Lucas de Melo, PhD, PE, (Maryland) has published a paper on “Modeling Knowledge Uncertainty and Dam Safety: The Benefit of Using Logic and Event Trees” at the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Annual Meeting at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre (Svenska Mässan) in Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden, on June 13 and 14, 2023.
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Lucas de Melo, Ph.D., PE (Maryland) will present "Challenges of Managing Risk for Tailings Dams Under a Water Dam Regulatory Framework," and Conrad Ginther, PE. (Tennessee) and Mike Houlihan, PE (Maryland) will moderate sessions on dam safety and stability at the Dam Safety 2021 National Conference at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee on September 9-15, 2021.
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David Espinoza, Ph.D., PE, (Maryland) and Lucas de Melo, Ph.D., PE, (Maryland) coauthored an article entitled “Application of Hybrid Drained-Undrained Model for Analyzing the Stability of Reinforced Soil Structures Over Soft Foundations with Prefabricated Vertical Drains” for publication in the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories on November 19, 2020.
Lucas de Melo, Ph.D., PE (Maryland) will present “Summary of Technical Causes of the 2019 Feijao Iron Mine Tailings Dam 1 Failure (Brumadinho, Brazil)” as part of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Twin Cities Subsection’s Lecture Series on November 19, 2020.
Geosyntec professionals will make a substantial technical contribution at the 2019 United States Society on Dams Conference and Exhibition at the Chicago Hilton in Illinois on April 8-11, 2019.
Leading Geosyntec dam practitioners will present at the 2018 United States Society on Dams (USSD) Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Miami, Florida on April 30 – May 4, 2018.
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