Calendar


Monthly Meetings

Meetings take place either in person at the Lamar University campus in Beaumont, Texas, or virtually. For membership inquiries or to access previous lectures, please contact lhaselbach@lamar.edu .The same email address can be used if you're interested in joining us or presenting at our monthly meetings.

Tentative Meeting Dates and Times:

Date

Time

Presenter

Tentative Topics

Tues. Apr 15, 2025

11:45 -1:00 pm

Duncan Bryant (USACE ERDC)

Introduction to Engineering With Nature (EWN) with SETx examples.

Tues. May 20, 2025

11:45 -1:00 pm

Rhonda Gregg Hirsch (USACE); 

Matt Hoch (LU)

Beneficial Use of Dredge Material (BUDM); 

Chenier Plain Resiliency Plan and Data needs

Tues, June 10, 2025

11:45 - 1:00pm

Aaron Chastain, Liz Fiocchi (USACE)

Flood Management Plan project overview

Wed. July* 23, 2025

11:45 - 1:00pm

Tentative: Jet Hays GLO Dep Dir PICDR; 

Michael Rowell et al. (TDEM)

Update on revisions to federal requirements;

Recent changes to TDEM and how they use information from the FCS

Wed. Aug. 20, 2025

11:45 - 1:00pm

UT, TAMU, PVAMU, LU et al.; 

Amin Kiaghadi

Update on Dept of Energy SETx Urban Integrated Field Lab grant;

Tentative update on TWDB models

Wed. Sept. 17, 2025

 11:45 - 1:00pm

 Ali Saleh (Tarleton);

Tentative Chris Fuller

Local studies;

High Frequency Radar