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LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER Journal of the Louisiana Section http://www.lasce.org ACADIANA • BATON ROUGE • NEW ORLEANS • SHREVEPORT FEATURE: Physical Modeling Using Wave Basins: Evaluating wave attenuation for alternative, biologically dominated, intertidal breakwater systems NEWS: Louisiana Section Installation & Awards Luncheon 143rd Annual ASCE Conference, Charlotte, NC HELP US INDENTIFY CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS ACROSS THE STATE FOR OUR CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION!!! www.lasce.org/timeline.aspx Robert W. 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Ronald Schumann, Jr., PE [email protected] 2 LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – NOVEMBER 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2013 • Vol. 22 • No. 1 Section Roster . 4 President’s Message . 5 Regional News . 6 Physical Modeling Using Wave Basins: Evaluating wave attenuation for The Louisiana Section of the American Society of alternative, biologically dominated, intertidal breakwater systems ........7 Civil Engineers was founded in 1914 and has since been in continuous operation. The Section consists Section News . 8 of the entire state of Louisiana and is divided into four branches that directly serve over 2000 members. They are the Acadiana Branch centered in Lafayette, Section Installation and Awards .....................................9 the Baton Rouge Branch, the New Orleans Branch, and the Shreveport Branch. ASCE – COPRI Louisiana Chapter News.............................15 PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE: ASCE – Government Relations Committee News......................16 Pamela Gonzales, PE, Chair (337) 347-5596 Patrick Landry, Vice Chair ASCE – T&DI Louisiana Chapter News . 18 Joey Coco, PE Robert Jacobsen, PE Branch News....................................................18 Elizabeth Ann Wills, PE Nedra S. Davis, MA, Editor (225) 333-8234 ASCE – SEI New Orleans Chapter News .............................22 PUBLISHER: Baton Rouge Printing, Inc., Port Allen, LA Student Chapter News............................................23 Louisiana Civil Engineer quarterly journal is an official Calendar of Events...............................................28 publication of the Louisiana Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers with an average circulation of Professional Listings .............................................29 approximately 2100. The Section neither guarantees the accuracy of the information provided nor necessarily concurs with opinions expressed. It does not claim the Service & Suppliers . 2, 32 copyrights for the contents in this publication. Please submit letters and articles for consideration to be pub- lished by email to [email protected] or mail to the Publications Committee c/o Nedra S. Davis • 622 Steele Blvd. • Baton Rouge, LA 70806-5742. ASCE NATIONAL CONTACT INFORMATION: Phone: 1-800-548-ASCE E-Mail: [email protected] http://www.lasce.org LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – NOVEMBER 2013 3 LOUISIANA SECTION • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS Louisiana Engineering Center • 9643 Brookline Avenue • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809-1488 SECTION BOARD OF DIRECTORS BRANCH OFFICERS Director at Large President Acadiana Branch Karishma Desai, PE Robert W. Jacobsen, PE President Eustis Engineering Bob Jacobsen PE, LLC Tyler Roy, EI Past President & Director at Large President-Elect Wilco Marsh Buggies & Draglines, Inc. James R. Martin, PhD, PE Pamela Gonzales Granger, PE President-Elect GEC, Inc. CH2M HILL Beau Tate, PE Vice President Royal Engineering and Consultants, LLC Younger Member Committee Chair Christopher G. Humphreys, PE Treasurer Ryan M. Gerken Professional Services Industries, Inc. Ronke Osibajo, PE Secretary-Treasurer HDR Engineering, Inc. Shreveport Branch Matthew D. Redmon, PE Secretary President Professional Services Industries, Inc. Albert Ayenu-Prah, PhD, PE Mitch Guy, PE Past President HDR Engineering, Inc. Civil Design Group, LLC Kurt M. Nixon, PE, PLS Past President President-Elect Nixon Engineering Solutions, LLC Eric T. McClanahan, PE David Smith, PE Directors-at-Large Eustis Engineering Services, LLC Balar Associates, Inc. Rudolph A. Simoneaux, III, PE Treasurer LA Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority Baton Rouge Branch Luke M. Hebert, PE President Chris Myers, PE C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. R.J. (Joey) Coco, Jr., MBA, PE Civil Design Group, LLC Christopher L. Sanchez, PE Forte & Tablda, Inc Secretary All South Consulting Engineers, LLC President-Elect Jared Boogaerts, EI Branch Directors Kirk Lowery, PE Nixon Engineering Solutions Tyler Roy, EI Arcadis Past President Wilco Marsh Buggies & Draglines, Inc. Vice President Dave Rambaran, PE R.J. (Joey) Coco, Jr., MBA, PE Danielle Welborn, PE Dave Rambaran Geosciences, LLC Forte & Tablda, Inc LSU Facility Services LA Tech Practitioner Advisor Stephen Johns, PE Secretary-Treasurer J. Daniel Thompson, PE Waldemar S. Nelson & Company, Inc. Jennifer Shortess, EI Aillet, Fenner, Jolly and McClelland Jonathan (Mitch) Guy, PE LA Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority Assigned Branch Directors Past President Malay Ghose Hajra, PhD, PE Rudolph A. Simoneaux, III, PE BRANCH TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS The University of New Orleans LA Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority New Orleans SEI Chapter Jeffrey L. Duplantis, PE Director - Programs Steven M Fall, PE MWH Global Blake Roussel, PE Keystone Engineering Stanley SECTION COMMITTEES CHAIRS Director of Education STUDENT CHAPTERS LA Coast, Oceans, Ports, & Rivers Institute Kahli Cohran, EI Presidents/Faculty Advisors Jon D. Risinger, PE Civil Solutions Consulting Group La.Tech MWH Global Younger Member Committee Chair Seth Strong Transportation & Development Institute Justin Schexnayder, EI Sanjay Tewari, PhD Daniel Aucutt, PE Providence Engineering C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. LSU Practitioner Advisor LSU Website Sarah Laasko, EI Brittany Alexander Christopher L. Sanchez, PE C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. Michele Barbato, PhD, PE URS Corporation SUBR Practitioner Advisor McNeese Publications Brandon Dejean, PE Janardanan (Jay) O. Uppot, PE Pamela Gonzales Granger, PE LA Dept. of Transportation & Development Southern CH2M HILL Membership Chair Randon Green Diversity Steve Gunter, PE Hak-cul Shin, PhD, PE Barbara Featherston, PE Professional Services Industries, Inc. ULL City of Shreveport Michelle Campbell Nominations New Orleans Branch Chris Carroll, PhD, EI Kurt M. Nixon, PE, PLS President Nixon Engineering Solutions, LLC Stephen O. Johns, PE UNO Student Activities & Awards Waldemar S. Nelson & Company, Inc. Ryan M. Gerken Jerome M. (Jerry) Kleir, PE President-Elect Gianna M. Cothern, PE GEC, Inc. Lee Alexander, PE Sections Activities & Awards Alexander Engineering REGION 5 BOARD OF GOVERNORS Luke Hebert, PE Vice President Director C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc. Wesley Eustis, PE William P. Grogan, PhD, PE Membership Linfield, Hunter, and Junius, Inc. USACE Patrick K. Furlong, PE Treasurer City of Shreveport Tonja Koob, PhD, PE Louisiana Governor Government Relations GAEA Engineering Consultants, LLC E.R. DesOrmeaux, PE Jeffrey Duplantis, PE Secretary MWH Steve Nelson, PE E.R. DesOrmeaux, Inc. History & Heritage/ Stuart Consulting Group, Inc. Centennial Celebration Director at Large EDITOR Miles Bingham, PE Dean Nicoladis, PE Nedra Davis, MA URS N-Y Associates, Inc. Atkins The Louisiana Section is located in ASCE Region 5 that consists of the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida Sections. 4 LOUISIANA CIVIL ENGINEER – NOVEMBER 2013 President’s Message By Robert W. Jacobsen, PE When I was a young