Aboelata Receives Recognition
September 8, 2008
(Harrisburg, Pa.) The Corps of Engineers and the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) recently recognized Maged A. Aboelata, Ph.D., for his contributions to the reconstitution efforts in the New Orleans, La., area following Hurricane Katrina. Aboelata, a senior hydrologist with Gannett Fleming, an international planning, design, and construction management firm, is based in the firm’s Harrisburg, Pa., office.
Aboelata’s work involved using the LIFESim model to simulate a levee failure event due to Hurricane Katrina. LIFESim is a state-of-the-art computer program used to estimate potential impacts to the public as a result of a dam or levee failure. The Hurricane Katrina model was calibrated using fatality records in five parishes of greater New Orleans. LIFESim was then used to estimate potential life loss for future events using updated population at risk (PAR) estimates. The results were used by the IPET in a risk assessment study to inform decision makers of the residual risk that exists after hurricanes and investigate possible risk reduction measures.
With more than 13 years of experience, Aboelata is responsible for preparing and supervising hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, including flood delineation, dam break, and assessment of hydraulic structures. He holds a bachelor of science in civil engineering from Ain Shams University in Egypt, a master of science in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba in Canada, and a doctor of philosophy in civil engineering from Utah State University.
For additional information please contact Gene Koontz (717) 763-7211 or via e-mail.
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