Surface and Groundwater courses from THE ACADEMY by DHI

SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER Water – a precious and finite resource

STANDARD TRAINING COURSES

SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER THE ACADEMY by DHI provides training courses in topics related to surface water and groundwater management such as integrated catchment management, integrated water resources management and water resources analysis and decision making. We also provide training in using our software tools for water resources to improve the environment.

Our palette of courses and capacity building packages is designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2-face as well as online.

Solving water and environmental problems requires the integration of various aspects such as groundwater and surface water, water quantity and quality, environmental and socio-economic aspects.

Growing populations may cause water quality to deteriorate.

As such, the problems and challenges related to the sustainable use of water resources are likely to increase manifold, as the demand for good quality water for people, agriculture and industry can be an environmental threat. .

STANDARD TRAINING COURSES #01

MIKE HYDRO RIVER - Introduction to river and channel modelling

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MIKE HYDRO RIVER - Moving from MIKE 11 to MIKE HYDRO for river and channel modelling

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MIKE HYDRO RIVER ECO Lab - 1D water quality and ecological modelling

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MIKE HYDRO RAINFALL - RUNOFF MODELLING - Rainfall-Runoff modelling

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MIKE 11 ST, GST, ACS - Sediment transport modelling

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MIKE 21 CURVILINEAR - 2D morphological modelling

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MIKE HYDRO BASIN - Introduction to river basin modelling

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WATER RESOURCES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - Introduction to information management using MIKE OPERATIONS

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MIKE SHE - Integrated catchment modelling

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FEFLOW - Introduction to groundwater modelling

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FEFLOW - Introduction and advanced topics

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FEFLOW - Advanced groundwater modelling

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OPTIMISATION OF DAILY WORKFLOWS IN GROUNDWATER MODELLING - Using FEFLOW Interface Manager IFM (C/ C++) and Python interface

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FEFLOW/FePEST - Introduction to model calibration, uncertainty analysis and predictive analysis

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NUMERICAL MODELLING FOR GEOTHERMAL INSTALLATIONS - Application of FEFLOW in near-surface and deep geothermic

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GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - FEFLOW as a daily assessment tool for quality and quantity of water

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GROUNDWATER MODELLING AT MINE SITES - Introduction to using FEFLOW in mining

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HYDROLOGY MODELLING IN MINING CATCHMENTS—Introduction to using MIKE SHE in mine impacted catchments

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INTEGRATED CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT - Hydrology, management and decision making in a catchment with competing uses

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REMOTE SENSING - Get the full picture using satellite images!

#21

INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IWRM) - An IWRM and climate change adaptation practitioners course

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SERIOUS PLAY - Using Aqua Republica to enhance learning

COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE HYDRO RIVER Introduction to river and channel modelling

This two-day, hands-on course gives you an introduction to MIKE HYDRO River and its capabilities for modelling of river systems. The aim is to enable you to create, edit and run basic river models and to analyse and present the simulation results.

MIKE HYDRO River is our new generation river modelling system and the successor to MIKE 11 - one of the most commonly applied 1D river modelling packages throughout the world. MIKE HYDRO River is a highly efficient modelling tool for the detailed design, management and operation of both simple and complex river and channel systems.

MIKE HYDRO River is used in a wide range of river related application areas such as flooding, flood forecasting and flood management, water quality, dam break analysis, structure operations and salinity intrusion in rivers, canals, wetlands and other water bodies. The wide range of add-on modules allows you to build your own personal river modelling tool box.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to MIKE HYDRO (River module and other add-ons)

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Introduction and theoretical background to 1D hydrodynamic river modelling

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Understanding data requirements for optimal model set up and application

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The MIKE Zero Project Explorer

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Building river models in MIKE HYDRO River

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Running simulations

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Understanding and presenting simulation results

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Introduction to modelling of basic hydraulic structures

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Model stability and calibration

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Professionals who are interested in obtaining a general understanding of river modelling with MIKE HYDRO River and learn about its capabilities to set up and run river models. Additionally, existing MIKE 11 users who would like an introduction to MIKE HYDRO River - the successor to MIKE 11.

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This course or corresponding knowledge is required in order to participate in our other courses 'MIKE HYDRO River - Advanced hydrodynamic modelling', 'MIKE FLOOD - River flood modelling', 'MIKE FLOOD - Integrated pipes, channels and surface modelling' and ‘Flood modelling with Flexible Mesh (FM) - Take your flood modelling a step further’. courses@dhigroup.com www.theacademybydhi.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE HYDRO RIVER Moving from MIKE 11 to MIKE HYDRO for river and channel modelling

This one-day, hands-on course teaches MIKE 11 users how to begin with MIKE HYDRO River and introduces all the advantages of this new platform for modelling of river systems. The aim is to enable you to import and pre-process your data, create and edit a model, and run basic river models and analyse the simulation results.

MIKE HYDRO River is our new generation of river modelling system and the successor to MIKE 11 - one of the most commonly applied 1D river modelling packages throughout the world. MIKE HYDRO River is a highly efficient modelling tool for the detailed design, management and operation of both simple and complex river and channel systems.

MIKE HYDRO River is used in a wide range of river related application areas such as flooding, flood forecasting and flood management, water quality, dam break analysis, structure operations and salinity intrusion in rivers, canals, wetlands and other water bodies. The wide range of add-on modules allows you to build your own personal river modelling tool box.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to the MIKE HYDRO platform

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Import / export of data (including import of MIKE 11 models)

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Building river models in MIKE HYDRO River

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Cross sections generation

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Simple and complex hydraulic structures including operation and control

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Catchments delineation and rainfall-runoff modelling

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Understanding and presenting simulation results

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Model stability and calibration

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Tips and tricks (modelling performance, tools)

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Hands-on exercises

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Professionals who are interested in obtaining a general understanding of river modelling with MIKE HYDRO River and learn about its capabilities to set up and run river models. Additionally, existing MIKE 11 users who would like an introduction to MIKE HYDRO River - the successor to MIKE 11.

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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This course or corresponding knowledge is required in order to participate in our other courses 'MIKE HYDRO River - Advanced hydrodynamic modelling', 'MIKE FLOOD - River flood modelling', 'MIKE FLOOD - Integrated pipes, channels and surface modelling'. courses@dhigroup.com www.theacademybydhi.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE HYDRO RIVER ECO Lab 1D water quality and ecological modelling

This three-day, hands-on course teaches you the fundamentals of ecological modelling and gives you an introduction on how to develop an ecological model using MIKE HYDRO River ECO Lab. Focus is on 1D systems (rivers, channels, streams, etc.). Depending on the level of your experience and specific wishes topics can be added or tailored course offered.

Ecological modelling is used to describe and simulate various processes and phenomena of ecosystems. It is usually applied to model water quality aspects, the fate of dissolved substances or biological relations on population or individual level.

MIKE ECO Lab is a numerical modelling tool for ecological modelling integrated in MIKE HYDRO River, which gives easy access to the equations of an ecological model. MIKE HYDRO River ECO Lab is used for rivers and streams as it is capable of simulating the spatial distribution in 1D of variables in the environment.

COURSE TOPICS 

Fundamentals of ecological modelling

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Introduction to MIKE ECO Lab and dialogue overview

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Introduction to existing MIKE ECO Lab templates

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Guidelines for ecological model development

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How to set up the MIKE ECO Lab model

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Calibration and validation procedures

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Trouble-shooting advice

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

- to construct your own basic ecological model descriptions - to set up and run MIKE HYDRO River ECO Lab TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Professionals in environmental engineering and management in the public or private sector working with 1D systems (rivers, channels, streams, etc).

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You should have a background in applied water quality aspects and/or biology.

Some experience with hydraulic modelling is an advantage but no condition.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE HYDRO RAINFALL - RUNOFF (RR) Rainfall - Runoff modelling

The main focus of this two-day, hands-on course is to teach you to apply the functions of the NAM model. However, the course also introduces you to the other models within the RR module, address the typical problems you face in hydrological modelling and assist you in selecting the appropriate model for each project you are involved in.

The RR module of MIKE HYDRO includes various models and methods to estimate catchment runoff from rainfall. The main tool is the NAM model, which is a lumped, conceptual rainfall-runoff model, well proven under all climatic conditions around the world.

Traditional applications of the RR module include extension of stream flow series for design purposes, flood forecasting, and prediction of reservoir inflow. The easy application of the MIKE HYDRO RR module has expanded its use to also include other types of hydrological analyses.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to hydrological modelling

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Data requirements

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Introduction to MIKE HYDRO RR and Catchments GUI

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Mean Area Weighting of precipitation

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Theoretical aspects of the NAM model

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Snowmelt modelling using the NAM model

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Automatic calibration

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Trouble-shooting advice

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Interface with hydrodynamic modelling

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES Professionals in water resources planning and management.

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It is an advantage that participants are acquainted with the functionalities and operations of MIKE HYDRO River prior to the course either through practice or through completion of the MIKE HYDRO River course 'Introduction to river and channel modelling'.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE 21 CURVILINEAR 2D morphological modelling

This five-day, hands-on course will teach you the theoretical and practical aspects of cohesive and non-cohesive sediment transport modelling in rivers and reservoirs. We can adapt the course to your individual requests.

MIKE 21 Curvilinear (MIKE 21C) consists of a curvilinear hydrodynamics module (CHD) and a sediment transport model (CST). A curvilinear grid generator is also available for preparation of the curvilinear grids for the simulations.

MIKE 21C is one of the best established tools for simulating the development of the riverbed and channel plan form. Simulated processes include helical flow, sediment transport with inclusion of helical flow and bed slope for the bed-load and helical flow and adaptation for the suspended load via an advectiondispersion equation, as well as morphological updating including substrate. A separate module handles bank erosion with the possible inclusion of grid updating to account for bank line changes.

COURSE TOPICS 

Grid generation

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Hydrodynamics

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Helical flow

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Non-cohesive and cohesive sediment transport

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Morphological calculations

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Substrate modelling

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Alluvial resistance and bed forms

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Calibration of sediment models

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Modelling graded sediments

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Professionals who wish to enhance their skills to include cohesive and noncohesive sediment transport modelling of rivers and reservoirs. Participants are expected to have experience in 2D modelling either through experience or through participation in the MIKE 21 courses 'MIKE 21 Flow Model HD - 2D hydrodynamic modelling using 'classic' grid' or 'MIKE 21 Flow Model HD FM - 2D hydrodynamic modelling using flexible mesh'.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE HYDRO BASIN Introduction to river basin modelling

This two-day, hands-on course gives you an overview of the capabilities of MIKE HYDRO Basin and how it can be used create models for river basin management and reservoir operations. In addition to the basic content, the course includes a number of optional modules that may be appropriate depending on the level of experience and needs of course participants (see below).

River basin planning and management addresses the efficient use of available water resources given environmental, economic and social objectives and constraints. This can be facilitated by a decision support tool that links hydrological, engineering, water quality, agronomic, and other information in an integrated framework.

MIKE HYDRO Basin is a multi-purpose, map-centric decision support tool for integrated river basin analysis, planning and management. MIKE HYDRO Basin is designed for analysing water use at the river basin level. A mathematical representation of the river basin is defined including the configuration of river and reservoir systems, catchment hydrology and water user schemes. Optional modules are available for more detailed representation of irrigation, rainfall-runoff processes, river routing, surface water-groundwater interaction, and water quality processes.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to the MIKE HYDRO Basin modelling framework

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Introduction to model design

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Operational framework and water user allocation rules

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Reservoir operating rules and hydropower modelling

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Result presentation and analysis

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Groundwater and river routing modelling (optional)

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Detailed irrigation demand and management analysis (optional)

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Hydrological modelling (optional)

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Water quality modelling (optional)

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Use of scripting for modelling and input/output processing (optional)

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

LEARN MORE AND CONTACT US

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Professionals in water resources planning and management in public and private sectors, who wish to obtain a general understanding of MIKE HYDRO Basin and its capabilities in developing powerful and efficient water resources models with MIKE HYDRO Basin. courses@dhigroup.com www.theacademybydhi.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION

WATER RESOURCES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Introduction to Information Management using MIKE OPERATIONS

This two-day, hands-on course gives you a sound knowledge of information management ‘Best Practices’ appropriate for the integration into authorities’ water management decision support processes. You will learn about our successful approach for creating powerful knowledge-based systems tailored to your specific needs. The course gives you ample opportunity to share experiences with other participants and relate course topics to your own needs.

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The value of data increases significantly if it can be successfully turned into useful information and knowledge. This requires a flexible data capture and storage system that is easily accessible in order to display and produce a wide spectrum of analyses and client-oriented data publications.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

COURSE TOPICS 

Data and information management best practices

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Integration with water resources management practices

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Configuration of systems to support specific needs

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Data linkage and data capture from distributed data sources

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Data auditing, including data quality checks and logging of data changes

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Data processing, analysis and gap-filling

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Scripting tools based on Python for developing user defined tools

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Creating and scheduling jobs to automate common work flows

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Working with time series data in a spatial context

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Creation of user defined analyses, displays and reports

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Document storage to keep track of mission critical files and documents

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Web publishing to disseminate key information

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How MIKE OPERATIONS can complement our MIKE modelling products

THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Engineers and managers working in data collecting organisations or organisations relying on data as part of their decision making process. It is an advantage, but no condition, that participants have previous experience with water management, data acquisition system and basic ICT knowledge.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

MIKE SHE Integrated catchment modelling

This three-day, hands-on course covers the physical and modelling aspects of all the processes in the hydrological cycle. It provides hands-on experience with MIKE SHE's easy to use, model independent graphical user interface, as well as time for discussion related to hydrologic projects relevant to the participants.

MIKE SHE is the most widely used software for fully coupled and fully integrated surface water and groundwater modelling. MIKE SHE includes process models for overland flow, unsaturated flow, vegetation-based evapotranspiration, groundwater flow, fully dynamic channel flow and integrated water quality.

MIKE SHE is being used in real projects around the world to solve engineering problems across the full hydrological spectrum- from detailed wetland studies to basin-wide water resource management studies to real-time flood forecasting.

Embedded in MIKE SHE is DHI's world renowned hydrodynamic river model, MIKE HYDRO River.

COURSE TOPICS 

Available codes for integrated groundwater/surface water modelling

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Hydrological processes simulated by MIKE SHE

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Mechanisms used to couple the hydrological processes

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Hydraulic flow modelling in streams and rivers using MIKE HYDRO River

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Integrated water quality modelling in MIKE SHE

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Pitfalls of integrated groundwater/surface water modelling

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How to set up and run a model in MIKE SHE and MIKE HYDRO River

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How to evaluate results of an integrated groundwater/ surface water model

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Calibration strategies for an integrated model

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Professional groundwater and water resources modellers who want to expand their modelling experience to include all the processes in the hydrological cycle.

The course is also aimed at new users of MIKE SHE who want to quickly get up to speed on integrated groundwater/surface water modelling. Prior experience with MIKE SHE or surface water modelling would be an asset, but is not required.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

FEFLOW Introduction to groundwater modelling

This three-day, hands-on course provides you with an introduction to groundwater modelling using FEFLOW. You will learn the basic concepts of the software through building two and three-dimensional flow and solute-transport models applying the most important programme functions, including pre-processing, simulation and results evaluation.

FEFLOW is widely recognised as a comprehensive software package for subsurface flow and transport simulation. FEFLOW’s unique mesh capabilities (structured and unstructured) allows you the highest degree of flexibility to account in detail from the most simple to complex geometrical configurations. The software is used by leading research institutes, universities, consulting firms and government organisations all over the world.

FEFLOW’s scope of application ranges from simple local-scale to complex largescale modelling. Application areas include water management, mine water, saltwater intrusion, geothermal energy, and variably saturated media.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to FEFLOW

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The graphical user interface

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Creating 2D and 3D mesh geometries (structured and unstructured meshes)

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FEFLOW’s interface with geological software

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Setting up flow models with confined and unconfined aquifers

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Setting up mass-transport models

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Setting up groundwater-age models

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Steady-state and transient models

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Usage of GIS/CAD data interfaces and other formats

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Results evaluation

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Visualisation and animation

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Hands-on exercises

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

LEARN MORE AND CONTACT US

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Groundwater professionals working in consulting companies, public authorities, university and research institutions. You are expected to have both a basic knowledge of groundwater modelling as well as computer application.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

FEFLOW Introduction and advanced topics

This five-day, hands-on course provides you with comprehensive training in groundwater modelling using FEFLOW. It consists of an introductory and an advanced part. The introductory part is identical to the course 'Introduction to groundwater modelling' while the advanced part aims at providing you with the skills for advanced modelling topics. To accommodate particular preferences of the group of participants, a selection of the advanced topics listed below is offered.

FEFLOW is widely recognised as a comprehensive software package for subsurface flow and transport simulation. FEFLOW’s unique mesh capabilities (structured and unstructured) allows you the highest degree of flexibility to account in detail from the most simple to complex geometrical configurations. The software is used by leading research institutes, universities, consulting firms and government organisations all over the world.

FEFLOW’s scope of application ranges from simple local-scale to complex largescale modelling. Application areas include water management, mine water, saltwater intrusion, geothermal energy, and variably saturated media.

COURSE TOPICS Introductory Part 

Introduction to FEFLOW and its graphical user interface

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Creating 2D and 3D mesh geometries (structured and unstructured meshes)

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FEFLOW’s interface with geological software

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Setting up flow models with confined and unconfined aquifers

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Setting up mass-transport models and groundwater age models

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Setting up Steady-state and transient models

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Usage of GIS/CAD data interfaces and other formats

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Results evaluation, visualisation and animation

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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Advanced Part 

Unsaturated flow modelling

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Density-dependent flow modelling

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Heat transport, geothermal energy systems and closed/open systems

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Fractures, discrete features and dual-node connectors

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Multicomponent transport and chemical reactions

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Introduction to the FEFLOW programming interface and Python scripting

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Introduction to automatic model calibration with FePEST

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

FEFLOW Advanced groundwater modelling

This two-day, hands-on course aims at providing you with the skills for advanced modelling topics. Depending on the needs of the group of participants, a selection of the below topics is offered.

FEFLOW is widely recognised as a comprehensive software package for subsurface flow and transport simulation. FEFLOW’s unique mesh capabilities (structured and unstructured) allows you the highest degree of flexibility to account in detail from the most simple to complex geometrical configurations. The software is used by leading research institutes, universities, consulting firms and government organisations all over the world.

FEFLOW’s scope of application ranges from simple local-scale to complex largescale modelling. Application areas include water management, mine water, saltwater intrusion, geothermal energy, and variably saturated media.

COURSE TOPICS 

Unsaturated-flow modelling

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Density-dependent flow modelling

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Heat transport modelling, geothermal energy systems and closed/open systems

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Fractures, discrete features and dual-node connectors

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Multi component transport and chemical reactions

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Introduction to the FEFLOW programming and Python scripting

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Introduction to automatic model calibration with FePEST

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Hands-on exercises

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Groundwater professionals working in consulting companies, public authorities, university and research institutions. You must be acquainted with the basic functionalities of the latest FEFLOW version prior to this course, either through experience or through participation in the FEFLOW course 'Introduction to groundwater modelling'.

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

OPTIMISATION OF DAILY WORKFLOWS IN GROUNDWATER MODELLING Using FEFLOW Interface Manager IFM (C/C++) and Python interface

This modular, instructor led, hands-on course provides you fundamentals and approaches for FEFLOW customisation using the Interface Manager IFM (C/C++) and the Python interface. You will get an overview of the necessary tools for optimising your daily workflow as a groundwater modeller.

Pre- and post-processing datasets are daily, time consuming and often repetitive tasks in numerical modelling. FEFLOW provides an Application Programmers Interface (API) which allows you to automatise workflows. The development of automatic workflows may boost your efficiency in pre- and post-processing numerical models.

FEFLOW is widely recognised as a comprehensive software package for subsurface flow and transport simulation. FEFLOW’s unique mesh capabilities (structured and unstructured) allows you the highest degree of flexibility to account in detail from the most simple to complex geometrical configurations. The software is used by leading research institutes, universities, consulting firms and government organisations all over the world.

Through the use of FEFLOW Programming Interface the wide range of FEFLOW’s functionalities can be extended even further: IFM allows you to add missing features at run time and makes plug-in (and scripts) development a manageable task, even for less experienced programmers.

COURSE TOPICS 

Why and when using the Interface Manager (C/C++) and when using Python

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Setting up Visual Studio and Python for getting started

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Using Callbacks, Kernel Control Methods and API

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Export of model data (e.g., process variables, velocities)

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Running model scenarios and automated budget analysis

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Usage of nodal or elemental distributions for in– and output of customer data

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Creation and programmatic use of time series (power functions)

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Creation and use of charts for monitoring computed results

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Coupling FEFLOW with Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Groundwater professionals working in consulting companies, public authorities, university and research institutions. You are expected to have basic knowledge in C/C++/STL and/or Python. courses@dhigroup.com www.theacademybydhi.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION

FEFLOW/ FEPEST Introduction to model calibration, uncertainty analysis and predictive analysis

In this three-day hands-on course DHI WASY will provide you with an introductory training in FePEST. FePEST is the graphical user interface of PEST for FEFLOW models. We will explain and discuss the basic PEST definitions required for understanding the FePEST interface and achieving FePEST best practice.

The training covers topics of automatic model calibration, sensitivity analysis and uncertainty analysis (Monte Carlo methods). Practical sessions will be provided so that attendees can gain experience in setting up a FePEST project and the required preliminary preparation in FEFLOW. With FePEST, the FEFLOW package now features a graphical user interface for easy integration of your FEFLOW models into the PEST framework. FePEST covers the essential PEST methods for automatic calibration and uncertainty/ predictive analysis of FEFLOW models such as efficient definition of parameters (including the pilot-point method) and parallelization across local and wide area networks, interaction with the FEFLOW programming interface and immediate feedback of the PEST optimization progress.

COURSE TOPICS 

Best practice how to set up a FEFLOW model for PEST/FePEST

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FePEST graphical user interface (definition of observations/parameters)

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Parallelization settings, FePEST server and cloud computing (start/stop slave manipulation)

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Pilot points, regularization techniques and prior information (preferred values, preferred parameter distributions and spatial parameter correlation)

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Analysis and interpretation of results in FePEST and FEFLOW (sensitivity maps, parameter identifiability maps, analysis of data worth, etc.)

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General linear predictive uncertainty and error analysis

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Sensitivity analysis (SENSAN utility in PEST)

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Predictive analysis (definition of worst and best case scenarios)

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Monte Carlo and Null Space Monte Carlo methods

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Use of Pareto methods

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Advanced FePEST operations, customizations and third-party software

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Hands-on exercises and open discussion

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Groundwater professionals working in consulting companies, public authorities, university and research institutions. Participants are expected to have both a basic knowledge of groundwater modelling as well as computer application. courses@dhigroup.com www.theacademybydhi.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION

NUMERICAL MODELLING FOR GEOTHERMAL INSTALLATIONS Application of FEFLOW in near-surface and deep geothermic

This two-day, hands-on course aims at providing you with the principles of geothermal modelling using FEFLOW for deep and shallow systems Moreover, the course also deals with system optimisation (well positioning), pumping cycles, competition between adjacent installation, efficiency and operating life, enhance geothermal systems, etc. Depending on the particular needs of the group of participants, additional topics of interest may be covered.

THE ACADEMY BY DHI

FEFLOW is widely recognised as a comprehensive software package for subsurface flow and transport simulation. FEFLOW’s unique mesh capabilities (structured and unstructured) allows you the highest degree of flexibility to account in detail from the most simple to complex geometrical configurations. The software is used by leading research institutes, universities, consulting firms and government organisations all over the world.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

FEFLOW’s scope of application ranges from simple local-scale to complex largescale modelling. Application areas include water management, mine water, saltwater intrusion, geothermal energy, and variably saturated media.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to FEFLOW and its graphical user interface

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Introduction to transport modelling

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Setting up both open-loop and closed-loop (borehole heat exchanger) geothermal systems

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Usage of the OpenLoop Design plug-in for system design

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Result evaluation: heat-budget estimations

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Density- and viscosity-dependent flow modelling

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Professionals working on geothermal system design in consulting companies, public authorities, university and research institutions. Participants are expected to have both a basic knowledge about groundwater systems as well as computer application. Prior experience with groundwater modelling is helpful, but not required.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FEFLOW as a daily assessment tool for quality and quantity of water resources

This three-day, hands-on course provides you with the skills you need for applying FEFLOW for any kind of project related to groundwater resources management. It will cover typical modelling tasks such as delineation of groundwater capture zones based on state-of-the-art methods, estimation of water origin, budget optimization, influence of human-made activities on water resources (e.g. mines), groundwater quality and remediation, etc. Moreover, the course goes beyond standard analysis and bring into the discussion the uncertainty quantification associated to the water resources.

The course uses specially developed hands-on exercises supported by lectures on theory and relevant practical aspects.

FEFLOW is widely recognised as a comprehensive software package for subsurface flow and transport simulation. It provides unique meshing capabilities that offer exceptional geometric flexibility. The software is used by leading research institutes, universities, consulting firms and government organisations all over the world.

The scope of FEFLOW ranges from simple local-scale to complex large-scale modelling. Application areas include water management, mine water, saltwater intrusion, geothermal energy, and variably saturated media.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to FEFLOW and its graphical user interface (flow and mass)

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Introduction to groundwater age-based methods in FEFLOW

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Delineation of well capture zones with different methods (2D/3D)

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Uncertainty associated to well capture zones (e.g. Monte Carlo methods)

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Estimation of water origin, water balances and content analysis

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Discussion on groundwater vulnerability

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Interaction of surface water and groundwater (1D/2D)

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Regional drawdown estimations (e.g. due to different water consumption)

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Modelling of remediation techniques (e.g. flow barriers)

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Hands-on exercises

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Professionals working on ground water simulation in consulting companies, public authorities, university and research institutions. Participants are expected to have both a basic knowledge about groundwater systems as well as computer application. Prior experience with groundwater modelling is helpful, but not required. courses@dhigroup.com www.theacademybydhi.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION

GROUNDWATER MODELLING AT MINE SITES Introduction to using FEFLOW in mining

This three-day, hands-on course provides you with the skills you need for applying FEFLOW for groundwater simulation at mine sites. It will cover typical modelling tasks such as mine dewatering (open-cut and underground mines), groundwater rebound, reactive transport (acid mine drainage), etc. The course uses specially developed hands-on exercises supported by lectures on theory and relevant practical aspects.

THE ACADEMY BY DHI

FEFLOW is widely recognised as a comprehensive software package for subsurface flow and transport simulation. FEFLOW’s unique mesh (structured and unstructured) provides the highest degree of flexibility in all modelling processes. The software is used by leading research institutes, universities, consulting firms and government organisations all over the world.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

FEFLOW’s scope of application ranges from simple local-scale to complex largescale modelling. Application areas include water management, mine water, saltwater intrusion, geothermal energy, and variably saturated media.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to FEFLOW and its graphical user interface

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Estimation of dewatering volumes (open pit and underground mine)

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Simulation of pit progress and discussion in multiple approaches

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Obtaining pore pressure as a basis for slope-stability calculation

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Simulation of pumping wells, drains and other installations

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Modelling groundwater rebound

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Phreatic surfaces and variably-saturated media

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Faults, fractured systems and anisotropic porous media

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Introduction to reactive transport with piChem module (acid mine drainage)

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Interfacing with geological modelling and surface-water simulation

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Hands-on exercises

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Mining professionals working on ground water simulation in consulting companies, public authorities, university and research institutions. Participants are expected to have both a basic knowledge about groundwater systems as well as computer application. Prior experience with groundwater modelling is helpful, but not required.

THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

HYDROLOGY MODELLING IN MINING CATCHMENTS Introduction to using MIKE SHE in mine impacted catchments

This three-day, hands-on course provides you with the skills you need for applying MIKE SHE for fully integrated hydrologic modelling in mine impacted catchments. The course uses specially developed hands-on exercises supported by lectures on theory and relevant practical aspects.

MIKE SHE is widely recognised as a comprehensive software package for fully integrated, dynamic simulation of catchment hydrology. MIKE SHE uniquely integrates groundwater and surface water, along with unsaturated flow, evapotranspiration, overland flow and river hydraulics. The software is used by leading research institutes, universities, consulting firms and government organisations all over the world.

MIKE SHE can be used across a wide range of scales; from simple local-scale to complex large-scale modelling. MIKE SHE has been used across the Life of Mine - from feasibility to closure. Specific applications include mine water management, mine hydrology, mine water balance, climate change and environmental impact assessment, conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water, flood risk mitigation, and closure planning.

COURSE TOPICS 

Integrated hydrology in mining catchments

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MIKE SHE and its graphical user interface

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Detailed discussion of catchment processes: 

Overland flow and runoff

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Stream hydraulics and groundwater-surface water interaction

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Evapotranspiration, unsaturated flow and recharge

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Groundwater flow

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Data requirements and calibration

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Typical applications in mine impacted catchments

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Hands-on exercises based on mining examples

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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Mining professionals working on groundwater and surface water simulation in consulting companies, public authorities, university and research institutions.

Participants are expected to have a basic understanding of groundwater, surface water and hydrology processes. Prior experience with groundwater or surface water modelling is helpful, but not required.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

INTEGRATED CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT Hydrology, management and decision making in a catchment with competing uses

In this this three-day, thematic course we aim to enable you to address suitable holistic integrated catchment management. The course focusses on the challenges of surface water and groundwater resources management at catchment scale, as well as managing competing uses and environmental impacts. Catchment hydrology and its implications on water management is discussed. Decision support tools and modelling tools are introduced through examples and project cases. Hands-on exercises are not included.

Water resources are under increasing stress from growing populations, intensification of agriculture, and climate change.

Catchment management is vital to water use permitting, setting allocation limits, defining permissible loads and environmental impacts, and making water sharing strategies. To achieve holistic integrated catchment management, water managers and planners must address groundwater and surface water interaction as well as the impact of land use and climate change on water resources.

COURSE TOPICS 

Specific water management targets and criteria

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Water use, conflicts and resources

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Understanding the catchment

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Assessment and modelling tools

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What to request and expect from a model

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From data and models to decision variables

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From planning to on-line

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Examples from planning and on-line project cases

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

- conceptual model development - integrated models - decision support, scenarios and indicators TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Water resource professionals including water managers, water resource engineers, hydrologists, hydro-geologists and water resource modellers. It is preferable, but no condition, that participants have previous experience with water management, hydrology and models.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

REMOTE SENSING Get the full picture using satellite images!

This one-day course provides you with valuable insight into the rapidly evolving remote sensing technology based on dozens of earth observation satellites in orbit at the moment. You will learn how remote sensing information is becoming much more accessible and how it can easily be integrated into MIKE Powered by DHI or GIS software.

The lack of reliable data to calibrate and validate models is often a challenge, especially in ungauged catchments or remote parts of the world. This can often be overcome using remote sensing information input.

Satellite images provide valuable information across time and space, about flood events, oil spills, algae blooms, deforestation and other environmental issues.

Satellites can be used to generate baseline conditions, up-to-date maps of land cover and urban development, and images can provide information about current conditions.

COURSE TOPICS 

Introduction to remote sensing and digital image processing

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Data types, sensors and satellites, data prices and availability

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Data pre-processing (radiometric and geometric calibration)

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Remote sensing of water resources

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Remote sensing of urban environments

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Remote sensing of coastal and marine environments

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Image classification and change detection

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Digital Elevation Models from satellite

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Hands-on exercises accessing and using satellite images

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Professionals in the fields of water resources, urban planning, coastal and marine management, ecosystem modelling and environmental science. It is preferable that participants have basic knowledge of GIS (Geographic Information Systems).

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT An IWRM and Climate Change Adaptation Practitioners Course

This three-day thematic course teaches you how to analyse, formulate, and implement water policies, plans and programmes using an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach. The course focuses on tools to implement IWRM – the enabling environment, institutional roles and management instruments. The aim of the course is to enhance your ability to undertake IWRM with special reference to catchment (watershed, river basin) management and ecosystems.

Within management instruments the emphasis is on the MIKE Powered by DHI modelling tools for building decision support systems (eg MIKE OPERATIONS, MIKE HYDRO Basin, MIKE SHE, GIS, Aqua Republica). The requirements related to climate change, vulnerability and risk management are considered and international cases studies and lessons are drawn upon.

IWRM is a coordinated approach to land and water resources management at international (transboundary), national and at local scales. The global use of water for households, industries and irrigation is growing and to meet the needs there is a demand for better understanding of water resources and for sharing water more efficiently among different groups of users.

COURSE TOPICS 

IWRM and Climate Change, concepts and approaches (GWP ToolBox)

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IWRM implementation aspects

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Management tools, models and their application

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Information and decision support systems

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River basin, transboundary water management and modelling

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Climate change and adaptation options

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Establish challenges and set priorities using the Water Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix (RIAM)

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How to take the principles from IWRM into the MIKE modelling tools for building decision support systems (eg (eg MIKE OPERATIONS, MIKE HYDRO Basin)

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Demonstration and use of Aqua Republica – a serious game for the promotion of participatory water resources management

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IWRM, ecosystem approaches and environmental flows

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

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TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

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Water resource professionals including water managers, water resource engineers, hydrologists, hydro-geologists and water resource modellers.

Participants are expected to have previous experience with water management and/or hydrology. courses@dhigroup.com www.theacademybydhi.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION

SERIOUS PLAY Using Aqua Republica to enhance learning

This modular, self-paced, online course is designed to help guide facilitators and educators on how to use the Aqua Republica game in water related training and workshops.

We shall look at what is serious gaming and how it can be used to enhance learning as well as to introduce you to an educational game called Aqua Republica. We shall also have a hands-on exercise on how to play Aqua Republica to get you familiar with the tool. Finally, we shall show and guide you on how you can use Aqua Republica to enhance your training or teaching experience.

As part of the course material, you will receive an online facilitator’s guide which consists of detailed information about the game as well as suggested activities to be part of a training course, class or workshop. The guide will also help facilitators link up the generic nature of the game to more local issues. This is done by asking the participants relevant questions and getting them to reflect on what happens in the game and how it relates to their surrounding environment.

COURSE TOPICS 

Module 1: What is serious gaming and how it can enhance learning

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Module 2: Introduction to the Aqua Republica initiative

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Module 3: Hands on activity with the Aqua Republica game

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Module 4: How to use Aqua Republica as part of a class or training activity

TARGET GROUP AND PREREQUISITES

THE ACADEMY BY DHI THE ACADEMY offers a palette of courses and capacity building packages designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training - face-2face as well as online.

MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

Our trainers are experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their fields. The use of highly skilled trainers guarantees the quality of THE ACADEMY courses.

Facilitators or professionals who conduct water and environment related training courses or workshops. Teachers or professors who have an interest in using innovative tools as part of their teaching activities. © DHI / Photos: Istock © Toddmedia

There are not prerequisites for this course.

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THE ACADEMY BY DHI GLOBAL TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING ACTIVITIES THE ACADEMY by DHI embraces all DHI’s global training and knowledge sharing activities. We develop and arrange training packages and facilitate access to research results, expert fora, networks, partnerships and technology. We share our experiences with our partners in order to make a difference in the world’s water environments.

Through THE ACADEMY we invite you to join the thousands of water professionals and organisations, who every year participate in our global training and capacity development activities as well as MIKE Powered by DHI user group meetings, seminars and conferences. The activities are run by our experienced trainers and facilitators.

We offer a palette of courses, capacity development packages and workshops all designed to fit your needs and challenges. We offer standard and/or tailored training and workshops.

Our MIKE Powered by DHI courses focus on practical skills, hands-on exercises and teaching you how to get the most out of your software. These courses also enable you to understand the power of the MIKE tools for building decision support systems.

Our thematic courses allow you to apply concepts, applications and decision support principles to the entire business process within current areas: aquaculture and agriculture, energy, climate change, flooding, coast and marine, surface and groundwater, urban water, industry, environment and ecosystems, product safety and environmental risk, etc.

We have more than 200 highly skilled trainers and facilitators located at our offices worldwide. They are all experienced professionals, many of whom are recognised international experts in their individual fields.

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