Advanced HEC-RAS Modeling
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Agenda
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Day One: Wednesday, April 28, 2021
10:00 am – 1:15 pm CDT (including a 15-min. break)
Day Two: Thursday, April 29, 2021
10:00 am – 1:15 pm CDT (including a 15 – min. break)
Presented by Chad Ballard, PE, CFM ENV SP
Advanced HEC-RAS Modeling, Day One
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm CDT (including a 15-min. break)
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
Advanced HEC-RAS Modeling, Day Two
Thursday, April 29, 2021 | 10:00 am – 1:15 pm CDT (including a 15-min. break)
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
Webinar Instructions
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Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Credits
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.0 ASFPM CECs
Geologists
6.0 PDHs/CE Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and offers 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers licensed in most states.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this webinar for 6.0 CECs for certified floodplain managers.
This course offers 6.0 PDHs/continuing education hours to most licensed/registered geologists. HalfMoon Education has not applied for state geologist continuing education approval in states requiring such.
Completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete this event, respond to prompts, and earn a passing score (80%) on the quiz that follows the presentation (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
Chad Ballard
Chad Ballard, PE, CFM ENV SP
Stormwater and Flood Team Leader at Plummer in Dallas, TX
Mr. Ballard is a licensed civil engineer holding a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Brigham Young University. He was first introduced to numerical modeling methods as an undergrad and continued with his graduate work in 2D surface water and sediment transport modeling.
Since then Mr. Ballard has obtained experience using a variety of hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling solvers and platforms on a variety of different engineering applications (HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, XP-SWMM, TUFLOW, SRH-2D, SMS). In addition to providing a broad range of engineering skills, he has helped hundreds of engineering firms apply numerical models to their projects all around the world. In the past Mr. Ballard has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in hydraulics and hydrology, and he is currently teaching professional continuing education courses for the new 2D tools in the HEC-RAS software.
Mr. Ballard is active in professional organizations including the Texas Floodplain Managers Association (TFMA) and ASCE Texas Section where he serves as the current Honors Committee chairman. He is also a committee member of the EWRI National Computational Hydraulics Technical Committee.
Mr. Ballard is the Stormwater and Flood Team leader for Plummer and started the High Water Mark, a website for resources, information and current events specific to water resource engineers. He currently lives in the Dallas area with his wife and five daughters.