Bruce A. Tschantz, P.E., is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the University of
Tennessee’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, where he taught water
resources engineering for 37 years. Dr. Tschantz is currently a Senior Research
Associate for the Tennessee Water Resources Research Center and a consulting
engineer in Knoxville. He established FEMA’s Office of Federal Dam Safety where he
served as the first Chief of Federal Dam Safety in 1980. Dr. Tschantz has made many
presentations and written several articles on the hydraulics and public safety at low head dams; he has
also provided expert testimony related to drownings at low head dams. He is an Honorary Member in
ASDSO, an ASCE Fellow, and is a registered engineer in Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia and Alabama.