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October 2000 - IAHR Secretariat, Delft, The Netherlands - e-mail: iahr@iahr.org

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Call for applications IAHR lecturer award

see Newsletter issue 5, 2000 or September NewsFlash: http://www.iahr.org

Not to be missed Congresses:

XIX IAHR Congreso Latinoamericano de Hidráulica CORDOBA 2000 22-27 Octubre, Cordoba, Argentina.
Contact: Sra Laura Melamed, INA-Encuentros y Seminarios - EyS, Au. Ezeiza Canuelas Tramo J. Newbery Km. 1.620, 1804 Ezeiza, Pcia. Benos Aires, Argentina. tel: +54-11-4480-4576. Tel/fax: +54-11-4480-0433.e-mail: eys@ina.gov.ar website: http://www.iahr.org/newsweb/conferences/cordoba2000.html

12th Biennial Congress of the Asia and Pacific Division of the IAHR "Sustainable Water Resources Management: Issues and Future Challenges for the Next Millennium November 13-15, 2000, Bangkok, Thailand
Contact: Prof. Dr. A. Das Gupta, APD-IAHR Congress Secretariat, Water Engineering and Management Program, Asian Institute of Technology, School of Civil, Engineering, G.P.O. Box 2754, Bangkok 10501, Thailand. Tel.: +66 2 524 5525, tel.: +66 2 524 6059, e-mail: adg@ait.ac.th

29th Biennial Congress in Beijing China in 2001. Special Seminars: Co-ordinator HU Heping, Tsinghua University, Haidian, Beijing 100084, China, e-mail: huhp@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

- S-1 Hydraulics and the Society; Convener: M. B. ABBOTT, e-mail: mba@ihe.nl and TAO Jianhua, e-mail: jhtao@tju.edu.cn

- S-2 Key Hydraulic Issues of Huge-Water Projects; Convener: Philip BURGI, e-mail: philipburgi@aol.com and GAO Jizhang, e-mail: gaojz@iwhr.com

- S-3 Instrumentation for Hydraulic Measurements
Convener: A. MULLER, e-mail: mueller@baug.ethz.ch and CHEN Bingxin, e-mail: 2001IAHR@iwhr.com

- S-4 Education and Professional Development for Hydraulic Engineers
Convener: R.M.Damian, e-mail: damian@hidro.utcb.ro and LI Wei

- S-5 Development in Industrial Fluid Mechanics and Applications to Energy Production; Convever: Hisashi NINOKATAe-mail: hninokat@nr.titech.ac.jpand and CAO Shuliang e-mail: shulan.xu@geo.uu.se

- S-6 Workshops/seminars to be organised by the Task Force for Corporate Member Activity

The seminar papers should be submitted by 28 February 2001 to the co-ordinator or to the relevant conveners. The seminar paper will be copied for the attendants of the seminar. Website: http://www.2001iahr.iwhr.com


Call for Proposals

Transnational Access to Major Research Infrastructure - Access to Experimental Facilities of WL | Delft Hydraulics
The European Commission has signed a contract with WL | Delft Hydraulics of the Netherlands, financing access of Researchers from the EU member and Associated states to its major and unique experimental facilities. The scheme enables them to carry out advanced research to enhance knowledge of complicated hydraulic processes and validate their formulation.
Only research teams conducting their research in the EU member or associated states are eligible to benefit, with the exception of teams conducting research in the Netherlands. Only research teams that are entitled to disseminate the knowledge generated are eligible to benefit.
Proposals should not be longer than four pages and have to be received at WL | Delft Hydraulics not later than February 1, 2001.
These facilities can be viewed on WL | Delft Hydraulics’ website: http://www.wldelft.nl, under EU projects/MRI. Details of the selection criteria can be viewed on our website.
For more information, and for proposal submission, please contact: Mark Klein Breteler, WL | Delft Hydraulics, P.O. Box 177, 2600MH Delft, The Netherlands. tel. (+31) 15 2858844, fax (+31) 15 2858582, e-mail: mark.kleinbreteler@wldelft.nl

 

 

UNESCO International Hydrology Programme VIth Phase

At the XIVth session of the Intergovernmental Council of IHP held in Paris in June this year the Draft Plan for the Sixth Phase of IHP was adopted. The Draft Plan consists of two components - a strategic plan and an implementation plan designed to reflect the two missions of the programme - namely to: identify the most crucial water-related research issues emanating form the multitude of water-related problems at the turn of the millennium and to provide a framework to tackle them identify activities, actions as well as interested countries and organisations committed to implementing particular focal areas or/and activities. The adopted Plan of IHP-VI has five Themes constituting the Core Programme:

Theme 1 Global Change and Water Resources - Global estimation of resources: water supply and water quality; global estimation of water withdrawals and consumption; integrated assessment of water resources in the context of global land-based activities and climate change
Theme 2 Integrated Watershed and Aquifer Dynamics - Extreme events in land and water resources management; International river basins and aquifers; endorheic basins; methodologies for integrated river basin management
Theme 3 Land Habitat Hydrology - drylands; wetlands; mountains; small islands and coastal zones; urban areas and rural settlements
Theme 4 Water and Society - Water, civilisation and ethics; value of water; water conflicts - prevention and resolution; human security in water-related disasters and degrading environments; public awareness raising on water interactions
Theme 5 Water Education and training - Teaching techniques and material development, continuing education and training for selected target groups; crossing the digital divide; institutional development and networking for WET. In order to develop the Plan UNESCO is sending out questionnaires to the IHP National Committees and relevant NGOs.

Anyone interested in participating in this questionnaire should contact Jeffery Holland, e-mail: Jeffery.P.Holland@erdc.usace.army.mil or Gabor Balint, e-mail: balint@vituki.hu or Chris George at IAHR Secretariat, e-mail: christopher.george@iahr.org, or a national IAHR Committee (see our website: http://www.iahr.org)

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Watershed or River Basin Management
I am currently starting a research on the state of the art of watershed or river basin management: the experiences of countries in Latin America. My focus is on the organisational aspects of multiple water uses/users management as well as policies and legal framework that support (or not) each of the cases analysed.
I would appreciate contact with people working on these issues that can help me to get to grips with what is going on! I don't need "what must be done" documents but what "is being done" ones!
Thank you very much for your help! Alejandra e-mail: almoreyra@hotmail.com

Bankline Management
I am a civil engineering final year student at the University of Portsmouth, and I am planning to work on "bankline management" for my final year project. This includes erosion and sediment transport in rivers, scour at structures in rivers, erosion at bending in rivers and bank protection.
As I am looking for any kind of information on this topic, I would be grateful for any book titles or any internet sites you may suggest where I could find some introductory material and familiarise myself with the subject.
Alexia Chatzi, e-mail: cve80460@port.ac.uk

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go to the conference list on the IAHR internet site

3rd International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium: Interactive Hydrology. November 21-23, Perth, Australia.
Contact: Congress West Pty Ltd, PO Box 1248, West Perth WA 6872, tel: +61 8 9322 6906; fax: +61 8 9322 1734; e-mail: conwes@congresswest.com.au

Septième journée technique du Comité Français de l'Association Internationale des Hydrogéologues Hydrologie et hydrogéologie isotopique de l'an 2000 November 24-25, Avignon, France.
Contact: Laurence CHERY-BRGM, Service EAU, 3, Avenue Claude Guillemin - BP 6009 - 45060 Orléans cedex 2, France.tel: +33 2 38 64 38 18; fax: +33 2 38 64 34 46; e-mail : l.chery@brgm.fr
website: www.brgm.fr/AIH/colloque.htm

Thirtieth Congress of IAH. Groundwater: Past Achievements and Future Challenges, November 26 - December 1, Cape Town, South Africa.
Contact: Deidre Cloete, Conferences et al, PO Box 452, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa. tel: +27 21 886 4496; fax: +27 21 883 8177; e-mail: deidre@iafrica.com; website: fred.csir.co.za/conferences/iah/

Contaminated Site Remediation Conference: From Source Zones to Ecosystems. December 4- 8, Melbourne, Australia.
Contact: Convention Link tel: + 61 8 9450 1662, fax: + 61 8 9450 2942, e-mail: convlink@wantree.com.au,
website: www.clw.csiro.au/CGS/conf/2000CSRC/

Ground Water: A Transboundary, Strategic and Geopolitical Resource. December 13-14, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Contact: Bob Masters, Conference Co-ordinator, tel: +1 800-551-7379, ext. 527 (toll free in USA) or +1-614-898-7791, ext. 527 (outside USA); e-mail: rmaste@ngwa.org;
website: www.ngwa.org/education/agwse2.html

International course on "Planning, Technology Selection and Implementation of Small Hydro Power Projects" at Alternate Hydro Energy Centre (AHEC), February 13-22, 2001. Roorkee, India
Contact: Arun Kumar, Director, Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, University of Roorkee, Roorkee - 47667, India. tel: 91-1332-74254, 85213, fax: +91-1332-73517, 73560, e-mail: akumafah@rurkiu.ernet.in
website: http://www.ahecindia.com

European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly Nice, France, 25 - 30 March 2001
Contact: EGS Office, Max-Planck-Str. 13, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany. tel:+49-5556-1440, fax: +49-5556-4709, e-mail: EGS@COPERNICUS.ORG,
website: http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/

Eigth Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst. April 1-4, Louisville, Kentucky. U.S.A.
Contact: Barry F. Beck, PELA (East-Central Office), 106 Administration Road, Suite 4, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA. tel:+1-865-483-7483: fax:+1 865-483-7639; e-mail: bb-pela@icx.net

1st International Conference on Salt Water Intrusion and Coastal Aquifers. April 23-25, Essaouira, Morocco.
Contact: Prof. Driss Ouazar, Ecole Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs, B.P. 765, Agdal Rabat, Morocco, tel: +212-7-670579 fax: +212-7-778853; e-mail: ouazar@emi.ac.ma;
website: www.ce.udel.edu/faculty/cheng/saltnet/swica/

Mahadevan Birth Centenary International Symposium on "Challenges of Water Resources management in the Developing countries in the 21st century", Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, May 6 - 10, 2001.
Contact: Chairman: Prof. U. Aswathanarayana, Adviser on Environment & Technology, C.P. 1947, Maputo, Mozambique tel: + 2581- 307068, fax: + 2581- 308915; e-mail: anarayan@zebra.uem.mz

Second IWHA Conference August 10-12, 2001, Bergen, Norway
Contact: Alv Terje Fotland, Conference Co-ordinator, e-mail: alv.fotland@sfu.uib.no, website: http://www.iwha.net/

Groundwater Quality 2001. Natural and Enhanced Attenuation of Groundwater Pollution June 18-21, Sheffield, U.K.
Contact: David Lerner, University of Sheffield, tel: +44 114 222 5743; fax +44 114 222 5701 or 5700; e-mail: d.n.lerner@sheffield.ac.uk

3rd International Conference on Future Groundwater Resources at Risk. June 25-27, Lisbon, Portugal.
Contact: CVRM-Geosystems Center, Instituto Superior Técnico, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal. tel: +351-21-841 72 47; fax: +351-21-841 74 42; e-mail: fgr@alfa.ist.utl.pt;
website: http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~cvrm/FGR.

6th Scientific Assembly of IAHS. July 18-27, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Contact: (General) IAHS Maastricht 2001, Netherlands Institute for Applied Geological Science, POBox 6012,2600 JA Delft, The Netherlands. fax: +31 15 2564800; email: j.hooghart@nitg.tno.nl website:http://www.cig.ensmp.fr/~iahs/index.html


31st Congress of IAH. New Approaches to Characterising Groundwater Flow. September 9-15, Munich, Germany.
Contact: Munich 2001, Institute of Hydrology, GSF National Research Centre of Environment and Health GmbH, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D – 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. tel: +49 89 31872585; FAX:+49 89 31873361; e-mail: seiler@gsf.de; website: http://www.agh.geo.uni-muenchen.de/munich2001/ Second circular now available.

Conference on Limestone Hydrology and Fissured Media. September 20-22, Besançon, France.
Contact: Jacques Mudry, Department of Geosciences, 25030 BESANCON, France. tel: +33 3 81 86 57 53; fax: +33 3 81 66 57 94; e-mail: Jacques.mudry@univ-fcomte.fr ;
website: http://karst.univ-fcomte.fr

International Conference on Hydrological Challenges in Transboundary Water Resources Management. September 25-27, Koblenz, Germany.
Contact: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde, Postfach 200253, 56002 Koblenz, Germany. tel: +49 261 1306 5313; fax: +49 261 1306 5422; e-mail: schroeder@bafg.de;
website: www.bafg.de

MODSIM2001 - International Congress on Modeling and Simulation. December 10-13, Canberra, Australia.
Contact: Dr Fred Ghassemi, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia. tel: +61 2 6249 0653 (After 1st January 2001, +61 2 6125 0653); fax: +61 2 6249 0757 (After 1st January 2001, +61 2 6125 0757), e-mail: fredg@cres.anu.edu.au
website: http://cres.anu.edu.au/~tony/modsim2001.htm

A complete list of events, known to IAHR, can be found at the IAHR internet site section: Newsweb / Conference List

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ILRI, catalogue of international training courses for 2001. The International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement has recently published its catalogue of international training courses for 2001. The courses, which are aimed at mid-career professionals in irrigation and drainage, cover land drainage, computer applications and maintenance. For more information contact: ilri@ilri.nl

Random Seas And Design Of Maritime Structures (2nd Edition) by Y Goda (University of Tokyo) Pub. date: Jul 2000, 464pp price US$58 / £40 ISBN 981-02-3256-X

Introduction To Coastal Engineering And Management by J William Kamphuis (Queen's University, Canada) Pub. date: Sept 2000, 472pp, Price: US$58 / £36, ISBN 981-02-3830-4

Both books are available from World Scientific website: http://www.worldscientific.com/

STUDY ABROAD 2000 - 2001, 690 pp., 24 x 17 cm (new format), ISBN: 92-3-003606-4, Price: 120 FF / 18,29 euros, Ed.: UNESCO Publishing The UNESCO international guide to higher-education study opportunities and scholarships offered by universities, specialised schools and international organisations in 129 countries. It includes 2.659 entries on courses and scholarships on all higher-education academic and professional disciplines, addresses (including Internet sites), admission requirements, application deadlines, financial aid, fees and living expenses in each country and, in some cases, work opportunities for students. The information is valid for the years 2000 and 2001. Entries are presented in English, French or Spanish according to the language of the country concerned. website: http://www.unesco.org/

Bibliography of Hydrology for 1999. The Water Research institute VUV TGM of Prague, Czech Republic has recently published its Bibliography of Hydrology for 1999, published in 2000 ISBN 80-85900-32-7. For more information contact Alena Heiclova, e-mail: knihovna@vuv.cz, website: http://www.vuv.cz/

The following papers written by Prof J.W. Kamphuis are available on website: http://civil.queensu.ca/.../modelling.html
Designing For Low Frequency Waves (2000), Designing With Models (2000), NLINE: Efficient Modeling of 3-D Beach Change (2000), Observation of Long Waves on a Uniform Slope (2000), Coastal Modelling into the Next Millenium (1999), Marketing Uncertainty (1999), Coastal Erosion and Protection (1999).

Water online
http://www.wateronline.com/

Technical water magazine for Latin America
http://www.agua-latina.com/

The African Water Page
http://www.africanwater.org

Delft3D Modelling two- and three-dimensional flow and transport for tidal and riverine problems.
http://www.wldelft.nl/soft/d3d

TU Delft : Validation of 2D morphology
http://hydr.ct.tudelft.nl/wbk/public/mor-valid/

 

 

 

If you have other interesting links please forward them to us: zee@iahr.org

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Civil Engineering Research Focus
In the latest issue (No 42) of the UK "Civil Engineering Research Focus" bulletin, IAHR Corporate Member HR Wallingford reports the launch of new software which has been developed as part of a British Foreign Aid Project to help engineers make important decisions about engineering solutions to control sediment intake into canals. The software called SHARC takes engineers through a range of solutions to control sedimentation (sediment exclusion, sediment extraction to canal operation practices), provides a hydraulic simulation, environmental impact assessment, and finally an economic analysis of the chosen system. For more information contact Ed Atkinson at: exa@hrwallingford.co.uk www.hrwallingford.co.uk

Data management on the coast
HR Wallingford has produced for CIRIA a coastal managers guide entitled 'Maximising the Use and Exchange of Coastal Data' (CIRIA Publication C541 ISBN 0 86017 541 3). This guide highlights the importance of data exchange, the legal and political frameworks involved, current technologies available and the application of data management principles. The guide is available from CIRIA at www.ciria.org.uk

Haestad Methods Debuts website-based "CivilQuiz"
Engineers can log in and test their mettle with the Haestad Methods CivilQuiz, "Who wants to be a Civil Engineer". Contestants are asked to answer a series of multiple choice questions, and depending on their score are entered to win a number of prizes such as a Compaq laptop computer, a digital camera, and other merchandise. New questions will be posted on an ongoing basis so engineers can return to play every month. Prizes are awarded in each category each month. To play, go to http://www.haestad.com/quiz/

European Graduate School Environment Water

The latest issue (5) of the IAHR newsletter reports on an interesting experiment in hydroinformatics - seven groups of students working in different European countries used the internet to design a flood protection system for the river Vida in Denmark. For more information see the EGW website: http://www.iws.uni-stuttgart.de/IAHR/home.html or the IAHR Newsletter. Issues 4 and 5, 2000 are available free of charge on our website. Issue 6 will be available after November 20. 2000, website: http://www.iahr.org

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Post-Graduate Researcher in Computational Coastal Hydraulics.
The University of California at Irvine (UCI), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering invites applications for a post graduate researcher position in the area of computational coastal hydraulics. The successful candidate is expected to develop and apply computational models for ongoing interdisciplinary field studies of bacteria and pathogen transport in the southern California coastal zone. Transport between tidally influenced flood control channels, salt marshes, and the near-shore is emphasised. Formal training in environmental fluid mechanics, coastal engineering, and computational methods is required, and an understanding of microbial water quality issues is desired. The ideal candidate will be well versed in tidal and wave transport phenomena, will be equipped to apply numerical schemes to solve multi-dimensional flow equations in the presence of moving lateral boundaries, will have experience deploying field instrumentation for hydrodynamic data collection, and will be capable of interacting with researchers from other fields as well as resource managers to address coastal bathing water quality issues. The position requires a Ph.D degree (or equivalent) in Civil, Coastal, Environmental, or Ocean Engineering or related field. The appointment carries a 12-month salary of $30,972, will be funded 100% for one year, and may be extended for a second year pending the availability of funds and the performance of the successful applicant. For consideration, applicants should send an introductory letter, c.v., two-page description of career accomplishments and goals, and a list of references to: Professor Brett F. Sanders, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine CA, 92697, fax: +1-949-824-3627, e-mail: bsanders@uci.edu, website: http://www.eng.uci.edu/jobs-postdoc.stm. Electronic submission of a single pdf file containing the above documents is preferred. Review of applicants will commence August 1st and continue until the position is filled. The preferred start date is November 1, 2000.

Young Ph.D.'s from ASEAN/APEC and developing countries
The Virtual Ocean Environment Center at the Korea Ocean R&D Institute, Ansan (nearby Seoul) Korea invites applications for one or two postdoctoral positions in VR programming and/or ocean numerical modeling. Applications for one to two-year postdoc positions from individuals specialized in any sub-discipline or inter-discipline will be seriously considered. Preference will be given to candidates with strengths in coastal hydrodynamic numerical modeling and/or VR programming in C++, Java on Irix. The application process is conducted through the KOSEF (Korea Science and Engineering Foundation). The KOSEF's foreign scientist program is opened to individuals from ASEAN ,APEC member states and many developing countries in the world. Those Ph.D's who are interesting in the program, please visit the web of KOSEF and get detailed information (http://www.kosef.re.kr/english ). Upon learning the program policy and conditions, recent Ph.D.'s who are interesting in the subjects above mentioned should send a letter of interest, a resume, and a list of references to me before submit the application form to the KOSEF Chang S. Kim, Ph.D. e-mail: surfkim@kordi.re.kr, Korea Ocean R&D Institute - website: http://surfkim.kordi.re.kr, Coastal Environ Engineering Lab. website: http://vrocean.kordi.re.kr 270 Sadong Ansan 425-170 South Korea /Voice&fax: +82-(0)31-400-6340 /VR Ocean Lab: 400-6335

Hydrodynamic Modeling Position
Limno-Tech, Inc. is searching for a hydrodynamic modeler to support our projects in water quality modeling, toxics fate and transport modeling, sediment transport modeling, CSO discharge modeling, and outfall siting studies. We have challenging transport modeling projects in rivers, lakes, estuaries, and coastal zones. This position requires a range of skills including data analysis, applying and interpreting existing circulation models such as POM, EFDC, ADCIRC, QUODDY, etc., and writing and applying new models as needed. A Ph.D. or M.S. in engineering, oceanography, applied mathematics, or a related field is required. Post-doc experience is valued. Apply via email to: humanresources@limno.com, Apply via US mail to: Human Resources, Limno-Tech, Inc., 501 Avis Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
website: http://www.limno.com


Coastal Scholarship
Anchor Environmental is an environmental science and engineering consulting firm whose expertise and focus is in aquatic-based remediation, restoration, and waterfront development projects. To promote and help support those who have chosen these fields of study, Anchor annually awards a scholarship to assist graduate students in their pursuit of higher education. This is the second year of the award. The scholarship is available to graduate students majoring in one of the following areas: coastal, geotechnical, or environmental engineering; fisheries; environmental sciences; planning/land use; or landscape architecture (any of which with an aquatic/waterfront emphasis). Additional information and an application form are available at Anchor's web site at http://www.anchorenv.com

PhD student Water Resources Management
The University of Twente, Department of Civil Engineering, Group of Water Resources Management has a vacancy for a PhD student who will be working on a project entitled "Nature development in river basins". River basin managers are more frequently confronted with plans for nature restoration or development in floodplains. This study is aimed to assist the river basin manager in judging the feasibility and effects of nature development in floodplains by searching for answers to the following questions:
How and to what extent can nature development in a river basin be predicted based on given or expected circumstances? What is a sensible time and spatial scale for nature planning in river basins? What management instruments are available and how should they be implemented to assist nature development in a river basin? How does nature development interact with other functions like safety, navigation and water supply? The duration of the project is 4 years and the intention is that it leads to a PhD thesis to be defended at the University of Twente. This study will be conducted in co-operation with the Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde in Koblenz, Germany.
Please send reactions or questions for information to prof. dr. C.B. Vreugdenhil at the University of Twente, email: c.b.vreugdenhil@sms.utwente.nl

Ph.D. Student for the development of knowledge-based systems in the field of strategic management of water systems
Dept. of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Technology & Management University of Twente. At the department knowledge-based systems have been developed for the Dutch Wadden Sea, the coastal zone in South Sulawesi, and the river Meuse. In these systems models from different disciplines, such as economics, hydrology, ecology, and water quality, have been integrated. Until now the choice of models is primarily based on intuition. The present focus of attention for the research concerns the development of structured methods for the design of integrated models for the management of water systems. Therefore, criteria must be developed to determine whether the coupling of different models is sensible. Examples of such criteria are time and spatial scales, and model accuracy. Furthermore, techniques must be developed for the application of these criteria to existing and new knowledge-based systems. Control engineering and signal theoretic concepts will form an important aspect of the research. The envisaged techniques will be verified for a number of test cases. The applicant should have an academic degree, preferably in applied mathematics, civil engineering, computing science or physics. Furthermore, the applicant is mathematically oriented and has a particular interest in water systems. For further information please contact prof. dr. ir. H.G. Wind, tel: +31-53-4893546 (office) or +31-547-276457 (home) e-mail: H.G. Wind@sms.utwente.nl
University of Twente, Dept. Civil Engineering and Management, Water Resources Management, PO Box 217, NL-7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands, phone +31 53 489 2615, fax +31 53 489 4040

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 Cheryl van der Zee, e-mail: zee@iahr.org

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