Structures and Hydraulics

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Wednesday, October 17
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Room: Rudder Auditorium

Program and Session Co-Chairs:
Kathleen D. Newton, P.E., CFM, Austin District, TxDOT
Mary Beth Hueste, P.E., Ph.D., Texas A&M University and TTI

	Moderator: Keith Taylor, P.E., Austin District, TxDOT
8:30 – 8:50 a.m.	Observation Method: A New Tool for the Bridge Scour Engineer Jean-Louis Briaud, P.E., Ph.D, Texas A&M University (Briaud presentation slides, 2.9MB \| Briaud presentation video)
8:50 – 9:10 a.m.	Bridge Decks: Surfacing and Joint Options Doug Beer, P.E., Bridge Division, TxDOT (Beer presentation slides, 7.1MB \| Beer presentation video)
9:10 – 9:30 a.m.	Inspection of Steel and Timber Piling Bernie Carrasco, P.E., Bridge Division, TxDOT (Carrasco presentation slides, 4.1MB \| Carrasco presentation video)
9:30 – 10:00 a.m.	Abutment Distress Research Findings Frank Estrada, P.E., Fort Worth District, TxDOT Gregory M. Kochersperger, P.E., HDR, Inc. (Estrada and Kochersperger presentation slides, 2.7MB \| Estrada and Kochersperger presentation video)
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.	BREAK
	Moderator: Steven Austin, P.E., Bridge Division, TxDOT
10:30 – 10:50 a.m.	Assessment of HEC-22 Equations for the Design of Curb Inlets Saul Nuccitelli, P.E., CFM, Design Division, TxDOT (Nuccitelli presentation slides, 1.6MB \| Nuccitelli presentation video)
10:50 – 11:10 a.m.	TxDOT Development of SUDA Tools Abderrahmane Maamar-Tayeb, P.E., Design Division, TxDOT (Maamar-Tayeb presentation slides, 2.0MB \| Maamar-Tayeb presentation video)
11:10 – 11:30 a.m.	Historic Truss Management Plan Jamie Griffin, P.E., Bridge Division, TxDOT (Griffin presentation slides, 3.1MB \| Griffin presentation video)
11:30 a.m. – Noon	HEC-GeoRAS Jorge A. Millán, P.E., CFM, Austin District, TxDOT (Millan presentation slides, 12.5MB \| Millan presentation video)