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March / April 2000 - IAHR Secretariat,
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Redesigned internet site
Delft, 13 March 2000.
The IAHR internet site has been completely redesigned
to allow improved navigation, and in preparation for new features
and services which will shortly be announced. You are invited to
have a look at http://www.iahr.org/.
We would be pleased if you could provide us feedback and thoughts
about the internet site and the internet activities of the IAHR.
World Water Forum - and Mozambique Flood Appeal (also
see Droplets)
Following the World Water Forum - which has just finished
in The Hague, The Netherlands - in which IAHR organised a successful
session on "Living with Floods" - IAHR has been asked
by the Mozambique Government and the Water in Rivers Secretariat,
Japan to assist with the Global Water Partnership in organising
urgently an International Workshop in Mozambique to establish priorities
for flood remediation measures. Information: christopher.george@iahr.org
Invitation To Participate
You are invitation to participate in the John F.
Kennedy Student Paper Competition during the 29th IAHR Biennial
Congress, Beijing, China 16-21 September 2001. Contact: Prof. SUO
Lisheng, Hohai University, 1, Xikang Road, Nanjing, 210098, China,
tel. +86-25-3713777 ext. 50232 , fax: 3735375, e-mail: lssuo@hhu.edu.cn, website: http://www.2001iahr.iwhr.com
Just out!! Urban Drainage Section Newsletter
The No 13 Urban Drainage Section Newsletter has come
out. Paper copies can be ordered (free to members) at the Secretariat
or found on our website: http://www.iahr.org/links/direct_urbannews13_index.htm
European Division Swings in to Action
Jacky Peters, Belgium, Chairman of the new IAHR European
Division is providing support to the organisers of upcoming meetings
on shoreline management in Nice, watercourse management in Antwerp
and the H2O exhibition in Ferrara, Italy - all due to take place
in May.
19th IAHR Latin American Congress, Argentina, October,
2000
The next Latin American Division Congress coming up
this October has been awarded "national interest" status
by the Argentinian Government. See the Conference
web site.
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Numerical Model
I am looking for an existing numerical model to predict landslide
generated waves on reservoirs. Does anyone know of a model that
is currently available? Ryan P. Mulligan, M.A.Sc., E.I.T., Coastal
Engineer, Hay & Company Consultants Inc., 1 West 7th Avenue,
Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1L4, Canada, tel: +1-604 875-6391, fax: +1-604
875-8363, e-mail: r_mulligan@hayco.com
New Sand Feeder
We are planning an experiment in the wave basin which requires
the input of a constant sediment input by a SAND FEEDER. The existing
ones are quite old (vibratory type) and difficult to regulate and
maintain a steady flow. If you could give me the address/contact
email/Fax of a laboratory supplier who can supply us with a modern
SAND FEEDER it will be a great help. Contact: H.P.V. Vithana, Research
Associate, WEM/SCE, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O.Box 4, Klong
Luang 12120, Pathumthani, Thailand. e-mail: vidura@ait.ac.th
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Mathcad Coastal Engineering Toolbox
I've been using mathcad for few years now in the field of coastal
engineering. I'm very satisfied with the program and I'd like try
to set-up a mathcad coastal engineering toolbox, based either on
Mathcad sheets or on C/C++ dll. I'd like to know if any members
would be interested into some co-operation (or information) on the
development of this toolbox. I'd also be interested into any mathcad
user feed-back. Yann Chatelus, e-mail: yann.chatelus@wanadoo.fr
Looking for a job opportunity
I am looking for any job opportunities in the coastal engineering
field. I have a B.S. in Systems Engineering with a concentration
in environmental systems from the University of Pennsylvania. After
graduation, I worked for a short time with Land Use Environmental
Corp., a coastal maintenance and restoration corporation. Just recently,
I returned to the United States having completed my service as a
Peace Corps Volunteer in Mauritania, West Africa.
I would appreciate being notified of any available coastal engineering
positions. Kerry Luisi, e-mail: kerry_luisi@yahoo.com
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A New Millennium Colloquium on the Future of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, March 19-21, 2000, Massachusetts, USA. Website:
http://web.mit.edu/civenv/www/colloquium.html
NE Seminars - Sustainable use of water: quality and quantity Seminar,
Guildford, UK. 16 to 21 July 2000
Int. Networking Events, The British Council, 1 Beaumont Place,
Oxford OX1 2PJ, U.K. Tel: +44 1865 316636, Fax: +44 1865 557368,
e-mail: network.events@britishcouncil.org,
website: www.britishcouncil.org/networkevents
19th Latin American Hydraulics Congress (has been awarded "national
interest" status), Córdoba (Argentina), from October 22 to
27, 2000.
Full papers (not abstracts) should be submitted to the Congress
Secretariat before June 30, 2000.
Contact: Ms. Laura MELAMED, Instituto Nacional del Agua y del Ambiente
- INA, Encuentros y Seminarios - EyS, Au. Ezeiza - Cañuelas, Tramo
J. Newbery Km. 1.620 - (1804) Ezeiza, Province of Buenos Aires,
ARGENTINA, Tel: +54-11-4480-4576, Tel/Fax: +54-11-4480-0433, e-mail:
eys@ina.gov.ar Website: http://www.ina.gov.ar/
The Sixteenth World Dredging Congress (WODCON XVI), Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, April 2-5, 2001. Contact: Dr. Ram K. Mohan, Gahagan
& Bryant Associates, Inc., 9008-0 Yellow Brick Road, Baltimore,
MD 21237, USA, Ph: +1-410-682-5595, Fx: +1-410-682-2175, e-mail:
rkmohan@gba-inc.com
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SHORELINE 2000 - Information-Society Tools for Shoreline Management
22- 26 May, 2000, Nice, France, Organisation: City of Nice and
University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, with active participation and
sponsorship of the IAHR-European Division. Contact: Dr.Philippe
Gourbesville, Conference Organiser, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis,
UMR 5651 of CNRS, 98 bvd E.Herriot, 06000 Nice, France, Tel: +33-(0)4
93 37 55 41., fax: +33-(0)4 93 37 54 30., E-mail: Philippe.Gourbesville@unice.fr
An international workshop on wetland and tidal swamps will be held
in Seoul, Korea, in September 2001, during the 52nd meeting
of the International Executive Council (IEC) of the International
Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). website www.icid.org/
Course on integrated coastal zone management.
21st August to 4th October, 2000, Denmark DHI - Water and
Environment, is pleased to announce the launch of its vocational
training course on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) to
be held in Horsholm, Denmark. The course will introduce environmental
and shoreline management aspects to practitioners and managers,
to give them a wider understanding of the tools and procedures available
to improve ICZM within the disciplines of environmental and shoreline
management. For further information please visit : http://www.iczm.dhi.dk
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Just published
WL | Delft Hydraulics presents the World Water Game
IAHR Corporate member, WL | Delft Hydraulics, launched
a software game called "World Water Game (WWG)" at the
recent World Water Fair in The Hague. Accept the challenge to become
an expert World Water Manager who may help to solve the world's
water problems. The game can be downloaded from: http://www.wldelft.nl/worldwatergame/index
.html
Word Water Forum
Second
World Water Forum hosted by the Government of the Netherlands
concluded on World Water Day in The Hague on March 22nd. Over 4000
delegates (excluding the press!) representing all different interest
groups involved in water (governments, technical people, NGOs) came
together for perhaps the first time to discuss the World Water Vision
and its implementation. The document "World Water Vision -
Making Water Everybody's Business" summarises the vision and
is available form Earthscan at www.earthscan.co.uk.
The Global Water Partnership (GWP) has published it's Framework
for Action entitled "Towards Water Scarsity: A Framework for
Action" which is available form the GWP at www.gwpforum.org
New IWMI Director General
Frank Rijsberman (The Netherlands) has been named
as the next Director General of the International Water Management
Institute (IWMI at http://www.iwmi.org).
His term of office will begin in September 2000, when David Seckler's
concludes.
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Site Seeing
http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/ - Office of Ocean and Coastal
Management
http://sdgateway.net/noframe/start.htm - The SD Gateway integrates
the online information developed by members of the Sustainable Development
Communications Network (formerly the Spinning the Web Network).
http://www.oneworld.org/ - The world's leading polluters should
set up a compensation fund for developing countries which suffer
natural disasters as a consequence of global warming, says a world-wide
conservation agency.
http://www.idrc.ca/ - International Development Research Centre
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/ - Comprehensive database of governmental
institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations,
central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc.
http://www.emwis.org - The Euro-Mediterranean Information System
on the know-how in the water sector (EMWIS)
http://www.mpae.gwgd.de/EGS/EGS.html European Geophysical Society
(EGS)
If you have other links please forward them to us: zee@iahr.org
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Job Announcements
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Two announcements for new hires in NOAA's Coastal Programs
Division in the USA are listed in the website: Post1
and Post2
Postgraduate Studentship, UK
The Department of Geography at Loughborough University, UK
is currently offering a NERC-funded postgraduate studentship to
support commencing October 2000:
- Sediment Sources contributing to Bed Load in Desert Streams
- River Bed Dynamics: Patch Stability-Instability
- Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages and Hydraulic Micro-Environments
in Gravel-Bed Rivers
Full details of these topics (closing date 31st March
2000), together with application forms, are available on-line at
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/
More specific enquiries contact: Dr Phil Hubbard (Telephone: (01509)
222747, e-mail: P.J.Hubbard@lboro.ac.uk)
Civil Engineering Faculty Position, USA
The Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University,
USA, invites applications for the tenure-track position of Associate
Professor in the field of Ocean Engineering. Contact: Dr. Jun Zhang,
Search Committee Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M
University, 3136 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA. Website:
http://www.civil.tamu.edu/
Flood Management Engineer, Denmark
DHI, Denmark require a Flood Management Engineer. You have
a M.Sc. or Ph.D. University background in hydraulics, hydroinformatics
or hydrology.
website: http://www.dhi.dk/
Development Engineer, Denmark
Furthermore DHI has an opportunity as Development Engineer. Required
qualifications: you have a M.Sc. or Ph.D. University background
in hydraulics, hydroinformatics or hydrology. Please forward your
application including your CV to Jacob Høst-Madsen, Head of Flood
Management Department, by e-mail to jhm@dhi.dk,
website: http://www.dhi.dk/
PhD Research studentship at Durham, UK
Students have the opportunity to apply for a PhD research studentship
in the Department of Geography at the University Durham, UK. For
October 2000 we have 3 NERC studentships (2 non-thematic, 1 CASE
award). We also have 3 University funded Studentships for physical
geography projects. Details of projects and application deadlines
appear on the departmental website at: http://www.geography.dur.ac.uk/
. You may email Dr Jerry Lloyd (J.M.Lloyd@durham.ac.uk)
or a potential supervisor listed on the web pages.
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Academic Appointment, UK
The Imperial College, London, UK, the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering has recently advertised a full-time
academic appointment covering any area of Civil Engineering Fluid
Mechanics. Website: www.cv.ic.ac.uk
or contact Colin J Kerr, tel: +44 171 594 6044 or e-mail c.j.kerr@ic.ac.uk
'Fees Only' Studentship, UK
Heriot-Watt University, UK, is looking for a student for
a 'fees only' studentship (no fees payable) on offer to work towards
a phd. The area of work is PIV and image processing applied to general
flow measurement. The student should be able to programme in C++
and have a good honours degree in a numerate science or engineering
subject. The offer is open to any nationality. The candidate needs
to show that he can provide his own living costs either personally
or by personal sponsor. Contact: Prof Ian Grant, fax: + 1-44 870
052 5409, Tel: +1-44 131 447 8660, e-mail: 9misfv@ode-web.demon.co.uk, website:
http://www.ode-web.demon.co.uk/
Graduates Engineering & Science, UK
HR Wallingford, UK is looking to recruit new graduates
with good honours degrees in Civil Engineering, Applied Mathematics
or Physics. Your involvement will be in computer modelling, laboratory
modelling or experimental research. A sound background in mathematics
is essential, together with programming experience for the computer
modelling posts. Website: http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/
Industrial Placements, UK
HR Wallingford, UK, also has vacancies for Industrial Trainees
for one year commencing between July and September 1999. The main
duties will involve running physical and computer models, data processing
and analysing results to enable them to be presented to clients.
Candidates should be studying physics, mathematics, oceanography
or civil engineering, and possess good A levels in maths and a science
subject. Experience of using computers is required, including some
familiarity with the use of spreadsheet and word processing packages
and knowledge of a computer language. Website: http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/
Senior Researcher/Advisor (Civ. Eng.), Netherlands
WL | Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands require a Senior
Researcher/Advisor (Civ. Eng.) (F/M) for the execution of research
and advisory projects in the field of ‘River Engineering. For
more details see website: http://www.wldelft.nl/
or contact Mr. R.J. de Jong, Manager River Engineering; Postbus
177, 2600 MH Delft, The Netherlands. Tel. +31 15 2858867, e-mail:
Rob.deJong@Wldelft.nl
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