USSD Monthly News
USSD News
Be sure to check out the Summer 2024 issue of Dams & Levees: Bulletin of the U.S. Society on Dams for a full recap of the 2024 event. The issue will be available on the USSD website in July.

Conference PDHs

Information on how to get your PDH certificates will be emailed to attendees by May 24.

Workshop PDH certificates are now available by logging into the USSD Learning Center

 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!!!

                                                    

  
Dams & Levees: Bulletin of the U.S. Society on Dams is the official publication of USSD and is published four times a year for USSD Members and others in the dam and levee profession. You are invited to submit news items and technical articles. 

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USSD Membership
  
USSD is a world-class organization of engineering professionals who advance the environmentally sustainable science of planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of dams, levees and associated civil engineering projects. Our members lead the nation, and work with partner organizations worldwide, to resolve the world’s most critical resource problem: access to clean water.
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Short- and long-term volunteer opportunities are available on both our Technical and Operating committees. Visit the Committees page of the USSD website to learn more about the various committees and find a match for your interests and goals.
 
Contact Tonia Bengtson for more information.
General Industry News

Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation
By Anil K Chopra

Earthquake analysis and design of concrete dams has progressed from static force methods based on seismic coefficients to modern procedures that are based on the dynamics of dam–water–foundation systems. Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams offers a comprehensive, integrated view of this progress over the last fifty years. The book offers an understanding of the limitations of the various methods of dynamic analysis used in practice and develops modern methods that overcome these limitations. 

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*If you have any issues using the link above, visit www.wiley.com and search for Earthquake Engineering for Concrete Dams: Analysis, Design, and Evaluation.

Industry News & Updates
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with U.S. and international partners, published a joint guide, “Mitigating Cyber Threats with Limited Resources: Guidance for Civil Society,” for civil society organizations and individuals to mitigate the threat of observed malicious behavior by state-sponsored cyber operations.  
A secure by design software development program necessitates formal efforts to eliminate entire classes of defect before the product ships rather than playing whack-a-mole with defects that appear on customer systems in production.
  
It is with profound sadness we announce that the dam safety community recently lost one of our great engineers – Jay Thom. For those of us who knew Jay, this loss cuts deep.

Jay was heavily involved in dam engineering across the western states for over the past 40 years; he was a champion for dam safety in Montana and a contributing member to the national dam safety community, including serving on committees for ASDSO and USSD.
Schnabel Engineering
KGS Group
ICOLD News

Chinese National Committee on Large Dams (CHINCOLD), Spanish National Committee on Large Dams (SPANCOLD), Brazilian Dam Committee (CBDB), and U.S. Society on Dams (USSD) have the honor to invite professionals to the 5th International Symposium on Dam Safety, which will be held Sept. 24-28, 2024, in Yichang City, China.

Visit the event website for detailed event and registration information.

Dates for the 92nd ICOLD Annual Meeting have been changed to Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2024. Visit the ICOLD 2024 website for detailed event information.

The East Asian Area Dam Conference (EADC) was formed in 2004 by the Japan Commission on Large Dams (JCOLD), the Chinese National Committee on Large Dams (CHINCOLD), and the Korea National Committee on Large Dams (KNCOLD).

JCOLD will be hosting the 12th East Asian Dam Conference on June 3-7, 2024, in Nagoya, Japan. Event and registration details can be viewed online.

Industry Events
SAVE THE DATE! Schnabel Engineering is proud to announce the International RCC Dam Seminar and Study Tour will be held June 10-12, 2024, in Denver, Colorado!

DFI's 49th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations is Oct. 7-10, 2024, in Aurora, Colorado — just outside of Denver. The theme of this international conference is Water — Resiliency — Infrastructure.

Visit DFI49 event website for more information.

Sczurko joined WSP in 2022 and most recently led the firm’s Earth and Environment business in the U.S. He is based in Portland, Maine. Peters joined WSP in 2017 and most recently served as West region president. He is based in Irvine, California.
Hydro Component Systems, LLC
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