Shad Sargand - Opening Remarks

2018 NHEC - NATIONAL HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING CONFERENCE
"Advancing Hydraulic Engineering through Innovation and Resilient Design"

Tuesday August 28, 2018

---
BIOGRAPHY:
Professor Sargand earned his PhD in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 1981. He subsequently joined the civil engineering department of Ohio University’s Russ College of Engineering and Technology, and was named Russ Professor in 1990. He has authored over 290 journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports. He is the Associate Director of the Ohio Research Institute for Transportation and the Environment. His areas of research interest and expertise include geotechnical engineering, drainage structures, thermoplastic pipes, steel and concrete conduit, flexible and rigid pavements, nondestructive infrastructure test methods, quality assurance/quality control, and finite element modeling. He has received several nationally recognized awards and honors for his research, including the D.R. Harting Award of the Society of Experimental Mechanics in 1992 and 1999. Professor Sargand’s studies have delivered substantial value to industry and government sponsors.
Dr. Sargand’s projects on pipes and drainage include a long-term study of the performance of deeply buried thermoplastic pipes, which has continued for two decades. He developed a method for inspecting and evaluating the condition of pipes and culverts in the field for the Ohio Department of Transportation. He also contributed laboratory test results and finite element modeling of thermoplastic pipes with recycled content for NCHRP Project 04-39, and is investigating the performance of concrete pipe reinforced with synthetic fibers.
---

The Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University, in cooperation with The Ohio Department of Transportation, is proud to have hosted the 2018 National Hydraulic Engineering Conference (NHEC), on August 28-31, at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio. Themed “Advancing Hydraulic Engineering through Innovation and Resilient Design,” the ninth biennial conference addressed the challenges that transportation agencies face to construct, maintain, sustain, and improve hydraulic structures in the physical, natural, social, and economic environments of today and tomorrow.

Presentation topics included stream stability, water quality, stormwater management, climate change, scour, modeling, and related areas. The conference also featured demonstrations, field trips, and short courses for surface transportation officials, including hydraulic engineers, environmental engineers, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) specialists, roadway designers, and other professionals.