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Full Schedule

  • 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
    Moderator: Tara A. Kulkarni, PHD, PE, MASCE – Norwich University
    Environmental
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Hydraulics & Waterways Council Awards / Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award & Lecture
    Moderator: Panayiotis (Panos) Diplas, Ph.D., F.EWRI, F.ASCE – Lehigh University
    Moderator: Fabian Alejandro Bombardelli, PhD – University of California, Davis
    Hydraulics & Waterways
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Planning & Management Council Awards / Groundwater Council Awards / Julian Hinds Award & Lecture
    Moderator: Roseanna M. Neupauer, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, F. EWRI – University of Colorado
    Groundwater
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Recent Developments/Advancements in 2D Hydraulic Modeling Applications
    Moderator: Yan Zhang – AECOM
    Moderator: Yonas Kinfu – Bechtel
    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
  • 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
  • 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: Nasrin Alamdari – Florida State University
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Renewable Applications to Water-infrastructure and Reuse - I
  • 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
    Moderator: Jose Goes Vasconcelos – Auburn University
    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
  • 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 
  • 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
  • 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: Lily S. Baldwin (she/her/hers) – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    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