ENAC Seminar Series by Dr. Heide Friedrich
Event details
| Date | 15.02.2019 |
| Hour | 13:30 › 14:30 |
| Speaker | Dr. Heide Friedrich |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
13:30 – 14:30 – Dr. Heide Friedrich
Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Water, energy and food: Hydraulic engineering perspective
As a society, the challenges we face to look after our water resources and to provide the associated water infrastructure are bigger than ever. We are becoming increasingly aware of and understand complexities, for example associated with flooding, and in turn feel more powerless each time communities are affected by flooding. Sedimentation is identified as one of the significant flood hazards, we now know that sediment loads behave significantly different in recent times due to land-use change, dam constructions and human impact on drainage systems. Water, energy and food security are intrinsically linked, needing innovative solutions, by for example acknowledging the need for interdependent analytics to study hydraulic processes that encompass various scales and processes, which are all adapting to climate change effects.
In this talk, Dr Friedrich will provide an overview of her collaborations inside and outside academia. She will discuss her work on sediment dynamics, near-boundary flow dynamics and ecohydraulics. Sediments and their transport are imperative to the health of river systems, yet sediment transport and turbulence are not just engineering problems per se, but need a combined social and engineering system approach to allow for the growing demand on our limited water resources and acceleration in technological advances. Finally, she will present a personal vision on the importance of partnerships and relationships to tackle present water system challenges, such as hydrological alterations induced by climate change, our improved understanding of ecosystem connectivity and increasing population densification in flood-prone areas. Multidisciplinary and collaborative research approaches are required to ensure resilient water systems.
Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Water, energy and food: Hydraulic engineering perspective
As a society, the challenges we face to look after our water resources and to provide the associated water infrastructure are bigger than ever. We are becoming increasingly aware of and understand complexities, for example associated with flooding, and in turn feel more powerless each time communities are affected by flooding. Sedimentation is identified as one of the significant flood hazards, we now know that sediment loads behave significantly different in recent times due to land-use change, dam constructions and human impact on drainage systems. Water, energy and food security are intrinsically linked, needing innovative solutions, by for example acknowledging the need for interdependent analytics to study hydraulic processes that encompass various scales and processes, which are all adapting to climate change effects.
In this talk, Dr Friedrich will provide an overview of her collaborations inside and outside academia. She will discuss her work on sediment dynamics, near-boundary flow dynamics and ecohydraulics. Sediments and their transport are imperative to the health of river systems, yet sediment transport and turbulence are not just engineering problems per se, but need a combined social and engineering system approach to allow for the growing demand on our limited water resources and acceleration in technological advances. Finally, she will present a personal vision on the importance of partnerships and relationships to tackle present water system challenges, such as hydrological alterations induced by climate change, our improved understanding of ecosystem connectivity and increasing population densification in flood-prone areas. Multidisciplinary and collaborative research approaches are required to ensure resilient water systems.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- ENAC
Contact
- Cristina Perez