Agenda

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Thursday, May 11, 2023 
9:00 am – 4:30 pm CDT (including a 30-min. break)

 

Presented by Venkatesh Merwade, PhD

Agenda Highlights

Introduction to HEC-HMS and Applications 

  • Brief overview of the model and its interface
  • Watershed studies
  • Stormwater management
  • Regional flood models  

Hydrologic Principles

  •  Hydrologic cycle
  • Rainfall-runoff modeling
  • Loss methods—SCS method
  • Transform methods—SCS dimensionless hydrograph
  • Routing—Muskingum routing 

Creating a Simple HEC-HMS Project 

  • Lumped model creation with a single sub-basin
  • Understanding different files
  • Project, Basin, Meteorologic Model and Control Specifications 

 Data Requirements for Creating a Watershed Model 

  • Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
  • Land use and soil
  • Rainfall and streamflow 

 Watershed Delineation Using Digital Elevation Model (DEM) 

  • D8 method for flow direction 

Small Watershed Modeling Demonstration 

  • GIS pre-processing
  • Data input
  • Results interpretation 

HEC-HMS Model Calibration 

  • Calibration approaches
  • Trouble shooting 

 New Capabilities in HEC-HMS 

   

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Credits

Professional Engineers:
6.5 PDHs

Landscape Architects:
6.5 HSW CE Hours

LA CES:
6.5 HSW PDHs

Floodplain Managers:
6.5 ASFPM CECs

 

Continuing Education Credit Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.5 PDHs for professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours for landscape architects in all states that allow this learning method. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.

The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved this course for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full participation is reportable to the LA CES.

This webinar has been approved by the Association of State Floodplain Managers for 6.5 CECs for floodplain managers.

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).

On-Demand Credits
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format may not be eligible for the same credits as the live presentation; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate. The following pre-approvals may be available for the on-demand format upon request:
6.5 HSW PDHs (LA CES)

Speakers

Venkatesh Merwade, PhD

Professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University

Mr. Merwade, Ph.D. is a professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University, where he has been since 2006. During 2004 – 2006, he worked as worked as post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Research in Water Resources at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Merwade received his bachelor of Engineering degree in Environmental Engineering from Shivaji University, India, in 1997, his M.S.c. degree in Engineering Hydrology from the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland in 2000, and Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, in 2004. From 1997-1999, he worked as project engineer at Montgomery Watson (now part of Stantec) in Mumbai, India.

His research and teaching interests include surface water hydrology with specific focus on flood modeling and mapping. Much of his work has been on improving the simulation of hydrologic processes for flood prediction by using geographic information systems (GIS), data driven techniques and advances in cyberinfrastructure. He has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings in the area of river channels, watershed hydrology and flood modeling.

Some of his awards include the Outstanding Achievement Award (2018) from the Indiana Water Resources Association for work related to flood prediction and mapping for Indiana streams, Excellence in GIS Award (2017) from Indiana Geographic Information Council for Soil-Based Floodplain Maps for Indiana, and the Quentin Martin Best Practice Paper (2011) from the ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.

Dr. Merwade disseminates his educational material as online tutorials, modules and YouTube videos, which have been used/viewed by hundreds of thousands of students, faculty and working professionals around the world who want to learn about hydrology, GIS applications, and hydrologic modeling