With a schedule spread out over a two-week period, you have the choice to participate in real time or later on-demand in USSD's Learning Center. Join us for three general sessions, approximately 58 topic-specific technical sessions, two workshops, and a myriad of networking opportunities to meet with companies in the marketplace or other attendees. You can also win some great prizes by participating in the USSD Step Challenge and Trivia game.

The Education & Training Committee opened its Call for Workshops for the Fall Workshop Series scheduled for Oct. 5-7, 2021 in Denver, CO.

 

The Call for Papers for the 2022 conference in San Diego will open May 3. With what will be the first face-to-face conference in two years, we look forward to another excellent technical program under the leadership of Conference Technical Program Chair Joe Goldstein (Geosyntec).

Did you know that USSD sustaining and organizational level members can post open job positions for free? There is a $50 charge for individual members and $250 for nonmembers for each job opening. 
 
Your job openings are posted on the ussdams.org website as well as on USSD's social media sites. 
 
We're happy to announce that as part of our partnership working with Hydro Leader magazine, job postings will now also be included in future issues of the magazine, space permitting. 
 
Submit your open positions here. 
 
To view current job openings click below. 

Schnabel Engineering expanded its regional leadership by promoting Principal Engineer, Joe Monroe, PE to Southern Regional Manager for the Dams Business Unit. The role is Schnabel’s second Regional Manager role after promoting Tom Fitzgerald, PE to Western Regional Manager in 2020.

The ICOLD Annual Meeting and Congress is scheduled for Nov 12-19, 2021. The French National Committee, host of this Congress, is seeking input to ascertain the willingness and intent on traveling to Marseille later this year. They have asked each of the National Committees to provide this information in time for the ICOLD board meeting, May 10.

 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have updated the Dams Sector Resources Fact Sheet.

This latest issue includes a great article featuring mother-daughter dam professionals, USSD President Denise Bunte-Bisnett (Santee Cooper) and Rachael Bisnett (Stantec).

FLOW-3D HYDRO presents the Advanced free surface modeling webinar. Click below for more details on the full technical webinar series.

Beginning April 28, the Portland Cement Association will present 10 free one-hour webinars live on Wednesdays at 10 am CST.