Brian J. Swenty, Ph.D. P.E.

Professor & Chair

Mechanical and Civil Engineering Department

University of Evansville

Fall Schedule ¨ Office e-mail: bs3@evansville.edu  ¨ Home e-mail: cfswenty@rollanet.org

Office Phone 812.488.2661 ¨ Office Location: KC 268A

Home Phone 573.364.0415 ¨ CE Program Objectives and Outcomes

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1989

M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 1977

B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1976

Registered Professional Engineer: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri

Specialty Areas in Civil Engineering

Hydraulic Engineering – Hydrologic Modeling

Environmental Engineering – Geotechnical Engineering (Slope Stability)

Dam Failures such as the recent failure of AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Reservoir pump storage project are a tragic reminder of the need for dam safety laws and regulations in the United States as well as regular inspections of dams.  Approximately 1.5 billion gallons of water were released from the reservoir during a 12 minute period beginning at 5:12 a.m. on the morning of December 14, 2005.  A wall of water was released down forested slopes to the East Fork of the Black River and eventually through Johnson Shut-ins state park where extensive damage occurred.  The flood wave left a path of exposed bedrock where forest previously existed.  I have spent most of my professional career designing, inspecting and analyzing earth, rockfill and tailings dams.  It is incumbent upon the civil engineering profession to insure that civil engineers who design and supervise construction of dams have extensive experience and possess knowledge in the fields of geotechnical engineering, hydraulic and hydrologic engineering and local site geology.

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          AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Reservoir in southeast Missouri

Fall 2007 Courses

CE 469

CE 380

WC 110

Links to Other Sites: ASCE;  ASDSO;  Code of Federal Regulations;  Corps of Engineers HEC Center;

World Cultures; Statutes; Institute for Creation Research

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