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SUMMARY:Recent developments and challenges in ecohydraulics
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DESCRIPTION:Koen Blanckaert\nBio:\nKoen Blanckaert graduated in Civil Engi
 neering at Ghent University (Belgium) in 1995\, obtained a “Diplôme d
 ’Etudes Approfondies” in Mechanical Engineering at Ecole Centrale Lyon
  (France) in 1997\, and a PhD in Science at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
  de Lausanne (Switzerland) in 2002.\nSince 2010\, He is invited professor 
 at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chine
 se Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing. He has previously worked at Ecole
  Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)\, Delft University of 
 Technology (The Netherlands)\, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and
  Inland Fisheries (Germany). His research activities focus on river hydrod
 ynamics\, and their linkages with morphological and ecological processes. 
 Since 2003\, He has combined academic activities with consultancy in civil
  and environmental engineering at CERT engineering sa (Switzerland).\nAbst
 ract:\nHe is working since 2010 as invited professor at the Research Cente
 r for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese Academy of Science
 s (CAS). His group is working on some important projects in China that aim
  at conciliating the economic functions of rivers and lakes (hydropower ge
 neration\, irrigation\, navigation) with the conservation of the ecosystem
 . Bridging fundamental research and real-world application is particularly
  important in the mission of his group. Hence\, their research aims at enh
 ancing insight in the prevailing eco-hydro-morpho-sedimentary processes\, 
 mainly by means of field and laboratory experiments\, and at developing ne
 w tools for water engineers\, managers and decision makers. Some examples 
 of their research will illustrate recent developments and identify challen
 ges.\nA first example concerns the development of a methodology for optima
 l reservoir operation that conciliates hydropower generation and ecologica
 l conservation. The methodology is illustrated for the two-cascaded Jinpin
 g reservoirs on the Yalong River in Sichuan\, China\, where the dominant e
 cological requirements relate to the indigenous fish Schizothorax chongi. 
 A second example concerns the ecohydraulic modelling of the Lijiang River 
 in Guanxi\, China. Discharge is depleted in the dry season by means of res
 ervoirs on tributaries of the Lijiang\, mainly in order to allow for navig
 ation of tourist ships. Their main contributions are the development of a 
 process-based model for riparian vegetation\, and an individual-based fish
  model\, which allow assessing the impact of the modified hydrology. Final
 ly\, He will show some laboratory experiments on the behaviour of benthic 
 invertebrates in turbulent flows.
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