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XXIX IAHR Congress, Beijing, China, September 16th-21st, 2001.
A full list of accepted papers is now viewable on the Congress website:
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The time has come the walrus said ......... A fond farewell
by Cheryl van der Zee, Editor
They say that all good things come to an end and so it is with
my career with IAHR.
The choice for IAHR to move to Spain was inevitable as was my choice
to stay in Holland. Having just become a grandmother of a beautiful
baby girl, how could I leave?
I have worked for IAHR for 10 years and have enjoyed every minute
of it. I loved travelling to conferences to represent IAHR and meeting
our members. My favourite conferences were, of course, our Biennial
ones. Meeting old friends and making new ones was always something
I enjoyed immensely.
I shall miss the hectic work and trying to keep to the deadlines
of the Journal, Newsletter and NewsFlash. One of my favourite sayings
was: "I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound
as they go flying by"!!!
However, as the headline says we'll meet again because from April
8, I have a new job with Delft Hydraulics here in Delft. My new
job is with SOBEK, the general one-dimensional modelling system
of Delft Hydraulics. As sales and marketing support assistant it
will ensure that I remain active in the water related sector and
can use the knowledge I have gained whilst working for IAHR.
I will be changing my name from Cheryl van der Zee back to my maiden
name Cheryl Boud, in memory of my father.
My new e-mail address will be Cheryl.Boud@wldelft.nl and our website:
http://www.sobek.nl/.
Until the office has been fully installed in Spain our Executive
Director, Christopher George will take up my heavy duties.
I would like to thank you all for making my time with IAHR enjoyable,
it has been great!!
regards,
Cheryl
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Abstracts and full Papers from the latest Issue of the Journal
of Hydraulic Research, can be viewed in the "Publications"
area of the IAHR website:
http://www.iahr.org/
Beginning of sediment transport of incoherent grains in shallow
shear flows.
Marco Pilotti, Giovanni Menduni.
The continuous measurement of bedload discharge in a large alpine
gravel bed river.
H.M. Habersack, H.P. Nachtnebel and J.B. Laronne.
Transport of sediment in large sand-bed rivers.
Albert Molinas and Baosheng Wu.
Height and wavelength of alternate bars in rivers: modelling vs.
laboratory experiments.
M.A.F. Knaapen, S.J.M.H. Hulscher, H.J. De Vriend and A. Van Harten.
Flow structure of a plane turbulent impinging jet in cross flow.
Meilan Qi, Chicong Chen and Renshou Fu.
Mixing with multiple circular turbulent jets.
Ahmed K. Moawad, N. Rajaratnam and S.J. Stanley.
Integral model of shallow mixing layers.
Robert Booij and Jan Tukker.
Friction velocity associated to a non-uniform flow and an intermediate
scale roughness.
Hossein Afzalimehr and François Anctil.
Three-dimensional numerical simulation for an open channel flow
with a constriction.
N.J. Shankar, E.S. Chan and Q.Y. Zhang.
Hydraulic condition for undular-jump formations.
Iwao Ohtsu, Youichi Yasuda and Hiroshi Gotoh.
Velocity profile of sediment suspensions and comparison of log-law
and wake-law.
Xingkui Wang, Zhao-Yin Wang, Zhong Yu and Danxun Li.
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Student looking for a training period.
I am a student in my fifth and final year of engineering school
in the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie de Nancy
(France) currently exchange student in the Luleå University
of Technology (Sweden).
I am interested in geology and hydrogeology (prospecting, evaluation,
development of water resources). I am looking for a training period
of more than four months in these domains. I shall like to know
if you take trainees. If you are interested, please contact:
Sébastien Rotté-Capet
e-mail:sebrottec@hotmail.com
Sediments and debris.
Recently, we have been involved in several modelling studies regarding
sediment entrainment at riverine water intake structures. Something
that also concerns some of these structures is the accumulation
of the woody and leafy debris. We are interested in finding more
about this last subject. Of special interest are changes in the
structural and hydrodynamic properties (density, surface roughness,
drag force coefficients, etc) of the debris subjected to long-term
submergence.
Dr. Marian Muste, Research Engineer
Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research,The University of Iowa,404
Hydraulics Laboratory. Iowa City, IA 52242-1585
e-mail: marian-muste@uiowa.edu
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Looking for rainfall statistics.
I am writing from Portland, Oregon, USA. I am trying to find rainfall
statistics for various European cities. I am trying to correlate
this information with the same data from my city. The purpose of
this comparison is to address a discussion of Green Roof Systems
or Eco-Roof Systems as a storm water management tool. This concept
is very new in this country. There are many companies touting European
systems. Is there any way you can help me?
John B. Hermann, Bain Associates, Inc.
e-mail:JBHermann@himno.com
Spanish student working with SMS and WMS.
I'm Joan Verdú, a PhD student from the University of Lleida
(Spain), working in flood hydraulic modelling. Actually we're working
with commercial modelling software like SMS and WMS (also HEC software),
and we would like to contact with groups working with the same models,
in order to discuss a 2 or 3-month research stay, starting in May
or October, already fully-paid through a PhD grant. I'm especially
interested in exchanging knowledge of how you calibrate and validate
your models. I have granulometry, detailed DEM of the riverbed,
and hydrograms.
Joan Verdú
Forest & Agronomic Engineer, University of Lleida (Spain)
e-mail: jan.verdu@macs.udl.es
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New Pradigms in River and Estuarine Management. NATO advanced
Research Workship
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, April 2nd-7th, 2001
e-mail: phobb@uidaho.edu
International Perspectives in Water Resources Planning
Iowa, USA, May 14th-June 1st, 2001
Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, The University of Iowa (U.S.A.)
is organizing every year an international course titled "International
Perspectives in Water Resources Planning". This year's destination
is Eastern Europe (Hungary, Poland, Romania).
website:http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/education/international/eeurope.html
European Flood Defence & Land Drainage Summit
London, UK, May 31st - June 1st, 2001
website: http://www.iqpc.co.uk
International Conference on Fluxes and Structures in Fluids
Moscow, Russia, June 20th-22nd, 2001
Further details:
Dr. B.G. Baydulov -Institute for Problems in Mechanics RAS, 101(1),
prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow 117526, Russia.
e-mail: chakin@ipmnet.ru , bayd@ipmnet.ru
Youth World Water Forum
Vlissingen, the Netherlands, June 25th-28th,
2001
e-mail:ywwf@mail.hzeeland.nl
website: http://www.ywwf.net/
Global Change Open Science Conference
Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 10th-13th, 2001
Information on the conference, including online registration and abstract
submission is available.
website: www.sciconf.igbp.kva.se
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Third Australian Stream Management
Conference
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, August 27th-29th, 2001
website: http://www.catchment.crc.org.au/streamconference
Fourth International Ecohydraulics Symposium
Cape Town, South Africa, March 3rd-8th, 2002
e-mail: conference2002@southernwaters.co.za
website: http://www.southernwaters.co.za
International Groundwater Symposium
Berkeley, California, March 25th-29th, 2002
Organised by IAHR and co-sponsored by IAHS and ASCE/EWRI.
website:http://www.iahr.org/conferences/groundwater2002/groundwater2002.htm
The Ninth Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics
Isfahan, Iran, May 27th-31st, 2002.
e-mail: acfm9@sepahan.iut.ac.ir
website: http://www.iut.ac.ir/conf.htm
International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, September 4th-6th, 2002
Co-sponsored by IAHR.
website: http://www.gc.ucl.ac.be/riverflow/home.html
The 5th International Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modelling
and Measurements
Camp de Mar, Mallorca, Spain, September 16th-18th, 2002
website: http://www.unizar.es/etmm5
For the First Announcement and Call for Papers,
website: http://www.unizar.es/etmm5/announce.htm
To subscribe to the mailing list,
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Shock-capturing methods for free-surface
shallow flows
E. F. Toro, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2001.
The first of its kind in the field, this title examines the use of
modern, shock-capturing finite volume numerical methods, in the solution
of partial differential equations associated with free-surface flows,
which satisfy the shallow-water type assumption (including shallow
water flows, dense gases and mixtures of materials as special examples).
Professor E. F. Toro
website: http://www.docm.mmu.ac.uk/STAFF/E.F.Toro
Safeguarding Our Water
The February 2001 issue of Scientific American has a special report
on the world's water problems. Articles are available online on the
Scientific American Site:
1. "Making Every Drop Count," by Peter H. Gleick,
website: http://www.sciam.com/2001/0201issue/0201gleick.html
2. Growing More Food with Less Water, by Sandra Postel,
website: http://www.sciam.com/2001/0201issue/0201postel.html
3. How We Can Do It, by Diane Martindale and Peter H. Gleick,
website: http://www.sciam.com/2001/0201issue/0201how.html
Hydraulic Engineering Software VIII
Editors: W. R. Blain and C. A. Brebbia.
This book features contributions from international researchers on
all aspects of hydraulic engineering software. The three main areas
covered are groundwater flow, open channel flow and pressure flow,
whiel water quality and decision support system issues are also explored.
e-mail: witpress@witpress.com
website: http://www.witpress.com
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State of the World 2001
There are signs of accelerated ecological decline and a loss of political
momentum on environmental issues, according to State of the World
2001, issued by the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington based research
organisation. The full State of the World 2001 report is available
online. website:http://www.worldwatch.org/
New DHI Water and Environment discussion forum on the EU water
framework directive
The Water Framework Directive is now a reality. The implementation
of the Directive in the Member States and accession co, countries
will require better knowledge about all sources having an impact
on the water quality and the ecological status of European surface
and ground waters.
website: http://projects.dhi.dk/waterdir/
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)
The WSP is an international partnership of the world's leading development
agencies concerned with water and sanitation services for the poor.Its
mission is to alleviate poverty by helping the poor gain sustained
access to improved water and sanitation services.
To keep people better informed about its activities and learning
products, the WSP has redesigned its website.
e-mail: david.duthie@unep.org
website: http://www.wsp.org/
OSIRIS
EU Project OSIRIS (Operational Solutions for the Management of Inundation
Risks in the Information Society) entered its second (out of total
three) year of activity. One of the tasks of OSIRIS is to create
an open discussion Forum on the subjects related to dissemination
of information before, during and after flood crisis.
website: http://www.ist-osiris.org/extern/discus/index.html
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International Riverprize of the Australian Riverfestival (Brisbanne,
August 25th-September 9th, 2001)
This (AUD) $100 000 award recognises excellence in river management
and provides an incentive to further the world-wide effort of restoring
rivers. It is open to an individual, organisation, agency or group
of organisations that can demonstrate outstanding achievement in
river management.
Previous winners of this prestigious award are the Mersey River
(UK) in 1999 and the Grand River Conservation Authority , Canada
in 2000. For the first time this year a National Prize of $25 000
is also being offered that is aimed specifically at community-based
Australian operations.
website: www.riverfestival.com.au
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RiverSurveyor
Hydraulic Instrumentation Manufacturer, SonTek, has announced a
new system "RiverSurveyor" to quickly and safely measuring
discharge in shallow rivers and streams. The "Mini-ADP"system
is capable of measuring discharge in stream depths as shallow as
1 foot (0.3 m).
website: http://www.sontek.com/e0101/rivercat.htm
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Chief Scientist, Maryland, USA
The University of Maryland Centre for Environmental Science (UMCES)
at its
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL), Solomons, Maryland, invites
applications to fill an appointment of the Chief Scientist of the
newly-formed Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT). The position
requires a Ph.D. in the marine sciences, ocean engineering, or an
associated field. The successful candidate will have demonstrated
technical expertise and field experience in using environmental
monitoring technologies in monitoring programs of natural resources
of near-shore coastal waters.
Deadline May 15, 2001.
Christine R. Ryan | University of Maryland | Post Office Box 38,
Centre for Environmental Science | Solomons, MD 20688, Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory
e-mail: ryan@cbl.umces.edu
website: http://www.actonline.ws/
Paid training offered to candidates following post-graduate studies
in hydraulic schemes at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Course Management offers a limited number of paid training places
to foreign candidates without a professional activity, to cover
their living expenses in Switzerland during the two-year course.
The paid training programme in private engineering companies of
public institutions is associated with EPFL scholarships.
The deadline for application is April 30th, 2001. For further information
on the course and registration, contact:
Postgraduate studies in hydraulic schemes
Laboratoire de constructions hydraulics
LCH-DGC-EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
e-mail: postgrade.lch@epfl.ch
website: http://lchwww.epfl.ch/
Consulting Engineering Company, Canada
Sandwell Engineering Inc., one of Canada's largest consulting engineering
companies, with projects throughout the world, has a requirement
for an experienced engineer with experience in ocean, coastal or
port engineering. This is an opportunity for a capable, ambitious
ocean/coastal/port/marine engineer to be a key player in a leading
firm offering local, national, & international project experience.
Please forward resume to: Sandwell Engineering Inc. 1045 Howe Street,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6Z 2A9, Attention Keith Land,
or fax to: (604) 688 5913, or
e-mail: kland@sandwell.com
Watershed Management and Modelling, USA
Tetra Tech, a multi-disciplinary environmental consulting company,
seeks
several highly qualified individuals in all areas of watershed management
and modelling, storm water management, and database management and
design.
Positions are available in our Fairfax, VA; Atlanta, GA; Cleveland,
OH; and Philadelphia, PA offices. Contact Steven Peene at the following:
Tetra Tech, Inc. 2110 Powers Ferry Road, Suite 460. Atlanta, GA
30339, USA
e-mail:speene@tetratech-ffx.com
Office/Project Manager, USA
WEST Consultants has offices in San Diego, Bellevue and Tempe and
we are in the process of opening an office in Salem, OR. We are
currently looking for senior engineers as office or project managers
with significant experience in open channel hydraulics, ground and
surface water hydrology, sedimentation and erosion, water quality
modelling and river mechanics. We are also looking for entry level
water resources engineers. MS or Ph.D. preferred. Familiarity with
numerical modelling, particularly HEC models and other 1 and 2-D
codes a plus. We have positions available for our office at Salem,
OR. Please contact Jeffrey Bradley at the Bellevue office by FAX
(425-646-0570).
e-mail: jbradley@westconsultants.com.
website: www.westconsultants.com
Water Engineers, Spain
TYPSA, the largest Spanish civil and environmental Consulting and
Engineering firm is seeking highly-skilled professionals with experience
of international projects in water and sewage networks and plants
hydraulics environmental management and studies institutional strengthening.
website: http://www.typsa.es/
Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Delft, The Netherlands
The Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences of the Delft University
of Technology has a vacancy for a full time position: Professor
of Fluid Mechanics. The professor will head the section of Fluid
Mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering and is responsible
for the successful development of this section in terms of research
and teaching tasks, management of staff and facilities and liaison
with funding agencies (public and private). TU-Delft offers a salary
with a maximum of NLG. 15,000 per month, depending on qualifications
and experience.
More information can be obtained from the chairman of the search
committee, Prof.dr.ir. A.Verruijt.
e-mail:a.verruijt@citg.tudelft.nl
Coastal Engineer/ Sediment Transport Specialist, San Francisco,
USA
The Woods Hole Group, a marine environmental consulting firm, has
an immediate need in its San Francisco Bay Area office for the following:
-Coastal Engineer
-Sediment Transport Specialist
Please send responses to HR Manager, 81 Technology Park Drive, E.
Falmouth, MA 02536
e-mail:sladley@whgrp.com. EOE
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Lecturer in flood management at IHE Delft, The Netherlands
For more information on this interesting job opportunity in a challenging
and pleasant working environment in a university town famous for
its (river) engineering education:
e-mail: gerrit.klaassen@wldelft.nl (wl)
websites: http://www.wldelft.nl/ (WL) and http://www.ihe.nl/ (IHE)
Research Assistants in Fluvial Geomorphology/Ecology and Hydraulics,
Loughborough, England
Post 1 - Research Assistant: Hydrodynamics and Macroinvertebrate
Use of Coarse, River-bed Sediment Patches.
The appointment is full-time for ten months with a target start
date of May 2001 and will be at point 6 on the RA1A scale (pro rata
£18,185). Enquiries should be directed at Dr. Stephen Rice
[s.rice@lboro.ac.uk, tel. +44 (0)1509 222748, fax: +44 (0)1509 223930].
Post 2 - Research Assistant: River Sediment Transport from Textural
Patches
The post is available immediately and it is hoped that the successful
candidate will be in post by May or June 2001. The appointment will
be for ten months and will be at point 6 on the RA1A scale (pro
rata £18,185). Informal enquiries can be directed at Professor
Ian Reid.
e-mail: ian.reid@lboro.ac.uk
website: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/gy/index.html.
Research Studentship, Cranfield, UK
A research student is required for an experimental project in the
fluid mechanics of low-cost modifications to the Crump weir in order
to facilitate fish passage. The project is jointly funded by the
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the
Environment Agency of England and Wales. Applicants should have
a good honours degree in engineering, physics or applied mathematics,
or an equivalent qualification, and will be expected to register
for the degree of MPhil/ PhD of Cranfield University.
e-mail: rhodes@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk.
website: http://www.vacancies.ac.uk/jobs/2001-06-019.html
Civil Engineer in coastal research, Kuwait
Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research has a vacancy for a civil
engineer to work in coastal engineering related research - physical
and numerical modelling studies, and training of junior staff. Applicant
should have a PhD in civil engineering with emphasis on hydraulic
and coastal studies, fluid mechanics, etc. Five years experience.
Applications to Personnel manager, KISR, PO Box 24885, 13109 Safat,
Kuwait.
website: http://www.kisr.edu.kw/
Stream rehabilitation projects, Toronto, Canada
Ontario Streams is looking for energetic and reliable individuals
to implement several wetland and stream rehabilitation projects
within the Toronto area. These are summer employment positions that
report to the Project Co-ordinators and are based in Aurora, Ontario.
Deadline: April 16th, 2001. Send resume to: Ontario Streams. Doug
Forder, Field Supervisor
50 Bloomington Road West Aurora, Ontario, LAG 3G8, Canada
e-mail:doug-forder@ontariostreams.on.ca
website: http://www.ontariostreams.on.ca/
Coastal Engineer/Sediment transport specialist, San Francisco,
USA.
Limno-Tech, Inc., a Ann Arbor, Michigan based company, is searching
for a Lead Hydrodynamic Modeller position and a Sediment Transport
Specialist. The Hydrodynamic Modeller position requires a MS/PhD
in engineering, strong background in mathematical modelling of fluids
and computer programming. Plus experience with numerical algorithms,
GIS experience desirable and excellent communications skills, as
they will be interacting with the client as well as internal staff.
At least 5 years experience. This modeller will support water quality,
toxics fate and transport and CSO discharge modelling efforts.
Interested persons contact: Beth Cammarata, Limno-Tech, Inc. 501
Avis Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
e-mail:bcammarata@limno.com
Civil Engineer for research project, Lisbon, Portugal
Within a research co-operation with Instituto Superior Técnico
(IST) in Lisbon, who developed the wave energy demonstration plant
on the Island of Pico/Azores, we are looking for a highly motivated
civil engineer (post-graduate) for a period of 3 years from May
1st, 2001 to perform integrative research in an industrial atmosphere
, which shall result in a doctoral degree. The fellowship is granted
by the EU-Marie Curie Fellowship Scheme, for further details please
check the CORE PROJECT DETAILS and the general Fellowship informations
on the site http://www.cordis.lu/improving/fellowships/home.htm
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Send applications including a short statement of motivation for
this project via e-mail to ww@netcabo.pt , referring to Dr. Ana
Brito e Melo in the subject line.
Research Assistant in Hydraulics, Vienna, Austria
The Institut für Hydraulik, Gewässerkunde und Wasserwirtschaft
at the Technische Universität Wien is looking for a young and
highly motivated indiviual with a strong background in hydraulics
or fluid mechanics (Dipl.-Ing. or M.S., preferably in civil, hydraulic
or environmental engineering) to do research (half-time) within
the framework of an EU-funded project with a focus on flow, settling
and oxygen transport in wetland ponds. Work towards a doctoral degree
is possible (depending on the scientific ability of the candidate).
The position will most probably be available from June 1st, 2001.
Univ.Doz. Dr. Bernhard H. Schmid.
e-mail: b.h.schmid@aon.at
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