Mr. Arcement is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Mississippi and has 25 years of experience as a geotechnical engineer, including 14 years with USACE. He currently serves as Levee Safety Branch Chief with USACE Levee Safety Center (LSC). He has extensive experience with the design and construction of levees and floodwalls across the United States. He is a member of the Levee Senior Oversight Group (LSOG), has participated in numerous higher level risk assessments on levees/floodwalls, and has been involved in the re-write of EM 1110-2-1913 (Evaluation, Design and Construction of Levees). Mr. Arcement also currently serves as the risk-informed design coordinator for USACE to assist in the implementation of ECB 2022-7 (Interim Approach for Risk-Informed Designs for Dam and Levee Projects). Prior to his current position, he was a Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) Geotechnical Regional Technical Specialist (RTS) and a lead geotechnical designer for levee and floodwall projects. Before joining USACE, Mr. Arcement worked as a consulting engineer with various geotechnical and materials testing firms performing design and construction monitoring on a wide range of projects in LA and MS. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Louisiana Tech University and a Master’s Degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.