River Flow 2016

Dr. Constantinescu obtained his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering in 1992 from the Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, USA (1997) and held post-doctoral positions with the Arizona State University and the Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University. In 2004, he joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa as an Assistant Professor. He is currently a Professor at the same university. Dr. Constantinescu has expertise in numerical simulations of complex turbulent flows using a wide range of modeling techniques and large-scale parallel computing. His present main research interests are in river restoration and modeling of stratified flows, shallow flows, flow and transport processes around hydraulic structures, sediment transport and morphodynamics in alluvial channels, flows in porous media. Dr. Constantinescu co-authored more than 200 research papers of which close to half were published in peer-reviewed journals. He is an associate editor of several scientific journals in the area of hydraulics and hydrology.

• Keynote Lectures Mark Twain, the Mississippi, and modern river engineering G.E. Galloway, Dam safety in the USA and numerical dam-break modeling for decision support in critical infrastructure protection M.S. Altinakar, Exploiting surface turbulence metrics and secondary flows in straight river reaches and open channels E.A. Cowen, S.A. Schweitzer, V.R. Citerone, A.T. King, E.D. Johnson & R.O. Tinoco, Science to inform management for resilient river systems in a changing world , P. Goodwin & A.W. Tranmer, Fluvial dike overtopping: Experimental advances W.H. Hager, Messy rivers are healthy rivers: The role of physical complexity in sustaining ecosystem processes E. Wohl. A. River flow and transport processesA1.Laboratory and eddy-resolving numerical investigations of fundamental physical processes and transport in open channelsA2. Field studies and numerical investigations of flow and transport in natural streamsA3. Innovative field and laboratory instrumentation for the study of flow in open channelsSpecial session: Experimental techniques used in fluvial hydraulics. Organizer: C. di Cristo, University of Lazio, ItalySpecial session: Image-based measurements and video analysis. Organizer: Y. Ozeren, University of Mississippi, USASpecial Session: Estimation of uncertainty in hydrometric measurements and other flow measurements of environmental scale. Organizer: J. Gonzalez, South Florida Water Management District, USASpecial session: Environmental role of hydraulic interfaces. Organizers: A. Marion, University of Padua, Italy; F. Ballio, Politechnic University Milan, Italy; J. Aberle, NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway & M. Zaramella, University of Padova, ItalySpecial session: Buoyancy-driven flows. Organizers: C. Adduce, University of Rome Tre, Italy & M. Franca, EPFL, SwitzerlandB. Sediment transport and river morphodynamicsB1. Mechanics of sediment transportB2. Dynamics of bedforms and meandering streamsB3. Large-scale river morphology and morphodynamicsB4. Local scour around hydraulic structuresB5. Numerical aspects of sediment transport and hyper-concentrated/granular flowsSpecial session: Reservoir sustainability. Organizer: A. Cox, Saint Louis University, USASpecial session: Applications of hydro-acoustics to river morphodynamics. Organizers: D. Hanes, Saint Louis University, USA & S. Wright, USGS, USASpecial session: Hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of river confluences. Organizer: B. Rhoads, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USASpecial session: Dynamics of meander cutoffs. Organizer: K. Konsoer, Louisianan State University, USAC. River FloodsC1. Numerical prediction of floodsC2. Channel-floodplain interactions driven by floodsC3. Geomorphic dam-break flows and breach formationC4. Flood propagation and controlSpecial session: Flood science for flood prediction, mitigation, and resilience. Organizers: M. Muste, L. Weber & N. Young, IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa, USAD. River management, ecology, and restorationD1. Sustainable engineering solutions for management of natural streamsD2. River training and design of river restoration structuresD3.Ecological aspects of river flowsD4. Flow in vegetated channelsSpecial session: Large wood in fluvial ecosystems. Organizer: V. Ruiz-Villanueva, University of Bern, SwitzerlandSpecial session: Fish passage. Organizer: M. Politano, University of Iowa, USA