WinDAM - Overtopping and Internal Erosion for Earthen Embankments

Karl holds BS and MS degrees in agricultural engineering from Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS.  He is licensed as a professional engineer in Kansas and Illinois and has worked for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Kansas, Illinois, and Texas since 1982. He is married to Susan and has two children, Sarah and Kenton. Karl is the agency liaison for SITES and WinDAM software for hydraulic routing and auxiliary spillway erosion. He has reviewed several hundred NRCS dam rehabilitation projects across the US during his time at the National Design, Construction, and Soil Mechanics Center (NDCSMC) in Fort Worth, TX.

Jon Fripp has worked for the last 18 years as a civil engineer with National Design, Construction and Soil Mechanics Center of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service.  Prior to employment with the NRCS, Jon Fripp worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers and in the private sector.  Jon’s expertise is in the planning, analysis and design of hydraulic structures including levees, dams, stream restoration and flood control projects.  Jon has worked throughout the United States and on various assignments abroad. Jon is the lead for the NRCS HECRAS team and has taught numerous classes in ecology, irrigation, construction, restoration and various aspects of hydraulic design and analysis.