Scott J. Thieme
B.S. Civil Engineering, Lawrence Technological University
Scott Thieme has been a hydraulic engineer with the Detroit District of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for over 20 years. He is currently the
Chief of the Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office supervising
20-25 professional employees and managing an office budget of
approximately $4-5 million annually. He manages the District’s
international water management program by represent the District as the
Alternate Regulation Representative for the International Lake Superior
Board of Control, as the District member of the International Niagara
Working Committee, and as the Secretary of the Coordinating Committee on
Great Lakes Basic Hydraulic and Hydrologic Data. He provides engineering
support and coordination with the International Joint Commission, and
Canadian government counterparts to make decisions about the regulation
of Lake Superior and management of Niagara River water use. He also
oversees other hydrologic and hydraulic programs such as Great Lakes
water level forecasting, regulation of the Lake Winnebago basin in
Wisconsin, coastal engineering and processes studies, flood zone
delineation studies, hydraulic discharge data collection, water level
gauging network, hydraulic modeling of the connecting channels, and
flood and ice monitoring. He has participated in several past IJC
studies.
