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The purpose of this website is to disseminate information about Ecohydraulics. Current and upcoming events are presented in the items below and in the website blog posts. The other areas of the website offer static content that educate about the ideas and methods used in ecohydraulics, as we as our community is organized and operated. If you have content you would like to see added to the website, let us know.
News & Stories
Opportunity: PHD student on ice in stream at Center for Ecohydraulics Research
This is a message from Prof. Daniele Tonina who is offering an exciting PhD opportunity in ice formation at the Center for Ecohydraulics Research, University of Idaho: We are looking for 1 energetic and dynamic PhD student interested in investigating the formation and transport of ice in mountain streams starting on January 2025. Ice formation […]
Collection of Ecohydraulics book now on line
Today, I am sharing a message from Prof. Michele Mossa, PhD, Chair of IAHR Committee on Ecohydraulics – I can only recommend exploring his library collection on Ecohydraulics: Dear Friends, Hope that this message finds you well. As I mentioned about one year ago, I have managed to secure a significant budget to purchase books […]
News: Apply for Hosting the 2028 International Symposium on Ecohydraulics (ISE) as Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
International Symposium on Ecohydraulics (ISE) Launched in 1994, the International Symposia on Ecohydraulics aims to provide a platform for scientists and engineers worldwide to discuss cutting-edge scientific progress, compare and evaluate state-of-the-art technical methods, and recommend them to the end-users. A complete list of past ISE conferences is provided on the IAHR website. Aspiring future […]
Story: Ethohydraulics
Ethohydraulics, to my knowledge, was first introduced by Beate Adam and Boris Lehmann in their 2011 book, “Ethohydraulik” (in German). In 2022, Lehmann et al. released an updated version of the book, “translated with DeepL”, under the title, “Ethohydraulics: A Method for Nature-Compatible Hydraulic Engineering“. Having been familiar with the term “Ecohydraulics” for more than […]
Story: Ship-friendly fish
When we first went to the Rhine to explore potential field sites for a new research project (funded by the German DFG), we had planned for many contingencies: accessibility, wildlife including mosquitoes, indigenous uprisings, weather, and so on. When we arrived at one of our first sites, I was reminded of my childhood, when my […]
News: Impact Factor of the Journal of Ecohydraulics
The impact factor, introduced by Eugene Garfield in 1972, is a measure of the influence of scientific journals. It evaluates the influence of a scientific journal by measuring the average number of citations its articles receive over a given period of time, typically two years. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations […]
Story: Labyrinth Weirs- friend or foe?
A few days ago I posted to LinkedIn and it turns out that my post went onto the new Ecohydraulics LinkedIn group there. My post generated some interest and animal response, so I thought I would make a blog post here to go into the issue in more depth. I just happen to be in […]