In a convergence of academia and real-world engineering, a group of students from the University of Pittsburgh’s Hydrologic Analysis and Design course explored the Conemaugh River Dam to expand their engineer learning beyond conventional classroom boundaries. Werner Loehlein, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh and former chief of the water management unit for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, stands in a gallery below the surface of the Conemaugh River Dam in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, Oct. 13, 2023.