Re-engineering Afghanistan: Richalie Griffith returns from Afghanistan to share her experiences rebuilding

Join us for this powerful presentation by Richalie Griffith on her two tours of duty in Afganistan. Dinner will be provided by ENSR. Please RSVP via the SWE Boston website. You can also read Richalie's extended bio or in the attached file.

Agenda:
6:00-6:30 - Registration & networking

6:30-7:00 - Dinner

7:00-8:00 - Welcome from ENSR & Presentation by Richalie Griffith

Location:

ENSR

2 Technology Drive

Westford, MA 01886

Fee:

• SWE Member & Students $5.00
• Non Member $15.00
• ENSR employee: No charge

Extended Richalie Griffith Bio:
Ms. Griffith has focused her career towards Geotechnical Engineering. She has volunteered for multiple deployments to both State-side and overseas assignments. In 2005, Ms. Griffith volunteered to deploy to Iraq. Shortly after her return, she volunteered to assist with the Inter-Agency Performance Evaluation Team (IPET) after Hurricane Katrina. Towards the end of IPET, she volunteered to deploy to Afghanistan.

During Ms. Griffith’s deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, she was responsible for reviewing scopes of work and preliminary and final design plans, preparing detailed technical review comments, developing original plans, design analyses and specifications. She also interprets, adapts and applies numerous guidelines, precedents, and engineering principles and practices. Ms. Griffith drafts technical specifications, design criteria and drawings, as well as reviews incoming directives, advises supervisor, and assures accuracy and completeness of information. Responsible for reviews preliminary and final design plans prepared by engineers of lower grade, inspection of construction sites, and participated in conferences.

While at her home station, Ms. Griffith works on Geotechnical Engineering issues, with emphasis on Dam Safety. Her experience is pertinent to flood protection and includes periodic inspection and instrumentation appendix of USACE earth embankment dams.

Areas of Specialization
• Dam Safety
• Flood Protection

Education
• B.S., University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Department of Civil Engineering, 2004

Honors
• Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, 2005