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The IPET Leadership
November 24, 2007
Summary: Of the top three leaders, two work for USACE and one did for 15 years (1986-2002).
Of the 23 task team leaders, 6 work for the Army Corps and 7 work for Army R&D (sister to Corps).
Three (3) are government scientists and/or employees. Only 7 (out of 23) are non-government.
Conclusion: The majority of the leaders in IPET work for the US Army and the top three work for the
US Army Corps of Engineers.
Leaders:
Project Director
Dr. Lewis E. (Ed) Link Dr. Link was a senior executive in various research and development positions
in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1986 to 2002, rising to the position of Director of Research
and Development. Senior Fellow in the R.H. Smith School of Business. and Senior Research Engineer
in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland.
Technical Director,
Dr. John Jaeger is Chief of the Engineering and Construction Services Division of the Huntington
(WV) District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Project Manager
Jeremy Stevenson is a civil engineer in the Cost Engineering Section of the Huntington (WV) District,
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Task Team Co-leaders
Data Collection and Management Team
Denise Martin is a computer scientist at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Dr. Reed L. Mosher is a Senior Scientific Technical Manager at the U.S. Army Engineer Research
and Development Center
Geodetic Vertical and Water Level Datum Assessment
James Garster is team leader in the Geospatial Applications Branch at the U.S. Army Engineer
Research and Development Center
David Zilkoski is the Director of the National Geodetic Survey, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Hurricane Surge and Wave Analysis
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Bruce Ebersole is Chief of the Flood and Storm Protection Division at the U.S. Army Engineer
Research and Development Center
Dr. Joannes Westerink is an associate professor in Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences at the
University of Norte Dame
Hydrodynamic Forces Analysis
Dr. Robert Dean is an Emeritus Graduate Research Professor in the Civil and Coastal Engineering
Department at the University of Florida.
Dr. Don Resio is a Senior Technologist at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.
He directs the Corps of Engineers MORPHOS project
Geotechnical Structure Performance Analysis
Dr. Michael Sharp is the Technical Director for Civil Works Infrastructure at the U.S. Army Engineer
Research and Development Center (ERDC).
Dr. Scott Steedman is a civil engineer and consultant based in London
Floodwall and Levee Performance Analysis
Dr. J. Michael Duncan is a University Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for
Geotechnical Practice at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Dr. Reed L. Mosher is a Senior Scientific Technical Manager at the U.S. Army Engineer Research
and Development Center.
Pumping Station Performance Analysis
Robert Howard is Director of Operations for the South Florida Water Management District,
Brian L. Moentenich is the national mechanical design expert for hydroelectric and large pump
houses for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Interior Drainage/Flooding Analysis
Steve Fitzgerald is the Chief Engineer for the Harris County Flood Control District
Jeff Harris is the Chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Hydrology and Hydraulics Technology
Division, Institute for Water Resources, Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC), at Davis, CA
Consequence Analysis
Dr. Patrick Canning is a Senior Economist at the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Dr. David A. Moser is the Chief Economist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Senior Team
Leader--Economics at the Institute for Water Resources
Risk and Reliability Analysis
Jerry Foster is President of Foster Engineering Services.
Bruce C. Muller, Jr. is the Chief of the Dam Safety Office for the Bureau of Reclamation.
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