HydroVision International 2019

Jerry Westerman
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Hatch Ltd.


Jerry has over 30 years experience working on hydroelectric projects encompassing feasibility studies, detailed design and refurbishments and His expertise includes gates penstocks and turbine. He is also Hatch’s turbine field testing projects and has executed more than 75 such tests. Jerry has served on several external committees that include dam safety, penstock design and gate equipment. He served on the Task Committee on Steel Penstock Design for ASCE's Manual 79, Steel Penstocks, 2nd Edition. Jerry is chairman of the Hydromechanical Equipment Committee for ICOLD, which has approximately 12 members from as many countries all over the world.

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