Hydrotechnical Engineering
Applications of optimization techniques and statistics in water resources planning and operation. Statistical design of hydrologic and environmental data gathering networks. Optimization of scheduling of repetitive construction activities.
Technical communication
Municipal engineering
Hydraulic structures, river engineering, physical and numerical modelling
Hydraulics, hydraulic structures (spillways, energy dissipators, intakes), river engineering, jets, air entrainment, hydrodynamics, turbulence, physical and numerical modelling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), experimental methods and instrumentation, hydropower, pump stations
Coastal and offshore hydrodynamics, with a particular emphasis on ocean waves and their effects on structures.
Hydrology, urban wet-weather flow processes, storm-water quality, municipal infrastructure planning and modelling, storm-water management, low impact development, environmental monitoring, smart infrastructure.
Field and 3D numerical modeling techniques to describe the spatial and temporal variations of physical processes and their impacts on transport in lakes and coastal waters.
Environmental fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrodynamic stability and mixing, physical limnology, water quality management.
Optimizing design and operational strategies of water resources projects; identifying reliable water quality management systems for natural and built environments in the face of uncertainty; adapting to climate change.
2D and 3D hydrodynamic modelling including dam breach and flood wave propagation for water and tailings dams, non-Newtonian flows, effluent mixing, hydrology
Water Resources; Atmospheric Boundary Layer; Wind engineering; Evaporation; Turbulence; Large Eddy Simulation; Soil and snow physics; Environmental wireless sensor networks; Watershed and eco-hydrology; Lidar.
Mountain hydrology, forecasting of snow and glacier melt runoff, river engineering, coastal erosion and beach forecasting.
Modeling and optimization of large-scale civil engineering systems; planning, design and operation of hydroelectric generating facilities; use of decision, policy and risk analysis techniques in water resource planning and management; use of artificial intelligence systems in water resource and hydroelectric systems
Water Resources Management, Mountain Hydrology, Catchment Hydrology, Flood Forecasting, Uncertainty, Information Theory, Control of Water Systems
Infrastructure systems and services: planning, management, operations, asset management, water main condition assessment, funding, service delivery, and policy.
IR-NDT technologies, Turbulent Fluid Mechanics, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Ecological Fluid Mechanics, Waste water treatment.