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Steven K. Ayres, PE

B.S. and M.S. from Texas Tech
University 14+ years working for the Corps of Engineers

Assignments have included:

  • Flood forecasting for the Tulsa District
  • Assistant Project Engineer for dam rehabilitation in Wichita Falls, Texas
  • Project Engineer for numerous construction projects at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
  • Construction Technical Engineer for Salmon conservation projects at the Walla Walla District
  • Currently working for the New Orleans District in the Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch, model studies here have included a UNET model for the Slidell, LA area, Interior Drainage analysis for the Lake Verret Basin, Atchafalaya Protection Levee Flowline analysis using RMA-2 and HEC-RAS, CWPPRA Diversion Projects at Avoca Island, Ft. St. Phillip and Myrtle Grove using RMA-2 and RMA-4.

Numerical Modeling Techniques for the Barataria Basin and the Lower Mississippi

Steven K. Ayres, PE

The proposed Mississippi River Diversion located near Myrtle Grove will change the salinity regime in the Barataria Basin. A 2-d mesh of the Barataria Basin and adjoining areas in Terrebone Basin and the Gulf of Mexico has been developed to aid in understanding the impact of diverting nominal annual flow rates of 2,500, 5,000 and 15,000 cfs. The TABS-MD programs RMA-2 and RMA-4 are being used to model a year long simulation including a Mississippi River hydrograph through Southwest Pass and other diversion sites including Davis Pond and the recently created West Bay Diversion. The data generated from the TABS-MD modeling effort will be used to determine the environmental impacts and habitat changes in the basin due to the Myrtle Grove Diversion.