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Monday, May 20th
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
Coastal and Estuary Hydraulics - I
Room: S 103 B
Moderator: Xing Fang, Ph.D. – Auburn University
Moderator: Yong G. Lai, Ph.D. – US Bureau of Reclamation
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
61 - A Wave-Current-Sediment Model for Estuary and Coastal Simulation
Room: S 103 B
Author: Yong G. Lai, PhD – US Bureau of Reclamation
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM CT
89 - Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Simulations in the Perdido and Wolf Bay System Under Various Scenarios
Room: S 103 B
Author: Xing Fang, PhD – Auburn University
Co-Author: Bushra Tasnim, MS – Auburn University
Co-Author: Joel S. Hayworth – Auburn University
Co-Author: Xueqian Li
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT
168 - Hydrodynamic and Salinity Response to Tidal Restoration in the Herring River Estuary, MA Considering Present and Future Sea Levels
Room: S 103 B
Author: Kasra Naseri
Co-Author: Kevin Befus
Co-Author: Kevin Kroeger
Co-Author: Meagan Eagle
Co-Author: Michelle Hummel – University of Texas at Arlington
Co-Author: Timothy Smith
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Coastal and Estuary Hydraulics - II
Room: S 103 B
Moderator: Ruo-Qian Wang – Rutgers University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
144 - Numerical Simulation of Sediment Transport in Unsteady Open Channel Flow
Room: S 103 B
Author: Jennifer Duan – University of Arizona
Co-Author: Chunshui YU
Co-Author (not attending): Yan Ding – USACE-ERDC's CHL
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Panel Discussion on Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities of 2D Modeling
Room: S 102 C
Moderator: Xiaofeng Liu, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
Panelist: Yong G. Lai, PhD – US Bureau of Reclamation
Panelist: Scott Hogan – FHWA Resource Center
Panelist: Ben R. Hodges – University of Texas at Austin
Panelist: Andrew W. McCoy, PhD PE – HDR
Panelist: Stanford Gibson – US Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
254 - Characterizing the Development of Compound Flood Transition Zones Along Coastal Urban Domains
Room: S 103 B
Author: Joseph Lucey-Renteria (he/him/his) – US Army Corps of Engineers
Co-Author (not attending): Gaurav Savant – U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Co-Author (not attending): Sonya R. Lopez – California State University, Los Angeles
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
287 - Investigation of Compound Flooding on the Lower Mississippi River
Room: S 103 B
Author: Stephen C. Sanborn, PE – Dynamic Solutions, LLC
Co-Author: Christopher M. Wallen – Dynamic Solutions, LLC
Co-Author (not attending): Gaurav Savant – U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Co-Author: M. Mehdi Armandei – Tetra Tech
Co-Author: Shuvashish Roy – Dynamic Solutions, LLC
Author (not presenting): Timothy Stephens, Ph.D. – Dynamic Solutions, LLC
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Ecohydraulics
Room: S 103 B
Moderator: Kara J. Carr, Ph.D, AFF.MASCE (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
466 - Laboratory Experiment on Fate and Transport of eDNA on Clean and Loaded Streambeds
Room: S 103 B
Author: Kush Paliwal (he/him/his) – Purdue University
Co-Author (not attending): Antoine Aubeneau
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM CT
59 - On the Drag Force of Flow over an Engineered Log Jam
Room: S 103 B
Author: Yong G. Lai, PhD – US Bureau of Reclamation
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM CT
461 - Relating Fish Response to Hydraulic Controls in a River Restoration Project
Room: S 103 B
Co-Author: Stacey S. Blersch, Ph.D. – US Army Corps of Engineers
Author (not presenting): Kathleen Inman
Co-Author (not attending): David L. Smith – Engineering Research and Development Center
Co-Author (not attending): Jodi Ryder (she/her/hers)
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM CT
21 - Hydraulic Design of an Environmental Water Supply System for Wetland Hydration: A Case Study in the Central Florida Everglades
Room: S 103 B
Author: Mark Wilsnack (he/him/his) – South Florida Water Management District
Co-Author: Andrea Garcia
Co-Author: Jeong Park
Co-Author: Liqiong Zhang – South Florida Water Management District
Co-Author: Srijana Dawadi
Hydraulics & Waterways
Monday, May 20th
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM CT
607 - Isleta Diversion Dam Fishway Configuration and Orientation 2D Hydraulic Modeling
Room: S 103 B
Author: Drew C. Baird, PhD, P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE – US Bureau of Reclamation (86-68540)
Co-Author: Carolyn Gombert
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Hans Albert Einstein Award and Lecture
Room: S 102 C
Author: Stanford Gibson – US Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Hydraulics & Waterways Council Award Presentations
Room: S 102 C
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
Hydraulics Modeling for Transportation Infrastructure - I
Room: S 101 B
Moderator: Yong G. Lai, Ph.D. – US Bureau of Reclamation
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
Nature-based Solutions (NbS)
Room: S 103 D
Moderator: Drew C. Baird, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE – US Bureau of Reclamation (86-68540)
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
Sediment Transport Modeling - I
Room: S 102 B
Moderator: Abul Baki, Ph.D. – Clarkson University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
209 - Using Nature-based Solutions To Reduce Loads On Coastal Structures Due To Wave Attenuation
Room: S 103 D
Author: Marco Antonio Garcia Diaz (he/him/his) – University of Georgia/Institute of Resilient Infrastructure System
Co-Author: Brian Bledsoe, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE – Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, University of Georgia
Co-Author (not attending): Felix Luis Santiago Collazo
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
548 - Hydrodynamic Interactions at Multi-gated and Dual Spillways
Room: S 101 B
Author: Jie Zeng, PhD, PE – South Florida Water Management District
Co-Author: Zubayed Rakib, P.E. – South Florida Water Management District
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM CT
50 - Hydraulic Modeling on Impoundment Sizing for Flood Mitigation in Riverine Systems and Ecological Implications: A Study Case on Big Muddy River.
Room: S 103 D
Author: Dennis C. Granados-Duran (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
Co-Author (not attending): Felix Luis Santiago Collazo
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM CT
402 - Riverine Suspended Sediment Concentration Estimation by Assimilating Remotely Sensed Data with Soil Erosion Model Simulations
Room: S 102 B
Author: Abhinav Gupta
Co-Author: Dongmei Feng
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM CT
446 - Reconnecting the Bayou Darter: A One of its Kind Partnership in the Southeast
Room: S 101 B
Author: Sarah McEwen
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT
82 - Understanding Stream Bank Failure Processes at Bends from Closed Form Solutions to Circular Fluid Motion
Room: S 102 B
Author: Ranjan S. Muttiah – City of Fort Worth
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT
90 - Maximizing Floodplain Reconnection Benefits: A Case Study of the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan
Room: S 103 D
Author (not presenting): Mohammadjavad Karami
Co-Author: Roderick Lammers (he/him/his) – Central Michigan University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT
376 - Improved Modeling of Flow Resistance Induced by Hydraulic Structures in 2D Models
Room: S 101 B
Author: Yilan Li
Co-Author: Haoyin Shan
Co-Author: Kornel Kerenyi
Co-Author: Xiaofeng Liu, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
Co-Author: Yong G. Lai, PhD – US Bureau of Reclamation
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM CT
250 - Evaluation of Natural, Existing, and Proposed Conditions of a Railway Arch Bridge over Limestone Creek in Jefferson County, Illinois
Room: S 101 B
Author: Guna Eswar Kumar Uddagiri (he/him/his) – AECOM
Author: Fahad Pervaiz
Co-Author: Ruchitha Birawat
Co-Author: Runal Shrivastava
Co-Author: Zhaorui Wang
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM CT
476 - Mathematical Model for Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport of Sanba Village Bend in Shaying River in China
Room: S 102 B
Author: Huiming Zhao – China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM CT
574 - Nature-based Solutions for Fluvial Flooding Need Consistent Performance Metrics and Reporting Standards
Room: S 103 D
Author: Marina Howarth – US Army Corps of Engineers
Co-Author (not attending): Alfonso Mejia
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT
526 - Changing Middle Rio Grande Channel Conditions Highway 550 to Montano Road Bridge
Room: S 103 D
Author: Drew C. Baird, PhD, P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE – US Bureau of Reclamation (86-68540)
Co-Author: Brianna Corsi
Co-Author: Chelsey Radobenko
Co-Author: Pierre Julien, PhD., P.E. – Civil and Environmental Engineering
Co-Author: Tristen Anderson
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT
532 - Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in the Cheyenne River
Room: S 102 B
Author: Damodar Poudyal
Co-Author: Lisa Kunza
Co-Author (not attending): David Waterman
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT
637 - Exploring the Effect of Instream Boulders on Bed Load Transport
Room: S 102 B
Author: Abul Baki, PhD – Clarkson University
Co-Author: Eric K. Dewitt – Clarkson University
Co-Author: Mohammad Z. Rahman – Clarkson University
Co-Author: Sajjad Tusher
Co-Author: Weiming Wu, Dr. – Clarkson University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Flood Forecasting and Modeling - I
Room: S 103 D
Moderator: David M. Weston, P.E., D.WRE, M.ASCE – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Hydraulics Modeling for Transportation Infrastructure - II
Room: S 101 B
Moderator: Rollin H. Hotchkiss, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE – Brigham Young University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Sediment Transport Modeling - II
Room: S 102 B
Moderator: Weiming Wu, Dr. – Clarkson University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Urban Flood Simulation - I
Room: Ballroom CD
Moderator: Fabian Bombardelli – UC Davis
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
239 - GSSHA Modeling Applied to a Coastal Roadway in Alabama
Room: S 101 B
Author: Bruno D. Sousa – Auburn University
Co-Author: Jose G. Vasconcelos, PhD, M.ASCE – Auburn University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
347 - A Simplistic Approach for Evaluating Urban Flood Risk Through the Integration of HEC-RAS 2D and GIS
Room: S 103 D
Author: Kehinde Ayomikun Ojasanya (he/him/his) – University of Vermont
Co-Author: Blessing Oluwadamilola George-Kayode (she/her/hers)
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
450 - The Importance of High Resolution Local Datasets for Improved Rain on Grid Two Dimensional Modeling Results in Urbanized Watersheds: A Case Study in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Room: Ballroom CD
Author: Tom Batroney – HDR
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
485 - Fractional Stochastic Particle Tracking Model with Long-term Memory : A Numerical Investigation on Differentiable Probabilistic Trajectories Achieved by Malliavin-calculus-based Fractional Brownian Motion (fBm)
Room: S 102 B
Author: Stanley Shen (he/him/his) – National Taiwan University
Co-Author: Christina Tsai, Ph.D. – National Taiwan University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
213 - Advanced 2-D Scour Analysis of the Piers of the New Goethals Bridge
Room: S 101 B
Author: Ioannis-Sokratis Drakatos
Co-Author: Andrew Gouda
Co-Author: Mina Mikaeel, PE – KS Engineers
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
407 - Enhancing Unsteady Flow Computations in Channel Networks using Sub-timing Technique
Room: S 103 D
Author: Jani Fathima Jamal – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Jasim Imran – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: M. Hanif Chaudhry
Co-Author: Erfan Goharian, Ph.D., EIT, A.M.ASCE – University of South Carolina
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
417 - Urban Flood Modeling in Response to Extreme Rainfall Events
Room: Ballroom CD
Author: Julia Atayi (she/her/hers) – Morgan State University
Co-Author: Adriélli Bonfanti Pagnoncelli (she/her/hers) – Morgan State University
Co-Author: James G. Hunter, Jr. – Morgan State University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
598 - Evaluation of Impact of Offshore Dredging Construction on Suspended Sediments and Water Quality
Room: S 102 B
Author (not presenting): Yan Zhang, PHD, PE – AECOM
Co-Author: Fang Tan
Co-Author: Kathryn Teske (she/her/hers) – AECOM
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
112 - Is There Mesh Independence for 2D Hydraulics Modeling?
Room: S 101 B
Author: Xiaofeng Liu, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
Co-Author: Ali Mahdavi Mazdeh
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
251 - East Baton Rouge Parish Flood Mitigation Master Planning
Room: S 103 D
Author: Stuart Berry
Co-Author: Mario Durbic
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
474 - Benefits of Coupled Revegetation and Check-dams on Controlling Sediment Yield During Extreme Rainstorm Event in the Loess Plateau
Room: S 102 B
Author: Xudong Fu
Co-Author: Bofu Yu
Co-Author: Chenfeng Wang
Co-Author: Chenge An – Tsinghua University
Co-Author: Ga Zhang
Co-Author: Yuan Xue
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
527 - Immersive Virtual Reality Learning Environment from Historic Flood at a Bridge Site
Room: Ballroom CD
Author: Chandramouli Viswanathan Chandramouli
Co-Author: Chenn Zhou – CIVS Center, Purdue University Northwest
Co-Author: James Anthony Dunlap
Co-Author: John Moreland
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
170 - Urban Flood Inundation Prediction Under Climate Change
Room: Ballroom CD
Author: Sunil Bista
Co-Author: Farshad Amini, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE – Jackson State University
Co-Author: Rocky Talchabhadel, n/a – Jackson State University
Co-Author: Sanjib Sharma
Co-Author: Saurav Bhattarai
Co-Author: Yogesh Bhattarai
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
247 - A Case Study of How the Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) Suite of Tools Can Be Deployed to Perform Automated Forecasting
Room: S 103 D
Author: Joseph Gutenson
Co-Author: Andrew Ernest
Co-Author: Christopher Fuller
Co-Author: Iván Santos
Co-Author: Linda Navarro
Co-Author: Thomas Brauer, P.E. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Hydrologic Engineering Center
Co-Author: William Kirkey
Co-Author: William Lehman
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
332 - A Case Study for the SR544 Bridge Crossing of the Nooksack River in Whatcom County, WA USA - Using 2D Modeling to Inform Designs that Balance Resilience, Forward Compatibility, Hydrotechnical Risks with Climate Changing Flows in Infrastructure Engineering
Room: S 101 B
Author: Andreas Kammereck (he/him/his) – WEST Consultants
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
642 - Representative Particle Size for the Calculation of Sediment Settling Velocity
Room: S 102 B
Author: Weiming Wu, Dr. – Clarkson University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CT
288 - Two-dimensional Mobile Bed Modeling of Sediment Flushing Operations at a Diversion Dam
Room: S 102 B
Author: Troy C. Lyons, PE, PhD – University of Iowa
Co-Author: Larry Weber
Co-Author: Nathan Young
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CT
377 - Improved Modeling of Flow Resistance Induced by Engineering Log Jams in 2D Models
Room: S 101 B
Author: Yilan Li
Co-Author: Haoyin Shan
Co-Author: Kornel Kerenyi
Co-Author: Xiaofeng Liu, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
Co-Author: Yong G. Lai, PhD – US Bureau of Reclamation
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CT
570 - Transforming Flood Routing Parameter Derivation: A Technique Using USV with ADCP Technology
Room: S 103 D
Author: Yeo Howe Lim, Ph.D., M.ASCE – Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of North Dakota
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Flood Forecasting and Modeling - II
Room: S 103 D
Moderator: Joanna Curran, Ph.D., P.E., LG – USACE Seattle
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Hydraulics Modeling for Transportation Infrastructure - III
Room: S 101 B
Moderator: Scott Hogan – FHWA Resource Center
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Sediment Transport Modeling - III
Room: S 102 B
Moderator: Celso Castro-Bolinaga (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
Automated Meshing and 3D Visualizations for 2D Bridges and Culverts in SMS/SRH-2D
Room: S 101 B
Author: Scott Hogan – FHWA Resource Center
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
99 - Simulations of Impacts of Natural and Nature-Based Features on Flooding Along the Alabama Coast
Room: S 103 D
Author: Susan Poudel
Co-Author: Xing Fang, PhD – Auburn University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
603 - Coupling Numerical and Physical Models to Evaluate Riprap Stability in High Turbulence Zone for the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion Project
Room: S 102 B
Author: Adam Witt – Stantec
Co-Author: Matt Hoy
Co-Author (not attending): Garret Dunn
Co-Author (not attending): Qimiao Lu
Co-Author (not attending): Rob Nairn, MSc, PhD, PEng – Baird & Associates
Co-Author (not attending): Danielle Bolubasz
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM CT
490 - Hydrodynamic Modeling of Coastal Flooding: Joint Impact Assessment of Fluvial and Storm Surge Flood Drivers in St. Augustine, Florida
Room: S 103 D
Author: Sheila M. Arias-Roman, PE (she/her/hers) – US Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District
Co-Author: Mitchell Moore, Ph.D., P.E. – US Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM CT
587 - Development and Validation of an Integrated Modeling Approach to Reconstruct the Propagation of Fluvial Sediment Pulses After Dam Removals
Room: S 102 B
Author: Celso Castro-Bolinaga (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
Co-Author: Abhinav Sharma – North Carolina State University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM CT
620 - Case Studies of 1D and 2D Hydraulic Models of the Same River System Using HEC-RAS
Room: S 101 B
Author: Thomas Juen
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM CT
309 - Coupling the Modelling of Continuity with Fingerprinting to Quantify Sediment Transport for Karst Streams and Caves
Room: S 102 B
Author: Leonie Bettel, MS (she/they) – University of Kentucky
Co-Author: Brenden Riddle – University of Kentucky
Co-Author: Chloe Osborne
Co-Author: James Forrest Fox – University of Kentucky
Co-Author: Melissa Beckman (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky
Co-Author: Nabil Al Aamery – University of Kufa
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM CT
454 - Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling to Study Maximum Allowable Gate Openings at Spillways
Room: S 101 B
Author: Jie Zeng, PhD, PE – South Florida Water Management District
Co-Author: Luis Cadavid, Ph.D. P.E. – South Florida Water Management District
Co-Author: Matahel Ansar, PhD, PE – South Florida Water Management District
Co-Author: Zubayed Rakib, P.E. – South Florida Water Management District
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM CT
600 - Developing a Large-Scale Hydraulics Flood Model for Canada
Room: S 103 D
Author: Matthew Hergott – Verisk Analytics
Co-Author: Abebe Jemberie
Co-Author: Nathaniel Adams
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM CT
131 - Parallel Numerical Solvers in 2D Numerical Models for Complex Geometries
Room: S 102 B
Author: Yaoxin Zhang – University of Mississippi
Co-Author: Dalmo Vieira
Co-Author: Mohammad Al-Hamdan – University of Mississippi
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM CT
329 - Replicating Pluvial Floods of 2011 in Badin and Mirpurkhas Districts of Sindh, Pakistan, Using the Direct Rainfall Method, and HEC-RAS 2D Model
Room: S 103 D
Author: Babar Naeem (he/him/his) – Mehran University Jamshoro
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM CT
656 - Drainage Area Limitations of Single Watershed, Peak Flow Estimates with NRCS Methods
Room: S 101 B
Author: Rollin H. Hotchkiss, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE – Brigham Young University
Co-Author: Timothy Maughan – Brigham Young University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM CT
212 - Impact of Controlled Overtopping on Wetland Rehabilitation and Flood Control
Room: S 103 D
Author: Stevens Charles (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
Co-Author (not attending): Felix Luis Santiago Collazo
Hydraulics & Waterways
Tuesday, May 21st
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM CT
269 - An Application of a 2D Sediment Transport Model to Assess Potential Changes to Physical Habitat Resulting from the 2017 Oroville Dam Spillway Incident
Room: S 102 B
Author: John Stofleth, MS, PE – cbec, Inc.
Co-Author: Chris Bowles
Co-Author: F. Douglas Shields, Jr. – cbec eco engineering
Co-Author: Gavin Downs
Co-Author: Toby Stegman
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CT
Development and Application of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) Techniques in Computational Hydraulics - I
Room: S 101 D
Moderator: Xiaofeng Liu, Ph.D. – Pennsylvania State University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM CT
555 - Physics-informed Operator Learning for Real-time High-resolution Flood Simulation
Room: S 101 D
Author: Haochen Li
Co-Author: Mohamed Shatarah
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CT
187 - Comparative Study of Machine Learning Techniques for Prediction of Scour Depth around Spur Dikes
Room: S 101 D
Author: Balraj Singh
Co-Author: Vijay Minocha
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM CT
159 - Hydraulic Routing in Stormwater Collection Systems Using Physics-Informed Graph Neural Networks
Room: S 101 D
Author: Caleb Buahin – EPA Office of Research and Development
Co-Author: Corinne Wiesner-Friedman
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CT
177 - Generalizability of Neural Network Models for Hindcasting Maximum River Flood Depths in Coastal Watersheds
Room: S 101 D
Author: Maryam Pakdehi – Florida State University
Co-Author: Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf – Florida State University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT
539 - Differentiable Modeling for Computational Hydraulics: Bridging Physics-based and Data-driven Modeling
Room: S 101 D
Author: Xiaofeng Liu, Ph.D. – Pennsylvania State University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
Two-phase Flows in Urban Water Systems
Room: S 102 A
Moderator: Jose G. Vasconcelos, Ph.D., M.ASCE – Auburn University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
400 - New Insights on Geyser Processes in Sewer Systems Through Laboratory Experimentation and Numerical Modeling
Room: S 102 A
Author: Arturo S. Leon (he/him/his) – Florida International University
Co-Author: Abbas Sharifi (he/him/his) – Florida International University
Co-Author: Pratik J. Mahyawansi – Florida International University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM CT
511 - A CFD Analysis to Manage Air Entrainment and Settling of Solids in an Inverted Siphon Conveying Wastewater
Room: S 102 A
Author: Shinjiro Miyawaki (he/him/his) – Jacobs Engineering
Co-Author: Daniel Morse – Jacobs Engineering
Co-Author: Kevin Nielsen – Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
Co-Author: Tony Melcher
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT
200 - Unveiling the Symphony of Sewer Geysers: A Call for Increasing Research to Address the Replacement and Retrofitting of our Aging Stormwater and Combined Sewer Infrastructure
Room: S 102 A
Author: Sumit R. Zanje (he/him/his) – Florida International University
Co-Author: Arturo S. Leon (he/him/his) – Florida International University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM CT
424 - Case Study: CFD Modeling of Two-Phase flow within a Vortex Drop Structure
Room: S 102 A
Author: Jillian Whiting – WSP
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT
340 - Numerical Investigation of the Physical Mechanisms Behind Geysers in Storm Sewer Systems: A Slug Analysis Based on a Computational Study of Geyser Eruptions
Room: S 102 A
Author: Abbas Sharifi (he/him/his) – Florida International University
Co-Author: Arturo S. Leon (he/him/his) – Florida International University
Co-Author: Pratik J. Mahyawansi – Florida International University
Co-Author: Sumit R. Zanje (he/him/his) – Florida International University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM CT
Development and Application of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) Techniques in Computational Hydraulics - II
Room: S 101 D
Moderator: Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf – Florida State University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM CT
506 - Near Real-Time Flood Inundation Prediction using Sentinel-1 Imagery and Deep Learning
Room: S 101 D
Author: Ali Ebrahimian, PhD, A.M.ASCE – Florida International University
Co-Author: Hossein Hosseiny
Co-Author: Nasim Mohamadiazar – Florida International University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT
141 - Enhancing Near Real-Time Flood Forecasting Using Spatial Distributed PERSIANN Datea in an Automatic H&H Framework
Room: S 101 D
Author: Linlong Bian – Florida International University
Co-Author: Arturo S. Leon (he/him/his) – Florida International University
Co-Author: Beichao Hu – Florida International University
Co-Author: Zeda Yin – Florida International University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT
423 - Developing Surrogate Models for Efficient Levee Breach Flow Estimation
Room: S 101 D
Author: Shivakumar Balachandran
Co-Author: Erfan Goharian, Ph.D., EIT, A.M.ASCE – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Ezzat Y. Elalfy (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: M. Hanif Chaudhry
Co-Author: Jani Fathima Jamal – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Jasim Imran – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Mahdi Erfani – University of South Carolina
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
231 - Analyzing Heavily Censored Surface Water Pesticide Concentration Data Using Innovative Statistical Techniques
Room: S 101 D
Author: Aditya Tyagi, PhD, PE (he/him/his) – Jacobs
Co-Author: Charles Holbert
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM CT
415 - Transferability of Data-Driven Models to Enhance the Water Level Prediction in Basins with Scarce Data
Room: S 101 D
Author: Shrouq Abuismail – Lehigh University
Co-Author: Ethan Yang, Ph.D., GISP – Lehigh University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Lake and Reservoir Hydraulics
Room: S 102 D
Moderator: Jie Zeng, Ph.D., P.E. – South Florida Water Management District
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Levee and Dam Breach Modeling
Room: S 102 A
Moderator: Brian M. Hall, P.E. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
Urban Flood Simulation - II
Room: S 102 B
Moderator: Rollin H. Hotchkiss, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE – Brigham Young University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
298 - Declining Reservoir Storage Capacity in the US – What can Existing Data Tell Us?
Room: S 102 D
Author: Carly Hansen, PhD – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-Author: Ganesh R. Ghimire (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-Author: Mirko Musa
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
315 - Sensitivity of Flood Inundation Mapping to DEM Resolution and Urban Features in the Amite River Basin
Room: S 102 B
Author: Reza Saleh Alipour
Co-Author: Junho Song
Co-Author: Steven J. Burian, PE – Alabama Water Institute
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM CT
350 - Laboratory Investigation on the Breaching of Biopolymer-Treated Dams and Embankments
Room: S 102 A
Author: Matthew J. Czapiga (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Edwin Kotey
Co-Author: Enrica Viparelli – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Ezzat Y. Elalfy (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: M. Hanif Chaudhry
Co-Author: Oru-Ntui Nkiri
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
66 - Unravelling the Complexities of Urban Flooding Amidst Drainage Surcharge: Insights from Experimental Research
Room: S 102 B
Author: Radhakrishnan Reshma (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Co-Author: Soumendra Nath Kuiry (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Tamil Nadu, India)
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
352 - Comparison Between TELEMAC-2D/SISYPHE and a Slumping Failure Model to Simulate Breaching of Earthen Embankments
Room: S 102 A
Author: Mohamed R. Torkomany (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Ezzat Y. Elalfy (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Jasim Imran – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: M. Hanif Chaudhry
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CT
602 - Using a Gravel Quarry for Raw Water Storage: A Water Quality Modeling Case Study of the Rock Hill Quarry Reservoir
Room: S 102 D
Author: Adam Witt – Stantec
Co-Author: Dendy Lofton
Co-Author: Vanessa Martinez
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
163 - Urban Flooding Patterns: An Experimental Investigation of Flow Dynamics and Implications
Room: S 102 B
Author: Radhakrishnan Reshma (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Co-Author: Soumendra Nath Kuiry (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Tamil Nadu, India)
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
353 - Modeling Planar Breaching of Biopolymer Treated Earthen Dams Caused by Overtopping
Room: S 102 A
Author: Ezzat Y. Elalfy (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: Edwin Kotey
Co-Author: Enrica Viparelli – University of South Carolina
Co-Author: M. Hanif Chaudhry
Co-Author: Matthew J. Czapiga (he/him/his) – University of South Carolina
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM CT
416 - Potential Liabilities Created by Dam Safety Improvements
Room: S 102 D
Author: George McMahon – Arcadis
Co-Author: Brian Bandy, P.E.
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
121 - Assessing Data Gaps on Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Prediction Models using Similarity Analysis Approach
Room: S 102 D
Author: Wiji Astuti
Co-Author: Rao Govindaraju
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
242 - Accumulation of Woody Debris at Urban and Suburban Stream Crossings: Consequences for Flash Flood Risks
Room: S 102 B
Author: Qizhong (George) Guo, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE – Rutgers University
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
487 - 1D Hydrodynamic Modeling performance evaluation of MIKE Hydro and HEC-RAS
Room: S 102 A
Author: FNU Komal – National Institute of Technology
Co-Author: Krishna Kumar
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CT
488 - Comparison of Urban Flood susceptibility Maps of MIKE+ and AHP with GIS Integration: A Case Study of Rohtak City, India
Room: S 102 B
Author: Divyanshi Pandey (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
Co-Author: Krishna Kumar Singh – National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM CT
Turbulent Flows
Room: S 102 A
Moderator: Andrew W. McCoy, Ph.D., P.E. – HDR
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
472 - Large-scale Coherent Structures in Rough-bed Open-channel Flows: Direct Numerical Simulation and Implications
Room: S 102 A
Author: Xudong Fu
Co-Author: Chenge An – Tsinghua University
Co-Author: Yanchong Duan
Co-Author: Zheng Gong
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM CT
422 - Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Flow Velocity Distribution Profile and Bed Shear Stress over Alluvial Beds
Room: S 102 A
Author: Chaitanya J C (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
Instructor: Prem Lal Patel, Dr. – SVNIT Surat
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM CT
554 - Turbulent Flow Dynamics of Stormwater Infrastructure Under Unsteady Loading Conditions
Room: S 102 A
Author: Haochen Li
Co-Author: Mohamed Shatarah
Hydraulics & Waterways
Wednesday, May 22nd
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM CT
218 - Sharpening the Pencil! CFD applied to Canals, Tunnels, and Siphons
Room: S 102 A
Author: Andrew W. McCoy, PhD PE – HDR
Co-Author: Bryce Haines
Co-Author: Zahra Mansouri
Hydraulics & Waterways