Laboratory Staff
General Phone Number: (303) 445-2150Fax: (303) 445-6324
Staff Web pages
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Back Row, left to right
Benjamin Travers, Engineering Aide, Hydropower Technical Services Group
Tom Gill, P.E. (Colorado), Hydraulic Engineer, B.S. and M.S. Civil Engineering, Colorado State University. (303) 445-2201.
Bob Einhellig, P.E. (Iowa), Hydraulic Engineer. B.S., Univ. of Kansas, M.S. Iowa State University. (303) 445-2142. reinhellig@usbr.gov [Water management, flow measurement, irrigation, hydraulic structures modeling]
Dr. Rodney Wittler, P.E. (Colorado), Hydraulic Engineer. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, [River and fishery restoration; riprap design, dam safety, erosion protection/prevention, river mechanics/fluvial geomorphology.] Dr. Wittler has transferred to Reclamation's Weaverville, California office.
Thomas Harris, Student, Colorado School of Mines.
Brent Mefford, P.E. (Colorado), Technical Specialist-Hydraulic Engineer. B.S. Watershed Science, M.S. Civil Engineering, Colorado State University. (303) 445-2149. [Environmental Hydraulics, Dam Safety]
Rudy Campbell, Civil Engineering Technician, RETIRED.
Tony Wahl, P.E. (Colorado) Hydraulic Engineer. B.S. and M.S. Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, (303) 445-2155. [water measurement & long-throated flume design software (WinFlume), fish screen modeling, dam breach research, fuse plugs, erodibility of cohesive soils, hydropower & cavitation, canal automation, SonTek ADV probe & software (WinADV).]
Tracy Vermeyen, P.E. (Colorado), Hydraulic Engineer, B.S. and M.S. Civil Engineering, Colorado State University. (303) 445-2154. [selective withdrawal, acoustic velocity meters, thermally stratified flows, labyrinth weirs, open channel water measurement]
Jerry Fitzwater. Civil Engineering Technician, RETIRED.
James Higgs, P.E. (Colorado), Hydraulic Engineer. B.S. and M.S., Civil Engineering, Utah State University, (303) 445-2147, [Computational Fluid Dynamics, Rubber gates, Numerical modeling.]
Dr. Joseph P. Kubitschek, P.E. (Colorado), Hydraulic Engineer. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder (303) 445-2148. [Environmental hydraulics, fish passage and protection, hydrodynamic stability.]
Front Row, left to right
Cliff Pugh, Group Manager, RETIRED
Kathy Frizell. Hydraulic Engineer. B.S. Water Resources, UCLA. (303) 445-2144.
[Stepped spillway design, overtopping protection design, dam safety, total dissolved gas investigation, fish barrier design, water measurement]
Leslie Hanna, EIT, Hydraulic Engineer. B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University. (303) 445-2146, [Environmentally acceptable lubricants for wicket gates, stilling basin erosion problems]
Connie DeMoyer, P.E. (Colorado), Hydraulic Engineer. B.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University. M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota. EIT. (303) 445-2152. [Selective withdrawal, water quality.]
Billy Baca, Civil Engineering Technician (303) 445-2331.
Right side
K. Warren Frizell, EIT, Research Hydraulic Engineer. B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of New Mexico. M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota. EIT, State of Colorado. (303) 445-2145. [Operation and maintenance of hydraulic systems]
Not Shown
Dale Lentz, P.E. (Washington), Hydraulic Engineer. B.S. and M.S., Utah State University, (303)-445-2143. [Fish passage and protection, hydraulic modeling.]
Group Secretary: Stephanie Almeida, (303) 445-2029.
Last reviewed: 01/23/09