Scholarships

Deepika Ghorasaini, Utah State University - “Backward Erosion Piping: Evaluating Multiple Loading Effects and Head Loss Variability through Laboratory Experiments and Three-Dimensional Modeling”

Brock Huner, Auburn University - "Modeling Dam Overtopping: Remediation Using Biopolymer Mixed Soil"

Lili Rahimikhameneh, Auburn University - "Modeling Progression of Concentrated Leak Erosion in Dams and Levees"

Daniel M. Muschett, Purdue University - "Three-Dimensional Seismic Stability of Earth Dams and Application to the Gatun Dam of the Panama Canal"

Ashley Woodard, University of California Berkeley - “Evaluation Failure Mechanisms of Mine Tailings Dams Under High Stress”

Alicia Walburger, Brigham Young University - “Improvement of Probabilistic Liquefaction Triggering Curves for Gravelly Soil”

Isaac Nedved, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology - “Viability of geomembranes to reduce overtopping and erosion failures in dams and levees”

Johnathan Shelton, Tennessee Technological University - “Comparative Analysis of Dam Stability: Integrating Simplified Methods with FEA Seepage and Undrained Shear Strength Assessments”

Anna Lancaster, Auburn University - “Internal Erosion in Unsaturated Slopes: Experimental Studies and New Monitoring”

Calvin Tohm, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology - “Quantifying the impacts of hydro-mechanical weathering with regards to integrity of small dams and levees”

Flora Xia, California Institute of Technology -
“A Fourier Neural Operator Framework for Seismic Stability Screening of Embankment Slopes”

Golsa Mahdavi, University of Colorado Boulder -
“Digital Twins in Dam Engineering”

Lucas Rivera, MS, New Mexico State University – Field Scaling of Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation for Erosion Control in Sloping Ground

Jingwen He, University of Texas, Austin, Ph.D. Civil Engineering, $5,000 – Development of Seismic Fragility Relationships for Earth Dams

Francisco HumireGuarachi, University of California, Davis, Ph.D. Geotechnical Engineering, $5,000 – Effect of Gradation and Grain Size on the Liquefaction Behavior of Coarse-Grained Soils

Julia Loshelder, University of Arkansas, Ph.D Civil Engineering, $5,000 – Remote Sensing Methods to Monitor the Change in Water Content in Dams

Golsa Mahdavi, University of Colorado, Boulder, Ph.D. Civil (Structural) Engineering, $5,000 – Deterioration of Concrete Dams from Alkali Aggregate Reaction

Jack Cadigan, Louisiana State University – $5,600 Design Trends and Guidance for Substratum Pressure Relief Wells for Dams and Levees Using Computational Methods

Amy Getchell, Purdue University – $4,800 Alternative Use of Synthetic Nanoclay for Permeation Grouting in Dam and Levee Engineering

Michael Kiernan, Auburn University – $4,800 Improving Methods to Evaluate the Effect of Strain-Softening Clays on the Stability of Dams

Tyler Oathes, University of California Davis – $4,800 Implementing the Effect of Strain-Rate on Strain-Softening Clays into Nonlinear Dynamic Analyses

El Hachemi Bouali, Michigan Technological University – $8,000   Numerical Analysis of Embankment and Berm Settlement based on InSAR Remote Sensing Measurements

Sean Salazar, University of Arkansas – $6,000  Satellite Based Radar Remote Sensing for Monitoring of Dams

Carolyne Bocovich, Colorado School of Mines – $4000  Investigation of Backwards Erosion by Data Driven Modeling

Johnathan Blanchard, University of Arkansas –  $2,000 Relative Humidity Inhibitive Coatings for the Reduction of Degradation Caused by Active Alkali-Aggregate Reactions in Dams 

Sean Salazar, University of Arkansas
Remote Sensing for Monitoring of Dams, $10,000

Jennifer Ostrowsky, Utah State University
Evaluating the Ductility, Volumetric Stiffness and Permeability of Soil‐Cement for Cut‐off Wall Backfill Materials, $3,000

Kalie Poston, Tennessee Technological University
Parametric Study of Levee Saturation for Undrained Rapid Drawdown Analysis, $1,000

Carolyne Bocovich, Colorado School of Mines
Investigation of Backwards Piping Erosion by Data Driven Modeling, $1,000

Ali Asghari Tabrizi, a PhD Candidate at the University of South Carolina, received a $10,000 scholarship to support his research, Collection of Perishable Data and Numerical Investigation of Earthen Embankment Failures during the 2015 South Carolina Flood.

Timothy Koch, State University of New York, received a $1,000 scholarship to support his research, Remote Detection and Characterization of Dams using LiDAR Elevation Data.

Lourdes Boulware, a PhD student at Utah State University, received a $10,000 scholarship to support her research, Modeling Geomorphic Features in Levee Reliability Analyses.

Ryan Meier, University of Southern California;

Alexander Sturm, University of California, Davis; and

Ali Asghari Tabrizi, University of South Carolina,

Beena Ajmera, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, received a $10,000 scholarship to support her research, Cyclic Shear Strength Characteristics of Cohesive Materials.

Matthew W. George, Brigham Young University;

Jonathan F. Hubler, University of Michigan; and

Christopher Krage, University of California, Davis, received $1,000 scholarships.

Michael F. George, University of California, Berkeley, received a $10,000 scholarship to support his research, Scour of Discontinuous Blocky Rock.

Allison G. Danner, Oregon State University, and

Minal L. Parekh, Colorado School of Mines, received $1,000 scholarships.

Mark S. Raleigh, a graduate student at the University of Washington, received a $10,000 scholarship to support his research, Improving Representation of High-Elevation Snowpack for Summer Water Supply Forecasting.

Allison G. Danner, Oregon State University, and

Jack A. Montgomery, University of California, Davis, received $1,000 scholarships.

Adam J. Lobbestael, a graduate student at the University of Michigan, received a $10,000 scholarship to support his research, Using Engineered Cementitious Composites to Enhance Risk Mitigation for Levee Systems.

Clinton Carlson, University of Michigan, and

Julie A. Vano, University of Washington, received $1,000 scholarships.

Tiffany E. Adams, Virginia Tech, received a $10,000 scholarship to support her research, Stability of Levees with Deep Mixed Shear Walls.

Jack Montgomery, University of California, Davis, and

Ryan Van Leuven, Utah State University, received $1,000 scholarships.