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News from ICSU:

The President of ICSU, Professor H. Yoshikawa announced on October 26 the appointment of a new management team for the ICSU Secretariat in Paris. Professor Thomas Rosswall will become the new Executive Director and Dr. Carthage Smith the new Deputy Executive Director
e-mail: secretariat@icsu.org
website: www.icsu.org

Now available online:

Journal of Hydraulic Research JHR, Issue 6 -Special Environmental Issue to coincide with the 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics - is now available online at www.iahr.org (Publications/ J. of Hydr. Research / Abstracts / Issue 6) *Large scale flow structures and mixing processes in shallow flows Gerhard H. Jirka *Simulation of shallow transverse shear flow by generalized second moment method by V. H. Chu, W. Altai *Radially spreading buoyant flows by Gregory A. Lawrence, Michael R. Maclatchy *Entrainment studies towards the preservation (containment) of 'freshwaters' in the saline environment by Richard Burrows, Kamil H.M. Ali *Laboratory model studies of flushing of trapped saltwater from a blocked tidal estuary by Michael J. Coates, Yakun Guo and Peter A. Davies *Modelling and assessment of water quality indicators in a semi-enclosed shallow bay by Jianhua Tao and Qingxue Li, Roger A. Falconer and Binliang Lin *On the head-discharge relation of a ''duckbill'' elastomer check valve by Joseph H.W. Lee, David L. Wilkinson and Ian R. Wood *Turbulent structures in partly vegetated open-channel flows with LDA and PIV measurements by Iehisa Nezu, Kouki Onitsuka *On the motion of suspension thermals and particle swarms by J. Bühler, D. A. Papantoniou *The nature of rough-wall oscillatory boundary layers by R.V. Krstic, H.J.S. Fernando New paper submission arrangements: If you wish to submit a paper for publishing in the JHR, please send it to the address of the new Editor, Prof. Marcelo Gracia, at: Marcelo H. Garcia, Editor, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 205 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA e-mail: jhreditor@com1.ce.uiuc.edu For information on how to submit a paper visit www.iahr.org

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Photo Website of Sabo check dams
I have prepared an introductory website on Sabo check dams and mountain protection systems in Japan at: www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/sabo.html . I welcome any comments and advice, as well as relevant links that you may provide me. Additional photographic material is also welcome. (For example, I am looking for photographs of the Tokachi Volcano sabo works.)Further photographs are located at: www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/photo.html#Check_dams
Dr. Hubert Chanson
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
e-mail: h.chanson@mailbox.uq.edu.au

Student looking for European Leonardo Placement
I'm studying Environmental Engineering in the Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy.
I have studied geotechnic , hydrology, reservoir management, etc. The last subject I have studies is maritime hydraulics and I would like to end my studies with an internship abroad in that field. I think I could get a bursary within the Leonardo programme and I would appreciate any information concerning this.
Paolo Paciello
e-mail: bameo@libero.it

French Engineer looking for a job
I am a French engineer in coastal and offshore engineering. After a three-year course in the Marine department at ISITV (Superior Institute of Engineer Toulon & Var, South of
France), I obtained my diploma in September and I am now searching for a company or a laboratory in which I could use my energy and experience. I have just achieved a 6 months internship in Australia at Griffith Centre for Coastal Management (Gold Coast) with Professor Rodger TOMLINSON on project management, coastal structures investigation for beach protection, coastal processes assessment and numerical modelling with DELFT3D.
e-mail: v.palisse@caramail.com

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International Conference on Small Wastewater Technology and Management for
the Mediterranean Area
March 20-22, 2002, Seville, Spain
e-mail: centa@retemail.es
website: www.smallwat.org

Summer School
CPD in Flood Modelling and Management
August 19-30, 2002, Glasgow, United Kingdom
e-mail: cpd@civil.gla.ac.uk
website: http://cpd.civil.gla.ac.uk/

MWWD 2002 - 2nd International Conference on Marine Waste Water Discharges
September 16-21, 2002, Istanbul, Turkey
e-mail: mecc.cav@wind.it.net
website: org-mwwd2002@mwwd2002.com

5th International Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Measurements
September 16-18, 2002, Mallorca, Spain
website: www.unizar.es/etmm5

Sensor 2003
May 13-15, 2003, Nuremberg, Germany
e-mail: info@sensorfairs.de
website: www.sensorfairs.de

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A Guide to Urban Drainage Modelling
HR Wallingford, Corporate member, has published a best practice guide to urban drainage modelling "The Wallingford Procedure for Europe - Best practice guide to urban drainage modelling", available as a CD ROM
e-mail: info@hrwallingfrod.co.uk

Stochastic Methods for Flow in Porous Media: Coping with Uncertainties
by Dongxiao Zhang; Publisher: Academic Press; ISBN: 0-12-779621-5; Price: US$ 79.95; October 2001
This book explores fluid flow in complex geologic environments. The parameterisation of uncertainty into flow models is important for managing water resources, preserving subsurface water quality, storing energy and wastes, and improving the safety and economics of extracting subsurface mineral and energy resources.
website: www.academicpress.com

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Proceedings ICSU/UNESCO Conference
The final version of the Proceedings and Recommendations of the Second
ICSU/UNESCO Conference on Electronic Publishing in Science, which
was held in Paris in February 2001, are now mounted on the ICSU Press
Website. Any queries, comments or proposals arising from the conference
and its recommendations would be welcomed by the Committee.
e-mail: r.elliott1@physics.ox.ac.uk
website: associnst.ox.ac.uk/~icsuinfo

Global Wave Statistics Online
A new website called Global Wave Statistics Online, designed to give comprehensive information on the wave and wind climates across the world has been launched by BMT Fluid Mechanics. Registered users can select and purchase data sets for individual sea areas and have the wave climate data immediately displayed and available for download to their PC for further analysis or input to other user applications.
website: www.globalwavestatisticsonline.com
(Source: marinescienceandtechnology.com)

WXTide32
WXTide32 is a FREE 32 bit Windows 9x/NT 4.0 program for displaying predicted tides for about 9,800 locations around the world through 2038. Full "C" source is included in the ZIP file as well as all auxiliary programs needed to update the data files as new ones become available.
website: www.wxtide32.com

Kumar links to hydrology Resources
This page provides links to interesting water related websites
website: www.angelfire.com/nh/cpkumar/hydrology.html

MIKE BASIN 2001 ArcView-based Water Resources Modeling Software released
DHI Software announces the release of version 2001 of its water resources modeling software MIKE BASIN. The new version has a significantly improved ArcView user interface, many GIS tools for spatial/temporal analysis, rainfall-runoff modeling, extended water quality modeling capabilities, a global priority allocation algorithm,
improved integration with MS Excel and Access, general purpose optimization, improved results presentations, and much more. With the new version, MIKE BASIN strengthens its position as the easy-to-use, yet powerful basin model that is fully integrated with ArcView GIS.
website: www.dhisoftware.com/mikebasin

Coastal Engineering Manual
A number of chapters from the Coastal Engineering Manual are now posted on the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratories web page.
Part I: http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/cem080.html
Part II: http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/cem027.html
Part IV: http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/cem029.html
Part V: Coastal Project Planning and Design http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/cem030.html
Part VI: Design of Coastal Project Elements http://bigfoot.wes.army.mil/cem031.html

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First UNESCO Great Man-Made River International Water Prize
UNESCO presented its six science prizes for 2001 on October 19, including the Great Man-Made River International Water Prize, which was awarded this year for the first time. The new $20,000 Great Man-Made River International Water Prize, funded by the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, rewards remarkable scientific research and scientific studies and discoveries in the field of exploration of groundwater and surface water usage in arid zones subject to drought and desertification and contributing to environmental and human development. The first laureate is the Australian Research Group on Aquifer Storage and Recovery -ASR- ( www.clw.csiro.au/research/catchment/reclamation ) of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation -CSIRO-
( www.clw.csiro.au ) and Department of Water Resources, South Australia (www.dwr.sa.gov.au ) for its internationally recognised contributions to groundwater management in arid areas.
website: www.unesco.org/water

MITCH -MITigation of Climate induced natural Hazards-
MITCH (MITigation of Climate induced natural Hazards) is an EC-funded Concerted Action in the Fifth Framework Programme, with 13 partners from across Europe. The project is striving to bring together research institutions and end users, with a leading involvement in the mitigation of natural hazards with a meteorological cause. MITCH is being conducted through a series of 3 workshops and an active website for the exchange of views and evaluation of best practice. The first workshop will be held in Delft on 12/13 December, sponsored by WL Delft Hydraulics and the Environment Agency. The Workshop topic is: Floods, droughts and landslides: management in a changing climate - Translating research advances into practical benefits
e-mail: nfwc@Environment-Agency.gov.uk or baw@hrwallingford.co.uk
website: www.mitch-ec.net

Darwin Optimizer
Haestad Methods has developed a new software program called Darwin Optimizer for water resources modelling using an hybrid form of Genetic Algorithms.
e-mail: info@haestad.com

Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has created the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, which will be established in Delft, The Netherlands. The existing International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE), based in Delft, will be owned by the 188 member states of UNESCO. With the institute's creation, knowledge of water management will become more accessible to those of the developing world, according to UNESCO officials.
website: www.ihe.nl

Investigation of Extreme Flood Processes & Uncertainty
The IMPACT project addresses the assessment and reduction of risks from extreme flooding caused by natural events or the failure of dams and flood defence structures. In Europe, the asset value of dam and flood defence structures amounts to many billions of Euro. These structures include, for example, dams, weirs, sluices, flood embankments, dikes, tailings dams etc. Whilst such extreme flood events are rare, when they do occur they can pose a significant threat to human life (e.g. 400 casualties for the Malpasset Dam failure) and immense economic and environmental damage. To manage and minimise these risks effectively, it is necessary to be able to identify hazards and vulnerability in a consistent and reliable manner, to have good knowledge of structure behaviour in emergency situations, and to understand the potential consequences of failure in order to allow effective contingency planning for public safety. This research project is currently under contract negotiation with the European Commission with an expected start date of the End 2001 / Beginning 2002. A full project website will be established upon commencement of the project. In the meantime, a summary of the project aims and objectives is given at www.samui.co.uk/impact-project/

B-SPAN, a gate to the World Bank
B-SPAN offers anyone with access to the Internet an opportunity to see policy
seminars and presentations that are held regularly at the World Bank. These
presentations, by leading experts from around the world, are held on a variety
of sustainable development and poverty reduction issues. Though interested
individuals and Bank staff are often not able to attend these live events, these
presentations are still available for later viewing as they become part of
B-SPAN's permanent archive. A new website has been started to archive the
video materials for future viewing. Over time, the B-SPAN website will become a
virtual library of information on development and poverty issues.
website: www.worldbank.org/wbi/B-SPAN

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UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowship Programme
UNESCO is soliciting nominations from postgraduate researchers, for the above Research Fellowships Programme. Nominations for twenty Fellowships - funded by the Japanese Government for the second year running - should be submitted through the UNESCO National Committees. Closing date for applications is 29 March, 2002.
The four domains of research include: Environment, Intercultural Dialogue, Information and Communications Technologies, and Peaceful Conflict Resolution.
website: www.unesco.org/water

Studentships in Hydrodynamics, Manchester, UK
Applications are invited from suitably qualified, British or EU, graduates for two fully funded studentships, to begin as soon as possible, leading to the degree of PhD. The successful candidates will work on the development and implementation of Cartesian cut cell based, computational modelling tools for hydrodynamics Candidates wishing to apply should send a Curriculum Vitae (including an e-mail address and the names and addresses of two academic referees) to Dr. DM Ingram (D.M.Ingram@mmu.ac.uk), Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Flow Analysis, the Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD by Friday 9th November 2001.
website: www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/cmmfa

Coastal and Port Engineering Consultants, Cape Town, South Africa
Position available with leading coastal and port engineering consultants based in Cape Town, South Africa. Looking for a recently qualified engineer with at least a masters degree in coastal engineering. Relevant experience will be considered an advantage. Applicants to forward a copy of their curriculum vitae to info@prdw.co.za
Prestedge Retief Dresner Wijnberg
Marina Centre, West Quay Road
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
website: www.prdw.co.za

Research Fellow in Computational Hydraulics
HR Wallingford wishes to recruit a research fellow with specialist knowledge of open channel flow initially to work on a nationally funded R&D project to improve the computational procedures currently used for the estimation of flood conveyance. Following the completion of this initial research, there are opportunities to work on the development and application of variety of simulation models in engineering and environmental hydraulics.
e-mail: p.samuels@hrwallingford.co.uk
website: www.hrwallingford.co.uk

Senior Scientists/Engineers
HR Wallingford is looking for Post graduates or Chartered Engineers with a keen interest and experience in providing innovative flood, catchment and coastal management solutions, primarily in the UK but also overseas for short periods. The successful applicants will have particular interests and expertise in one or more of
the following:
· the application of state-of-the-art risk and uncertainty techniques in flood and coastal defence
· river engineering and catchment management
· groundwater and urban drainage.
e-mail: maureen@hrwallingford.co.uk

Research Position, Heverlee, Belgium
Extreme waves: research position available at the Hydraulics Laboratory
of the K.U. Leuven. Required qualifications are civil engineer, mathematician, oceanographer or similar science degree; some research experience is considered
an advantage.
e-mail: jaak.monbaliu@bwk.kuleuven.ac.be
website: www.bwk.kuleuven.ac.be/bwk/hydraulics/

Coastal Engineer, Portland, Oregon, USA
The qualified and successful candidate will be responsible for general coastal engineering studies; Collection and evaluation of pertinent data including tide stages, wave height, length, and direction, river current velocities and direction, littoral currents and littoral drift, salinities, sedimentation, and upland discharges; Writing or assisting team members in writing final study reports dealing with coastal and hydraulic considerations, etc.
e-mail: jtapp@sktcorp.com

Research Fellowships, Glasgow and London, UK
Two Research Fellows in Numerical Ocean Modelling are offered at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Imperial College, London. Applications are invited for two EPSRC-funded posts concerned with data assimilation methods in numerical coastal ocean models. The appointments are tenable for 36 months starting on 1st January 2002 or as soon as possible thereafter. Applications (Ref: R62/01) with full CV giving names and addresses of two referees should be sent to Dr. Copeland, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NG, Scotland, U.K. Tel. +44 (0)141 548 3252. The first closing date is 30 November 2001, however applications are welcome until appointments to both posts have been made.
e-mail: g.m.copeland@strath.ac.uk

Tenure Track Faculty Position in Physical Oceanography, USA
The Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (MEAS) at North Carolina State University in Raleigh invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Physical Oceanography. They are particularly looking for a candidate with a strong background in field-based estuarine and coastal ocean processes. This position is
the first of three positions that will be used to staff the new Center for Marine Science and Technology. Send your applications before December 15, 2001.
e-mail: john_morrison@ncsu.edu
website: www.cmast.ncsu.edu

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

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