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  • Poster Session
    Poster
    Floodplain Mapping of Ungauged Watershed using HEC models and PERSIANN precipitation
    Room: Grand Foyer
    Author: Ajay Kalra – Southern Illinois University Carbondale
    Co-Author (not attending): Abhiru Aryal – Southern Illinois University
    Co-Author (not attending): Amrit Bhusal – Southern Illinois University
    Co-Author: Ritu Gupta, P.E., CFM – Jacobs
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:00 PM - 1:15 PM PDT
    Applying HEC-RAS To Simulate The Complex Tidal Conditions For Estuaries And Bays: A Case Study Of The San Francisco Bay in California
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: William H. Campbell – Department of Defense - US Army Corps of Engineering’s (USACE) -Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) - Coastal and Hydraulics Lab (CHL)
    Co-Author (not attending): Arturo S. Leon – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Zeda Yin – Florida International University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:00 PM - 1:18 PM PDT
    A Method for Modeling the Effect of Urban Storm Sewers in the Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System Two-dimensional Model
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Aaron L. Sprague, EI – Water Resources Solutions, LLC
    Co-Author: Donald W. Baker, P.E., D. WRE, CPESC, VMA – Water Resources Solutions, LLC
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:15 PM - 1:30 PM PDT
    Development and Validation of a Wave-Current Interaction Model for Estuary and Coastal Applications
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Yong G. Lai, Ph.D. – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:18 PM - 1:36 PM PDT
    Hindcasting maximum flood depths during Hurricane Ida using spatially distributed machine learning algorithms
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Maryam Pakdehi – Florida State University
    Co-Author: Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf – Florida State University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT
    Application of 3D CFD Modeling to Improve Calibration of 2D Hydraulic Model
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author (not presenting): Jie Zeng, PhD, PE – South Florida Water Management District
    Author: Zubayed Rakib, P.E. – South Florida Water Management District
    Co-Author (not attending): Matahel Ansar, PhD, PE – South Florida Water Management District
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:36 PM - 1:54 PM PDT
    Comparison of Metrics for Stream Flashiness for the Northeastern United States
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Rachel F. Hurley (she/her/hers) – Lafayette College
    Co-Author: David Brandes, A.M.ASCE – Lafayette College
    Co-Author: Christa Kelleher – Lafayette College
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Innovative analysis of a large tunnel flushing system
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Adam Nielsen, PE – Jacobs Engineering
    Co-Author: Kevin Nielsen, P.E., PhD – Jacobs Engineering
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:54 PM - 2:12 PM PDT
    2D floodplain and floodway analysis and mapping: advantages and challenges
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Lan Zhang – Dewberry
    Co-Author: Darius Dewards – Dewberry
    Co-Author: Brayan Pozo – Dewberry
    Co-Author: Mathini P. Sreetharan – Dewberry
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT
    West Memphis Port: Leveraging Numerical Models for Decision Support
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Andrew W. McCoy, PhD PE – HDR
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    2:15 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
    Long-term Evolution of Shoreline along Barrier Islands and Sand Bypassing across Coastal Inlets
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Yan Ding, PHD, MASCE – USACE-ERDC-CHL
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PDT
    Making large-scale flood mapping efficient: Example Integration of SWAT and HAND models over the Texas Gulf Region
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Krutikkumar T. Patel – The University of Texas at Arlington
    Co-Author: Adnan Rajib, PhD – University of Texas at Arlington
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:00 PM - 3:18 PM PDT
    Physic-informed Neural Network Approach for solving the 1D Steady Shallow Water Equations in Riverine Systems
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Zeda Yin – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Linlong Bian – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Beichao Hu – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Jimeng Shi – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Arturo S. Leon – Florida International University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:15 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Hydrodynamic Flood Modeling with HEC-RAS 6.3: A Case Study of the Pakke River in Siejosa, Arunachal Pradesh, India
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Ghritartha Goswami – North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology
    Co-Author: Ram Kailash Prasad – Nerist Nirjuli Itanagar India
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:18 PM - 3:36 PM PDT
    Three-dimensional Numerical Modeling of a Small Pond Outlet Structure
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Aaron L. Sprague, EI – Water Resources Solutions, LLC
    Co-Author: Donald W. Baker, P.E., D. WRE, CPESC, VMA – Water Resources Solutions, LLC
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:30 PM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Performance of a Machine Learning-Based Flood Prediction Model Using DEMs of Different Spatial Resolutions
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Reza Saleh Alipour – The University of Alabama
    Co-Author: Steven J. Burian, PE – Alabama Water Institute
    Co-Author (not attending): Mohammad Fereshtehpour – Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
    Co-Author (not attending): Mostafa Esmaeilzadeh – Shahrood Univ. of Technology, Semnan, Iran.
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:36 PM - 3:54 PM PDT
    Inversion of hydraulics model parameters with deep-learning-based surrogate
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Xiaofeng Liu, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:45 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    The impact of climate mitigation strategies on localized flooding
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Adriana Arcelay – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Kevin Lansey – University of Arizona
    Co-Author (not attending): Yinan Zhang – University of Arizona
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:54 PM - 4:12 PM PDT
    Using Numerical Modeling to Predict the Energy Dissipation Characteristics and Dissolved Oxygen Content Downstream of Energy Dissipation structures
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Joshua Todd, PE – Flow Science
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    4:00 PM - 4:15 PM PDT
    Numerical Simulation of Urban Flooding Induced by Storm Surges and River Flows
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Yan Ding, PHD, MASCE – USACE-ERDC-CHL
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    4:45 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Evaluating the change in the river channel path over five decades in the Navasota River basin, Texas
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Edward C. Rhodes, MS – Texas Water Research Institute
    Author: Rocky Talchabhadel – Texas A&M AgriLife Research
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Assessment of Contamination Levels of Potentially Toxic Elements in the Sediments of an Urban and Fish Landing site in Uganda
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Gabson Baguma (he/him/his) – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Co-Author: Patrick Onen – Kyambogo University, Uganda
    Co-Author: Timothy Omara – Uganda National Bureau of Standards
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:15 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Impact of Dimensionality of Hydrodynamic Forcing on Coastal Sediment Transport Modeling using PTM
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Yan Zhang, PHD, PE – AECOM
    Co-Author: Kathryn Teske (she/her/hers) – AECOM
    Author: Kathryn Teske (she/her/hers) – AECOM
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:30 PM - 5:45 PM PDT
    Design of stepped Weir for Grade Control in Lower Las Vegas Wash
    Room: Del Sol
    Co-Author (not attending): Brandon J. Gonzalez – Atkins North America Inc.
    Co-Author (not attending): Emily Thornley – Atkins North America Inc.
    Co-Author: Clark H. Barlow – Atkins North America Inc.
    Author: Sailuj Shakya, PE (he/him/his) – Atkins North America Inc.
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:45 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
    Can we determine the sediment concentration and grain size by the color of water surface? - A Hyperspectral Imaging Study
    Room: Del Sol
    Co-Author: Srinidhi Ayalasomayajula (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Co-Author: David Bazzett – Rutgers University
    Author: Ruo-Qian Wang – Rutgers University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:15 PM - 1:30 PM PDT
    Flow Past an Artificial Channel Confluence with Mobile Bed
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Wahidullah Hakim Safi – Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
    Co-Author: Pranab K. Mohapatra, PhD – Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT
    Simulation of Post-fire Sediment Transport Using HEC-RAS Model
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Jennifer G. Duan, PHD – University of Arizona
    Co-Author (not attending): Gunner Stahmer – University of Arizona
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    Debris Basin Design: A Case Study of Hydrologic and Hydraulic Methods for Burned Watersheds
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Cameron A. Fernandes – HDR
    Co-Author: Lesley Brooks, P.E., CFM – HDR
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    2:00 PM - 2:15 PM PDT
    Assessment of the sediment deposition at the port of Port Arthur, Texas Using HEC-RAS Model
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Qin Qian (she/her/hers) – Lamar University
    Co-Author: Jennifer A. Galindo (she/her/hers) – Lamar University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:00 PM - 3:18 PM PDT
    Computational approaches to hydraulic modeling of air entrainment in a steep raw water pipeline
    Room: Del Mar II
    Author: Adam Nielsen, PE – Jacobs Engineering
    Co-Author: Daniel Morse, P.E., Ph.D. – Jacobs Engineering
    Co-Author: Kevin Nielsen, P.E., PhD – Jacobs Engineering
    Co-Author: Shinjiro Miyawaki (he/him/his) – Jacobs Engineering
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:18 PM - 3:36 PM PDT
    Effect of surface representation scheme on hydraulic jump water surface profile
    Room: Del Mar II
    Author: Kurt Smithgall, PE, CFM – Alden Research Lab
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:36 PM - 3:54 PM PDT
    Public Safety Upgrades at a Low Head Dam Evaluated using CFD Modeling
    Room: Del Mar II
    Author: Daniel Morse, P.E., Ph.D. – Jacobs Engineering
    Co-Author: Jue (Joe) Wang
    Co-Author: Kevin Nielsen, P.E., PhD – Jacobs Engineering
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:54 PM - 4:12 PM PDT
    Calibration and Uncertainty Analysis of SWMM Model using a Gaussian Process-based Bayesian Optimization Tool (BayesOpt-SWMM)
    Room: Del Mar II
    Author: Ahad Hasan Tanim – University of South Carolina
    Author: Erfan Goharian, Ph.D., EIT, A.M.ASCE – University of South Carolina
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:00 PM - 3:15 PM PDT
    Measurement of underwater bottom surface by Kinect
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Pranab K. Mohapatra, PhD – Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
    Co-Author: Aditya Tyagi, PhD, PE (he/him/his) – Jacobs
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:15 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    Scour Estimation at Offshore Wind Farms: Notes from Europe and Implications for the Eastern United States
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Craig M. Drennan, EIT – AECOM
    Author: Yan Zhang, PHD, PE – AECOM
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:30 PM - 3:45 PM PDT
    Estimating the Scouring Depth of Bridge Piers by a Triaxial Accelerometer
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Dong-Sin Shih – Department of Civil Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:45 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
    Comparing scour estimates for a bridge in the coastal plain in Alabama
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Luis Fernando Castaneda Galvis – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Jose G. Vasconcelos – Auburn University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    4:00 PM - 4:15 PM PDT
    Experimental investigations on pressure pulses through different porous media
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Gianlucca G. Nicolaico – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Jose G. Vasconcelos – Auburn University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    4:45 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Development of a 1D Model to Simulate Overland Flow on 2D Complex Domains
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Yaoxin Zhang – University of Mississippi
    Co-Author: Mohammad Al-Hamdan – University of Mississippi
    Co-Author: Ron Bingner – USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory
    Co-Author: Xiaobo Chao, PhD – University of Mississippi
    Co-Author: Eddy Langendoen – USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    4:45 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Understanding Juvenile Salmon Entrainment at River Junctures through Numerical Modeling
    Room: Del Mar II
    Author: Yong G. Lai, Ph.D. – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    4:45 PM - 5:03 PM PDT
    Numerical Modeling of Embankment Failure due to Overtopping
    Room: Del Sol
    Co-Author (not attending): Mohammad H. Chaudhry – University of South Carolina
    Author: Ezzat Y. Elalfy (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author (not attending): Matthew J. Czapiga – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author (not attending): Enrica Viparelli – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author (not attending): Jasim Imran – University of South Carolina
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Determining Incipient Motion Conditions for Mounded Gravel Fish Nests
    Room: Del Mar II
    Speaker: Kyle Strom, PhD – Virginia Tech
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PDT
    Retrospective Reconstruction of the 2019 Midwestern Flood Inundation Dynamics
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Sudershan Gangrade, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Ganesh R. Ghimire (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Shih-Chieh Kao, Ph.D. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author (not attending): Mario Morales-Hernández, Ph.D. – University of Zaragoza
    Co-Author (not attending): Michael Kelleher – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Alfred J. Kalyanapu, Ph.D – Tennessee Technological University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:03 PM - 5:21 PM PDT
    Effect of Dam Height on Breaching Due to Overtopping of Non-Cohesive Earthen Dams
    Room: Del Sol
    Co-Author (not attending): Mohammad H. Chaudhry – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author: Ezzat Y. Elalfy (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
    Author: Heather N. O'Donal – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author (not attending): Matthew J. Czapiga – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author (not attending): Enrica Viparelli – University of South Carolina
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:15 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Flood Assessment of Creek Outfalls into San Francisco Bay - Alameda County, CA
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Brian Bandy, PE – ARCADIS
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:15 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    Habitat hydraulic complexity metrics around boulders in a rock-ramp arrangement in support of river restoration
    Room: Del Mar II
    Author: Naima Reggad (she/her/hers) – Clarkson University
    Co-Author: Abul Baki, MSc – Clarkson University
    Co-Author: Amir Golpira – Clarkson University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:21 PM - 5:39 PM PDT
    Hanging Levee Breach Analysis for Sespe Creek SC-2 Levee Certification
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Andrew Ronnau, PhD, PE – Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc
    Author (not presenting): Jenny M. Robinet, MS, PE, CFM – Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc.
    Co-Author (not attending): Madeline Howell, MS, PE – Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc.
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:30 PM - 5:45 PM PDT
    Effect of Meandering Parameter and Permeability on Spur-Dikes in Barak River, Assam, India.
    Room: Del Mar II
    Co-Author: Joydeep Dutta – Water Resources Department, Silchar.
    Co-Author: Abdul K. Barbhuiya – National institute of Technology, Silchar
    Co-Author: Ram Kailash Prasad – Nerist Nirjuli Itanagar India
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:30 PM - 5:45 PM PDT
    The first continuous floodplain depth maps for the United States
    Room: La Cascada II
    Author: Adnan Rajib, PhD – University of Texas at Arlington
    Author: Itohaosa I. Isibor – Texas A&M University-Kingsville
    Co-Author: Qianjin Zheng – University of Texas at Arlington
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:39 PM - 5:57 PM PDT
    Prediction of wave induced recession of irrigation reservoir embankments
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Yavuz Ozeren, PhD, PE – University of Mississippi
    Co-Author: William Rossell – University of Mississippi
    Co-Author: Daniel Wren – USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory
    Co-Author: Eddy Langendoen – USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory
    Hydraulics & Waterways