X-posting: Fish Passage Conference 2026. Requesting proposals for sessions, workshops and taking award nominations

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Sep 06, 2025 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

This is a message from the organizers of the Fish Passage Conference 2026:   Dear Fish Passage Community, The organizing committee is thrilled to share our progress. We are now requesting proposals for sessions – submit here, and requesting proposals for short courses and workshops – submit here In addition we are also now open […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Dec 31, 2024 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

2024 had many highlights for the Ecohydraulics community like ISE in Quebec or the new metrics of the Ecohydraulics Journal with an ever increasing number of high-quality articles. Thanks to everyone contributing – the LOC in Quebec, conference attendees, Ecohydraulics Authors, and the many people who keep the community vibrant. Importantly, there is the Early […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Sep 27, 2024 in News | 0 comments

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 […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Sep 09, 2024 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

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 […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Aug 03, 2024 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

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 […]

Posted by Sebastian Schwindt on Jul 01, 2024 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

  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 […]

Posted by admin on Jun 21, 2024 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

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 […]

Spring 2021 update

Posted by admin on Apr 09, 2021 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

It is April 2021, spring for the northern hemisphere. My last update about the ecohydraulics community was in November and it sure has been a busy period between then and now. The Ecohydraulics community has been well served scientifically by a suite of major events during which we have had several sessions: ISE2020 web series, [...]

Community update

Posted by admin on Nov 24, 2020 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

IAHR Ecohydraulics Technical Committee Community Forum Agenda 2020-2022 Meeting on 24 November 2020 Agenda items in black text   This document presents the agenda for the Ecohydraulics community forum held on 24 November 2020 (depending on time zone). Bullets indicate announcements and other information. Red text indicates meeting notes and comments from the discussion.   [...]

Election Lessons

Posted by admin on Jun 16, 2020 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

We have now concluded LT elections for 2020 and it helps to reflect on the process and outcome. First, we have coalesced into a community with a list of members, and it is an exciting scope. The IAHR Ecohydraulics TC has a total of 1341 members, all eligible to vote. The voting list consists of […]