INTERA’s Phil Dompe, PE, Senior Coastal Engineer, is a co-author on an article recently featured in the Civil Engineering Magazine of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The article is entitled, “Designed for Durability” and discusses the Marc Basnight Bridge, which was completed this year and traverses the Oregon Inlet, one of the most dynamic and dangerous inlets on the Atlantic Cost. A bridge of this scale requires a solid foundation, so in order to accommodate varying scour profiles and subsurface conditions the geotechnical and structural project engineers developed a first-of-its-kind driven pile foundation verification method. The project team, which included INTERA, addressed all of the design challenges and provided the North Carolina Department of Transportation with the best value solution for the demanding project. The Marc Basnight Bridge also took the top honor in the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Southeast 2019 Regional Award for Best Project in the Highway/Bridge Category, as well as the ASCE North Carolina Section 2019 Project of the Year Award. To read, “Designed for Durability” visit: https://www.asce.org/cemagazine/designed-for-durability/.
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Dan Haddock to Present and David Jordan to Moderate AWWA’s Webinar
INTERA’s Dan Haddock, PE, Principal Water Resources Engineer and Director of Water Utility Services, will be speaking at an upcoming webinar held by American Water Works Association (AWWA) on October 2, 2019 at 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM. The session entitled Proactive Approaches to Optimize Well Field Management will be moderated by David Jordan, PE, Principal Water Resources Engineer and Vice President at INTERA, and will focus on the causes of biological, physical, and chemical fouling of wells. The best design practices to mitigate future fouling and to maximize wellfield lifespan will also be discussed. For more information and to register visit:
Continue ReadingDr. Abhishek Singh and Shaden Musleh to Publish Article in HydroVisions
Dr. Abhishek Singh, PE, a Senior Water Resources Engineer at INTERA and Manager of California Operations, and Shaden Musleh, PE, a Principal Water Resources Engineer at INTERA, were featured in the HydroVisions September 2019 issue in an article entitled (Ground)Water Management in the West – Part 2: Colorado. The article is the second in a 17-part series that focuses on water management approaches throughout the western United States and aims to compare the water management practices in these states with the system in California.
Continue ReadingINTERA’s Dr. Quentin Giraud to Speak at RemTech Europe
INTERA’s Dr. Quentin Giraud, an Environmental Modeler in our Lyon office, will be presenting at the RemTech Europe conference being held in Ferrara, Italy, from September 18-20. Dr. Giraud’s presentation entitled, “3D Numerical Modelling of an In Situ Field Scale Pulsed Pumping Process of a Large DNAPL Pool in a Keyed Enclosure”, will be presented during Topic 5: Groundwater Remediation on September 19. INTERA is also sponsoring the event. For more information, visit: http://www.remtechexpo.com/index.php/it/descrizione/manifestazioni-parallele/remtech-europe
Continue ReadingINTERA to Support the Supercomputing Challenge Program in New Mexico
INTERA recently donated to The Supercomputing Challenge, a 501(c)3 program in New Mexico that is dedicated to promoting interest in math and science amongst students in grades 4-12. INTERA believes that the program’s cause aligns with our values of stewardship and excellence, so we are happy to support the program as they give a space for future generations to learn valuable skills in STEM.
The Supercomputing Challenge is a long-established 501(c)3 program in New Mexico dedicated to promoting interest in math and science among elementary, middle, and high-school students. The program’s hope is to “promote critical thinking and project-based learning in science and engineering so that the next generation of high school graduates is better prepared to compete in an information-based economy.” Additionally, the program does its best to recruit students who are underrepresented in STEM and lack the resources to complete these projects on their own.
The Challenge’s participants form teams and choose a computational science project to work on all year long using high-performance supercomputers. The program’s sponsors are a network of federal laboratories, universities, and businesses who help provide mentors, teachers, competition judges, training sessions, project equipment, and time on supercomputers. A finalist judge for the 2018-2019 competition year said, “The first and second place teams did astonishing, professional level work. By the time they graduate from high school, they will quite likely have done more to benefit mankind than most folks accomplish in a lifetime.”
Shaden Musleh to Present and Dr. Abhishek Singh to Chair at GRA’s 2019 Annual Western Groundwater Congress
INTERA’s Shaden Musleh, PE, Senior Water Resources Engineer, will be presenting at the Groundwater Resources Association (GRA) of California’s Second Annual Western Groundwater Congress in Sacramento, CA, which will be held September 17-19. Mr. Musleh’s presentation entitled, “An Overview of Groundwater Administration in an Over-appropriated Basin in Colorado: South Platte River Basin”, will be presented during Track 1: Water Resources, Reining in the Horses: Local Approaches and Case Studies on September 17. The session will be chaired by Dr. Abhishek Singh, PE, also a Senior Water Resources Engineer at INTERA, and will focus on what California water managers and stakeholders can learn from challenges and solutions implemented in other Western states. INTERA is also a sponsor and will be an exhibitor at the event.
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