Recent developments and challenges in ecohydraulics
Event details
| Date | 12.02.2014 |
| Hour | 09:15 › 10:00 |
| Speaker | Koen Blanckaert |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Bio:
Koen Blanckaert graduated in Civil Engineering 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.
Since 2010, He is invited professor at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese 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 hydrodynamics, 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).
Abstract:
He is working since 2010 as invited professor at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). His group is working on some important projects in China that aim at conciliating the economic functions of rivers and lakes (hydropower generation, 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 enhancing insight in the prevailing eco-hydro-morpho-sedimentary processes, mainly by means of field and laboratory experiments, and at developing new tools for water engineers, managers and decision makers. Some examples of their research will illustrate recent developments and identify challenges.
A first example concerns the development of a methodology for optimal reservoir operation that conciliates hydropower generation and ecological conservation. The methodology is illustrated for the two-cascaded Jinping reservoirs on the Yalong River in Sichuan, China, where the dominant ecological 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 reservoirs on tributaries of the Lijiang, mainly in order to allow for navigation 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. Finally, He will show some laboratory experiments on the behaviour of benthic invertebrates in turbulent flows.
Koen Blanckaert graduated in Civil Engineering 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.
Since 2010, He is invited professor at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese 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 hydrodynamics, 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).
Abstract:
He is working since 2010 as invited professor at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). His group is working on some important projects in China that aim at conciliating the economic functions of rivers and lakes (hydropower generation, 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 enhancing insight in the prevailing eco-hydro-morpho-sedimentary processes, mainly by means of field and laboratory experiments, and at developing new tools for water engineers, managers and decision makers. Some examples of their research will illustrate recent developments and identify challenges.
A first example concerns the development of a methodology for optimal reservoir operation that conciliates hydropower generation and ecological conservation. The methodology is illustrated for the two-cascaded Jinping reservoirs on the Yalong River in Sichuan, China, where the dominant ecological 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 reservoirs on tributaries of the Lijiang, mainly in order to allow for navigation 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. Finally, He will show some laboratory experiments on the behaviour of benthic invertebrates in turbulent flows.
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- General public
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Organizer
- Décanat ENAC
Contact
- Christina Treier