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IAHR
NEWSFLASH - July, 1999 - IAHR Secretariat, The Netherlands
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Time flies and
so do e-mails, this is our second electronic Newsletter judging
by the comments we received, it
was well received!
"As a rule,
he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success
in life" - Disraeli
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In three weeks
our Biennial Congress will begin; for those still sitting on the
fence maybe the following information on lectures given by these
esteemed colleagues will help you make your decision.
For those of you
who will be attending get there early for a ringside seat!!
28th Biennial
Congress, 22-27 August 1999 In Graz, Austria. Final Programme is
now available homepage: http://www.joanneum.ac.at/events/iahr/bull_3/index.html
Keynote
Lectures
Monday 23 August 1999
Flood Disasters: Lessons from the Past - Worries for the Future
by Gerhard BERZ, (Germany)
Director for Research, Munich Re Insurance
Hydraulic Engineering - a Key Technology for our Future
by Wolfgang PIRCHER (Austria)
former President ICOLD
Chair: Helmut Scheuerlein (Austria)
Friday 27 August 1999
Ippen Award Lecture
Evolution, Revolution and Hydraulic Research"
by Vladan BABOVIC (Denmark)
DHI, Secretary IAHR Hydroinformatics Section
Chair: Akira Wada (Japan) |
Invited
Lectures
Tuesday 24 August 1999
Forchheimer and Schoklitsch
by Walter H. GRAF (Switzerland) and Michael B. ABBOTT (The
Netherlands)
Professor Emeritus, IHE
Chair: Heinz Bergmann (Austria)
Wednesday 25 August 1999
A Short History of Hydrology
by Rafael BRAS (USA)
Professor, MIT
Chair: Dieter Gutknecht (Austria)
Thursday 26 August 1999
From Turbulent Plumes to Red Tides - A Hong Kong Perspective
of Environmental Hydraulics
by Joseph H.-W. LEE (Hong Kong)
Chair: Gerhard Jirka (Germany) |
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World
Water Vision - Sectoral Consultation on Water in Rivers
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major exercise entitled "World Water Vision" is currently
underway at the global level under the auspices of the World
Water Council and co-ordinated by a Vision Unit at UNESCO. For
more information http://www.watervision.org/ |
IAHR has been invited
by the Vision Unit to act as networking partner in collaboration
with the Ministry of Construction, Japan, WMO and UNESCO on a sectoral
consultation called "Water in Rivers".
This consultation complements others covering Water for Food, Water
for People and Water for Nature. The results will be presented at
the Second World Water Forum and interministerial conference in
The Hague, March 2000 and will be used to shape future investment
in the area. An important discussion paper has been prepared by
IAHR to initiate discussion focussing on the key issue of flooding.
A complementary discussion paper has been prepared by the Japanese
Ministry for Construction which considers rivers in the broadest
sense. The papers are published on the IAHR home page http://www.iahr.nl/watervision.htm
and comments received will be posted up. We invite you to
participate in the discussion by sending your comments on the discussion
papers and further contributions to IAHR as soon as possible.
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19th
IAHR Latin American Hydraulics Congress
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Córdoba
Park Hotel, in the city of Córdoba (Argentina), from October
22 to 27, 2000.
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
Congress Topics: Fluids mechanics and fundamental hydraulics,
Surface and underground hydrology, Water resources planning,
Hydromechanics Environmental hydraulics, Fluvial and maritime
hydraulics, Hydraulic works, Computational methods applied to
hydraulics, Laboratory techniques, Irrigation and drainage hydraulics
EXPO CÓRDOBA 2000
A related products and services exposition will be on display
simultaneously with the Congress.
Dr. Raśl Lopardo, email: rlopardo@ina.gov.ar,
Web site: http://www.ina.gov.ar
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4th
IAHR Biennial Congress of the African Division
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Conserving
and Sharing Water Resources in a Water Scarce Environment.
7th to 9th JUNE 2000, Windhoek, Namibia
Topics: Groundwater supplies, groundwater modelling and
recharge: Artificial groundwater recharge, With treated waste
water, With untreated surface water. Conserving water and augmenting
water supplies: Water demand management, Waste water treatment
and reclamation, Rain and fog harvesting, Reduction of evaporation
from dams.The sea as a source: Desalination plants, Sea intakes,
Icebergs as a water source, Conditioning sea water, Preservation
of lagoons, Sharing surface water: Sharing water over international
borders, Sharing water from common river systems. Technical
and environmental issues related to water supply projects: Transport
of water over long distances, Environmental problems in arid
countries, Environmental impacts resulting from mixing water
from adjacent river systems, Over-abstraction from large groundwater
aquifers. General topics: Solar powered borehole pumps and pumping
installations, International co-operation, International water
use agreements, The el nino phenomenon
e-mail: namlink@iwwn.com.na,
internet site: http://www.iwwn.com.na//iahr2000
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5th
IAHR International Symposium on Stratified Flows
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June
10-13, 2000, Vancouver Canada
Topics: Hydrodynamic
instability, Stratified turbulence, Internal waves, Oceanic
and atmospheric flows, Lake dynamics, Convection, entrainment
and mixing, Intrusions and gravity currents, Exchange flows,
Multilayer hydraulics, Jets and plumes.
Noboru Yonemitsu, e-mail: noboru@civil.ubc.ca,
internet site: http://www.civil.ubc.ca/ISSF2000.html |
The
Italian Hydrotechnical Association has recently published a
new book called "Hydraulics of of problems of Environmental
Protection" edited by G. Frega. Available from Editoriale
Bios and published in Italian. Price 25.000 lire, EU 12,91
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Geologist
/ Engineering Geologist
The California Coastal Commission, Personnel Office, California
Coastal Commission, 45 Fremont Street, Suite 1900, San Francisco,
CA, 94105-2219, USA tel:+1-415-904-5430 or CalNet 539-5430
Senior
Coastal Engineer.
The Woods Hole Group, homepage: http://www.whgrp.com/
Coastal,
Civil, and Hydraulic Engineers
Pacific International Engineering, PLLC, e-mail:
jilliang@piengr.com
Senior
Coastal Engineer and Junior Coastal Engineer
Coastal Systems International, e-mail: Slaw@coastalsystemsint.com
Graduate
Opportunities
BHR Group Limited, e-mail: mharris@bhrgroup.co.uk
Associate Professorship
In Applied Hydraulics
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),
e-mail: Wolfgang.Schilling@bygg.ntnu.no,
homepage: http://www.bygg.ntnu.no/ivb/info/BM31099e.html
Graduates Engineering
& Science -
HR Wallingford, e-mail: hrinfo@hrwallingford.co.uk,
homepage: http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/company/opportunities.html
Young Hydraulic
Engineers
DHI, Denmark, e-mail: ebr@dhi.dk,
homepage: http://www.dhi.dk/general/vacant.htm
Water Resources
Engineer, experienced in modelling work
DHI Inc., USA office, Philadelphia
e-mail: dhi@dhigroup.com,
homepage: www.dhigroup.com
Graduate Hydrogeologist
and Business Development Manager - Catchments
WRC, UK, e-mail: shears_a@wrcplc.co.uk,
homepage: http://www.wrcplc.co.uk/
Please note that
the vacancies may be restricted to applicants having right of residence
in the country concerned.
All IAHR members
are invited to send us vacancies which can be posted under "Job
Opportunities". Please send an e-mail to Cheryl van der Zee,
e-mail: zee@iahr.nl
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