Symposium Overview

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

1500-1830

Registration, Arizona State University Memorial Union

1900-2100

Reception, Arizona State University Art Gallery

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

0700-0830

Continental Breakfast, Arizona State University (ASU) Memorial Union.

0830-1030

Opening Session, Jonathan Fink, Director, ASU Global Institute of Sustainability, Chairperson.

0830-0840

Welcome, Joan Card, Director, Water Quality Division, and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

0840-0850

Welcome, Anthony “Bud” Rock, Advisor to ASU President Crow on Strategic International Initiatives

0850-0915

“The Needs of Developing Nations for Hydraulics Research”, Javier Aparicio Mijares, Head, Hydrology Division, Mexican Institute of Water Technology.

0915-1000

Keynote Address “Wading in Troubled Waters: Tsunamis, Storm Surges and Stressed Ecosystems” Harindra J. S. Fernando, Director, Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program, Arizona State University

1000-1030

Break

1030-1200

Contributed Session #1
Open Channel Hydraulics I (room Pima);
Lakes and Reservoir Hydrodynamics I (room Union Stage);
Internal Waves I (room Turquoise);
Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainability I (room Fiesta);
Sediment Transport I (room La Paz);
Mass Transport, Dispersion and Mixing I (room Mohave).

1200-1330

Lunch.
Speaker: Jan Snyder, Arizona State University “Student Devised Technology to Promote Sustainability in Developing Countries”

1330-1500

Contributed Session #2
Open Channel Hydraulics II (room Pima);
Lakes and Reservoir Hydrodynamics II (room Union Stage);
Internal Waves II (room Turquoise);
Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainability II (room Fiesta);
Sediment Transport II (room La Paz);
Mass Transport, Dispersion and Mixing II (room Mohave).

1500-1530

Break

1530-1700

Report – Futures Workshop on Hydro- Epidemiology, Roger Falconer, Cardiff University, U. K., Chairperson

1530-1550

Health Related Aspects, David Kay, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth, the University of Wales.

1550-1610

Hydraulics Related Aspects, Jorg Imberger, Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia

1610-1630

Different Perspectives on Hydro-epidemiological Events and Multistage Mitigating Measures, S.M. Karandikar, India

1630-1700

Discussion

Evening Free

Thursday, December 6, 2007

0700-0830

Continental Breakfast, Memorial Union,

0830-1030

Session Chair, Peter Davies, University of Dundee, United Kingdom

0830-0910

Invited Lecture, “The Influence of Vegetation on Channel Transport”, Heidi Nepf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

0910-0950

Invited Lecture, “Fluid Dynamics on the Margin of Rotational Control”, James McWilliams, University of California, Los Angeles

0950-1030

Invited Lecture, “Real Time Hydro-Environmental Modeling and Visualization Systems for Global Engagement”, Joseph Hun-wei Lee, University of Hong Kong

1030-1100

Break

1100-1230

Contributed Session #3
Open Channel Hydraulics III (room Pima);
Lakes and Reservoir Hydrodynamics III (room Union Stage);
Internal Waves III (room Turquoise);
Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainability III (room Fiesta);
Sediment Transport III (room La Paz);
Mass Transport, Dispersion and Mixing III (room Mohave).

1230-1400

Lunch.
Speaker: Larry Mays, Arizona State University “A Brief History of Ancient Water Distribution; the Ancients Have Warned Us, Will We Listen?”

1400-1530

Contributed Session #4
Open Channel Hydraulics IV (room Pima);
Lakes and Reservoir Hydrodynamics IV (room Union Stage);
River and Estuary Dynamics I (room Turquoise);
Flood Hydraulics I (room Fiesta);
Sediment Transport IV (room La Paz);
Jets, Plumes, Thermals and Bubble Plumes I (room Mohave).

1530-1600

Break

1600-1800

Panel Discussion, “A Retrospective on Some Recent Natural Disasters.“
Julian Hunt, Chair (Julian.Hunt@asu.edu), UK House of Lords, Professor of Climate Modeling, University College, London.
Patricio Bernal, (p.bernal@unesco.org), Executive Secretary of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Martín Jiménez Espinosa, (amje@cenapred.unam.mx), Deputy Director of Hydrometeorological Risk Area. National Center for Disaster Prevention, Mexico.
H.J.S. Fernando (j.fernando@asu.edu), Professor and Director of Environmental Fluid Dyhnamics Program, Arizona State University.
Guss Stelling, (G.S.Stelling@tudelft.nl), Professor of Civil Engineering., Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands

1900-2200

Symposium Banquet, The Buttes, Tempe

Friday, December 7, 2007

0700-0830

Continental breakfast

0830-1015

Contributed Session # 5
Open Channel Hydraulics V (room Pima);
Lakes and Reservoir Hydrodynamics V (room Union Stage);
River and Estuary Dynamics II (room Turquoise);
Flood Hydraulics II (room Fiesta);
Stratified Flows I (room La Paz);
Jets, Plumes, Thermals and Bubble Plumes II (room Mohave).

1015-1045

Break

1045-1230

Contributed Session # 6
Open Channel Hydraulics VI (room Pima);
Computational Environmental Fluid Mechanics I (room Union Stage);
Physical Modeling I (room Turquoise);
History of Environmental Hydraulics (room Fiesta);
Stratified Flows II (room La Paz);
Jets, Plumes, Thermals and Bubble Plumes III (room Mohave).

1230-1345

Lunch

1345-1530

Contributed Session #7
Coastal Flows I (room Pima);
Computational Environmental Fluid Mechanics II (room Union Stage);
Physical Modeling II (room Turquoise);
Eco-Hydraulics I (room Fiesta);
Stratified Flows II (room La Paz);
Urban Hydrosystems I (room Mohave).

1530-1600

Break

1600-1745

Contributed Session # 8
Coastal Flows II (room Pima);
Computational Environmental Fluid Mechanics III (room Union Stage);
Physical Modeling III (room Turquoise);
Eco-Hydraulics II (room Fiesta);
Stratified Flows III and Groundwater Flows (room La Paz);
Urban Hydrosystems II (room Mohave).

1745

End of Symposium