WSP07325

• File Number: 8443.600
• Description: Narrows Unit - Studies
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 6/17/1977
• Author: Dames And Moore
• Title: Proposal Safety review of Foundation and Embankment Narrows Dam, South Platte River Fort Mortan, Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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KEY PERSONNEL

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DAMES 8 MOORE

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CHARLES W. NEWLIN
Soils and Foundation Engineering

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CHARLES W. NEWLIN. senior engineer with Dames & Moore. has considerable manage-
ment and consultation experience on numerous soils and foundation investigations for a wide
variety of industrial. commercial and governmental projects. He also has extensive academic experi-
ence, including teaching and administrative assignments at Swarthmore College and Arizona State
University. At Arizona State University he was associate professor. professor. and chairman of the
civil engineering department, respectively. His principal areas of research and teaching include soil
mechanics and foundation engineering, ground water and seepage, shear strength of soils. and
consolidation of cohesive soils.

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Dr. Newlin has had considerable experience with design and review of earth dams and has
been associated with the Soil Conservation Service; Mueser, Rutledge, Wentworth & Johnson; U.S.
Geological Survey; Harza Engineering Company; and Dames & Moore. He directed research at
Arizona State University involving the drainage of dams subjected to instantaneous dmwdown.
Results of this study were published in the Journal of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Division,
ASCE.

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He received his Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology, his Master of Science degree from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from
Northwestern University. He is the recipient of many awards, scholarships, and honor societies,
including Sigma Xi, Sigma Tau, Tall Beta Pi, National Science Foundation Faculty Fellow, Ameri-
can Men of Science, Who's Who in the West. Ford Foundation. Faclllty Development, University of
Michigan. and American Oil Company Fellowship.

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Dr. Newlin is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. National Society of
Professional Engineers, the American Society for Engineering Education, and former member of the
Arizona State Board of Technical Registration.

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