Short Courses & Workshops 2021

Short Courses & Workshops 2021

Upcoming Courses and Workshops

HYDRUS Online Short Course: March 16-17, 2021, US (Pacific) Time Zone

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

(The short course is full. Let us know if you would be interested in having another one later this year.)

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.

Participants will get a PDF file with all lectures and tutorial instructions, as well as online access to all carried out examples.

Enrollment & Registration
The fee for the short course is $350 by February 28, 2021 ($400 after February 28). Graduate students can request a $100 discount from the full fee. The fee covers instruction, course notes, and software license during the course. All prices are without VAT (21%), which is not charged to companies.

If cancellation is made before March 10, 2021, tuition will be refunded except for the $100 deposit. Cancellations made after that date will forfeit a $100 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 canceled due to insufficient enrollment, we will return all course fees, but will not be liable for any other expenses incurred by the prospective attendees.

Location: Zoom (TBA)
Detailed Program: Detailed program of the short course

More information:
For more details 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:

1. “Hands-on examples with an expert with the software is great, Jirka is a great teacher!”–2018 attendee
2. “Can’t think of any weaknesses in the program. Rock on.”–2018 attendee
3. “This course saved me so much time by learning the structure and governing equations from an expert, which is a rarity.”–2018 attendee
4. “Running the model with a variety of case scenarios was very helpful!”–2018 attendee
5. “Having the developer of the model teaching the course adds a lot by taking the deep dive into how the model process works.”–2018 attendee

Comments from earlier years:

1. "The presenter - obviously knows software intimately and can back-up everything he says with fundamental concepts." - 2012 attendee
2. "Jirka knows the code so well, it is invaluable having him as instructor!" - 2012 attendee
3. "Working through a variety of examples was the most significant." - 2012 attendee
4. "To me this is an excellent course, but I have to practice more and more." - 2012 attendee
5. "Lots of time for examples" - 2012 attendee
6. "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
7. "The developer is the presenter; therefore, he knows everything about the code!" - 2011 attendee
8. "Knowledgeable instructor the provided exposure to numerous models."- 2011 attendee
9. "I obtained certain understanding about how the software is organized and some theoretical background."- 2011 attendee
10. "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

Group photos from the Zoom screen (click to enlarge):

Prague HYDRUS Short Course 2021

We are closely following the pandemic situation in Europe. While initially we believed that we would be able to organize the course in June, which looks increasingly unlikely. We currently believe that we will either have an online course in June or an on-site (or hybrid) course in September. We will update this website once more is known.

”Modeling water flow and contaminant transport in soils and groundwater 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:
Prof. Rien van Genuchten, Department of Nuclear 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 Soil Protection 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 module)
• Modeling flow and transport using the three-dimensional module of HYDRUS (2D/3D)

Application form:
Not available yet,

Prague HPx (HYDRUS/PHREEQC) Short Course 2021

We are closely following the pandemic situation in Europe. While initially we believed that we would be able to organize the course in June, that looks increasingly unlikely. We currently believe that we will either have an online course in June or an on-site (or hybrid) course in September. We will update this website once more is known.

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

Good knowledge of the HYDRUS modeling environment is a prerequisite for this short course and thus taking the HYDRUS short course first is encouraged..

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. Diederik Jacques, Head of the Engineered and Geosystems Analysis (EGA) unit of the Institute of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN) in Mol, Belgium.

Course/Workshop Objectives:
A detailed conceptual and mathematical description of thermodynamic equilibrium and reactive transport modeling approaches, mostly those related specifically to HPx, 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 geochemical codes PHREEQC-3 and HPx (HYDRUS coupled with PHREEQC). Emphasis will be on preparation of input data for a variety of applications, and interpretation of simulation results.

Application form:
Not available yet.