Glenn Tarbox
Engineering
MWH Global
Australia
Biography
Glenn began his career as a dam design and construction engineer with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau) in 1961. He was part of the team that developed ADSAS (Arch Dam Stress Analysis System), a computerized version of the Trial Load Method of analysis for arch dams, was a co-author of the Bureau’s Design of Gravity Dams, Design of Arch Dams and Engineering Monograph No. 19 Design Criteria for Concrete Arch and Gravity Dams. He introduced the application of the Finite Element Method of analysis for concrete dams into the Bureau, directing the addition of dynamic analysis to ADSAS and pioneering roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dams technology, initiating and directing studies for the Upper Stillwater Dam, the largest RCC dam in the U.S. at the time of construction. Glenn has worked in 78 countries over the span of his career and on many notable MWH projects around the world including the Tekeze Dam in Ethiopia and Karahnjukar Dam in Iceland. He has seen first-hand the positive impacts wet infrastructure projects make on communities, noting:
Research Interest
Engineering
