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Short Courses & Workshops 2019

Date	Venue of the Course/Workshop and links	Country
March 25-27, 2019	HYDRUS and HP1 course/workshop, Prague, Czech Republic (sold out)	Czech Republic
June 10-12, 2019, 2019	HYDRUS and HP1 course, IGWMC, Golden, Colorado	USA
August 29-30, 2019	HYDRUS course, Tehran, Iran	Iran
September 9-11, 2019	HYDRUS and HP1 course, Mandi, India	India
September 18-20, 2019	HYDRUS and HP1 course, Sede Boqer, Israel	Israel
December 31, 2019	HYDRUS-1D course, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman	Oman

HYDRUS Shortcourse and Workshop: March 25-27, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic

“Advanced modeling of water flow and contaminant transport in porous media using the HYDRUS and HP1 software packages”

The course is sold out.

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Prague, Czech Republic
PC Progress, Ltd, Prague, Czech Republic

The shortcourse instructors:
Prof. Rien van Genuchten, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil and Utrecht University, Netherlands
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California Riverside, CA, USA
Dr. Radka Kodešová, Department of Soil Science and Geology of the University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Course/Workshop Objectives:
A detailed conceptual and mathematical description of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose zone and groundwater will be given during the first part of the course. Hands-on computer sessions will then provide participants an opportunity to become familiar with the windows-based HYDRUS computer software packages, including several additional modules, such as the ROSETTA, HP1, UNSATCHEM, and Wetlands modules. Emphasis will be on preparation of input data for a variety of one- and multi-dimensional applications, and interpretation of simulation results. Selected advanced HYDRUS topics will be covered during the second part of the course.

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 (using the UNSATCHEM and HP1 (coupled HYDRUS-1D and PHREEQC) modules)
Modeling flow and transport using the three-dimensional module of HYDRUS (2D/3D)

New: Short course/Workshop participants will have an opportunity to present a poster (with a 5 min oral introduction) of their research in the afternoon of the third day.

More information:

Contact Dr. Radka Kodesova, kodesova@af.czu.cz or Prof. Jirka Simunek jiri.simunek@ucr.edu
Course Details and Application Form

Group Photo

Selected photos from the short course (click to enlarge):

The computer room	The lecture room	The course dinner

The course dinner	The course dinner	The lecture room

The lecture room	The lecture room	The lecture room

See also info and photos from courses held in previous years, in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018)

HYDRUS shortcourse: June 10-12, 2019, Golden, Colorado, USA

“Modeling water flow and contaminant transport in soils and groundwater using the HYDRUS software packages”

Integrated 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, USA

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.

Enrollment & Registration
The fee for the short course is $1195 by 4PM Mountain Daylight Time, April 15, 2019 ($1395 after April 15). Graduate students can request a 30% discount from the full fee. You will be invoiced for the tuition balance. The fee covers instruction, course notes, refreshments, and continuing education units. Lodging and meals are not covered. Payment in full must be received prior to the beginning of the course. The registration fee may be paid by check, VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, Discover or purchase order (US Only). A maximum of 20 applicants will be able to attend the course due to space limitations.

If cancellation is made before April 15, 2019 , tuition will be refunded except for the $100 deposit. Cancellations made after that date will forfeit a $150 processing fee in addition to the $100 deposit. In case of cancellation, the right to course material is forfeited. Substitutions are permitted at any time prior to the start of the course. Please be advised that if the program is cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, Colorado School of Mines will return all course fees, but will not be liable for any other expenses incurred by the prospective attendees.

More information:
More details can be found at https://igwmc.mines.edu/hydrus/, or contact Prof. Jirka Simunek jiri.simunek@ucr.edu

SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS SHORT COURSE

Proceeding every short course, each attendee has the opportunity to submit a Short Course Evaluation. Here are a few of the responses that the IGWMC has received from previous HYDRUS courses:

"The presenter - obviously knows software intimately and can back-up everything he says with fundamental concepts." - 2012 attendee
"Jirka knows the code so well, it is invaluable having him as instructor!" - 2012 attendee
"Working through a variety of examples was the most significant." - 2012 attendee
"To me this is an excellent course, but I have to practice more and more." - 2012 attendee
"Lots of time for examples" - 2012 attendee
"It has a lot of applications along with several databases for input data. The web page provides a lot of resources to use the program. It is developing continuously and integrating more tools to simulate more situations." - 2012 attendee
"The developer is the presenter; therefore, he knows everything about the code!" - 2011 attendee
"Knowledgeable instructor the provided exposure to numerous models."- 2011 attendee
"I obtained certain understanding about how the software is organized and some theoretical background."- 2011 attendee
"The most significant strengths of the short course were computer exercises/learning to navigate HYDRUS program and the large range of topics covered." - 2011 attendee

See also info and photos from courses held in previous years, in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

Selected photos from the 2019 short course (click to enlarge)

Hydrus shortcourse: on August 29 and 30 at the University of Tehran Water Institute, Tehran, Iran

"Modeling water flow and solute transport in soils and groundwater using the HYDRUS software"

Water institute, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

The shortcourse instructor:
Masoud Soltani, Dept. of Water Science and Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

More information:
Contact Dr. Masoud Soltani masoudsoltani@ut.ac.ir or wiinfo@ut.ac.ir

Course Description
The course will begin with a short movie on “Water Crisis all around the world!” and an application of modeling to “Save Water”. Then a detailed conceptual and mathematical description of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose zone will be presented behind introducing different agricultural applications of the HYDRUS software. Alternative methods for describing and modeling the hydraulic functions of unsaturated porous media will be also described. "Hands-on" computer sessions will then provide participants an opportunity to become familiar with the Windows-based HYDRUS computer software while simulating several experimental examples. Emphasis will be on preparation of input data for a variety of applications, including flow and transport in a vadose zone, the soil moisture distribution in subsurface drip irrigation, flow and transport to a tile drain, and two-dimensional water table fluctuations between two drain pipes. Calibration will be discussed and demonstrated by means of a one-dimensional inverse problem.”

HYDRUS shortcourse: September 9-11, 2019, Mandi, India

“Modeling water flow and contaminant transport in soils and groundwater using the HYDRUS software packages”

School of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ITT), Mandi, India

The shortcourse instructor:
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California Riverside, CA, USA

Highlights

Introductory remarks and Inaugural lecture by Prof. M. Th. van Genuchten via video conferencing
The participants will have an opportunity to give a 15-minute oral or poster presentation of their research based on their request in the afternoon of the third day.

Enrollment & Registration
Registration (includes working lunch, evening snack, and dinner). All participants will obtain soft copies of all sessions on a complimentary USB stick.

Indian Participants:

Personnel from private companies, research institutes, or other universities: 15,000 INR
Students: 10,000 INR

Foreign Participants:

Personnel from private companies, research institutes, or other universities: US$500
Students: US$350

Accommodation (within the campus based on request):
1,000 INR per person for a shared accommodation in the guesthouse.

More information:
Contact Dr. D. Swami deepak@iitmandi.ac.in or Prof. Jirka Simunek jiri.simunek@ucr.edu

Selected photos from the 2019 short course (click to enlarge)

HYDRUS shortcourse: September 18-20, 2019, Sede Boqer, Israel

"Advanced modeling water flow and contaminant transport in porous media using HYDRUS software packages"

Location: Albert Katz International School of Desert Studies at the Sede Boqer Campus of the Ben-Gurion University in Israel.

The shortcourse instructor:
Dr. Jirka Šimůnek, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of California Riverside, CA, USA
http://in.bgu.ac.il/en/bidr/FAAB/Pages/lazarovi.aspx Prof. Naftali Lazarovitch, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel

Course Description
The course begins with a detailed conceptual and mathematical description of water flow and solute transport processes in the vadose zone, followed by a 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.

Advanced topics will be also discussed, including:

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 (using the UNSATCHEM and HP1 (coupled HYDRUS-1D and PHREEQC) modules)

Short course/Workshop participants will have an opportunity to give a 15-minute oral or poster presentation of their research in the afternoon of the third day.

REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION
Registration:
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 guesthouse

Lunch Suggestion:
30 NIS in the local restaurant
The local mini-market is open from 8:00-19:00

More information:
Contact Dr. Naftali Lazarovitch, lazarovi@bgu.ac.il

Selected photos from the short course (click to enlarge):

The group photo	The lecture room	Rien van Genuchten's Skype lecture

See also info and photos from courses held in previous years, in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017.

HYDRUS-1D Workshop: December 31, 2019, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

Location:
Department of Soils, Water, and Agricultural Engineering
College of Agricultural & Marine Sciences
Sultan Qaboos University
Sultanate of Oman

The shortcourse instructor:
Dr. Anvar Kacimov, Professor, Department of Soils, Water and Agricultural Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

Course Description
The HYDRUS-1D training workshop was a part of “Water Saving Technology Using Engineered Soil: Training Workshop for Practitioners in Oman”, December 30-31, 2019. A total of 17 participants from various government organizations, private sectors and NGO’s have attended the workshop. This event was organized by experts from Department of Soils, Water and Agricultural Engineering (SWAE), College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences (CAMS) at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), as a task of the Strategic Program for Water Research project “Artificial Capillary Barriers: A Smart Agro-engineering Technique for Saving Irrigation Water in Oman”. The project is funded by the Sultan Qaboos Higher Center for Culture and Science – Diwan of Royal Court and The Research Council (TRC) of Oman [Grant # RC/AGR/SWAE/17/01].

The collaborators in this grant were: Muscat Municipality, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), Association of Omani Farmers, Wageningen University and Research (the Netherlands), University of California at Riverside (USA), and ETH-Zurich (Switzerland):

Selected photos from the HYDRUS-1D short course (click to enlarge):