Advanced HEC-RAS Modeling Seminar
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:30 pm
HEC-RAS Program Overview
Advanced HEC-RAS Capabilities
1D modeling – advanced topics
GIS platform in HEC-RAS
Mapping capabilities
Unsteady flow capabilities
Introduction to 2D modeling
1D Steady State Operations
1D model calibration
Floodway determination
Demonstration
GIS Mapping Capabilities
GIS setup and basics
Model data in GIS and RAS mapper
Results mapping and export
Demonstration
Steady and Unsteady Flow Models
Unsteady flow basics
Flow and boundary conditions setup
Demonstration
Introduction to 2D Modeling
Basic data requirements
Model setup
Analysis requirements
Demonstration
Summary and Q & A
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Professional Geologists
6.5 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Landscape Architects
6.5 Pennsylvania Clock Hours
6.5 LA/CES HSW PDHs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and provides 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and geologists in most states, including Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania State Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists does not pre-approve continuing education actives.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for professional engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
Providers of continuing education for New York professional engineers are considered approved, if the provider is approved by the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System. Courses are considered approved if they contribute to the professional practice of professional engineering in approved subject areas.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs.
This course offers 6.5 clock hours to Pennsylvania landscape architects. The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved this course for 6.5 HSW PDHs.
Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Mark D. Jones, P.E.
Principal, Hartech Engineering & Consulting, LLC, in Mechanicsburg, PAMr. Jones, P.E., is president of Hartech Engineering, which was founded in 2007 as a multi-discipline civil engineering consulting firm providing infrastructure, development, and municipal design services for the public and private sectors. Bringing over 30 years of engineering expertise along with specific state-of-the-art, computer-aided technology to achieve efficient, cost saving design solutions, he also provides hydrology and hydraulic studies and reports along with general civil engineering support for prime consultants to PennDOT or local municipality projects. Mr. Jones is a licensed pilot and studied Military Civil Engineering while serving in the U.S. Air Force and continues his master’s education locally through Penn State. He is also a registered professional engineer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Arizona, and Georgia.