U.S. Society on Dams Gene Guilford, gene@ussdams.org, (303)270-0143 U.S. Society on Dams Announces New Officers For Immediate Release (Denver, Colorado, April 12, 2017) – The U.S. Society on Dams has announced the election of new officers of the Society for the positions of President of the Board, Vice President, and Secretary/Treasurer during its recently completed […]

The United States Society on Dams is pleased to announce that it’s 2018 Conference and Exhibition will be held at the Hyatt Regency Miami, Miami, Florida. The 2018 Conference and Exhibition will be held from April 30, 2018, through May 4, 2018. USSD’s conference host will be the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the […]

The United States Society on Dams is pleased to announce that at its recently completed 2017 Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim, California, USSD presented a check for $4,755 to the Orange County STEM program. Pictured here is Leyla Riley, Executive Director of OCSTEM, and Dr. Suma Balachandran, Vice President of GENTERRA Consultants, USSD’s local coordinator […]

Thursday, March 9, 2017 I’m Proud to Be… Since yesterday was International Women’s day, I’m inspired to reflect on why I’m proud to be a woman studying engineering at Purdue. …Motivated by Alumnae Purdue alumnae go on to do amazing things! From Patricia Galloway, BSCE ’78, who became the first female president of the American […]

USSD is proud to join hundreds of groups all across the nation in celebrating Engineers Week, February 19-24, 2017. This year’s theme for Engineer’s Week is “Engineers Dream Big!” The IMAX movie, “Dream Big, Engineering Our World,” is a magnificent celebration of the creativity and passion that embodies engineering beyond the math and science. The […]

VICKSBURG, MISS…The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District recently selected Colby Bankston as chief of its design branch’s levee and drainage section of Engineering and Construction Division. In this position, Bankston will oversee a talented group of engineers and technicians who are responsible for the production of construction plans and specifications for levee and […]

Dina Hunt of MWH now a part of Stantec, chair of te 2017 USSD Annual Conference and Exhibition Planning Committee, is pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the event. The USSD room block at the Anaheim Marriott is just over 50% sold and the booths for the exhibition at the Anaheim Convention […]

This week I had the incredible honor to serve as a keynote speaker for K Water’s International Symposium on Dam Safety Maintenance and Technology in Daejeon, Korea. Listening to the messages of my co-presenters — the general directors of the Korean Water Corporation and the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute — I realized our three independently prepared […]

On behalf of John Wolfhope of Freese & Nichols, Inc., President of the USSD Board of Directors, and Dina Hunt of MWH, Chair of USSD’s 2017 Annual Meeting Planning Committee, it is our pleasure to issue this Call for Papers for USSD’s 2017 Annual Meeting. Our 2017 event will be held at the Marriott Hotel […]