News | Can You Help? | Events | Just Published | Site Seeing | Droplets | Job Announcements

News
> go to top

Conference News:

9th International Conference on Urban Drainage
September 8-13, 2002, Portland, Oregon, USA
The Conference website has been recently updated.
Website: www.asce.org/conferences/9icud2002/

MWWD2002 - 2nd International Conference on Marine Waste Water Discharges
September 16-20, 2002, Istanbul, Turkey
The MWWD 2002 Organization, despite the relevant number of proposed papers already received, has accepted to extend the deadline for abstracts submission to April 10th. However, for the colleagues who have missed the information, in the net at www.mwwd2002.com, a few days delay on that date may still be acceptable.

IAHR News:

IAHR Web Server Update www.iahr.org
We have recently installed the latest version of the Apache HTTP server software on the IAHR web server in Madrid. Apache is the most popular Server on the Internet - with some 56% of sites using Apache in a survey carried out this January.

Recent difficulties faced by some Users downloading full text articles of the Journal of Hydraulic Research in PDF format on the IAHR web site have now been fully resolved.

IAHR on-line Suppliers Directory
We are pleased to inform you that the on-line version of the IAHR equipment, and software suppliers directory has been updated with a new search engine - and includes now full details of products available, address details and web links. Why not visit the site now?
Website: www.iahr.org/e-library/suppliers/index.htm

Can You Help?
> go to top

IAHR Membership Directory 2002
The IAHR is now preparing its new Membership Directory for 2002. If you are a Member of the IAHR and your details have changed, please e-mail your updated details to lara.incio@iahr.org . If you are considering becoming a Member of IAHR and wish to be included in the Directory, please hurry!!

Comparative characteristics of air-water flows in freshwater and seawater
We have been involved in a detailed study of similitude and physical modelling of air bubble entrainment at vertical plunging jets in freshwater and seawater. Complete, detailed results may be downloaded freely as a series of PDF files from : www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/reprints/tut02.zip
Our work highlighted some major differences between freshwater and seawater (see report conclusion). However the published literature on the topic is thin.
We are looking at published research on comparative characteristics of air-water flows in freshwater and seawater. We seek your help to regroup relevant references, and possibly to re-analyse unpublished works.
Hubert Chanson
Reader in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia
E-mail: h.chanson@mailbox.uq.edu.au

Events
> go to top

Bureau of Reclamation's International Integrated Water Resource Management Workshop
April 8 -12, 2002, Denver, Colorado, USA
Website: www.usbr.gov/international/trn_integrated.htm

3rd TELEMAC Seminar
April 10, 2002. Wallingford, UK
Website: www.hrwallingford.co.uk/training/programme.asp

Dredging'02
Key Technologies for Global Prosperity
May 5-8, 2002, Orlando, Florida, USA
Website: www.asce.org/conferences/dredging02

15th International Conference on HYDROTRANSPORT
Incorporating the 11th International Symposium of Freight Pipelines
June 3-5, 2002, Banff, Canada
Contact: Emma Abson
E-mail: eabson@bhrgroup.co.uk
Website: www.bhrgroup.com

International Advanced Course on Water Resources Data Analysis:
Data processing, interpreting and design
July 1-16, 2002, Istanbul, Turkey
E-mail: suvakfi@suvakfi.org.tr

Hidroenergia 2002
International conference on Small Hydropower
July 3-6, 2002, Mulhouse, Alsace, France
The 2002 Hidroenergia Conference will bring together specialists in small hydropower from across the world.
E-mail: esha@arcadis.be
Website: www.esha.be

Bureau of Reclamation's Dam Safety, Operation and Maintenance: International Technical Seminar and Study Tour
August 12-23, 2002, Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, California, USA
Website: www.usbr.gov/international/trn_international.html

Two-weeks Summer School in Flood Modelling and Management
August 19-30, 2002, Glasgow, United Kingdom
The course is given by leading experts and is suitable for young researchers and professionals and includes approved CPD certification.
E-mail: cpd@civil.gla.ac.uk
Website: cpd.civil.gla.ac.uk/

River Flow 2002 - International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics
Master Classes for young researchers
September 3-6, 2002, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Website: www.gce.ucl.ac.be/riverflow/home.html

Water in mountains: integrated management of high watersheds
September 5-6 2002, Megève, France
E-mail : eau-montagne2002@wanadoo.fr

Advanced Study Course on River Basin Modelling
October 7-18, 2002, Birmingham, UK
E-mail: M.Sterling@bham.ac.uk
Website: www.bham.ac.uk/CivEng/RBM

10th joint ERCOFTAC/IAHR/QNET-CFD workshop on Refined Turbulence Modelling
October 10-11, 2002, Poitiers, France
E-mail: remi.manceau@lea.univ-poitiers.fr
Website: ercoftac.mech.surrey.ac.uk/

Water and Wastewater Pumping Station Design
November 11-12, 2002, Cranfield, UK
Although the deadline for abstracts submission is March 28th, there are still opportunities for papers to be submitted and possibly included. Please let the organisers know without delay if you intend to submit a paper.
Contact: Emma Abson
Email:eabson@bhrgroup.com
Website: www.bhrgroup.com

Microfluidics
Liquid and gas micro-flows: physical phenomena and applications
December 3-5, 2002, Toulouse, France
e-mail: shf@shf.asso.fr
website: www.shf.asso.fr

Braided Rivers 2003
April 7-9, 2003, Birmingham, UK
Contact: Dr. Greg Sambrook Smith
E-mail: g.smith.4@bham.ac.uk
Website: www.cwr.bham.ac.uk/braid/

IAHS General Assembly
July 2003, Sapporo, Japan
Website: www.cig.ensmp.fr/~iahs/

Just Published
> go to top

Proceedings of the Groundwater Symposium 2002
Edited by Angelos N. Findikakis
Publisher: IAHR; ISBN: 90-805649-4-X; Publication date: March 2002; Price: Euro 120 (IAHR Members Euro 100); 623 pp.
The Groundwater Symposium 2002 Proceedings consist of a book containing the extended abstracts of all the papers presented at the Symposium and a CD ROM with the full papers.
For further information or to order a copy e-mail us at iahr@iahr.org or visit our website at www.iahr.org

River Flood Defence
Edited by Frank Toensmann and Manfred Koch
Publisher: Herkules Verlag Kassel; ISBN: 3-930150-20-4; 3 parts; Euro 75; 1418 pp.
These Proceedings are now available from the IAHR Secretariat. For further information or to order a copy please e-mail us at iahr@iahr.org or visit our website at www.iahr.org

The River Nile and its economic, political, social and cultural role. An annotated bibliography
by Prof. Terje Tvedt
Published by the Centre for Development Studies
The book is the result of more than 15 years of academic work in the region, including visits to a great number of libraries both in the region and beyond.
E-mail: post@sfu.uib.no
Website: www.svf.uib.no/sfu/orderframe.htm

NOW IN ENGLISH!!
The Technical Standards and Commentaries for Port and Harbour Facilities in Japan
Published by The Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan
Japan is famous for its long coastline (34,000 km) and a large number of coastal ports and harbours (1,100 commercial ones and 3,000 fishing ports). To promote the healthy development of ports and harbours in Japan, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has established the technical standards for port and harbour facilities in 1978 and updated them every 10 years. The technical standards and commentaries have been written in Japanese naturally, and therefore the contents were the mystery for overseas engineers and researchers. Now the English translation of the newest edition in 1999 is available for purchase.
Phone: ++81-3-3580-3271; Fax: ++81-3-3580-3657

Site Seeing
> go to top

Solutions Manual for Erosion and Sedimentation
by John Junke Guo and Pierre Y. Julien
This Manual complements the book 'Erosion and Sedimentation' by Pierre Y. Julien and can be downloaded at no charge from:
courses.nus.edu.sg/course/cveguoj/ce5309/pierre.html

Port Maritime Information gateway
A new UK Web site developed by the National Maritime Museum contains considerable historical information on maritime issues including hydraulic engineering.
Website: www.port.nmm.ac.uk

Droplets
> go to top

Nordic-Baltic cooperation in the natural sciences
Support to organizing committees of Conference events in the Noirdic Countries for inviting participants from the Baltic countries. One of the objects of the Joint Committee of the Nordic Natural Science Research Councils (NOS-N) is to promote cooperation between Nordic and Baltic researchers and research administrations within the natural sciences. An activity programme has been worked out, and one activity is a scheme designed especially to promote opportunities for young scientists to attend scientific conferences in the Nordic countries. There are no deadlines for the scheme.
For further information about the scheme visit: www.forsk.dk/snf/opslag/nor-bal.htm

The Gottleib Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation Grants for PhD Students
Applications are open for applications from young Germans pursuing a PhD in a foreign country, as well as for foreign PhD students undertaking research in German Institutions.
Deadline 1st April, 1st October, 2002. For more information visit:
www.daimler-benz-stiftung.de/Stip_Info_engl.pdf

Research Fellowships, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation offers Research Fellowships for highly qualified applicants of all nationalities to undertake research in Germany, or for German applicants to work in other countries. For more information visit: www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/index.htm

2002 Stockholm Water Prize
The winner of the 2002 Stockholm Water Prize is the Venezuelan hydrologist Professor Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe of Princeton University, USA. He is being honoured for his significant scientific contributions to the understanding of the interaction between climate, soil and vegetation structures, surface water, floods and droughts.
For more information on the Stockholm Water Prize contact David Trouba at dave.trouba@siwi.org or Stephanie Blenckner at stephanie.blenckner@siwi.org

Dutch Government Fellowships for Higher Education
The Netherlands Fellowship Programme offers Fellowships intended to help persons from developing countries in mid-career to deepen and broaden their specialized knowledge and professional skills through higher education. Fellowships are also available for young students to study in Holland. The following educational institutions in Holland offer courses of interest:

MSc programmes at IHE, Delft in (i) River Engineering and River Basin Development, (ii) Coastal Engineering and Port Development, (iii) Land and Water Development, and (iv) Hydroinformatics.

MSc at ITC, Enschede in Water Resources and Environmental Management International Certificate Course on Land Drainage, ILRI, Wageningen.
For more information visit:
www.nuffic.nl/programma/samenwerking/nfp.html

Job Announcements
> go to top

Director, Climate Modelling, Geneva, Switzerland
WMO/IOC/ICSU Joint Planning Staff (JPS)
Applications deadline: April 13th, 2002
For further information on this vacancy please visit:
www.wmo.ch/web/hrm/VN1522E.html

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, Australia
Closing date: April 3rd, 2002
E-mail: employment@newcastle.edu.au
Website: www.newcastle.edu.au/employment

Postdoctoral Researcher, Oregon, USA
The College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) at Oregon State University (OSU) invites applications for a full-time, fixed term, Research Associate (Postdoctoral) position. The successful applicant will conduct research related to the circulation in the nearshore zone of the ocean (defined by water depths less than 10m) and the associated variability of the bathymetry, with particular emphasis on the temporal (over O (mins)) and spatial (over O (100m)) variability of the coupled system involving waves, currents and sediment transport. Research will involve the planning, implementation, and analysis of numerical model experiments and the use of laboratory and field data to test and improve the predictions.
For full consideration applications must be submitted by April 12th, 2002
Contact: Dr. H. T. Özkan-Haller
(Position 005-516)
E-mail: ozkan@coas.oregonstate.edu
Website: www.coas.oregonstate.edu

Software Developers - Wallingford Software
Wallingford Software requires additional Software Developers (2) initially to work in River Modeling systems. For further details visit:
www.wallingfordsoftware.com/careers/

Project Scientists/Engineers, USA
Environmental Consulting & Technology (ECT) Inc. is interested in hiring several recent graduates with a Masters and/or a Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering or related areas.
Contact: Dr. Sanjiv K. Sinha, ECT Inc., 1249 Washington Blvd, 35th Floor, Detroit, MI 48226, USA
E-mail: ssinha@ectinc.com

Research Associate and Research Assistant in Power from Sea Waves, Lancaster, UK
Lancaster has held a leading position in wave power for many years, and now, as a result of a number of new inventions, we expect to make rapid progress. To help in this, we seek two researchers, probably but not necessarily engineers. Knowledge of hydrodynamics, control, computer simulation or structures would all be welcome, but the chief needs are intelligence, originality and drive.
Closing date: April 4th, 2002
Website: jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/YH058.html

Engineering and Fluvial Geomorphology, USA and abroad
Engineering and Hydrosystems Inc. is currently reviewing resumes for positions in engineering and fluvial geomorphology.
*Level II or III Water Resource Engineers for execution of work in the United States of America and abroad.
*Level III and IV Fluvial Geomorphologist for execution of work in the United States of America and abroad.
Contact: Dr. George W. Annandale, P.E.
Engineering and Hydrosystems Inc.
Tel. +1-303-683-5191
Fax. +1-303-683-0940
E-mail: george.annandale@enghydro.com

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering, Australia
The Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University invites applications for a number of continuing positions in Water Engineering at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level. The Department has a strong reputation in research and technology transfer in its four specialist groups: Structural, Geomechanics, Water & Environmental, and Transport Engineering as well as in Engineering Education.
Contact: Associate Professor Gary Codner
E-mail: gary.codner@eng.monash.edu.au for inquiries and information.
Website: www-civil.eng.monash.edu.au/News

Coastal, Civil or Hydraulic Engineer, Atlanta, USA
Tetra Tech, a leading engineering firm in water resources and environmental consulting, has an opportunity in its Atlanta, GA location for a Coastal, Civil, or Hydraulic Engineer with B.S./M.S. engineering degree. The person selected will be part of a team that provides innovative environmental solutions for federal, state, and local agencies throughout the United States. Candidates should have a general working knowledge of hydrodynamic and water quality numerical modelling of river, lakes, estuaries and/or coastal waters. Position requires knowledge of Fortran programming.
Contact: Hugo N. Rodriguez
E-mail: hugo.rodriguez@tetratech-ffx.com

Please note that the vacancies may be restricted to applicants having right of residence in the country concerned.
Vacancies which can be posted under "Job Opportunities" can be e-mailed to IAHR, e-mail: iahr@iahr.org

The bottom line
> go to top

NewsFlash complements, on a monthly basis, the bi-monthly IAHR Newsletter. 

NewsFlash is available free of charge to anyone interested in hydraulics; if you know of anyone who would like to receive it please ask them to forward their e-mail address to us. For more information about IAHR please see our website http://www.iahr.org

We hope that NewsFlash provides useful information and links which will help you in your professional career. If you have suggestions or comments please contact iahr@iahr.org

Please send any information for publishing to IAHR at iahr@iahr.org

Published by:

Yasmin El Harchi and Adam Rhodes