Environmental Hydraulics Institute IH Cantabria

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1 Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute IH Cantabria

2 Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute IH Cantabria The Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute IH Cantabria, is a jint research centre between the University f Cantabria and the Fundatin fr Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute. IH Cantabria is made up f apprximately ne hundred frty researchers, with ver twenty years f expertise in the fields f hydrdynamics, sediment transprt, castal evlutin, castal structures, castal/prts/river engineering, estuarine dynamics, transprt prcesses, marine and river envirnmental sciences, water quality, numerical and physical mdelling f water-related prcesses and integrated castal and river basin management. IH Cantabria fcuses its activities n three main pillars: research & develpment, cnsultancy and educatin & training activities. The missin f IH Cantabria is t becme an internatinal reference centre specialising in basic and applied research as well as fcusing n the develpment f studies, methdlgies, and tls fr the management f aquatic ecsystems including superficial and subterraneus waters, transitinal and castal water bdies integrating the relevant prcesses as well as the sci-ecnmic aspects assciated with an efficient and sustainable management f the water cycle. Sme f IH Cantabria's main gals are: T explre ur knwledge f the water cycle and the related systems, increasing the state f the art in this field f research and technlgies. -1-

3 T educate and train researchers and specialists in the field f envirnmental Hydraulics T translate t sciety and transfrm int specific scial benefits the successes btained thrugh the study f the integral water cycle and its related systems by establishing slid channels t transfer knwledge, tls and technlgies t public administratins and private cmpanies alike. T develp mdels, patents and knw-hw t increase the internatinal cmpetitiveness f Spanish cmpanies, while at the same time increasing the expectatin level required by authrities and public bdies. T prvide the knwledge and tls necessary fr develping cuntries t imprve their living standards and their quality f life During the last decade, IH Cantabria has been deeply invlved in natinal, reginal and internatinal scientific initiatives and prjects dealing with castal mdelling systems, integrated management f castal znes and river engineering. Thse prjects, that IH Cantabria has cnducted, have been funded by public and private bdies such us the Eurpean Unin, ECLAC, the Nrth-Atlantic Treaty Organisatin, and the British Cuncil, with the invlvement f Eurpean, US, Spanish and Latin-American institutins. Sme f the areas and fields IH Cantabria is currently wrking n are the fllwing: Hydrbilgy and Envirnmental Management Area Cntinental Ecsystems Grup Castal Ecsystems Grup Climate, Energy and Marine Infrastructures Area Ocean, Energy and Engineering Grup Castal Hydrdynamics and Infrastructures Grup Marine Climate and Climate Change Grup Hydraulic and Castal Engineering Area Hydraulic Engineering Grup Castal Engineering and Management Grup Oceangraphy, Estuaries and Water Quality Grup Testing Facilities Hydraulic, Castal and Ocean Lab Envirnmental Lab Knwledge Transfer Infrmatin Technlgy -2-

4 IH Cantabria has cnducted a great number f R&D prjects funded by the Eurpean Unin, the Nrth-Atlantic Treaty Organisatin and the British Cuncil, with the invlvement f Eurpean, US, Spanish and Latin-American institutins. IH Cantabria actively cllabrates with public and private sectrs bth natinally and internatinally, prviding integrated slutins t water related issues in river, castal and marine envirnments. Prjects have been carried ut fr the Spanish Ministries f Envirnment, Science and Technlgy, Spanish Agency fr Internatinal Cperatin and Develpment, Castal and Prt Authrities, etc. Cncerning Climate Change, IH Cantabria is a member f the IPCC, being the nly Spanish representative in the Nairbi Prgramme f the UN. It als acts as an advisr t the Spanish Office f Climate Change n plicies and strategies t cunter the effects f glbal climate change n the cast. As far as natural disasters and risk management is cncerned, IH Cantabria is a member f the Eurpean Tsunami Alert develpment Netwrk TRANSFER, and has been awarded several Spanish Natinal Envirnmental Awards fr prjects as the Develpment f the Spanish Atlas fr Castal Flds (1999) and the Develpment f the mdel fr il spill trajectry predictins fr the Spanish system ESSEO (2007). The study f wave hydrdynamics and wave interactin with castal infrastructures is the main scientific mtivatin f the Castal Hydrdynamics and Infrastructures Grup. This grup has mre than twenty years f experience in the develpment f numerical tls and the use f the mst advanced experimental techniques t analyse the wave induced flw in the vicinity f castal structures. The Castal Hydrdynamics and Infrastructures Grup als develp actively cllabratin with public and private sectrs bth natinally and internatinally, prviding integrated slutins t prblems related with design f harbur facilities, functinal design fr cnventinal and nn-cnventinal structures, structural design fr cnventinal and nn-cnventinal structures, peratinal systems, structural and functinal design fr cnventinal and nn-cnventinal castal structures. The grup als has experience n envirnmental flws such as desalinatin plant discharge design and diagnsis r castal and submarine pipelines, pumping and sewage cllectin. CAPACITY BUILDING EXPERIENCE IH Cantabria als wrks n capacity building and training activities and prjects fr scientists, technicians and managers f the Mediterranean, Kuwait and Latin America regins regarding all these fields f expertise. Specific trainings were carried ut in Tunisia and Brazil regarding the Castal Mdelling System and in Albania, Algeria, Bsnia- Herzegvina, Egypt, Kuwait, the Lebann, Mrcc, Mauritania, Serbia- Mntenegr, Palestinian Territries and Tunisia regarding Integrated Castal Zne Management in cperatin with the Spanish Agency f Internatinal Cperatin fr Develpment. Mst f these initiatives are dealing with transferring knwledge and expertise and increasing lcal capacities fr sustainable castal management. IH Cantabria als rganizes every year several castal related seminars and summer schls n wave climate and climate change, renewable energies, river sampling design, water pllutin, ICZM, etc. -3-

5 IH Cantabria (University f Cantabria) has been wrking fr mre than twenty years in the field f Envirnmental Hydraulics applied t Educatin. The prfessrs at IH Cantabria are cnsidered experts bth natinally and internatinally in the castal and river engineering, integrated castal zne management and field mnitring. IH Cantabria s expertise is als widely recgnized in the fields f wetland restratin, beach nurishment (restratin and regeneratin), utfall design and hydrdynamics mdelling. The Graduate prgrams ffered by IH Cantabria (University f Cantabria) have received ever since 2003 the highest pssible merit in educatin cnferred by the Spanish Ministry f Educatin and Science, knwn as Mención de Calidad. This distinctin has been granted every year since then. The Graduate prgrams include three MSc Curses in Integrated Castal Zne Management, Harbur and Castal Engineering, and Envirnmental Management f Water Systems; and tw PhD prgrams fcused n Marine Science and Technlgy and Science and Technlgy fr Water Systems Management. The Latin American University Graduate Assciatin (AUIP) has als granted this prgram with its highest award, describing it as the best prgram in the field f Applied Sciences in Latin America. Researchers at IH Cantabria participate actively in ther Masters ffered by the Spanish Ministry f Envirnment as well as ther imprtant University based prgrams. All the previusly mentined experience makes IH Cantabria suitable fr develping the training curse, emphasizing the practical pint f view f the teaching cntents, as well as the accredited awards test the highest standards f IH Cantabria Lecturers. Bth aspects prvide us with extensive expsure t the implementatin f the training curse with the apprpriate activities and materials, prviding attendees with the knwledge and tls t develp ICZM issues taking int cnsideratin at every mment the characteristics and issues f the Alexandria Castal Zne Management Prject. -4-

6 INFRASTRUCTURES IH Cantabria facilities are currently in the Scientific and Technlgical Park f Cantabria (PCTCAN). The new facilities cnsist f three ffice and labratries buildings including a space t huse new businesses r t create a strategic relatinship with the Institute. The labratry,ih Lab, is framed within the Singular Techn-Scientific Facilities (ICTS) f the Spanish Ministry fr Science and Innvatin in which the Gvernment f Cantabria and the Eurpean Unin (FEDER funds) participate financially. The labratry building, IH Lab, huses: IHLab-Hidr: CCOB: Cantabria Castal and Ocean Basin 2D tsunami flume Hydrmechanics Labratry wave flume 70 m x 2m prducing waves f up t 70 cm in height wave-current flume 24 m x 60 cm simultaneusly generating waves and currents wave basin 28 m x 8.5 m generating directinal waves up t 25 cm in height variable slpe channel 8 m lng, fr unidirectinal flw tests IHLab-Bi: Hydrbilgy Lab Sample prcessing lab Micrbilgical lab Physical and chemical analysis Sample separatin and identificatin lab Testing facilities Teaching lab and training prgramms -5-

7 KEY EXPERTS Raul Medina is Directr f the Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute IH Cantabria and the Vice-president f the Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute Fundatin. Full Prfessr f castal engineering at the Universidad de Cantabria (1993) and Dctr in Civil Engineering (Universidad de Cantabria). His research fcuses n Integrated Castal Zne Management and Planning, castal numerical mdelling, beach mrphdynamics, inlet dynamics, wave hydrdynamics and wave-structure interactin. He has published 14 bk chapters, mre than 70 papers in scientific jurnals and mre than 160 cnference prceedings n these subjects. He has been the main researcher in prjects funded by Spanish CICYT, Eurpean Unin as well as by several Spanish public administratins (State Prts Authrity, Directrate General fr Casts, etc.). He is als Scientific Advisr f the Inter-American Develpment Bank, Reviewer f Eurpean Unin INCO, MAST Prjects and ANEP Prjects, Reviewer f several natinal and internatinal scientific jurnals, Member f the Scientific and Dctrate Cmmissin f the University f Cantabria. Iñig Lsada is the Research s Directr f the Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute IH Cantabria; Directr f the Envirnmental and Water Sciences and Techniques Department ( ), member f the Ocean & Castal Research Grup ( ) and Full Prfessr f Hydraulics Engineering at the Universidad de Cantabria; Dctr in Civil Engineering (Universidad de Cantabria Spain- and Delaware University USA-). His research fcuses n ceangraphic and envirnmental hydraulics engineering. His research prjects deal with wave prpagatin mdelling, including tsunamis, functinality and stability f maritime and castal wrks, beach mrphdynamics, wave-structure interactin, castal flding, il spills pllutin, climate change effects and integrated castal zne management. He has been the main researcher in prjects funded by Spanish CICYT, Eurpean Unin, NATO, NSF as well as by several Spanish public administratins (State Prts Authrity, Directrate General fr Casts, etc.). He belngs t several scientific and technical scieties such as the American Sciety f Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Internatinal Assciatin f Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), the American Sciety f Engineering Educatin r PIANC, having btained the internatinal research award frm its Spanish sectin. Javier López Lara is Ramn and Cajal Researcher ( ) f the Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute IH Cantabria and Crnell and Cantabria Exchange Prgram Crdinatr at the Universidad de Cantabria since He is Dctr in Civil Engineering (Universidad de Cantabria) since His research fcuses n castal engineering, wave and structure interactin and envirnmental hydraulics engineering cmbining experiments and numerical mdelling. His research prjects deal with wave prpagatin mdelling, including tsunamis wave evlutin, functinality and stability f maritime and castal wrks, surf zne hydrdynamics and brine discharge mdelling. He has been the main researcher in several prjects funded by Spanish CICYT as well as by several Spanish public administratins (State Prts Authrity, Directrate General fr Casts, etc.). He has als taking part as a researcher in prjects funded by Spanish CICYT, Eurpean Unin, NATO, NSF as well as by several Spanish public administratins. He has -6-

8 published 3 bk chapters, 24 papers in peer reviewed scientific jurnals and mre than 40 cnference prceedings n these subjects. He is als Scientific Advisr f the Netherlands Organizatin fr Scientific Research (NWO) and ANEP Prjects and Reviewer f several natinal and internatinal scientific jurnals. He has btained the internatinal research De Paepe - Willems award frm PIANC (Internatinal Navigatin Assciatin) in 2005 and the Mdest Vigueras award frm its Spanish PIANC sectin in Jsé Juanes is Prfessr f Envirnmental Hydraulics at the University f Cantabria and Researcher at the Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute f the University f Cantabria; M.Sc and Ph.D in Bilgy (University f Ovied); Dr. Juanes has been lecturing curses at different levels in the field f management and mnitring f castal and estuarine ecsystems fr the last 16 years. Since 2007 he is the Directr f the MS and PhD prgrams n Envirnmental Management f Aquatic Systems f the University f Cantabria. His research has fcussed n eclgy f aquatic ecsystems, water quality mnitring and envirnmental risk assessment, as well as the develpment f tls and prcedures fr Integrated Castal Zne Management. He has published mre than 70 papers in scientific bks, jurnals and cnference prceedings n these subjects. Dr. Juanes has been main research in different Spanish Natinal and Interreg prjects and has participated in mre than 30 prjects fr the Spanish administratin, regarding methdlgies and technical analysis f different envirnmental prblems f the castal areas. Maurici Gnzález is member f the Envirnmental Hydraulics Institute IH Cantabria; assciate Prfessr at the Universidad de Cantabria; Dctr in Civil Engineering (Universidad de Cantabria). His research fcuses n castal numerical mdelling, castal mrphdynamics and littral prcesses. He has published 4 bk chapters, mre than 30 papers in scientific jurnals and mre than 80 cnference prceedings n these subjects. He has been the main researcher in prjects funded by Eurpean Unin, Spanish CICYT, as well as by several Spanish public administratins (State Prts Authrity, Directrate General fr Casts, etc.). He is als member f the Spanish Natinal Cmmittee t establish a Tsunami Warning System (TWS), tsunami scientific adviser fr the Eurpean Cmmissin DG-RTD. C-Chairman f the wrking grup: Sessinal Wrking Grup 1 Hazard Assessment, Risk and Mdelling, Intergvernmental Crdinatin Grup fr the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigatin System in the Nrth-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Cnnected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS) crdinated by the IOC-UNESCO. He has cllabrated as Tsunami expert adviser fr the UNESCO and participated in several missins in tsunami vulnerable cuntries. Reviewer f Spanish ANEP research prjects, Reviewer f several natinal and internatinal scientific jurnals. -7-