The Urban Watersheds Research Institute is proud to present a workshop and training seminar on:

Floodplain Hydraulics and Encroachment Analysis Using HEC-RAS and HEC-GeoRAS.

When:    May 21 & 22, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where:   Community College of Denver, Computer Laboratory

                Auraria Campus; Denver, Colorado.

Cost:      $595.00 (includes class notes and software)

CEU’s:    You will be eligible to receive 1.6 CEU’s or 16 PDH’s for this course

What Will You Learn?

You learn basic applications of the United States Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System (HEC–RAS) model in determining floodplain elevations along rivers, creeks and all open channels. Instructors will provide an overview of open channel hydraulics including flow regimes, energy equations and backwater curve profiles. These are critical elements in defining floodplain boundaries.  You benefit from hands-on computer lab sessions using HEC–RAS. You will also learn about the use of basic GIS functions of HEC–GeoRAS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers GIS interface for HEC–RAS, to create HEC–RAS input files and to process HEC–RAS results to create floodplain delineation maps.

Computers Will Be Provided – Do not bring your own.

The computer lab at CCD will provide one computer per student with software pre-installed.  There is no need to bring your own.  If you want to save your work, please bring a flash drive.

Instructors:

Dr. Thomas Piechota, PE, PhD; University of Nevada, Las Vegas

                                                 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Glenn Tootle, PE, PhD; University of Wyoming

                                          Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering

Both have extensive experience in not only teaching this course, but in actual application of this software in floodplain analysis. 

 

The size of the classroom will be limited to provide more direct contact with the instructors.  To assure a space, fill out the accompanying enrollment form and send it to the address on the form as early as possible.

For more information, call 720-873-0172, or e-mail at enrollment@urbanwatersheds.org.