Dam

June 8, 2021 – Online On June 8th at 12:00 PM Pacific, David Paul, P.E. presented his lecture “Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation.” This lecture addressed the foundation engineering challenges related to karst geology and reducing the risk of failure of the dam which would be catastrophic […]

The failure of the Teton Dam in June 1976, prompted the U. S. government to enact dam safety legislation and a robust and active dam safety program to monitor the approximate 90,500 dams registered in the National Inventory of Dams (NID) maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

April 7, 2021 – Online On April 7th 12:00 PM Eastern, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture “Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation.” This lecture addresses the foundation engineering challenges related to karst geology and reducing the risk of failure of the dam which would be catastrophic […]

March 18, 2021 – Online On March 18th at 12:00 PM Eastern, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture “Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation.” This lecture addresses the foundation engineering challenges related to karst geology and reducing the risk of failure of the dam which would be […]

March 12, 2021 – Online On March 12th at 12:00 PM Eastern – 1:00 PM Central, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture “Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation.” This lecture addresses the foundation engineering challenges related to karst geology and reducing the risk of failure of the […]

March 11, 2021 – Online On March 11th at 12:00 PM Pacific, David Paul, P.E. will present his lecture “Emergency Repairs to the Mosul Dam: A High Risk Dam on Karst Foundation.” This lecture addresses the foundation engineering challenges related to karst geology and reducing the risk of failure of the dam which would be […]

On October 27th, join Dave Paul as he explores lessons learned from the Teton Dam failure with the ASCE Chicago chapter. This presentation will review geotechnical aspects of the failure and the cultural shift in dam engineering. This lecture will be delivered as a webinar.

October 14, 2020 – Online David Paul delivers a virtual talk on the “Dam Safety program and positive impacts on critical infrastructure. The 2020-2021 DFI Traveling Lecturer, David Paul, presented a virtual lecture, “Forty Years of Dam & Levee Safety” to the ASCE New York chapter. The lecture focused on the failure of the Teton […]