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8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration and Coffee |
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM | Welcome and Introduction Sarah E Mouring, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE Associate Dean for Engineering & Weapons, US Naval Academy Ming Liu, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE Research Engineer, Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center US Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command |
9:10 AM – 10:00 AM | The Role Of Performance-Based Engineering in Managing Risk to
Coastal Infrastructure in a Changing Climate Bruce R. Ellingwood, Ph.D., P.E., NAE, F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE Professor, Colorado State University |
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | NAVFAC FSR Project on Extreme Design Loads Due to Climate Change Ming Liu |
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Break |
10:45 AM – 11:05 AM | Compounding Effects of Rainfall and Sea Level Rise Mari R. Tye, Ph.D., C.Eng., M.ASCE, M.ICE Project Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research |
11:05 AM – 11:25 AM | Overview of Design Standards for Piers and Wharves Omar A Jaradat, Ph.D., P.E., D.PE, M.ASCE VP - Structures Technical Director, Moffatt & Nichol |
11:25 AM – 11:45 AM | Wind Loads In ASCE/SEI 7: Past, Present, and Future Yue Li, Ph.D., M.ASCE Professor, Case Western Reserve University |
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM | Break |
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | Keynote: Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Infrastructure Mark G. Stewart, Ph.D., FTSE, FIEAust, FIAPS, FRSN Distinguished Professor, University of Technology Sydney, AU |
12:45 AM – 2:00 PM | Lunch |
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | U.S. Coastal Storm Hazards, Coastal Hazards System and
StormSim Jeffrey A Melby, Ph.D., P.E., D.CE, M.ASCE Researcher, US Army Corps of Engineers (Retired) |
2:20 PM – 2:40 PM | Incorporating Climate Change into Hurricane Hazard Modeling Peter J. Vickery, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE Principal Engineer, Applied Research Associates (Retired) |
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM | Calcasieu LNG Marine Terminal and Floodwall Jeffrey G. Shelden, P.E., M.ASCE VP- Senior Coastal Engineer, Moffatt & Nichol |
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Break |
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM | Group Discussions on Extreme Wind Loads - Non-stationary wind loads - Load combinations with extreme winds - Recommendations for UFC updating |
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Coffee |
9:00 AM – 9:40 AM | US Naval Academy Research and Development on Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise |
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM | USACE Climate Exposure Summary-Naval Support Activity-Annapolis,
MD Connie Ramsey Acting Section Chief, Installation Support Branch, Planning Division Baltimore District, US Army Corps of Engineers |
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM | Recent changes to ASCE/SEI 7-22 Chapter 5 Flood Loads Daniel T. (Dan) Cox, Ph.D., M.ASCE Professor, Oregon State University |
10:20 AM – 10:40 AM | New York City Waterfront Communities in a Changing
Climate Joseph Ackroyd, P.E., M.ASCE Assistant Commissioner for Technical Affairs & Code Development New York City Department of Buildings |
10:40 AM – 10:55 AM | Break |
10:55 AM – 12:25 PM | Group Discussions on Sea Level Rise (SLR) and Coastal
Flooding - Non-stationary SLR - FEMA flooding maps - Compounding effects - Recommendations for UFC updating |
12:25 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch and U.S. Naval Academy Campus Tour |
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM | Infrastructure Resilience and Functional Recovery
Terri McAllister, Ph.D., P.E., F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE Acting Division Chief for Materials and Structural Systems and Program Manager for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning National Institute of Standards and Technology |
2:20 PM – 2:40 PM | ASCE 7-28 Climate Change Donald R. (Don) Scott, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE President, Don Scott Consulting, PLLC. |
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM | NAVFAC Resilience Criteria Program Robert R. (Russ) Cooper, PE, LSS BB NAVFAC Facility Resiliency Criteria Manager |
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM | Increasing Resilience in Structural UFCs Curtis Craven, P.E. NAVFAC Structural Criteria Manager |
3:20 PM – 3:35 PM | Break |
3:35 PM – 4:00 PM | Key Findings (Wind, Flood and SLR) from the Breakout Sessions Michel Ghosn, Ph.D., F.SEI, M.ASCE Professor, City College of The City University of New York (CUNY) Kenneth E. Kunkel, Ph.D. Lead Scientist, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies Professor, North Carolina State University Balaji Rajagopalan, Ph.D., M. ASCE Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder |
4:00 PM 4:15 PM | Recommendations to UFCs from the Workshop Omar A Jaradat, Ph.D., P.E., D.PE, M.ASCE VP - Structures Technical Director, Moffatt & Nichol |
4:15 PM – 4:35 PM | Closure Remarks: Life-Cycle Engineering and Optimization for
Resilience and Adaptation Strategies of Coastal Infrastructure Dan M. Frangopol, Sc.D, P.E., F.EMI, F.SEI, Dist.M.ASCE Professor, Lehigh University |
4:35 PM – 4:40 PM | Workshop on Resilience of Navy Waterfront Facilities in a Changing
Climate Part II: Infrastructure Resilience Planning and Life-Cycle Engineering Ming Liu |