“I am passionate about finding creative solutions to complex hydraulic modeling problems. I love the challenge of building a model from scratch into a useable, workable tool for answering difficult design or analysis questions. I am currently most interested in designing probabilistic modeling methods to describe flood risk.”

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Chris Goodell has 30 years of hydropower-specific experience and specializes in water resource hydraulic engineering. He is an internationally known leader in HEC-RAS and dam breach modeling. Chris has served as instructor for HEC-RAS professional continuing education courses and taught over 100 courses throughout the United States and ten countries. He is the developer and primary author of “The RAS Solution”, a HEC-RAS blog and author of the book “Breaking the HEC-RAS Code”, as well as co-host of the Full Momentum Podcast. Chris developed McBreach, a software program that runs HEC-RAS dam breach models in a probabilistic framework. Chris’ expertise includes hydraulic modeling, dam break studies, sediment transport, bridge and culvert design, inundation mapping, professional development training, and software development/design. 

Chris holds an M.Eng. in Hydraulic Engineering from IHE Delft in The Netherlands, as well as a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Oregon State University. He is a member of United States Society on Dams (USSD), Association of Dam Safety Officals (ASDSO), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).  Chris is a registered professional engineer in the states of Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Texas, and Tennessee and is a Board Certified Water Resources Engineer with the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE)