Against the Deluge: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City

Monday, March 30th - Part I. THE THREAT OF COASTAL FLOODING

First Half - Session Chair: Michael Lorczak, P.E., AECOM, New York, NY (ASCE Met Section President)

Introduction - Dr. Douglas Hill, P.E., Consulting Engineer, Huntington, NY
The New Orleans Levees: The Worst Engineering Catastrophe in U.S. History – What Went Wrong and Why -Lawrence H. Roth, P.E., G.E., F.ASCE, Deputy Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA
Quantifying Wind Risk: Present and Future - Dr. Kerry Emanuel and Dr. Sai Ravela, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Storm Surge Modeling and Climatology for the New York City Metropolitan Region - Dr. Brian A. Colle and Dr. Frank Buonaiuto, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Second Half - Session Chair: Mike Bobker, Co-Chair, Environmental Sciences Steering Committee, NYAS

Hydrodynamic/GIS Simulation of Storm Surge Flooding in the NY/NJ Harbor System - Nicholas Kim, Brian George and Philip Simmons, HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ
Vulnerability and Potential Losses in NYC from Coastal Flooding - Joshua Friedman, Hazard Impact Modeler, New York City Office of Emergency Management, New York, NY
Hydrologic Feasibility of Storm Surge Barriers - Dr. Malcolm Bowman, P.E., Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Review Panel: Should Barriers be Built in NYC? - Warren Kurtz, P.E., Chairman, Consulting Engineer, Armonk, NY; Joseph Seebode, Deputy District Engineer, New York District, US Army Corps of Engineers, New York City; Larry Roth, P.E., G.E., Deputy Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA

Tuesday, March 31st - Part II. ENGINEERING THE STORM SURGE BARRIERS

First Half - Session Chair: Dr. Rae Zimmerman, Professor, NYU-Wagner Graduate School, New York, NY

The Delta Project: Past and Future - Dr. Jeroen Aerts and W. Botzen, IVM-VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Regulatory Considerations for a Storm Barrier System - Michael Scarano, P.E., Deputy Chief, Regulatory Branch, US Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, New York City
Storm Surge Barriers: Several Ecological and Social Concerns - Dr. R.L. Swanson, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Geotechnical Aspects of Three Storm Surge Barrier Sites - Hugh S. Lacy, P.E., Hugh S. Lacy, P.E., Anthony DeVito, P.E., and Athena C. De Nivo, P.E., Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, New York, NY
A Global Overview of Navigable Storm Surge Barriers from a Dutch Perspective - Piet Dircke, Arcadis NV, Arnhem, Netherlands

Second Half - Session Chair: Dr. Douglas Hill, P.E., Consulting Engineer, Huntington, NY

Student Designs of Storm Surge Barriers for the New York Metropolitan Area - Dr. Anne Ronan, P.E., Cooper Union, New York, NY
Conceptual Design of an East River Storm Surge Barrier - Michael J. Abrahams, P.E., F.ASCE, Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York, NY
Verrazano Narrows Storm Surge Barrier - Peter Jansen and Piet Dircke, Arcadis NV, Arnhem, Netherlands
Arthur Kill Storm Surge Barrier Design Concept - Lawrence J. Murphy, P.E. and Thomas R. Schoettle, P.E., Camp Dresser & McKee, New York City
NY-NJ Outer Harbor Gateway - Dennis V. Padron, P.E., Halcrow Inc., New York City; Graeme Forsythe, FICE, FIES, Halcrow Group, United Kingdom
Panel Discussion – Can Barriers be Built in NYC? - Dr. F.H. "Bud" Griffis, Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, NY and the above speakers

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2009 - Against the Deluge: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City