NCES 8324 Advanced River Modeling Using HEC-RAS v.4.0    Printable version of this page Mar. 18 Early Registration Deadline for Advanced River and Floodplain Modeling  Thursday, March 25 From 9:00am to 5:00pm With a one-hour break for lunch Day One: ·     Performing Channel Modifications ·     Channel Modification Workshop ·     Advanced Culvert Modeling ·     Advanced Bridge Hydraulics ·     Multiple Opening Bridge Hydraulics ·     Bridge Workshop Review  Friday, March 26 From 9:00am to 5:00pm With a one-hour break for lunch Day Two: ·     Modeling Inline Structures ·     Modeling Drop Structures ·     Drop Structure Workshop and Review ·     Split Flow Modeling ·     Split Flow Workshop and Review  Who Should Take this Course? Experienced water resource professionals involved in hydrology, hydraulics, urban drainage, floodplain management, detention storage, and bridge design would benefit from this course.  Students learn how to apply HEC-RAS to analyze difficult hydraulic conditions in natural and constructed channels, with an emphasis on modeling hydraulic structures.   Prerequisites: Students should have a basic knowledge of HEC-RAS and steady-flow application experience.  Understanding of unsteady flow is not required.  Prior attendance of the ‘basics’ course (NCES 8322) would be extremely helpful, but is not required.     What is this Course all About? This intense, three-day course is a sequel to the River and Floodplain Modeling Using HEC-RAS v.4.0 course.  This steady-flow workshop presents the major program options not covered in the ‘basics’ course (NCES 8322), as well as advanced bridge-modeling topics.  This course also presents the newly released HEC-RAS v4.0 and its applications to model streams, rivers, and floodplains under a flood flow condition.  Students prepare input files and analyze output.  Version 4.0 of the River Analysis System (HEC-RAS) is now available.  This version supersedes version 3.1.3, released in May of 2005 to the public, adding several new simulation features to the program since that time.  Version 4.0 of HEC-RAS includes the following new features: ·        Sediment Transport/Movable Bed Modeling ·        Sediment Impact Analysis Methods (SIAM) ·        Water Quality Capabilities ·        User Defined Rules for Controlling Gate Operations ·        Modeling Pressurized Pipe Flow ·        Pump Station Override Rules ·        Hager’s Lateral Weir Equation ·        New Channel Design/Modification Tools ·        Geo-Referencing Tools ·        New Gate Types ·        New Functionality for Lateral Weirs ·        Additional Graphical Outputs ·        Shortcut Keys for Graphics ·        User’s Manuals and Help System   Who is the Instructor, and What Do They Know? Vernon Bonner, P.E. served as Chief of the Training Division at the Hydrologic Engineering Center, and has over 35 years of water resource engineering experience in the areas of water resource planning, reservoir system analysis, river hydraulics, floodplain management, and program administration.  Mr. Bonner also participated in the development of HEC-2, HEC-RAS, HEC-5, and HEC-ResSim software.   Where and When do I Attend Class? Held at the Auraria Campus in Downtown Denver for 2 Full Days from Thursday, March 25 – Friday, March 26, 2010; from 9:00am to 5:00pm, with an hour break for lunch   How Much is this Going to Cost Me, and What do I get for My Money? $800 tuition includes a large three-ring binder including all course materials (lectures, presentations, notes, workshops, etc), plus the HEC-RAS Software itself, and a portable thumb-drive to keep track of all your in-class workshops. Students who attend both topic sessions earn a Passing Grade and a Certificate of Completion with 1.4 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) equaling 14-hours of in-class attendance; Sign-in on each topic session’s attendance roster required. FYI: Late Registration Fee ($100) begins at 5:00pm on March 18, 2010 FYI: Drop Deadline is 5:00pm on March 18, 2010 FYI: Register Early!  We process all payments after the drop deadline, your registration and accompanying payment act as a “seat-saver” until the course officially begins.   Special Discount For Returning Students We are now offering our returning HEC-RAS Students a discount of $100 off this course, for a lowered tuition cost of $700.  CEEP must verify your prior enrollment in at least one of our previous HEC-RAS (Includes 8320, 8321, 8322, 8323, 8324, 8330) courses for the discount to apply.   How Do I Register For This Course? Please visit our website at: www.cudenver.edu/ceep, print out the Registration Form, fill it out completely, and then get it back to Heidi Utt by mail, fax, or hand-delivery.  Do not procrastinate sending-in your re