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Full Schedule

  • Saturday, May 17, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    EWRI Governing Board Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    EWRI Ops Manual - Strategic Planning Meeting
  • 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Joint Meeting of the Tech ExCom & Member Services ExCom
  • Sunday, May 18, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies Committee Meeting
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Urban Drainage Standards Committee Meeting
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    EWRI Strategic Meeting (Topic TBD)
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Technical Workshop: Quantify the Role of Wildfire in Driving Flood Frequency
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Technical Workshop: Water Hammer - Transient Modeling
  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Technical Workshop: A Hands-on Workshop for the EPA Stormwater Management Model
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Sustainable Stormwater Infrastructure Committee Meeting
  • 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Social Tour: Summer Dog Sledding Adventure (ticketed event)
  • 12:00 PM - 6:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Registration Open
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Border International Water Quality Committee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Urban Water Resources Research Council (UWRRC) Committee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Technical Workshop: CFD Modeling in Water Infrastructure: Best Practices and Practical Applications
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Technical Workshop: Remote Sensing for Water Resources and Water Quality Modeling Applications
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Environmental & Water Resources Systems Committee Meeting
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    WPE: Water Pollution Engineering Committee Meeting
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    EWRI Governing Board Meeting
  • 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Welcome Reception (ticketed event)
  • Monday, May 19, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Coffee and Conversation with the Women-Water Nexus
  • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Registration (Closed for lunch from 11:30 a.m. –12:45 p.m.)
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Welcome and Morning Announcements
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Climate Change Impact on Water Resources and Sustainable Development
    Moderator: Haroon Stephen, Ph.D (he/him/his) – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
    International Issues
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    EWRI Institute Awards
    Moderator: Anastasia M. Chirnside, Ph.D, M.ASCE (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Moderator: Kathlie Jeng-Bulloch, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, CFM – City of Huntsville, Texas
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    EWRI Institute Awards
  • 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Recognition of Institute Award Winners
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Keynote Presentation: Ronny McPherson
  • 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    2D Hydraulic Modeling Best Practices and Experiences for Various Applications - I
    Moderator: Xiaofeng Liu, PhD, PE – Pennsylvania State University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    AAWRE Ethics Sessions: The Engineer as Testifying Expert
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advances in Green Stormwater Infrastructure - I
    Moderator: Don Carpenter, Ph.D., P.E., LEED AP – Drummond Carpenter, PLLC
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Climate Change and Groundwater Resources
    Moderator: Paul P. Mathisen, Ph.D., P.E. (he/him/his) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Moderator: Ming Ye (he/him/his) – Florida State University
    Groundwater
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Dealing with Uncertainty and Climate Change in Stormwater
    Moderator: Jon Hathaway – University of Tennessee
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Flood Estimation and IDF Updating under Climate Change - I
    Moderator: Emily Snider – University of California, Davis
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations
    Moderator: Marta Zaniolo – Duke University
    Planning and Management
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste - I

    Moderator: Anastasia M. Chirnside, Ph.D, M.ASCE – University of Delaware

  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste
    Moderator: Anastasia M. Chirnside, Ph.D, M.ASCE (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Environmental
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Hydrologic & Hydraulic Modeling Case Studies
    Watershed
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Shaping the Future of Civil Engineering Education
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Distribution System Design, Optimization, Operation & Maintenance, and Asset Management - I
    Moderator: Elad Salomons – Technion \ UoH \ Optiwater
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Luncheon (ticketed event)
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Lunch Keynote Presentation: Thomas Ravens
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    2D Hydraulic Modeling Best Practices and Experiences for Various Applications - II
    Moderator: Yong G. Lai – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    AAWRE Ethics Sessions: The Engineer as Testifying Expert
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advances in Watershed Modeling and Applications - I
    Moderator: Sumon Hossain Rabby (he/him/his) – Florida State University
    Watershed
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Evapotranspiration in Irrigation and Hydrology
    Moderator: Sierra Layous, MS, PE – ITRC Cal Poly
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Flood Estimation and IDF Updating under Climate Change - II
    Moderator: Emily Snider – University of California, Davis
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    G.V. Loganathan Memorial Track on Reservoir Systems Operation
    Moderator: Avi Ostfeld – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
    Planning and Management
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Groundwater and Subsurface Characterization
    Moderator: Xiaolong Geng
    Moderator: Zhuping Sheng, Ph.D. – Morgan State University
    Groundwater
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Panel Discussion: Stormwater Centers for Excellence
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Student Awards & Mentoring
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Distribution System Design, Optimization, Operation & Maintenance, and Asset Management - II
    Moderator: Morris Maslia
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advances in Green Stormwater Infrastructure - II
    Moderator: Ryan Winston, PhD, P.E. – Ohio State University
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advances in Streamflow Forecasting at Hourly to Seasonal Scales under Current Climate and/or Changing Climate - I
    Moderator: Levent M. Kavvas – University of California, Davis
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advances in Watershed Modeling and Applications - II
    Moderator: Xiaobo Chao – The University of Mississippi
    Watershed
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Case Studies in Environmental Health or Water Quality
    Moderator: Tara A. Kulkarni, PHD, PE, MASCE – Norwich University
    Environmental
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Case Studies of Real-world Applications Utilizing 2D Hydraulic Models - I
    Moderator: Yovanni Catano, PhD, PE, BC.WRE,CFM, PMP – Black and Vetach
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Designing, Constructing, Monitoring, and Maintaining Biofilters, Bioinfiltration, Bioretention, and Bioswales
    Moderator: Bridget Wadzuk – Villanova University
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Flood Risk Assessment and Management Around the World
    Moderator: Sajjad Ahmad, PhD., P.E., F.ASCE, F.EWRI – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    International Issues
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Groundwater Quality: Fate, Transport and Treatment of Contaminants
    Moderator: Paul P. Mathisen, Ph.D., P.E. (he/him/his) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Groundwater
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Panel Discussion: Efficient Combined Operation of Water-Energy Systems
    Moderator: Faegheh Moazeni (she/her/hers) – Lehigh University
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Strategies for Joint Management of Water and Energy
    Moderator: Landon T. Marston – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Planning and Management
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Technology and Innovation for Resiliency and Adaptation
    Moderator: Avi Ostfeld – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advances in Streamflow Forecasting at Hourly to Seasonal Scales under Current Climate and/or Changing Climate - II
    Moderator: Levent M. Kavvas – University of California, Davis
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Applications of Digital Twins
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Case Studies of Real-world Applications Utilizing 2D Hydraulic Models - II
    Moderator: Casey Kramer, PE – Natural Waters, LLC
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Education, Outreach, and Tools for Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management
    Moderator: Eban Zachary Bean, PhD, PE – University of Florida
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Environmental Health and Water Quality
    Moderator: Anastasia M. Chirnside, Ph.D, M.ASCE (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Environmental
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Innovations in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
    Moderator: Khalid K. Osman, PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Sustainability (Interdisciplinary)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Modeling and Analyzing for Stormwater Management
    Moderator: Jason Wright, PE – Tetra Tech
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Modelling, Management and Detection of Leakage and Pipe Breaks
    Moderator: Vanessa Speight, PhD, PE – University of Sheffield
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Panel Discussion: Advancing New Methods for the Treatment of Climate Change and Extreme Events
    Moderator: Vijay Singh – Texas A&M University
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Systems Thinking and Decentralized Modeling for Complex Adaptive Systems
    Moderator: Landon T. Marston – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Planning and Management
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Trans-boundary Water Management and Conflict Resolution
    Moderator: Sajjad Ahmad, PhD., P.E., F.ASCE, F.EWRI – University of Nevada Las Vegas
    International Issues
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    AAWRE 20th Anniversary Board-Certified Water Resources Engineer Induction Ceremony & Meet and Greet
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    CFD in Water Treatment Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Computational Hydraulics Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Fisheries Engineering and Science Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Irrigation Delivery and Drainage Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Students & Education Council Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Surface Water Hydrology Technical Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Sustainability Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    UWRRC Stormwater Modeling Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    TMDL Analysis and Modelling Task Committee Meeting
  • Tuesday, May 20, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Council Award Breakfasts
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Irrigation & Drainage Council Awards / Royce J. Tipton Award & Lecture
    Moderator: Jeppe Kjaersgaard – Minnesota Department of Agriculture
    Irrigation & Drainage
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Urban Water Resources Research Council / Municipal Water Infrastructure Council (MWIC) Awards
    Moderator: Keith Lichten – SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
    UWRRC
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Watershed Council Awards / Ven Te Chow Award & Lecture (Modelling flood risk at global scales: 130 million km2 at 30m resolution in just 3 months)
    Moderator: Rao S. Govindaraju – Purdue University
    Moderator: Xuefeng Chu, F.EWRI, A.M.ASCE – North Dakota State University
    Watershed
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Watershed Council Awards / Ven Te Chow Award & Lecture
  • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Registration (Closed for lunch from 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.)
  • 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Climate Change Impact on Water Resources and Sustainable Development
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Computational Methods in Hydraulics - I
    Moderator: Yonas Kinfu – Bechtel
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Environmental Permitting, Compliance and Standards
    Moderator: Marjorie Bedessem, P.E., Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Trihydro Corporation
    Environmental
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Extreme Hydrological or Critical Event Analysis - I
    Moderator: Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Ph.D., F.EWRI – Florida State University
    Watershed
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Hydroclimatology of Droughts: Past, Present and Future
    Moderator: Yusuke Hiraga – Tohoku University
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Innovations in Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Data Analytics in the Water Sector - I
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Real-Time Control for Stormwater Management
    Moderator: Andrew Tirpak, PhD, PE – Ohio State University
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Distribution System Data, Analytics, System Operation, and Control - I
    Moderator: Robert Sitzenfrei – University of Innsbruck
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy I: Stormwater
    Moderator: Adriana D. Piemonti, PhD, PG, EIT – Clean Water Services
    Planning and Management
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Technical Tour: University of Alaska Anchorage - Arctic Wave Flume Project Tour (ticketed event)
  • 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Computational Methods in Hydraulics - II
    Moderator: Ruo-Qian Wang – Rutgers University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Emerging Concepts and Methods in Modeling Hydrologic and Hydro-climatic Processes
    Moderator: Noriaki Ohara – University of Wyoming
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Extreme Hydrological or Critical Event Analysis - II
    Moderator: Rocky Talchabhadel – Jackson State University
    Watershed
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    History & Heritage
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Innovations in Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Data Analytics in the Water Sector - II
    Moderator: Lily S. Baldwin (she/her/hers) – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Environmental Health and Water Quality
    Moderator: Tara A. Kulkarni, PHD, PE, MASCE – Norwich University
    Environmental
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Panel Discussion: State of the Science Talks - Stormwater Management
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    Moderator: Samuel Hopstone
    New Professionals
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Distribution System Data, Analytics, System Operation, and Control - II
    Moderator: Avi Ostfeld – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy II: Urban Water Use
    Moderator: Jorge Pesantez – California State University Fresno
    Planning and Management
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Emerging Concepts and Methods in Modeling Hydrologic and Hydro-climatic Processes
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Luncheon (ticketed event)
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Lunch Keynote Presentation: Michelle Yatchmeneff
  • 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Technical Tour: William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery Tour (ticketed event)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Computational Methods in Hydraulics - III
    Moderator: Kevin Nielsen – Jacobs Engineering Group
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Emerging Contaminants
    Moderator: Jejal Reddy Bathi – The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Water, Wastewater & Stormwater
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Extreme Hydrological or Critical Event Analysis - III
    Moderator: John J. Ramirez Avila, PhD, Ing, PH, M.ASCE, F.EWRI – Watersheds and Water Quality Research Lab - Mississippi State University
    Watershed
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Impacts of a Changing Climate on Hydrologic Design
    Moderator: Kei Ishida – Kumamoto University
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Innovations in Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Data Analytics in the Water Sector - III
    Moderator: Rajib Sinha – Trihydro Corp
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Models in Environmental Health Research
    Moderator: Carolyn LaFleur – GTI Energy
    Environmental
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Monitoring Stormwater Control Measures - I
    Moderator: James Houle, PhD – UNH Stormwater Center
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Panel Discussion: Nature Based Solutions
    Moderator: Irene Turletes, P.E., M.ASCE – HDR
    New Professionals
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Distribution System Security, Risk, Vulnerability, Reliability, and Resilience - I
    Moderator: Faegheh Moazeni (she/her/hers) – Lehigh University
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy III: Complex Systems
    Moderator: Jorge Pesantez – California State University Fresno
    Planning and Management
  • 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advances in Reducing Pollutants by Wetlands & Bioreactors
    Moderator: Ana Flavia Brancalion Costa – Auburn University
    Watershed
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Computational Methods in Hydraulics - IV
    Moderator: Brian D. Barkdoll – Michigan Technological University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Flood Forecasting and Modeling
    Moderator: Virginia Smith, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE – Villanova University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Innovations in Water Reuse, Emerging Contaminants, and Sustainable Treatment Solutions
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Integrated Modeling of Hydrologic Processes at Watershed Scale
    Moderator: Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen – McGill University
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Monitoring Stormwater Control Measures - II
    Moderator: Andy Erickson, Ph.D., P.E. – St. Anthony Falls Lab - Univ. of Minnesota
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Resilience in Sustainability - I
    Moderator: Rich Juricich
    Sustainability (Interdisciplinary)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Using Monitoring Data to Inform Design and Maintenance Decisions
    Moderator: John S. Gulliver, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Distribution System Security, Risk, Vulnerability, Reliability, and Resilience - II
    Moderator: Barak Fishbain – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy IV: Regional Impacts
    Moderator: Lauren H. Logan (she/her/hers) – Ohio Northern University
    Planning and Management
  • 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Coastal Hydraulics and Sediment Dynamics
    Moderator: Alejandro Tenorio – Pennsylvania State University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Efficient Combined Operation of Water-Energy Systems
    Moderator: Faegheh Moazeni (she/her/hers) – Lehigh University
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Experimental Fluid and Sediment Transport
    Moderator: Chien-Yung Tseng – Colorado State University
    Moderator: Roberto Fernandez, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Machine Learning and Climate Change Analysis for Land and Water
    Moderator: Vamsi Krishna Sridharan, M.ASCE – Tetra Tech
    Watershed
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Machine Learning and Stormwater Management
    Moderator: Marc Leisenring, PE – Geosyntec Consultants
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Modeling Projections of Climate Change at Regional Scale
    Moderator: Shuichi Kure – Toyama Prefectural University
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Resilience in Sustainability - II
    Moderator: Paul P. Mathisen, Ph.D., P.E. (he/him/his) – Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Sustainability (Interdisciplinary)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Stormwater Infrastructure in Transportation Corridors
    Moderator: Erica R. McKenzie, Ph.D. – Temple University
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy V: Water Data
    Moderator: Barak Fishbain – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
    Planning and Management
  • 4:45 PM - 6:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Nature-Based Solutions
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Chapter & New Professional Brewery Social
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Chinese American Water Resources Association Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Environmentally Responsible Energy Production (EREP) Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    KSTAT Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    ML/AI Applications in Water Engineering Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    River Basin Planning, Policy And Operations Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    River Restoration Technical Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Sedimentation Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Stormwater Media Filtration Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Task Committee on Optimal Operation of Water Distribution Systems (Benchmark Task Committee)
  • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    WDSA Graduate Student Committee Meeting
  • Wednesday, May 21, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Council Award Breakfasts
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Environmental Council Awards / Simon W. Freese Award & Lecture (Development and Global Application of Hybrid Ion Exchange Processes in Sustainable Water Treatment: From Decontamination to Desalination)
    Moderator: Tara A. Kulkarni, PHD, PE, MASCE – Norwich University
    Environmental
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Environmental Council Awards / Simon W. Freese Award & Lecture
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Hydraulics & Waterways Council Awards / Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award & Lecture (Computational Hydraulics: Advances, Challenges and Future)
    Moderator: Xiaofeng Liu, PhD., PE, MASCE – Penn State University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Hydraulics & Waterways Council Awards / Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award & Lecture
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Planning & Management Council Awards / Groundwater Council Awards / Julian Hinds Award & Lecture (Hydroinformatics and the Journey to a Digital Water Future)
    Moderator: Roseanna M. Neupauer, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, F. EWRI – University of Colorado
    Moderator: Dominic L. Boccelli – University of Arizona
    Groundwater
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Planning & Management Council Awards / Groundwater Council Awards / Julian Hinds Award & Lecture
    Moderator: Dominic L. Boccelli – The University of Arizona
    Moderator: Meghna Babbar-Sebens – Oregon State University
    Planning and Management
  • 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Registration (Closed for lunch from 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.)
  • 8:00 AM - 8:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advances in Software Development, Maintenance, and Implementation for Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
    Moderator: Kimberly Artita, PhD, PE, M.ASCE – CDM Smith
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Development and Application of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) Techniques in Hydraulics Modeling - I
    Moderator: Haochen Li – University of Tennessee
    Moderator: Yonas Kinfu – Bechtel
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Emerging Water Quality Issues & Management
    Moderator: Harry X. Zhang, Ph.D., P.E., F.EWRI – The Water Research Foundation
    Watershed
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Levee and Dam Breach Modeling
    Moderator: Andy McCoy, PhD, PE – HDR
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    New Approaches to Estimation of the Probable Maximum Precipitation
    Moderator: Rao S. Govindaraju – Purdue University
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    River Restoration
    Moderator: John J. Ramirez Avila, PhD, Ing, PH, M.ASCE, F.EWRI – Watersheds and Water Quality Research Lab - Mississippi State University
    River Restoration (Hydraulics & Waterways)
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Sustainability in a Changing Climate - I
    Moderator: Krishna R R. Reddy, Ph.D., PE, ENV SP – University of Illinois Chicago
    Sustainability (Interdisciplinary)
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Ultra-Urban Green Infrastructure: Green Roofs, Permeable Pavements, and High-Flow Filters
    Moderator: Elizabeth Fassman-Beck, Ph.D. – Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Quality Modelling and Management in Distribution Systems - I
    Moderator: Vanessa Speight, PhD, PE – University of Sheffield
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water, Wastewater & Stormwater - I
    Moderator: Thinesh Selvaratnam (he/him/his) – Lamar University
    Water, Wastewater & Stormwater
  • 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advances in Hydrology, Erosion, and Pollution Research
    Moderator: Shirley E. Clark, PhD, PE, BC WRE, ENV SP, F EWRI – Penn State Harrisburg
    Watershed
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Development and Application of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) Techniques in Hydraulics Modeling - II
    Moderator: Xiaofeng Liu, PhD, PE – Pennsylvania State University
    Moderator: Roberto Fernandez, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Emerging and Innovative Technologies in Water Treatment and Energy Infrastructure
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Integrating Climate Change into River Restoration Design
    Moderator: John M. Stofleth, MS, PE – cbec eco engineering
    River Restoration (Hydraulics & Waterways)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Processes: Modeling and Assessment in a Changing Climate
    Moderator: Yoshihiko Iseri – International Platform for Dryland Research and Education, Tottori University
    2025 Symposium on Hydro-climate and Climate Change (Watershed)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Stormwater Treatment at the Watershed Scale
    Moderator: Holly K. Piza, PE, BC WRE – Mile High Flood District
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Sustainability in a Changing Climate - II
    Moderator: Allisa Hastie – Stanford University
    Sustainability (Interdisciplinary)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Quality Modelling and Management in Distribution Systems - II
    Moderator: Avi Ostfeld – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water, Wastewater & Stormwater - II
    Moderator: Michael Cubas – CDM Smith
    Water, Wastewater & Stormwater
  • 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Luncheon (ticketed event)
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Keynote Presentation: Edmond Packee
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Lunch Keynote Presentation
  • 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Ecohydraulics I: Habitat, Hydrodynamics and Mass Transport
    Moderator: Abul BM Baki – Clarkson University
    River Restoration (Hydraulics & Waterways)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Modeling Stormwater Control Measures - I
    Moderator: Shirley E. Clark, PhD, PE, BC WRE, ENV SP, F EWRI – Penn State Harrisburg
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Remote Sensing, Wildfire, and NRCS Methodologies
    Moderator: Abdul Mobin Ibna Hafiz – Florida State University
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Renewable Applications to Water-infrastructure and Reuse - I
    Renewable Energy (Interdisciplinary)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Sediment Transport Modeling - I
    Moderator: Roberto Fernandez, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
    Moderator: Yan Zhang – AECOM
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Sediment Transport Modeling - II
    Moderator: Yonas Kinfu – Bechtel
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Social Equity in Water and Environmental Infrastructure Systems - I
    Moderator: Erik Christian Porse – University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    Sustainability (Interdisciplinary)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Two-phase Flows in Urban Water Systems
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Quality Modelling and Management in Distribution Systems - III
    Moderator: Ehsan Roshani, Ph.D. P.Eng. PMP – National Research Council of Canada
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water, Wastewater & Stormwater - III
    Moderator: Michael Cubas – CDM Smith
    Water, Wastewater & Stormwater
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Technical Tour: AWWU Ship Creek Water Treatment Facility & Energy Recovery Station (ticketed event)
  • 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transition Break
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Ecohydraulics II: Fish-habitat Interactions and Connectivity
    Moderator: Kelly Kibler – University of Central Florida
    Moderator: Jess Alli Straub – River Focus
    River Restoration (Hydraulics & Waterways)
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Ecohydraulics II: Fish-habitat Interactions and Connectivity 
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Modeling Stormwater Control Measures - II
    Moderator: Aditi S. Bhaskar, PhD – University of Colorado Boulder
    Stormwater (UWRRC)
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Optimization in Water Distribution and Water Energy Systems
    Moderator: Elad Salomons – Technion \ UoH \ Optiwater
    Water Distribution System Analysis (Planning & Management)
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Renewable Applications to Water-infrastructure and Reuse - II
    Renewable Energy (Interdisciplinary)
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Sediment Transport Modeling - II
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Social Equity in Water and Environmental Infrastructure Systems - II
    Moderator: Rich Juricich
    Sustainability (Interdisciplinary)
  • 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Urban Flood Simulation
    Moderator: Andy McCoy, PhD, PE – HDR
    Moderator: Yan Zhang – AECOM
    Hydraulics & Waterways