[Acoustics] Call for Technical Papers

[Tracy Vermeyen]

Hello All,

I am the Chair of EWRI's (Environmental and Water Resources Institute)
Hydraulic Measurements and Experimentation Technical Committee and I am
try to drum up interest in a few Session areas for the 2006 EWRI
Congress in Omaha.  I don't think the call for papers has be sent out
yet, but I have submitted a few ideas for sessions at the Congress.  I
know there is much good work being done in this area and I would
encourage you to share this work with other
engineers/scientists/biologists.

I am hoping people on this list will generate some technical papers for
the Omaha Congress  in the following areas, but not limited to the
topics I suggest below:

1) Application of acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCP's) for
hydraulic measurements (velocity, discharge, turbulence, sediment)
2) Quantitative Imaging Techniques (PIV, LSPIV, etc.) for Hydraulic
Measurements
3) Non-contact Measurements of Temperature, Water velocity, Depth,
Sediment, etc...
4) Hydraulic Measurements in Extreme Environments (Floods, Debris
flows, Shallow water/low velocity measurements)
5) Other Acoustic Velocimeter Measurements
*	ADV measurements
*	Turbulence measurements with ADV's
*	Field applications with ADV's
*	Errors and data analysis for ADV measurements
*	Multiple coupled meters used with automated profiling systems
*	Measurements of sediment concentrations using acoustic methods
*	Horizontal profiler applications - Measurement of horizontal
velocity fields

Some 2006 Congress information that might be of interest.

The Congress will be held in Omaha, Nebraska from May 21-25, 2006.
Paper Abstracts are due September 16, 2005
Author notification will be October 14, 2005
Papers are due January 20, 2006.

Thanks for your consideration and I hope to see you in Omaha.

One last item, our committee is starting the planning process for a
speciality conference on Hydraulic Measurements and Experimental Methods
for the summer of 2007.  This conference is tentatively planned to take
place in the Northeast corner of the US.  So if you can't make the Omaha
deadlines, start working on your papers for the speciality conference in
2007.  Lastly, if you are interested in participating in the conference
planning, especially if you work in the northeast, please let me know
and I will get you connected with the conference planners.


Best Regards, 




Tracy B. Vermeyen, P.E.                           
Hydraulic Engineer                      
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation                        
Water Resources Research Laboratory    
P.O. Box 25007, D-8560
Denver, Colorado  80225-0007

Phone:  303-445-2154
FAX :     720-544-0551 
Cell:       303-870-9178
e-mail: tvermeyen at do.usbr.gov 
http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/hydraulics_lab/tvermeyen/index.html
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