Vicaire Project VIrtual Campus In hydrology and water

Vicaire Project VIrtual Campus In hydrology and water Resources « VICAIRE Project » by A. Musy – EPFL (CH) R. Drobot – UTCB (RO) October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 1

Vicaire Project VIrtual Campus In hydrology and water Resources « VICAIRE Project » An e-learning and distance training courses in Water Resources Use and Management for students – engineers & interested scientists October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 2

Vicaire Project E-learning facility Modern teaching method • with no direct contact with the students • with a course support as exhaustive as possible - on a suitable computational platform (Web) - allowing - interconnections between the various documents offered - interactivities between the people concerned • offering a specific discipline, validated by a system of credits (ECTS) international • using modern techniques of communication (internet, umts, …) October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 3

Vicaire Project E-learning teaching system Main objectives and advantages • • • October 2003 Accessibility to a greater number of people Flexibility in the training of students More person-oriented teaching Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 4

Vicaire Project October 2003 VICAIRE Partners 1. Hydrology & Land Improvement (HYDRAM-ISTE), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland 2. Faculty of Hydrotechnology, Technical University of Civil Engineering (TUCEB), Bucarest, Romania 3. Faculty of Hydrotechnics, « Politehnica » University Timisoara, Romania, 4. Faculty of Hydrotechnics, Technical University « Gh. Asachi » of Iasi (TUI), Iasi, Romania 5. Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University « St. Kliment Ohridski » , Sofia, Bulgaria 6. Kharkiv State Technical University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (KSTUCA), Kharkiv, Ukraine 7. Ukrainian Scientific Research Institute of Ecological Problems (USRIEP), Kharkiv, Ukraine 8. Technical University of Moldova (UTM), Chisinau, Moldova Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 5

Vicaire Project VICAIRE Sponsors VICAIRE was proposed within the « SCOPES 2000 -2003 Scientific Cooperation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland » . The project was accepted in October in 2000 and launched in January 2001. Its main sponsors are: October 2003 • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) • Each partner’s Institution through internal manpower • Hydrology & Land Improvement Laboratory (HYDRAMISTE), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland through internal manpower Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 6

Vicaire Project Main objectives of the VICAIRE project • Elaborate and develop an international and competitive distance learning programme in the field of hydrology and water resources • Provide hydrology and water resources courses, primarily, to students within the partner institutions by offering them appropriate teaching support documents with interactive connections, and, secondly, propose them to other students of the field, worldwide • Improve and modernise the existing teaching systems of higher education in the partner’s institutes by adding web-based courses easily available • Train specialists in the above-mentioned fields, capable of managing surface and groundwater resources in any country, whatever its geographical and/or socio-economical situation October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 7

Vicaire Project Module 0 « Overview and Guide» This particular module has been set up to present the general organisation and structure of the e-learning course to students and other users. It offers several facilities divided in three parts, namely: Generalities: - Introduction - Presentation of the modules Team: - Partner institutions Module leaders Authors Guides: - Pedagogical concept - Recommendations - Reading guide October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 8

Vicaire Project Structure of the e-learning VICAIRE programme Five scientific modules on hydrology and water resources: 1. A. Basic Hydrology: introduction and description of the water cycle processes (11 chapters) 1. B. Engineering Hydrology: criteria and modelling for the of water works and their impacts (12 chapters) October 2003 design 2. Qualitative Hydrology: water quality and polluted system (13 chapters) 3. Groundwater Hydrology: behavior and use of water in the porous media (12 chapters) 4. Management of Water Resources: hydrosystems behaviours & management and decision-making principles (8 chapters) Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 9

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Vicaire Project Structure of module Each scientific module is composed of several chapters and subchapters • an extended summary, available for downloads • textbooks with interactive links and keywords • exercises with solutions • quiz and self evaluation tests • extended web-links (not completely implemented) • a specific bibliography October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 11

Vicaire Project CONTENT : Module 1 a « Basic Hydrology » 1. The hydrological cycle 2. Watershed characteristics 3. Precipitation 4. Evaporation and Transpiration 5. Infiltration 6. Surface and sub-surface storage 7. Runoff and sub-surface flows 8. Hydrographs 9. Instrumentation and monitoring 10. Hydrological data 11. General bibliography October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 12

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Vicaire Project CONTENT : Module 1 b « Engineering Hydrology » 1. Basic concepts of the systems theory 2. Design storm 3. Production function 4. Transfer function 5. Routing Function, Part 1 « Hydrological approach » 6. Routing Function, Part 2 « Hydraulic approach » 7. Mathematical modelling in hydrology (basic concepts) 8. Catchment hydrology, Part 1 « Floods models » 9. Catchment hydrology, Part 2 « Medium- & low-flow models » 10. Urban hydrology 11. Parameters calibration 12. General bibliography October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 16

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Vicaire Project CONTENT : Module 2 « Qualitative Hydrology » 1. Terminology and definitions 2. Water quality characteristics 3. Water quality and hydrological cycle 4. Natural quality in streams and rivers 5. Temperature and quality of water 6. Pollution & self-purification of streams and rivers 7. Surface-water quality in urban areas 8. Transport of reacting solute in streams and rivers 9. Water quality modelling 10. Water quality management 11. Eco-hydrological consequences of polluted streams and rivers 12. River sediments 13. General bibliography October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 19

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Vicaire Project CONTENT : Module 3 « Groundwater Hydrology » 1. Porous media 2. Aquifers 3. Water in porous media 4. Water potential in porous media 5. Darcy’s Law 6. General flow equations in porous media 7. Transport equation in porous media 8. Field and laboratory tests 9. Regional groundwater flow 10. Mathematical modelling of regional aquifers 11. Rehabilitation of the polluted aquifers 12. General bibliography October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 22

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Vicaire Project CONTENT : Module 4 « Management of Water resources » 1. Water resources 2. Modern water-economy complex, water supply, consumption, water usage water 3. Water legislation, economic and ecological constraints 4. Strategy of water resources management 5. Water resources monitoring 6. Protection of water resources 7. Water resources management tools 8. Case studies 9. General bibliography October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 25

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Vicaire Project VICAIRE requirements (at the Institution level) To be able to use this e-learning facility, the elements below should be available: • a computer room with web access, opened to students with opening hours similar to a library • a computer system organisation (intranet or internet) for a forum of discussion (questions and remarks) • in the institution concerned and during the semester in which the courses taken place, scientific personnel trained to answers the questions within a 24 -hours period, maximum, if possible • email connection for the teacher concerned October 2003 Faculté ENAC – Environnement Naturel, Architectural et Construit School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering 31

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