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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, May 24, 2023
  • 8:30 AM – 8:50 AM PDT
    Keynote: Challenges & Climate Issues for the Engineering Community
  • 8:50 AM – 9:20 PM PDT
    Keynote Presentation: Building a Climate Ready Nation
  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
    Case Studies of Stormwater Treatment at City Scale

    Moderator: Ali Ebrahimian, PhD, A.M.ASCE – Florida International University

  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
    Curve Number Hydrology

    Moderator: Glenn E. Moglen, Ph.D, P.E. – Agricultural Research Service

  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
    EWRI Ethics Session
  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
    Impacts of a Changing Climate on Hydrologic Design

    Moderator: Emily D. Snider – UC Davis

    Moderator: Yoshihiko Iseri, PhD – University of California, Davis

  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
    Integrated Modeling of Hydrologic Processes at Watershed Scale

    Moderator: Van Thinh Nguyen, Ph.D. – Seoul National University

  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
    Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Environmental Health and Water Quality

    Moderator: Marjorie Bedessem, P.E., Ph.D. – Trihydro Corporation

  • 9:45 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
    Adapting to a Changing Climate

    Moderator: Jorge Pesantez – California State University, Fresno

  • 9:45 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
    Managing Water Quality in Distribution Systems

    Moderator: Terranna Haxton, PhD (she/her/hers) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  • 9:45 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
    Resilience & Systems Sustainability

    Moderator: Christopher M. Chini, PHD, EIT – Air Force Institute of Technology

  • 9:45 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
    Water Distribution System Design, Optimization, Operation & Maintenance

    Moderator: Jakobus E. Van Zyl, PhD – University of Auckland

  • 9:45 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
    Water Quality Modeling & Restoration I

    Moderator: David Cowan

  • 9:45 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
    Technical Tour: Clark County Regional Flood Control District (CCRFCD) Facilities (ticketed event)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Keynote Doing our Part Meeting Water Demands in the Face of Scarcity
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Adaptive Planning 101
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Conflict Resolution and Multi-Objective Decision Making

    Moderator: Joseph R. Kasprzyk, PhD – University of Colorado Boulder

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Emerging and Innovative Technologies in Water Treatment and Energy Infrastructure

    Moderator: Barak Fishbain – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Flood Assessments Under Changing Climate and Sea Level

    Moderator: Omar I. I. Abdul Aziz – West Virginia University

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Flood Estimation and IDF Updating under Climate Change

    Moderator: Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen – McGill University

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    G.V. Loganathan Memorial Track on Reservoir Systems Operation

    Moderator: David W. Watkins, Jr., Ph.D., P.E. – Michigan Technological University

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Hydroclimatology of Droughts: Past, Present and Future

    Moderator: Michael Anderson, Ph. D., P.E. – California Department of Water Resources

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    International, Alaska Water History and Glen Canyon Dam

    Moderator: Tonja Koob Marking, PhD, PE, D.WRE, DFE, F. ASCE – Gaea Consultants, LLC

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Sediment Transport Modeling

    Moderator: Jennifer G. Duan, PHD – University of Arizona

    Moderator: Xiaobo Chao, PhD – University of Mississippi

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Social Equity in Water & Environmental Systems Planning and Management

    Moderator: David E. Rheinheimer, M.ASCE – Colorado River Board of California

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Solid Waste

    Moderator: Rosanna La Plante, P.E., F.ASCE (she/her/hers) – Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PDT
    Stormwater Management in the Transportation Environment

    Moderator: Sarah E. Waickowski, PE (she/her/hers) – Tetra Tech, Inc.

    Moderator: Ryan J. Winston, PhD, P.E. – Ohio State University

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Advances in Stormwater Filtration Media

    Moderator: Caleb E. Mitchell, EI – North Carolina State University

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Advances in Streamflow Forecasting at Hourly to Seasonal Scales under Changing Climate

    Moderator: Levent M. Kavvas – University of California, Davis

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Asset Management, Operation & Maintenance

    Moderator: Jorge Pesantez – California State University, Fresno

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Enhancing Resiliency of Natural Environment and Ecosystem, Urban Infrastructure, and Water Resources Using Innovative Data Analysis Methods

    Moderator: Rajib Sinha, P.E. – Trihydro Corporation

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Environmental Health and Water Quality

    Moderator: Carolyn LaFleur – GTI Energy

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Mentoring & Student Awards
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Modeling Ecosystems in a Changing Climate

    Moderator: Noriaki Ohara, Ph.D.,P.E. – University of Wyoming

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Numerical Modeling Approaches for Two-Phase Flows

    Moderator: Kevin Nielsen, P.E., PhD – Jacobs Engineering

    Moderator: Kurt Smithgall, PE, CFM – Alden Research Lab

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Opportunities and Challenges of Crowdsourcing in Environmental and Water Resource Systems

    Moderator: Barbara Minsker, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE – Southern Methodist University

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Reexamining Runoff Processes & Erosion in Urban Areas

    Moderator: Sarah E. Waickowski, PE (she/her/hers) – Tetra Tech, Inc.

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
    Small to Large Watershed Managements: Some Issues and Approaches

    Moderator: John J. Ramirez Avila, Ph.D., Ing., P.H., M.ASCE – Mississippi State University

  • 3:00 PM – 4:45 PM PDT
    Local Scour Around Instream Structures
  • 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
    Technical Tour: Venetian Resort Las Vegas Sustainability Tour & Las Vegas Strip Shopping Trip (ticked event)
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Crop Model and Remote Sensing in Irrigation and Hydrology

    Moderator: Edward F. Peltier, PhD – University of Kansas

  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    DEIJ, Education and Outreach

    Moderator: Sarah E. Waickowski, PE (she/her/hers) – Tetra Tech, Inc.

    Moderator: Ryan J. Winston, PhD, P.E. – Ohio State University

  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Ecohydraulics

    Moderator: Kyle Strom, PhD – Virginia Tech

    Moderator: Yong G. Lai, Ph.D. – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Levee and Dam Breach Modeling

    Moderator: Yavuz Ozeren, PhD, PE – University of Mississippi

    Moderator: Eddy Langendoen – USDA-ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory

  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Ponds and Wetlands

    Moderator: John S. Gulliver, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota

  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Smart Sensing, Controls, Analysis, and Algorithms

    Moderator: Abhiram Mullapudi – Xylem Inc.

  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Trends in Water Engineering Practice, Research, and Teaching

    Moderator: Lina Sela, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin

  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PDT
    Urban Flood Simulation

    Moderator: Yaoxin Zhang – University of Mississippi

    Moderator: Xiaofeng Liu, PhD – Pennsylvania State University

  • 4:45 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
    Advances in Water Distribution System Water Quality Modeling

    Moderator: Avi Ostfeld, PhD, D.WRE, F.EWRI, F.ASCE – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

  • 4:45 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
    Economic and Ecological Aspects of Water Resources Planning and Management

    Moderator: George McMahon, PhD, PE, D.WRE, PH, ENV SP, M.ASCE, F.EWRI – Arcadis

  • 4:45 PM – 6:45 PM PDT
    Modeling Hydrologic Processes at the Catchment Scale in the Context of Changing Climate
  • 4:45 PM – 6:45 PM PDT
    Water Quality Modeling & Restoration II

    Moderator: Adel AbouJaoudé, Ph.D., EUR ING, D.WRE, M.ASCE – Jacobs

  • 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM PDT
    ASCE-EWRI Board Open Forum Discussion with ASCE Committee Member – Climate and Resiliency
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM PDT
    Advancing Renewable Energy Technologies (ARET) Committee Meeting
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM PDT
    CAWRA Committee Meeting
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM PDT
    Surface Water Hydrology Technical Committee