahoma DOT |
9:30 - 10:00 | Idaho DOT's Plans of Action - Lotwick Reese, Idaho DOT |
10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
Morning Session B2 - Culverts/Pipes | |
10:30 - 11:00 | Florida DOT HDPE Pipe Research - Rick Renna, Florida DOT |
11:00 - 11:30 | Bottomless Culvert Research - Sterling Jones, FHWA |
11:30 - 12:00 | South Dakota Multi-Barrel Box Culvert Research - Rich Phillips, South Dakota DOT, and Sterling Jones, FHWA |
12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch On Your Own |
Afternoon Sessions A and B | |
1:00 - 5:00 | Field Trip to I-26 Extension Project |
Thursday, September 2, 2004 | |
Morning Session A - Coastal Engineering | |
8:00 - 10:00 | Coastal Engineering Overview I - Scott Douglass, University of South Alabama |
10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
10:30 - 12:00 | Coastal Engineering Overview II - Scott Douglass, University of South Alabama |
Morning Session B - Environmental Issues | |
8:00 - 9:00 | Efficiency of Water Quality Inlets - Brant Keller, City of Griffin |
9:00 - 9:30 | Recent Guidance on the Integrated Unit Process Design Approach
and Low Impact Design for Highway Runoff Controls - Marcus Quigley, GeoSyntec |
9:30 - 10:00 | Asset Management of Stormwater Facilities - Sonal Sanghavi, Maryland SHA |
10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
10:30 - 11:00 | The Use of Stormwater: Case Histories - Marty Wanielista, StormWater Academy, CFU |
11:00 - 11:30 | Springshed Water Budgets and Transportation Planning - Marty Wanielista, StormWater Academy, CFU |
11:30 - 12:00 | Stormwater Treatment of Wetlands - Kevin White, USA |
12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch On Your Own |
Afternoon Session A - Coastal Engineering | |
1:00 - 1:30 | Storm Tide Hindcasts for Hurricane Hugo: Into an Estuarine and Riverine Environment - Scott Hagen, University of Central Florida |
1:30 - 2:00 | Application of 2-D Numerical Model to Investigate Tidal Bridges - Serkan Mahmutoglu, EarthTech, Inc. |
2:00 - 3:00 | Comparison of ADCIRC, RMA2, and FESWMS for Tidal Modeling - Max Sheppard, University of Florida |
3:00 - 3:30 | Break |
3:30 - 4:00 | Alaska DOT's Experiences - Mark Miles, Alaska DOT |
4:00 - 4:30 | Indian River Bridge - Dennis O'Shea, Delaware DOT |
4:30 - 5:00 | Technical to Practical - Tacoma Narrows Bridge Hydraulic Analysis - Stan Polisak, Parsons |
Afternoon Session B - Stream Stability | |
1:00 - 1:30 | NCHRP 20-07 Task 178 - Evaluation and Update of NCHRP Project 24-08 "Scour at Bridge Foundations Research Needs" - Pete Lagasse, Ayres and Associates |
1:30 - 2:00 | Evaluation of Natural Channel Bridge Scour Countermeasures - Alan Zundel, BYU |
2:00 - 2:30 | NCHRP 24-19 - Environmentally Sensitive Bank Protection - John McCullah, Salix Applied Earthcare |
2:30 - 3:00 | Simplified Stream Reconnaissance - Peggy Johnson, State College |
3:00 - 3:30 | Break |
3:30 - 4:00 | Maury River Restoration - Guy Tudor, Virginia DOT |
4:00 - 4:30 | Spanning the Ganges at Paksey - Hydraulic and Geomorphic Aspects - Dave Froelich |
4:30 - 5:00 | Hatachie River Revisited - Wesley Peck, Tennessee DOT |
Friday, September 3, 2004 | |
Morning Session - Scour | |
8:00 - 8:30 | Regional Scour Characteristics for SCDOT - Stephen Benedict, USGS |
8:30 - 9:00 | NCHRP 24-14 - Scour at Contracted Openings - Stephen Benedict, USGS |
9:00 - 9:30 | Laboratory and 3D Numerical Modeling with Field Monitoring of Regional Bridge Scour in Georgia - Terry Sturm, Georgia Tech |
9:30 - 10:00 | Scour at the Bonner Bridge on North Carolina's Barrier Island - Jerry Beard, NCDOT |
10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
10:30 - 11:00 | Florida DOT I-10 Chipola River Rock Scour Project - Max Sheppard, University of Florida |
11:00 - 11:30 | Scour Prediction Using the EFA Machine - Veronica Ghelardi, FHWA |
11:30 - 12:00 | Conference Wrap Up |