Challenges and Innovation in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences – Seminar Series

2021-2022 Seminars

Spring

April 21
Melissa Burton; Principal, Arup Canada and a Fellow of Wind Engineering
Engineering Resilience: Designing the World’s Tallest Buildings for a Changing Wind Climate

April 7
Greg Benz, ND B. Arch ’76, RA, AICP; Senior Vice President, WSP
The Time Has Come: Infrastructure Investment in AMTRAK’s Northeast Corridor

March 31
Alessandro Beghini, PhD PE SE LEED; Associate Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, San Francisco
The Engineering of Art and Architecture

March 24
Michael Schubert, PE; HDR Engineering, Boise Idaho
Integrating Boise River Management Using 2D Hydraulic Modeling

March 17
Ed DePaola, PE, SECB, F.SEI; President & CEO, Severud Associates
The Changing Skyline of Midtown Manhattan

February 3
Antonio Bobet; Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Professor in Civil Engineering, Purdue University
The Expansion of the Panama Canal

January 13
Ann-Perry Witmer, Ph.D., P.E.; Research Scientist, Applied Research Institute; Lecturer, College of Engineering, College of ACES, and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Improving Engineering Outcomes Through the Application of Context

Fall

November 18
Andrew O’Donnell, PhD; Director of Operations, Research and Model Department, AIR Worldwide
Imagining the Storm: Developing Catastrophe Models to Quantify Risk in an Uncertain World

November 11
Art K. Umble, PhD, PE, BCEE, F.WEF; Senior Vice President, Global Wastewater Sector Leader, Director: Stantec Institute of Water Technology & Policy, Stantec Consulting, Inc.
Environment and Economy: Promoting Biomimicry Principles to Build a Circular Economy

November 4
Megan Crowley, Environmental Manager, Republic Services
Talking Trash: Harnessing the Power of Waste

October 28
Hugh J. Roberts, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, The Water Institute of the Gulf
What is Resilience: Lessons learned from two decades trying to answer this fundamental question

September 30
Kevin Murphy, Estimating Department Manager, Mass Electric Construction Co., Kiewit
Revitalizing Critical Operational Mass Transit Infrastructure

September 16
Michael J. Massman, Deputy Project Manager, Massman Construction Co.
Major River Bridges: Structure Type Selection and Construction

September 9
Erol Kalkan, PE; CEO & Founder, QuakeLogic
Next Generation Structural Health Monitoring and Smart Cities

September 2
Shirley J. Dyke, Professor of Civil Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats institute: Vision and Challenges

2020-2021 Seminars

Spring

April 29
Paul Giroux, Dist.M.ASCE; Senior Estimating Manager, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., civil engineering historian
Building Mackinac Bridge

April 15
Eric Horvath, Public Works Executive Director, City of South Bend
Re-establishing a Sense of Place: South Bend’s Smart Streets Initiative

April 8
Edward Kavazanjian, Jr., PhD., P.E., D.GE, NAE; Ira A. Fulton Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and Regents Professor; Director, Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics, Arizona State University
Geo-Alchemy (Turning Sand into Sandstone) and Other Biotechnologies

March 25
Dennis Murphy, Retired, President Kiewit Engineering Co.
Meeting the Challenges of Infrastructure Improvement Using Innovative Construction Engineering

March 18
Ted P. Zoli, III, PE; National Bridge Chief Engineer, HNTB
Bridge Design as Craft: Insights from 30 Years of Practice and Teaching

February 25
William E. Kelly, PE, ND Geology ’65, ND CE BS ’65, MS ’69, PhD ’72; Retired. Director of External Affairs, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Retired Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering, Catholic University of America
The ASCE DRAFT Standard Requirements for Sustainable Infrastructure

February 18
Mark Petersen, Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ocean Modeling in the High Desert

February 11
Patricia J. Culligan, Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering, Notre Dame, Professor of Civil Engineering
Green Infrastructure and Urban Sustainability

Fall

November 5
Gregory P. Benz, ND B. Arch ’76, RA, AICP; Senior Vice President, WSP
Future Ready™ — Question Today, Imagine Tomorrow, Create for the Future, Research & Innovation Driving Professional Practice

October 29
Katie Wilson, P.E., ND CEEES ’14 and Allegis Sant, ND CEEES ’15; Project Managers, Clark Construction Group LLCA
Careers in Construction – Problem Solving Through the Life Cycle of a Project

October 8
Raymond “Paul” Giroux, Dist.M.ASCE; Senior Estimating Manager, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., Civil Engineering Historian
Building Golden Gate Bridge

October 1
James L. Barnard, Ph.D., D.Ing.h.c., Pr.Eng. BCEE, WEF Fellow, Dist. M. ASCE; Global Practice & Technology Leader, Advanced Biological Treatment, Black & Veatch
Good News and Bad News About Global Water Reclamation

September 17
Nancy G. Love, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE; Borchardt and Glysson Collegiate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Rethinking America’s Urban Water Infrastructure:Resource Efficiency, Access, and Public Health

September 3
Don Howard, Professor of Philosophy and Fellow, Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values, Notre Dame
Expertise and Responsibility: Why the Possession of Specialist Knowledge Entails an Obligation to Moral and Political Action

August 27
Megan Hart, ND CEEES B.S. ’08, Ph.D. ’16; Managing Director, Reinsurance Solutions, Aon
Preparing for the Storm: Managing Risk using Catastrophe Models and Lessons Learned from Past Events

2019-2020 Seminars

Spring

April 16
Joan B. Rose, PhD; Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Michigan State University
My Life at the Intersection of Water Microbiology, Engineering and Health

March 26
William E. Kelly, PE; ND Geology ’65, ND CE BS ’65, MS ’69, PhD ’72 Retired. Director of External Affairs, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Retired Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering, Catholic University of America
Infrastructure Underpins Sustainable Development

February 20
Heidi Beidinger-Burnett, PhD, MPH; Director, Master of Science in Global Health Program, Eck Institute for Global Health and Assistant Director of Community Health and Policy for the Center for Civic Innovation, ND
Lead Screening Kit: Development and Implications of a Low-cost, Proactive Screening Tool for Environmental Lead in Homes

February 13
Abigail Weaver; PhD Postdoc, Shrout Lab, ND CEEES Department
Detecting Fake and Tainted Medicines Globally

February 6
Nima Rahbar, PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Bioinspired Design of Novel Structural Materials

January 30
James E. Alleman, ND CE BS ’71, MS ’72, PhD ’78; Director – Master of Engineering, ND CEEES
The World’s Largest Land-Based Moving Structure @ Chernobyl, Ukraine

January 23
Suzanne M. Provanzana, PE, SE, LEED AP, ND CE ’98; Associate Principal, BuroHappold Engineering, Chicago
Adaptive Reuse: Recycling Structure

Fall

November 14
Jeremy Isenberg, PE, NAE, Dist.M. ASCE, F.SEI; Past-President & CEO, Weidlinger Associates, Inc.; Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford
A Planetarium in a Jewel Box and a Tunnel Beneath Boston Harbor

October 31
Joe Adams, President of Energy and Industry, MWH (now Stantec); Past President, Engineers Without Borders USA
Working in 30 Countries Over 40 Years: Opportunities for Engineers Have No Bounds

October 17
Victoria Warren, ND alum; Director, Hydrogeology and Superfund, Republic Services, Inc.
Groundwater Protection at a Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill … Tales from the Field

October 3
Veronica Cedillos, PE; President, GeoHazards International, GHI
Reducing Natural Hazard Risk in Vulnerable Communities through Science and Engineering

September 26
Paul Giroux, Dist.M.ASCE; Senior Estimating Manager, Kiewit; Civil Engineering, Historian
Building the Transcontinental Railroad

September 12
Chad Quaglia, ND CE MS ’14; Bridge Engineer III, HNTB Corporation
Bridge Design Challenges in an Urban Environment

August 29
Michael Massman, ND CE ’13; Project Manager, Massman Construction Co.
Design/Build on the Mississippi: The Champ Clark Bridge Replacement

2018-2019 Seminars

Spring

April 4
Monroe Weber-Shirk, PhD; Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Founder AguaClara
The Next Generation of Ultra-low Energy, Sustainable Surface Water Treatment Technologies for Small Systems

March 7
Michael Traylor, Co-President/CEO and Co-Chairman of the Board, Traylor Construction Group, Inc.
The Challenges, Responsibilities and Self Satisfaction of a Heavy Civil Construction Engineer

February 21
Gregory Benz, ND Arch ’76; Senior Vice President, WSP
Publish and Flourish: Pursuing Research, Innovation and Engagement during Your Professional Career

February 7
Paul Bredt, PhD; Division Director of the Nuclear Sciences Division, Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Back End of the Cold War

January 24
Matthew Gries, ND CE ’07; Senior Associate, Wiss Janney, Eltsner Associates
Evaluation and Repair of Natural Draft Cooling Tower

January 17
Sara Boukdad, ND CEEES ’16; Internship Program Manager, Notre Dame Center for Civic Innovation
Alicia Czarnecki, ND CEEES ’17; Project Engineer, City of South Bend Public Works Department
Using Engineering to Promote Resilient Neighborhoods in South Bend through Community-Engaged Design Thinking

Fall

November 15
Dave Lamoureux, PE ND CE ’99; Senior Structural Engineer, Kiewit Engineering Group
Evan Gerbo, ND CEEES Ph.D. student; Founding Principal, MIR Collective, Director of Master of Architecture Program and Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia
Arlington Memorial Bridge Rehabilitation

November 8
George Sowers, Professor of Practice, Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Former United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vice President and Chief Scientist
Mining the Moon for Fun and Profit

October 11
Jeana Ripple, AIA, LEED AP, ND CSE ’01; Founding Principal, MIR Collective, Director of Master of Architecture Program and Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia
Generative Material Practice

October 4
David A. Dzombak, Hammerschlag University Professor and Head, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Climate Change Adaptation for Infrastructure: A Grand Challenge for Civil and Environmental Engineering

September 27
James J. Walsh, PE, BCEE, ND CE ’74; President/CEO, SCS Engineers
Brownfields Remediation – Returning Contaminated Urban Properties to Productive Community Use

September 20
Victoria Arbitrio, PE, SECB, F.SEI; Associate Partner, Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP
Building in New York

September 13
Raymond “Paul” Giroux, Dist. M.ASCE; Senior Estimating Manager, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., civil engineering historian
Building the Eads Bridge

September 6
Kuldip Kumar, Senior Environmental Scientist, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Chicago
Emerging Contaminants in the Environment: What’s the Scoop with Animal and Human Poop?

August 30
Joe Benco, ND CE ’93; Vice President, Engineering Technical Support, Republic Services, Inc.
Implementing Environmental Protection: How Regulation Created Opportunity in the Solid Waste Industry

2017-2018 Seminars

Spring

April 19
Arthur J. Alzamora, Jr., PE, LEED, AP, Senior Associate/VP, Langan
Former Brooklyn Navy Yard Revitalized – Soil remediation and geotechnical aspects

April 12
Vincent H. Resh, Professor of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Hydropower in Southeast Asia: The Dammed Mekong

April 5
Peter Heerings, PE, SE, Principal, SDI Structures
Notre Dame Crossroads – Where Academics, Athletics and Engineering Meet

March 22
Gowen Dishman, PE, Resident Engineer, HNTB Corporation
The Future of Engineering – 2018 Through 2058. What Will Change and What Will Remain the Same

March 1
David D. Byers, Principal, Genesis Structures, Inc.
Erection and Demolition Engineering for Complex Bridges

February 22
Gregory P. Benz, B.Arch ’76 RA, AICP, Senior Vice President, WSP
Strategic Management of Controversial and Technically Challenging Public Infrastructure Projects

February 15
Michael D. Engelhardt, Adnan Abou-Ayyash Centennial Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Structural Fire Engineering: Current Issues and Future Trends

Fall

November 16
Ellen Quigley, Senior Project Manager, Clark Hathaway Dinwiddie: A Joint Venture
Changing the Skyline: A Look into the Salesforce Tower

November 2
Scott Reeve, Founder and President, Composite Advantage
Entrepreneur Business: Case Study in the Infrastructure World

October 26
Patricia Drummey Stiegel, PE, Senior Associate, Hazen and Sawyer
Protecting Public Health: Peace Corps and Beyond

October 5
Alexandria Boehm, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford
Save the Ocean! Engineering and Applied Science at the Land-Sea Interface to Protect Ocean Health

September 28
John Gajda, PE, PEng, FACI, Senior Principal Engineer, CTL Group
Mass Concrete in Tall Buildings, Bridges, and Infrastructure

September 21
Darcy Bullock, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Joint Transportation Research Program, Purdue University
Real Time Traffic Congestion Dashboards for Decision Makers

September 7
Dennis Murphy, Retired President, Kiewit Engineering Company
A Look Back at Civil Engineering Innovations in the Last 50 Years

2016-2017 Seminars

Spring

April 20
Paul Spudis, Senior Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas
The Value of the Moon: Creating a Permanent Cislunar Transportation Infrastructure

April 6
Peter Yanev, Founder EQE Consulting
The Practice of Natural Hazards, Structural and Risk Engineering, and Risk Management

March 23
Erleen Hatfield, Partner at Burro Haphold
Creating Transformational Space

March 2
James Mihelcic, Samuel L. and Julia M. Flom Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the International Development Engineering Program at the University of South Florida
Doing the Right Thing: Engineering Health Improvements for Developing World Communities

February 23
William Nugent, President and CEO, Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associates, Inc.
An Engineer Looking for Trouble – Forty Years Solving Problems in the Built World

February 9
Fred Haan, Professor of Engineering, Calvin College
How Different are Tornado Winds from Straight-Line Winds?

February 2
Dominick Servedio, P.E., Executive Chairman, STV Group, Inc.
Creating an Icon – Challenges in the Design and Construction of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey World Trade Center Transportation Hub

Fall

November 17
Scott Reeve, President, Composite Advantage
Materials of the Future: Fiber Reinforced Polymer for Long Lasting Infrastructure

October 27
Jerome F. Hajjar, Ph.D. P.E., CDM Smith Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University
Urban Engineering Strategies in Civil and Environmental Engineering

October 6
Kimberly A. Gray, Professor & Chair, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
Reinventing the City: Nature as Muse

September 22
Paul Giroux, Dist. M.ASCE, Senior Estimating Manager, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., Civil Engineering historian and writer
Building Grand Coulee Dam

September 15
Holly Michael, Associate Professor, Departments of Geological Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Unidel Fraser Russell Chair for the Environment, University of Delaware
Linking Hydrology, Geology, and Engineering toward Sustainable Solutions to Widespread Arsenic Contaminations in the Bengal Delta

September 8
Luis Montestruque, PhD, President and CTO, EmNet, LLC
Cyber Physical Systems for Storm Water Management

September 1
Robert J. Connor, Professor, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Director of S-BRITE Center, Purdue University
Evaluation of Member Level Redundancy in Built-up Steel Members

2015-2016 Seminars

Spring

April 21
Dave Lamoureux, PE, Structural Engineering Manager, Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers
Construction Engineering Challenges: Innovative Solutions, Two Case Studies

April 14
James E. Alleman, Joel and Judy Cerwick Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
Chernobyl: 30 Years Later

March 31
Jamie Padgett, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment and its Role in Characterizing Infrastructure Sustainability

March 17
Art K. Umble, PhD, PE, BCEE, Wastewater Practice Leader, MWH
Innovations in Wastewater Treatment Technology: Bridging Uncertainty Gaps

February 18
Lakhwinder S. Hundal, CPSS, Supervising Environmental Soil Scientist, Biosolids Utilization and Soil Science Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC)
Today’s Disposable Society and Future Generations: Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Environment

February 11
Kimberly Kurtis, FACI, FACerS, Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Scholarship, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nuclear Power Infrastructure: Research Needs in Civil Engineering

February 4
John Peronto, SE, PE, SECB, LEED AP, Vice President, Thornton Tomasetti
The Building of the Kingdom Tower: The Challenges, Triumphs and Lessons Learned

Fall

November 19
Scott Sanborn, Senior Member, Technical Staff, Structural & Thermal Analysis Department, Sandia National Labs
A Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Approach to Weld Stability in Nuclear Power Plant Piping

November 12
Genevieve Malone, Project Engineer II, Barton Malow Company, Campus Crossroads Project UND Preserving the Echoes: Challenges of the Campus Crossroads Project

November 5
Anne Kiremidjian, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
Time-Dependent Risk Modeling – Capturing Dynamic System Change

October 29
Joel Gebbie, Site Vice President, Cook Nuclear Plant, American Electric Power
Making U.S. Nuclear Plants Safer by Incorporating Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

October 15
Paul Giroux, Senior Engineer, Kiewit Corporation
Great Builders

October 8
Ryan Kavanagh, Facilities Engineer and Project Manager, Deepwater Facilities, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Red Hawk Spar Decommissioning – Technical Challenges and Industry Firsts

September 17
Daniel Norman, Assistant Construction Director, Elizabeth River Crossings
Engineering Mega Projects – Connecting the Past with the Future

September 10
Jon K. Galsworthy, Principal, Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc., Canada
Wind Engineering Challenges for Today’s Skinny High-Rise Buildings

September 3
Raymond N. Matasci, Senior Vice President, Pacific Area Leader, Brown and Caldwell
The Kailua-Kaneohe Sewer Tunnel and Pumping Station (and Some Career Advice)

2014-2015 Seminars

Spring

April 9
David J. Odeh, P.E., SECB.F.SEI, M.ASCE, Vice President and Principal, Odeh Engineers, Inc.
Towards a New Structure: A Vision for the Engineer of the Future

March 26
Kurt Gurley, PhD, Associate Professor, Structures Group, University of Florida
Wind Hazard Engineering: Models vs. Nature

March 19  
Vilas Mujumdar, D.P.A., P.E., S.E., Dist.M.ASCE, FACI, FPCI, F.I.Struct.E.(U.K.), Consulting Engineer and retired National Science Foundation’s Director of Engineering Research Centers and the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Programs
Complex System Construct Considerations for Resilience of Civil Infrastructure Systems to Natural Hazards 

March 5
Andrew Whittaker, Ph.D., S.E., Professor and Chair, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Recent Advances in the Analysis and Design of Nuclear Power Plants

February 26
Dennis Murphy, Retired, President of Kiewit Engineering Company
Introduction to the Design and Construction of Drilled Shafts

February 19
Paul Gauvreau, Dr.sc.techn., P.E., Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto
Creating a Culture of Good Bridges

January 29
Forrest Masters, PhD, PE, Associate Professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Program Director for Industrial Relations, Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida
Recent Advancements in “Full-Scale” Wind Engineering

January 22
Rodney A. Beadle, PE, CFM, President and Founder, Engineering Resource Associates, Inc.
No good deed unpunished; An aid worker’s journey to Liberia and home again

Fall

November 20
Andrew Kennedy, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Waves, Surge and Damage to the Built Environment During Super Typhoon Haiyan

November 13
Forrest Masters,PhD, PE, Associate Professor of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Program Director for Industrial Relations, Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida
Recent Advancements in “Full-Scale” Wind Engineering

November 6
Rodney A. Beadle,PE, CFM, President and Founder, Engineering Resource Associates, Inc.
Blown Away, Responding to Typhoon Yolanda

October 9
Mike Szomjassy, Executive Vice President, Chief Operational Excellence Officer and Chief Delivery Officer, CH2M Hill
Mega Games: Extreme Engineering for the World Cup and Olympics

October 2
Imad A. Hannoun, PhD, PE, Principal Consultant, Water Quality Solutions Inc.
The Use of Water Quality Models for Optimizing Hydraulic Structures

September 18
Reginald DesRoches, PhD, Karen and John Huff School Chair and Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
The 2010 Haiti Earthquake: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Reducing Earthquake Risks around the World

September 4
Paul Giroux, Senior Engineer, Kiewit Bridge and Marine, Kiewit Infrastructure West Co.
Building Brooklyn Bridge

2013-2014 Seminars

Spring

April 14
Rodney C. Ewing, Frank Stanton Chair of International Security, Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
Lessons from Yucca Mountain: Standards, Regulations and Performance Assessments

April 7
Dr. Fahim H. Sadek, Ph.D., P.E., Leader, Structures Group, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Structural Design for Disaster Resilience

March 31
Erin Young, Project Manager, LEED AP
Ellen Quigley, Project Engineer, ND Class of 2011, Clark Construction
Solving Problems the Design-Build Way: A Look into the Governor George Deukmejian Court Building and the Los Angeles Courthouse

March 24
Theodore P. Zoli, PE, National Bridge Chief Engineer, HNTB
A Critical Look at Bridge Design Practice: Beyond Material Efficiency

March 17
Dr. Paul F. Mlakar, P.E., Senior Research Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Forensic Engineering Lessons from Two Malevolent Disasters

February 17
Dennis Murphy, Retired, President Kiewit Engineering
Concrete Segmental Bridges

Fall

November 11
Bernard Amadei, NAE, Professor of Civil Engineering and Mortenson Chair in Global Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Founding President of Engineers Without Borders – USA
Engineering in Sustainable Human Development: Challenges and Opportunities

November 4
Rik Kunnath, Executive Chairman of the Board, Pankow Management, Inc.
Making a Case for Research

October 28
Andy Uniacke, SKW (Skanska, Kiewit, Weeks) Site/Civil Design Coordinator for the 2^nd Midtown Tunnel
Immersed Tube Tunnel Construction: How do they do that?

September 30
Fuat Sezer, District Manager and President, Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd.
Design and Construction of Offshore Platforms for the Gulf of Mexico

September 26
Raymond “Paul” Giroux, District Quality Manager, Kiewit
Building Panama Canal

September 16
Ian R. Chin, SE, PE, RA, FASTM, Vice President and Senior Principal, Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Lessons Learned from Bridge Collapses

September 9
Bruce Rittman, Director, Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
Microbial Photobioenergy – Making C02 a Resource, Not a Liability

2012-2013 Seminars

Spring

April 18
Alain Manceau, Director of Research CNRS (DRCE), Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Maison des Geosciences, Universite J. Fourier
Phytotechnology in the Present and Future: Remedies for Contaminated Soil and Water

April 11
Rodney C. Ewing, Donald R. Peacor Collegiate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
What Went Wrong at Yucca Mountain: Standards, Regulations and Performance Assessments

April 4
David Billington, NAE, Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus Princeton University
Structural Art from Robert Maillart to Fazlur Kahn

February 21
Sudhir Murthy, Manager, Research and Laboratory, DC Water and Sewer Authority
Advancing Sustainability at the World’s Largest Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant

February 14
Bud Ahearn, Retired Senior Executive of CH2MHill, Retired Senior Civil Engineer U.S. Air Force, Founding Sponsor of Engineers Without Borders – USA
Engineering in Sustainable Human Development: Challenges and Opportunities

February 7
Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Dudley Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso
Use of Synchrotron Techniques to Study the Environmental Implications of Nanoparticles in the Environment: The Case of Terrestrial Plants

January 31
Tim Reinhold, Senior Vice President of Research, Chief Engineer, IBHS
Full-scale Laboratory Studies of Wind Effects on Buildings – A Pathway to more Realistic Test Standards

January 24
Art Umble, PhD, PE, BCEE, Americas Wastewater Practice Leader, MWH Global
Waste Streams to Value Streams: Resource Recovery Factories – The New Paradigm for Wastewater Treatment

Fall

November 15
Mike O’ Sullivan, Senior Vice President, NextEra Energy Resources
Wind Power in the US

November 8
Edward DePaola, President & CEO, Severud Associates, NYC
The Bank America at One Bryant Park

November 1
Juan Sobrino, Founder and President, PEDELTA
Application of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics & Stainless-Steel in Bridges

October 25
Sergio Pellegrino, Senior Research Scientist, Caltech
NASA Super Pressure Balloon Project

October 4
Paul Giroux, District Quality Manager, Kiewit, Infrastructure
Building Golden Gate Bridge

September 21
Kathie Donohue, Regional Contracts Manager, Granite Constructions Northeast Inc.
Edward B. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Retired President of Fitzpatrick Construction
100 Years of Engineering in One Family

September 13
Gary A. Gilot, President of the Board of Public Works, City of South Bend, IN
Innovations and Creative Solutions to Challenges Right Here

August 30
Dr. Joseph Golden (Senior Research Scientist, NOAA)
Scientific Tornado Chasing

2011-2012 Seminars

Spring

April 12  
David Rosowsky, PhD, P.E., F.ASCE, Professor, Dean of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Engineering Wood-Frame Buildings for Wind and Seismic Loading

March 29  
Michael G. Vitale, Senior Vice President, Midwest Tunnel Practice Leader, Cleveland, OH, Hatch Mott MacDonald
Burying our Problems – Innovative Underground Solutions to Vexing Societal Problems

March 22
Jennifer M. Wozencraft, Research Physical Scientist, Coastal Hydraulics Lab, USACE ERDC, Director, Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX)
Airborne Coastal Mapping for Regional Shoreline Characterization and Assessment

March 1
Lisa V. Lucas, Research Engineer, Ecohydrodynamicist, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA
From Super-Simple to Complex 3D: Building Meaningful Models of Coupled Physics and Biology in Aquatic Systems

February 23
Michael A. Szomjassy, President, Environmental Services, CH2M Hill
London 2012: Extreme Engineering

February 9
Robert L. Peskin, PhD, Senior Consulting Manager, Transportation, AECOM
Project Infrastructure Renewal Needs and Future Asset Conditions in the Context of Fiscal Restraints While Optimizing Strategic Goals

February 2
Horia Hangan, Project Leader, The Wind Engineering, Energy and the Environment Dome, Professor and Director, the Boundary Layer and Wind Tunnel Laboratory, the University of Western Ontario
Reframing Wind Engineering: New Climate and New Tools

January 26
Mark Sarkisian, Director of Structural Engineering, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP
San Francisco, Nature’s Influence on Tall Building Design

Fall

December 1
Mitchell T. Farmer, Section Manager, Engineering Development Laboratories, Nuclear Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Light Water Reactor Severe Accident R&D at Argonne Related to the Nuclear Accident in Japan

November 17
Paul Giroux, P.E., M.ASCE, District Quality Manager, Kiewit Infrastructure West, Co.
Building Hoover Dam

November 10
Ronald T. Eguchi, President and CEO, ImageCat Inc., Long Beach, CA
Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Other natural Disasters: A View from Space

October 6
Fred L. Haan, Jr., Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Unraveling the Mysteries of Tornadoes

September 29
Hendrik L. Tolman, Physical Scientist, NCEP/EMC/Marine Modeling and Analysis Branch, NOAA
Quo Vadis Wavewatch III: A Career in Living on the Beach

September 15
Edward Fitzpatrick, Retired, President of Fitzpatrick Construction
The Story of Land reclamation for Battery Park City, Manhattan

September 8
David Reckhow, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Carcinogens in Drinking Water: From Natural Precursors to Disinfection Byproducts in the Home

2010-2011 Seminars

Spring

April 14
Harry F. Ridgway, Consulting Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Director, AquaMem Consultants
The Quest for Pure Water…From Atoms to Oceans

April 7
Dave Eckmann, Principal, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Engineering Great Architecture

March 31
Ahmad Rahimian, President, WSP Cantor Seinuk Structural Engineers
Reaching Beyond 1 Kilometer: Nakheel Super Tall Tower

February 24
Bruce Parker, Retired Chief Scientist of the National Ocean Service in NOAA, Director of the Coast Survey Development Lab, Director of the World Data Center for Oceanography
The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disaster

February 3
Kurtis Gurley, Associate Professor, Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida
Hurricane Winds: Inside the Storm and at the Laboratory

January 7
Bud Ahearn, Retired Senior Executive, CH2M Hill, Ltd.
The Engineering Profession – Leadership in Motion

Fall

November 18  
Gregory Kopp, PhD, Professor, University of Western Ontario
Huffing and Puffing and Blowing it Down: Can we Mitigate Damage to Houses in Severe Storms

November 4  
Shaun A. Sipe, PE, Vice President of Organizational Development, Barnhart Crane and Rigging
Bigger is Better: The Multiple Benefits of Modularization in Heavy Industrial Construction and Maintenance

October 28
Jen Irish, PhD, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University
Assessing the Impact of Future Sea Level Rise and Climate Change on Hurricane Flood Level Statistics

October 7
Robert Gilbert, PhD, Brunswick-Abernathy Professor in Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Lessons Learned about Offshore Production Facilities in Recent Hurricanes

September 23
Jorg Imberger, PhD, NAE, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Director Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia
Engineering in 2030: How the Engineering Profession is Changing

September 9
Joseph Colaco, NAE, President, CBM Engineers Inc.
Five Decades of Tall Building Design: Historical and Engineering Perspectives from Fazlur Kahn’s Era to Present

September 2
Tracy Kijewski-Correa, Associate Chair and Linbeck Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Alexandros Taflanidis, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Haiti Earthquake: Lessons Learned and Hope for the Future

2009-2010 Seminars

Spring

April 7
Lawrence Novak, SE, SECB, LEED, AP, Director, Engineering Buildings, Portland Cement Association
Philosophy of Structural Engineering for the Burj Dubai – The World’s Tallest Structure

March 24
Robert G. Dean, ScD, NAE, Graduate Research Professor Emeritus, CCE Dept., University of Florida, Global Climate Change
Sea Level Rise and the Sustainability of our Nation’s Beaches

March 17
Edward Fitzpatrick Jr., PE, Retired, President of Fitzpatrick Construction
The Outfall Sewer Story

February 24
Michael Tognarelli, Ph.D., Floating Systems and Risers Engineer, BP America, Inc.
Battling Bad Vibes: Fluid-structure Interaction Phenomena in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry

February 10
Pat Wilbur, ND Civil Eng. Class of ’71, Notre Dame Civil Engineers’ Involvement in Haiti
Dennis Murphy, Retired, President of Kiewit Engineering Co.
Design and Construction of Earth Retaining Structures

February 3
Robert McNamara, Founding Principal, McNamara/Salvia Inc. Consulting Engineers
Important Design Considerations for a Modern Office Tower

January 27  
Glen T. Daigger, PhD, PE, BCEE, NAE, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Ch2M Hill
Integrated Water and Resource Management for Increased Urban Sustainability: Cities of the Future

Fall

November 18
A.N. Williams, Product Development Manager, Atlantia Offshore Limited, Houston, TX
Design of Deepwater Offshore Production Systems

November 4
Jane McKee Smith, Research Hydraulic Engineer, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Challenges of Surge and Wave Modeling for Pacific Islands

October 28
Robert Halvorson, SE, PE, F. ASCE, FIStructE, Principal, Halvorson and Partners
Structural Design Innovation: Russia Tower and Other Tall Collaborations

October 7
Bill Mariucci, Area Manager – Underground District, Kiewit Construction Co.
Building a 6-mile Long Submarine: Large Diameter Tunneling Below the Water Table in Portland, Oregon

September 30
Louis Licht, P.E., President, Ecolotree, Inc.
Phytoremediation: Concept and Science of Plant-Based Pollution Control for the Real “Green” Future

September 23
Richard Sause, P.E., Director, Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS) Center, Joseph T. Stuart Professor of Structural Engineering, Lehigh University
Validating the Seismic Performance of Self-Centering Steel Frames using Hybrid Simulations

2008-2009 Seminars

Spring

April 15
Don Resio, Senior Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center
Innovation in Infrastructure for Disaster Mitigation

March 25
Dennis Murphy, Retired, President of Kiewit Engineering Company
Introduction to the Design and Construction of Drilled Shafts

February 25
Richard B. Alexander, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Recent Advances in Tracking Nutrient Sources in the Mississippi River Basin: Implications for Managing Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia

February 11
Mike McNally, President and CEO, Skanska USA Inc.
Elizabeth J. Heider, AIA LEED AP, Senior Vice President Preconstruction, Skanska USA Building Inc.
The Audacity of Green, Building in the Obama Era

February 4
Richard Wolsfeld, PE, AICP, President, AECOM Transportation
The Role of Consulting Engineers in Two Major Projects: Minneapolis/St. Paul LRT Project and Chicago Dan Ryan Reconstruction Project

Fall

November 12
Larry Griffis, President, Structures Division, Senior Principal, Walter P. Moore and Associates
Structure in Motion – Design and Construction of Stadiums with Retractable Roofs and Playing Field

November 5
Daniel Lynch, MacLean Professor of Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College
Natural Resources and Human Rights: Towards a Declaration of Stewardship Responsibility

October 29
Mathijs van Ledden, Ph.D, Vice President, Coastal and Rivers, Haskoning Inc.
Land Reclamation Maasvlatke 2 at the Port of Rotterdam

October 15
Dave Lamoureux, P.E., Design Engineer, Kiewit Engineering
Uniquely Constructed Bridges

October 8
Vagner Jacobsen, Vice President, Offshore Technology, DHI
Offshore Wind Farms

September 24
Paul Giroux, Sr. Project Engineer, Kiewit Pacific Co.
Building the Brooklyn Bridge

September 17
Ahmad Abdelrezaq, S.E., Executive Vice President, Highrise and Structural Engineering Division, Samsung Corporation
Integration of Recent Technologies in the Design and Construction of Tall Buildings: The Case Study of the Burj Dubai

September 10
Joseph P. Gildner, P.E., Deputy Executive Director, Sound Transit – Link Light Rail,
Innovative Transportation Solutions for the Central Puget Sound Region

2007-2008 Seminars

Spring

April 17
Dennis Murphy, Retired President, Kiewit Engineering Company
Foundation Problems in Sinking Caissons for the Tacoma Narrows Expansion

April 3
James Lindell, Senior Vice President, MWH Americas, Inc.
Tunnel and Reservoir Plan, Chicago

March 27
Dennis Murphy, Retired President, Kiewit Engineering Company
Forces and Anchoring of Caissons for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

March 13
Jeremy Kirk, Structural Engineer, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Trump Tower

February 21
Tony Dalrymple, Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, John Hopkins University
Tsunamis

February 7
Dale Snyder, Project Manager,Perdido Development Project, Shell Oil
Perdido Development Project – The world’s deepest spar and the deepest drilling and production facility in the world