 Craig A. Davis, Ph.D., P.E., G.E.
Geotechnical Enigneering Manager
Dr. Craig Davis is responsible for managing geotechnical engineering, geotechnical projects and overseeing a $1 billion dam and reservoir development program. He is a California licensed Civil and Geotechnical Engineer and received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the California Polytechnic State University in San Louis Obispo, CA, an M.S. in Civil University of Southern California in 1991, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with emphasis in geotechnical earthquake engineering from the University of Southern California in 2000. He has worked for the LADWP since 1987 where he has investigated and evaluated numerous dams, managed several multimillion dollar projects, and implemented unique and innovative designs.
Dr. Davis is actively involved in earthquake, geotechnical, and lifeline engineering research, developing a number of case studies from the 1971 San Fernando and 1994 Northridge earthquakes and performing evaluations on the seismic performance of dams and reservoirs, pipelines and underground structures, and the effects of ground deformations on water system facilities. Dr. Davis has published over 50 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings and has co-organized national and international workshops on water systems and earthquake related aspects. Committee Members:
 Dean, College of Engineering
Professor Bardet's research interests includes 1. Geomechanics and geotechnical engineering; 2. Geotechnical earthquake engineering and post-earthquake reconnaissance; 3.Granular mechanics and computational geomechanics. He received an Engineer's degree from Ecole Centrale, France. He obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from California Institute of Technology in 1979 and 1984, respectively.
Among other distinctions, Dr. Bardet was awarded the Young Presidential Investigator Award of the National Science Foundation and the Gillbreth lecture of the National Academy of Engineering. He authored a textbook in experimental soil mechanics and more than 100 technical publications. He is an associate editor of several professional journals in engineering. Francis Gularte
Senior Vice President, Hayward Baker, Inc.
Mr. Gularte received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Southern California in 1970, and a M.S. in Civil Engineering from Northewestern University in 1971.
 Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
The University of Kansas
Dr. Jie Han is a professor at Department of Civil, Environmental, and
Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas in the United States. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1997 and has been a professional engineer in Georgia since 1998. Prior to joining the University of Kansas in August 2004, Dr. Han was an assistant professor at Department of Civil Engineering at Widener University from 2001 to 2004 and a manager of technology development at Tensar Earth Technologies, Inc. from 1997 to 2001. Prof. Han’s research and practical experiences have dealt with geosynthetics-reinforced earth structures, ground improvement, pile foundations, and pavement applications. Prof. Han has coauthored three technical books, edited two ASCE Geotechnical Special Publications, and published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal papers and conference papers. Dr. Han has given a number of keynote or invited lectures in Australia, China, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the USA. He was one of sixteen invited Top Name Speakers for the 1999 ASCE/Pa DOT Geotechnical Seminar. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, the Advisory Board/Editorial Panel of the International Journal of Geomechanics, the Editorial Board of International Journal of Geomechanics and Geoengineering, the ASCE Geosynthetic Committee, the ASCE Ground Improvement Committee, and TRB A2K07 Committee on Geosynthetics. He was the Secretary General and Technical Committee Co-Chair for the GeoShanghai International Conference held in Shanghai, China from June 6 to 8 2006; the co-chair of the US-China Workshop on Ground Improvement Technologies held in Orlando, the USA on March 14, 2009; an international advisory board member, technical committee member, or session chair for a number of international conferences; and a member of review panels for the U.S. National Science Foundation and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Prof. Han has received a number of research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Federal Highway Administration, Kansas Department of Transportation, Delaware Transportation Institute, the University of Kansas, Widener University, and industries. His total research expenditure has been more than 2 million U.S. dollars. Prof. Han received the Short-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 2002. He was the recipient of Bellows Scholar Award from School of Engineering at the University of Kansas in 2006, the Miller Professional Development Award for Distinguished Service to the Engineering Profession from School of Engineering at the University of Kansas in 2007, and the best paper award from the U.S. Transportation Research Board in 2008.  Senior Water Resources Technical Advisor
Dr. Harder is a Senior Water Resources Technical Advisor in the Folsom office. His primary duties are to manage and provide technical support for the planning and design of water resources and environmental restoration related projects. These projects include conducting hydrology and hydraulic analyses, conducting flood hazard assessments, formulating flood damage reduction plans, conducting reconnaissance and feasibility level planning studies, and preparing final designs and construction documents. His responsibilities also include business development, scoping new work and preparing proposals, scheduling work with subordinates, providing training and reviewing work.
Dr. Harder has also worked on several projects with the United States Army Corps of Engineers involving levee designs and design criteria, and has been involved in several post-earthquake reconnaissance studies of the performance of earth structures. Recently, Dr. Harder was part of the National Science Foundation team that studied the performance of levees in the New Orleans area following Hurricane Katrina. In 2008, he was appointed by the Assistant Secretary of the Army to serve on the National Committee on Levee Safety, a committee mandated by the United States Congress to develop and recommend a new national levee safety program. Dr. Harder also serves as the Chair of the Board of Senior Consultants for the Natomas Levee Improvement Program.  Manager of Dam Safety
John is currently holding a position as the Manager of Dam Safety in Engineering and Technical Services (E&TS) Division, Power Production Department, in Southern California Edison, a company where John has served for over 30 years. Prior to his current assignment, John has performed engineering design, supervision, and project management duties on various nuclear, fossil, and hydro generating projects in the SCE. Between 1996 and 1998, John was hired as an International Consultant by the Federal Government of the Philippines in supporting the “Post-Pinatubo Seismic Retrofit Project” for the national highway infrastructures. The project was financed by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Recently, John was one of the Steering Committee Members for the First Dam Safety Western Regional Forum held in San Francisco in January, 2009. John is currently leading the SCE “Dam Safety Risk Assessment Program (DSRAP)” which will build a strong foundation for the company’s Dam Safety Improvement Programs.
John received his BS degree in Civil Engineering at Taipei Technical University in Taiwan, and his MS degree in Civil Engineering at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. He is a Registered Civil Engineering in California.  Xiangwu (David) Zeng, Ph.D.
Chairman and Frank H. Neff Endowed Chair Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Case Western Reserve Univeristy
University of Cambridge, England Civil Engineering Ph.D., 1991
University of Cambridge, England Civil Engineering M.Phil, 1987 Tsinghua University, China Civil Engineering B. Eng, 1985 Research Activities Over one hundred publications in journals and conference proceedings. PI or Co-PI for more than 30 research projects. Supervised more than 30 graduate students. Synergistic Activities 1) Chair, Committee on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, ASCE, March 2009 –present, Co-Chair, 2005 – 2009. 2) Editor of Proceedings for Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No.181, 2008. 3) NASA Faculty Fellow, 2004, 2006, 2007. 4) UCITE Learning Fellow for developing curriculum, Case Western Reserve University, 2004. 5) Chairman of Organizing Committee, NSF International Workshop on Seismic Stability of Tailings Dams, 2003. |
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