Short Courses & Workshops 2009
HYDRUS shortcourse: November 18 - 20, 2009, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Cathedral 
University “Modeling Water Flow and Contaminant Transport in Soils and Groundwater Using the Hydrus Computer Software Packages”
“(Modelado del Flujo de Agua y Transporte de Contaminantes en Suelos y Agua Subterránea Usando los Paquetes de Cómputo Hydrus)”
Shortcourse instructor:
Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside (CA)
The course will be held in the Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus San Luis Potosí (Multi-Purpose Room at the Library Building). The Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus San Luis Potosí (CP‐Campus San Luis Potosí) is located in Salinas de Hidalgo, SLP a typical Mexican high desert small city found at km 98 San Luis Potosí – Torreón highway (middle way between the San Luis Potosí City and Zacatecas City).
To register your interest, or book a place, please e‐mail vmanuel@colpos.mx or ruizvm@msn.com, or call Víctor M. Ruiz Vera on 52(496) 963 0448.
Local Organizing Committee
Dr. José Pimentel López, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus San Luis Potosí. Water flow in the vadose zone. josep@colpos.mx
Dr. Benjamín Figueroa Sandoval. Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus San Luis Potosí. Soil physics. benjamin@colpos.mx
Dr. S. de Jesús Méndez Gallegos. Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus San Luis Potosí. Arid Zone Plants / Extension Office. jmendez@colpos.mx
Dr. Víctor M. Ruiz Vera, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus San Luis Potosí. Soil salinity. vmanuel@colpos.mx
More details about the course can be found here.
HYDRUS and HP1 shortcourse: September 28 - October 2, 2009, Gent, Belgium
“Simulating soil water movement and transport using the biogeochemical transport model HP1”
Belgium Nuclear Research Center, SCK.CEN, Mol, Belgium
Shortcourse instructors:
Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside (CA)
Diederik Jacques and Dirk Mallants, Performance Assessment Unit, Institute of Environment, Health, and Safety of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre
Evelien Martens, R&D Disposal Unit, Institute of Environment, Health, and Safety of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre
Course scope
The course introduces Windows-based numerical models for simulating water, heat and/or contaminant transport in variably-saturated porous media. These include the HYDRUS-1D and HYDRUS (2D/3D) codes for one- and two-dimensional simulations, respectively, PHREEQC-2 for geochemical calculations and HP1 for one-dimensional biogeochemical transport. HYDRUS-1D and HYDRUS (2D/3D) are supported by interactive graphics-based interfaces for data pre processing, generation of unstructured as well as structured finite element grid systems, and graphic presentation of the simulation results. Two graphical interfaces are also available for PHREEQC. The graphical interfaces of HYDRUS-1D and PHREEQC-2 are used to set up the reactive transport problems to be solved with HP1. Except for HYDRUS (2D/3D), all software packages are in the public domain.
Numerical modelling is becoming an increasingly important tool for analyzing such complex problems involving water flow and contaminant transport in the unsaturated zone. This course is designed to familiarize participants with the principles and mathematical analysis of variably-saturated flow, transport processes and coupled multicomponent reactive transport, and the application of state-of-the-art numerical codes to site specific subsurface flow and transport problems.
Although participants should have a general background in the principles of soil physics and chemistry, the course gives an introduction to some theoretical aspects of water flow, solute transport, and heat transport in soils, geochemical equilibrium modelling and geochemical processes as cation exchange, surface complexation and kinetic reactions. Most of the time, "Hands-on" computer sessions will familiarize participants with the basic use of the software packages, as well as with the conceptualization of practical problems for numerical analysis.
Course audience
The course is intended for PhD. students, researchers and practicing professionals wishing to expand their knowledge on water flow and transport and biogeochemical reactions in soils and engineered barriers (clay, concrete) using the HYDRUS and HP1 software.
More details can be found at http://www.sckcen.be/en/Events/TC_HP1.
HYDRUS shortcourse: June 15-16, 2009, Golden, Colorado, USA
“Modeling water flow and contaminant transport in soils and groundwater using the HYDRUS software packages”
International Groundwater Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado
The shortcourse instructor:
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside (CA)
Course scope
The course begins with a detailed conceptual and mathematical description of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose zone, followed by an brief overview of the use of finite element techniques for solving the governing flow and transport equations. Special attention is given to the highly nonlinear nature of the governing flow equation. Alternative methods for describing and modeling the hydraulic functions of unsaturated porous media are also described. "Hands-on" computer sessions will provide participants an opportunity to become familiar with the Windows-based HYDRUS-1D and HYDRUS (2D/3D) software packages. Emphasis will be on the preparation of input data for a variety of applications, including flow and transport in a vadose zone, subsurface drip irrigation, flow and transport to a tile drain, and two-dimensional leachate migration from a landfill through the unsaturated zone into groundwater. Calibration will be discussed and demonstrated by means of a one-dimensional inverse problem.
More information:
More details can be found at http://igwmc.mines.edu/short-course/hydrus09.htm, here, or contact Prof. Jirka Simunek jiri.simunek@ucr.edu
HYDRUS shortcourse: July 12-14, 2009, Sede Boqer Campus of the Ben-Gurion University, Israel
“Modeling water flow and contaminant transport in soils and groundwater using the HYDRUS software packages”
Albert Katz International School of Desert Studies at the Sede Boqer Campus of the Ben-Gurion University in Israel
The shortcourse instructors:
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside (CA)
Dr. Naftali Lazarovitch, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel
The course begins with a detailed conceptual and mathematical description of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose zone, followed by an brief overview of the use of finite element techniques for solving the governing flow and transport equations. Special attention is given to the highly nonlinear nature of the governing flow equation. Alternative methods for describing and modeling the hydraulic functions of unsaturated porous media are also described. "Hands-on" computer sessions will provide participants an opportunity to become familiar with the Windows-based HYDRUS-1D and HYDRUS (2D/3D) software packages. Emphasis will be on the preparation of input data for a variety of applications, including flow and transport in a vadose zone, variably saturated flow through a dam, flow and transport to a tile drain, and two-dimensional leachate migration from a landfill through the unsaturated zone into groundwater. Calibration will be discussed and demonstrated by means of a one-dimensional inverse problem.
REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION
Registration:
1200 NIS for students.
3000 NIS for personnel from private companies, research institutes or other universities.
Accommodation (5 min walking):
300 NIS for a single room in the local guest house
Lunch Suggestion:
40 NIS in the local restaurant
The local mini-market is open from 8:00-19:00
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Selected photos from the Workshop (click to enlarge):
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HYDRUS shortcourse: March 17-19, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic
“Advanced modeling of water flow and contaminant transport in porous media using the HYDRUS software packages”
Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Prague, Czech Republic PC Progress, Ltd, Prague, Czech Republic
The shortcourse instructors:
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside (CA)
Dr. Radka Kodešová, Department of Soil Science and Geology of the University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
After a successful experience from our courses held in 2008 in Prague and Japan, we will be offering a standard two-day HYDRUS course followed by a third day, during which we will be covering selected advanced HYDRUS topics.
The standard course includes basics of modeling water flow and solute transport in the vadose zone using STANMOD, ROSETTA, Hydrus-1D and a two-dimensional module of HYDRUS (2D/3D). The course also includes lectures on soil hydraulic properties, basic concepts of numerical modeling, and inverse problem.
Advanced topics will include:
- Coupled movement of water, vapor, and energy (including the surface energy balance)
- Preferential/nonequilibrium water flow and solute transport (using dual-porosity and dual-permeability models)
- Biogeochemical transport (solute transport of major ions using the UNSATCHEM module and transport of heavy metals and radionuclides using HP1 (coupled Hydrus-1D and PHREEQC))
- Modeling flow and transport using a three-dimensional module of HYDRUS (2D/3D)
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Selected photos from the short course and the workshop (click to enlarge):
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The lecture room
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Note the snow outside
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The computer room
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The lecture room
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The HYDRUS team
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Field trip
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Happy hours
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HYDRUS short course: January 13-16, 2009, United Nations University, Accra, Ghana
“Training Workshop in Vadose Zone Hydrology using HYDRUS1D”'''
Training Workshop in Vadose Zone Hydrology using Hydrus-1D was organized by the United Nations University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) for the GLOWA Volta Project with support of the Center for Development Research of the University of Bonn and the Hydrology Program of New Mexico Tech.
- The venue is the Miklin Hotel at Accra, Ghana.
- The workshop is organized by Dr. Benjamin Kofi Nyarko and Dr. Barnabas Amisigo.
- Instructor is Prof. Dr. Jan Hendrickx of New Mexico Tech.
- Thirty-two professionals from Ghana and Burkina Faso participate in this workshop that used
the latest version Hydrus-1D, Version 4.08.
Selected photos from the Workshop (click to enlarge):
