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2012 Tulane Engineering Forum – Friday, March 23, 2012
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans
Second Floor Conference Rooms Above Halls I and J

7:45am • Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:15am • Opening Session Welcome

Donald Vinci, Forum Chairman, Vice President, Gas Distribution, Entergy
Scott S. Cowen, DBA, President, Tulane University

8:45am • Morning Plenary Session

Chair: John R. McGaha, PE, jMc Associates, LLC

Disaster Insights – Policy, Strategy, and Engineering Design

Fukushima Lessons Learned and Applications to US
Tony Pietrangelo, Senior Vice President & Chief Nuclear Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute
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Engineering Design and Human Factors: Insights into Highway Bridge and Tunnel Disasters
Earl F. Weener, PhD, Member, National Transportation Safety Board
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Deepwater Horizon Disaster - Two Years Later
Garret Graves, Director, Governor's Office of Coastal Activities
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10:15am • Break

K-12 Robotics Demonstrations highlighting Innovation, Core Element Display - Innovative Methods for Teaching Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), Forum Sponsor Displays, Information on Tulane Science and Engineering Technology Transfer and Industry Collaboration and Tulane Student Research Posters

10:45am • Concurrent Sessions

Session A - Infrastructure I

Co-chairs: VJ Gopu, PhD, PE Louisiana Transportation Center and University of New Orleans and David Kanger, PE, Modjeski and Masters

Performance of Highway Bridges During Chile Earthquake of February 2010
Ian Buckle, PhD, Professor
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Nevada
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Quantifying Loss of Function of Critical Building Systems Due to Recent Seismic Events
Judith Mitrani-Reiser, PhD, Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University
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The Great Tohoku Tsunami: First Anniversary Reflections
Matthew Francis, PE (Speaker), Sr Program Manager – Infrastructure Resilience URS Corporation and
Gary Chock, PE (co-author), President, Martin and Chock, Inc.
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Session B - Energy I

Co-chairs: John McGaha, PE, jMc Associates, LLC and Doug Meffert, D Env, National Audubon Society

A Global View of the Power Market in the Post-Fukushima Era
Regis A. Matzie, PhD, Executive Consultant, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC
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Louisiana and the Future of American Energy
Michael Hecht, President and CEO, Greater New Orleans, Inc.

Update on United States Energy Policy and Strategy
John T. Jarvis, Partner, McGlotten & Jarvis
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Session C – Petroleum/Natural Gas

Chairman: James E. Orth, ORX Resources, Inc.

Exploration Challenges in Salt Basins
John R. Dribus, Global Geoscience Advisor, Schlumberger Oil Field Services

Global Deepwater Production and Development Challenges
Donal Rajasingam, Asset Leader, Shell Exploration and Production Company
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Oil & Gas Exploration Regulatory Process... The Critical Path
Richard G. Leonhard, Environmental Manager, Project Consulting Services
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Session D - Coastal Restoration

Chair: John J. Kelly III, PhD, Model Software Corp.

2012 Master Plan for Coastal Louisiana
Garret Graves, Director, Governor's Office of Coastal Activities

A Post Panamax Mississippi River Entrance that Works for Both Ships and the Coast
G. Paul Kemp, PhD, Vice President, Louisiana Coastal Initiative, Audubon
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What's the Most Efficient Use of our Limited Water and Money? Engineered Avulsions for Land Building in the Delta
Ben F. Hobbs, Theodore K. and Kay W. Schad Professor of Environmental Management, Director, Environment, Energy, Sustainability & Health Institute, Johns Hopkins University
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12:30pm • Luncheon

Chair: Nicholas Altiero, PhD, Dean, Tulane School of Science and Engineering
The Role of Engineering in Biomedical Translational Research
Sam Michael, Director, Automation and Compound Management (ACOMM), National Institute of Health (NIH), Center for Translational Therapeutics (NCTT)
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2:15pm • Concurrent Sessions

Session E: Infrastructure II

Co-chairs: Robert J. Kahl, US Department of Energy and David Kanger, PE, Modjeski and Masters

The Infrastructure Challenge: Managing Risk, Uncertainty and Expectation in the Constructed Environment
Charles M. Hess, Senior Vice President - Operations, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Group
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Damages to GSA Buildings and Washington National Cathedral due to the August 23 Virginia Earthquake
Amitabha Datta, PE, Structural Engineer, US General Services Administration (GSA)

Risk Assessment and Insurance of Structures
Dorian Grey, Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Senior VP of Energy and Engineered Risks, Chartis Insurance
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Session F: Energy II

Co-chairs: John McGaha, PE, jMc Associates, LLC and Don W. Vinci, Entergy

Underwater Robotics: Technology Adaptations Post BP Oil Spill
George Rey, Commander USN (Retired), President, COTS Technology, LLC
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Leveragine Technology to Improve Emergency Response
Brant Mitchell, Section Chief for Office of Interoperability, La. Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
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Cyber Security Enhancements to Prevent and Mitigate Cyber Threats
Christopher Shipp, Cyber Security Manager, DM Petroleum Operations Company
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Session G: Petrochemical

Co-chairs: Franz Vogt, PE, RAIN CII Carbon and Thomas P. Meehan, Intralox Engineering

The Importance of Energy to Louisiana's Economy
Eric N. Smith, Associate Director, Tulane Energy Institute, Professor of Practice, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
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A Role for the Petroleum Industry in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education
David A. Huete, PE, Principal Development Planner, Shell International E&P Inc.
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Biomolecular Engineering: Applications to Energy, Environment and Health
Anne Skaja Robinson, PhD, Chair, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Catherine and Henry Boh Professor in Engineering, Tulane School of Science and Engineering
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Session H: Levee Protection

Chair: John J. Kelly III, PhD, Model Software Corp.

Overview of the USACE’s IHNC Surge Barrier Project
Gerald R. Doton, Deputy Director of Infrastructure, Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc.
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Overview of the GIWW - West Flood Control Complex
Michael G. Jackson, PE, Executive Vice President, Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc.
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2011 Mississippi River Flood Impacts
Tom A. Holden Jr., PE, Deputy District Engineer for Project Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
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3:45pm • Break

4:00 • Closing Session • Ethics

Chair: Nicholas Altiero, PhD, Dean, Tulane School of Science and Engineering

Ethics: No One Wants to Blow the Whistle: When Must You?
Max. L. Porter, PhD, PE, University Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University
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5:00pm • Program Ends

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