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The Water Librarians' Home Page Links to water resources and environmental engineering sites, including "water agencies, water reference databases, comprehensive water pages, regional issues, and water mailing lists." New and favorite sites are highlighted. Compiled by a California water agency librarian. Other links lead to science, government, and general reference library sites. URL: http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/waterlib.html

Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)Homepage of the Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI), which is a resource for research, development and information within the areas of agriculture, environmental conservation, energy production and waste management. This site provides information on the JTI, its organisation, services, aims and activities. Brief information is provided on JTI research interests and staff contact details are available. The JTI annual report can be freely viewed online in both Swedish and English, and JTI research reports are provided in Swedish with English summaries. A collection of links to related Web resources is provided. The site can be viewed in English and Swedish. http://www.jti.se/index.php?page=english

Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE)Information about the Journal of Environmental Engineering, by ASCE, as well as tables of contents and abstracts from January 1995, is available from this website. It is possible to search all issues and non-subscibers can purchase articles online.
The journal provides broad interdisciplinary information on the practice and status of research in environmental engineering science, systems engineering and sanitation. Papers highlight various engineering solutions and professional responsibilities concerning the design, development, management and governmental policies of engineering methods; societal impacts of waste water collection and treatment; and the fate and transport of contaminants on watersheds, in surface waters, ground water, soil, and the atmosphere. http://scitation.aip.org/eeo/

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of SouthamptonThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southampton has four research divisions: Transportation, The Environment, Infrastructure and Hydraulics. These conduct research in areas such as asset management, energy, coastal and offshore engineering, engineering for development, geotechnics, irrigation, pollution control, wastewater engineering, waste management, wave power and transportation.
The site includes information on undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as details of research programmes. There is a news section and also a list of publications from 1996 with some abstracts and a few full-text versions in PDF or Word format. The site can be searched. http://www.soton.ac.uk/~civilenv/

Geothermal Energy Research : Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL)This is the official site of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory's (INEEL) Geothermal Program. Their mission '... is to work in partnership with U.S. industry to establish geothermal energy as an economically competitive contributor to the U.S. energy supply. INEEL is the lead laboratory for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Energy Program's geoscience research and also coordinates the international geothermal program for DOE as well as both managing and performing research and development activities on many of the other major activities in DOE's Geothermal Program, including the heat cycle, enhanced geothermal systems, and exploration programs.' This page provides information on what geothermal energy is, links to publications, maps, software and further web links. http://geothermal.id.doe.gov/

Environmental engineering applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), fall 2004 : 1.963This web page forms part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OpenCourseWare project, the material for this course (1.963, Fall 2004) includes a syllabus, lecture notes (in PDF format), labs, and related resources. "This graduate seminar is taught in a lecture and lab exercise format. The subject matter is tailored to introduce Environmental Engineering students to the use and potential of Geographic Information Systems in their discipline. Lectures will cover the general concepts of GIS use and introduce the material in the exercises that demonstrate the practical application of GIS. This class contains lectures and lab sessions with instruction in how to use GIS software. Any references to "Athena" refer to MIT's campus-wide, UNIX based computing environment, on which the GIS software is run. The GIS software is not provided on this site." http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-963Fall-2004/Cou olcivil: the online library of civil & environmental engineeringThis is a directory of freely available civil and environmental engineering resources. Resources include open source software, ebooks, photographs and technical drawings. Access to some parts of the site restricted to registered users. Registration is free. http://www.olcivil.com/

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University College LondonThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UCL includes the following research groups: structural engineering, including earthquake engineering; soil mechanics; concrete technology; environmental fluids and coastal engineering; environmental emgimeering; transport studies; and the Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics and Its Applications.
The site provides information about the department, members of staff, courses, and research activities. http://www.civeng.ucl.ac.uk/

Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Dublin Trinity CollegeThe Department of Civil Engineering at Trinity College has recently expanded to include Structural and Environmental Engineering. At present there are a number of research groups that are operating in Trinity College. Topics include environmental engineering, geotechnics, structures, and transportation.
The site provides information about the department, staff, courses and research activities. http://www2.tcd.ie/Civil_engineering/

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at the University of CambridgeCivil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (Division D) is one of six sectors into which the Engineering Department of Cambridge University is divided. The three main interest groups within the Division are: geotechnical engineering, petroleum engineering, and structural engineering (bridge research group, deployable structures lab, and new materials research group)
The site provides information about the division, teaching and research activities. Abstracts of Ph.D. Thesis and a few full-text papers are available. http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/divd.htm

Journal of Environmental Engineering and ScienceThe Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science is a bi-monthly publication produced by the National Research Council Canada (NRC). It is affiliated with the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and provides a forum for the dissemination of environmental research, encouraging interdisciplinary research collaboration to address environmental problems. It addresses all aspects of environmental engineering and applied environmental science.
The site gives access to the tables of contents of all issues of the journal since its launch in January 2002 as well as abstracts. The full-text (in PDF format) is available to subscribers or on a pay-per-view basis. A sample issue is available and author information is given. Affiliated journals are listed along with monographs and conference proceedings published by the NRC. http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_desc_e?jees

Department of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering at the Open UniversityThe Department of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering at the Open University conducts research spanning the whole range of the discipline of engineering mechanics and environmental engineering under the following headings: applied mechanics, environmental and musical acoustics (which has its own pages with some downloadable publications); lubrication research; resource and energy conservation and utilisation, and air pollution monitoring.
The site provides details of the courses on offer and an introduction to the research areas. http://deme.open.ac.uk/

Environmental Science and Engineering MagazineEnvironmental Science and Engineering Magazine focuses on industrial/municipal waste water, hazardous wastes, air pollution and drinking water treatment for environmental engineers.
The website provides full-text of selected articles, an index and some articles from past issues and it includes a facility to subscribe to the printed version of the journal. http://www.esemag.com/

Davidson Laboratory in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of TechnologyThe Davidson Laboratory is a Hydrodynamic and Ocean Engineering research centre and is based at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey. The Laboratory carries out research into marine craft development and testing, as well as advanced research in coastal engineering, marine environmental engineering and underwater acoustics.Current research includes physical and computer modeling of artificial reefs to be used for shore protection and fish habitats, monitoring of artificial reefs in the field using high resolution hydrologic surveys, and laboratory investigation of the effect of surface waves and turbulence on the dispersion of oil spills. Information is given on these projects, and other ongoing research and projects, including the Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service, and the Coastal Monitoring Network, which has information on coastal conditions in Avalon, New Jersey. Links to other coastal engineering and marine hydrodynamics websites are given. http://www.stevens-tech.edu/

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of EdinburghThe School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (General) is part of the Division of Engineering in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. Research groups include Silos, Structures, Geotechnics and Non-Destructive-Testing, Water and Environment, Fire Safety, Construction and Project Managemenet and Medical Engineering.
The site provides general departmental information and includes details of research, staff and degree courses. The research pages give lists of publications, the text of which can be downloaded in various formats. http://www.civ.ed.ac.uk/

Environmental and Engineering Geophysical SocietyThe Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS) was formed in 1992 by a change of name and focus of the Colorado based Society for Engineering and Mineral Exploration Geophysicists. The membership of the Society are active in applying geophysical methods to environmental engineering problems.
The site contains membership information, details of the annual Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to engineering and environmental problems, a list of geophysical equipment vendors, software vendors and companies, links to the EEGS Newsletter, and reports of research. Links to related sites are provided. http://www.eegs.org/

Subsurface Science Initiative of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental LaboratoryThe Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory's Subsurface Science Initiative researches subsurface contaminant fate and transport for improved protection of aquifers.
The site explains about the initiative, its proponents, collaborations, contacts etc. It describes the challenges of predictive modelling, coupled phenomena, scaling and characterisation and details of current projects across a variety of geoscience, biotechnical, fossil energy and environmental INEEL sectors. It discusses the four types of subsurface contaminant problems: mixed-waste burial grounds, contaminated vadose zones, contaminated soils and mixed-contaminant fumes. Other information covers mesoscale laboratory and centrifuge facilities, opportunities and related links. http://www.inl.gov/subsurface/

Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering : Dr. Hubert Chanson's Gallery of PhotographsMore than 900 fully documented photographs of structures and phenomena in the fields of fluid mechanics, hydraulic and environmental engineering are available here in JPEG format, provided by the Reader in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Engineering at the University of Queensland, Australia.
The site also provides detailed and fully referenced overview articles of related subjects, including histories and technical descriptions of particular types of dams and weirs etc, with links to further information. http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/photo.html

MIT OpenCourseWare - Civil and Environmental EngineeringThis site is part of MIT OCW, which provides free, searchable access to MIT's course materials. Courses in this section include "Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving", "Transport Processes in the Environment", "Wave Propagation", and "Logistical and Transportation Planning Methods".
Individual course pages include a syllabus, lecture notes, assignments, required reading lists, exam papers, links to related resources, tools and projects, and simulations as appropriate. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/index.htm

Environmental Data Interactive Exchange (EDIE)Edie is a free, interactive news, information and communications service for environmental professionals, provided by Faversham House Group.
The portal site includes a diary of events, information about related magazines: the monthly magazine Industrial Environmental Management, the controlled circulation journal Local Authority Waste and Environment, Water and Waste Treatment; and World Water and Environmental Engineering. These all have their editorial and some features and reports available full-text. There is also information about Water Products and Environmental Products magazines. In adddition the full-text of the EIC Guide is available online with some technical papers. Several discussion groups are also available.
The searchable reference library, which requires free registration, provides weekly news summaries, a searchable news archive, a feature article archive, current reference documents, and a technology database for equipment in the environmental and water sectors. The Job Centre, which requires free registration and a browser supporting Java, allows free posting of jobs offered and wanted, as well as an email jobfinder service. A software guide allows to find and compare products and make direct contact with suppliers. There is also an environmental search engine: powersearch, which only searches specialised environmental websites. http://www.edie.net/

Institute for Water EducationIHE conducts scientific research and provides postgraduate education and training in the fields of water, the environment and physical infrastructure. It is divided into 5 departments: Water Engineering, Environmental Resources, Management and Institutions, Municipal Infrastructure and Hydroinformatics and Knowledge Management.
The site gives information about the institute, staff, courses, and information for prospective students. Research programmes and topics, are also detailed with information on the various research projects. Some papers are available from the author's home page. http://www.ihe.nl/

Engineer forumThis forum site includes discussion groups covering general engineering, biomedical engineering, civil and structural engineering, computer science, geotechnical and chemical engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial engineering and mechanical engineering.
Recent posts in all areas can be viewed separately. http://www.engineerforum.net/

The Civil EngineerThe Civil Engineer is provided by a graduate student in Geotechnical Engineering, at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. The stated purpose of the site is to be an area where Civil Engineering students and engineers will have a chance to increase their experiences and their resources.
The site is divided into sections for structural, geotechnical, hydraulics, environmental and transport engineering and engineering management. There is also a section on more general civil engineering. Each section contains sub-sections of: a virtual engineering page (case studies, photos, diagrams, maps etc); learn-by-hyperlinks (reports, abstracts, articles or any other material whose purpose is to teach or inform students or professional engineers about specific subjects); web applications; discussion lists; online free books and papers; and, in some cases, journals, histories and other links. There is also an online newsletter which can be subscribed to for free. This site does not work well in Netscape. http://www.thecivilengineer.org/

Southampton University Research Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (SUnRISE)This site provides information about the aims of SUnRISE to carry out, manage and disseminate the results of research into solid waste management, waste minimisation, environmental pollution, control, and remediation of derelict land. This includes details of projects and events.
SUnRISE Ltd is registered as an Environmental Body under the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme; through this scheme SUnRISE has funded waste management projects carried out by researchers in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southampton, and at other organisations. http://www.soton.ac.uk/~sunrise/

Links to environmental statistics and environmental research programsThis site was compiled by the University of Washington, National Research Centre for Statistics and Environment (NRSCE), coupled with the International Envirometrics Society (TIES). It aims to provide a platform for multi-disciplinary interaction of statistical analysis to that of environmental concerns, fostering the development and use of statistical and other quantitative methods in the environmental sciences, environmental engineering and environmental monitoring and protection. This page contains links to many relevant institutes, societies, journals and government organisations concerned with environmental issues and their evaluation using statistics. http://www.nrcse.washington.edu/resources/links.html

Properties of civil engineering materials CE60This website is from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of California. The lecture notes include the following subject areas, atomic structure and bonding, crystal structures, alloys and their phase diagrams, equilibrium microstructure of steel alloys, phase transformations, heat treatment of steel alloys, quenched and tempered steel and wood. The notes are in PDF format; Adobe Reader required. http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~paulmont/CE60.htm

Groundwater pollution primer : soil and groundwater pollution : CE 4594This primer was created by Daniel L.Gallagher Associate Professor at The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. "The Ground Water Pollution Primer is an ongoing project by students in the Civil Engineering Department and Crop and Soil Environmental Science Department at Virginia Tech. Each term, students in one or more classes are required to write a web page on a topic of their choice dealing with ground water pollution. These pages are collected and incorporated into the Primer". It includes chapters on, sources of pollution, types and transport of contaminants, fate of contaminants, models, remediation, monitoring, legal aspects and a miscellaneous section which includes artificial recharge of groundwater and saltwater intrusion. http://www.cee.vt.edu/ewr/environmental/teach/gwprimer/gwprimer.html

Groundwater hydrology water resources engineering : CE 516Hydrology is concerned with the study of water as it moves through permeable and semi-permeable, porous earth materials, at or below the Earth's surface. This web page is presented by Dr Diane Foster, Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, at Ohio State University and presents theory regarding the transport of waters in the Earth's subsurface, that which is known as groundwater. The resource is presented in PDF format (which requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view). The text is supported by illustrations and data tables, where relevant. http://cumin.ceegs.ohio-state.edu/~cstl/dfoster/teaching/ce516/class_notes/groun

Mechanics of Material Systems : an Energy ApproachThe MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering provide this course (1.033/1.57 Mechanics of Material Systems: An Energy Approach, Fall 2003), which is part of the MIT OpenCourseWare project. Lecture notes (in PDF format, Adobe Reader required) cover: deformation, strain, momentum balance, stress, thermoelasticity, variational methods, plasticity and plasticity models, limit analysis and yield design. Java-based Mohr and Stefani simulators are provided (Java-enabled browser required). http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-033Mechanics-of-

Solid Mechanics LaboratoryThis course (1.105 Solid Mechanics Laboratory, Fall 2003) is provided by the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as part of the MIT OpenCourseWare project. Notes (in PDF format, Adobe Reader required) are provided for laboratory experiments including: failure strain in spaghetti, static equilibrium for a weight suspended from a cable, elastic modulus of steel, truss structure displacement, concrete failure, beam deflection and stresses, and elastic buckling. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-105Solid-Mechani

Polymers and Fiber Reinforced Polymeric CompositesThis site produced by Dr Kimberly Kurtis, an Assistant Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, contains lecture notes on polymers and fibre reinforced polymeric composites. The notes include detailed information on polymer structure, polymerisation, classification, liquid crystals, properties, crazing, durability, and fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) or composites. The notes are in PDF format (Adobe Reader required). http://www.ce.gatech.edu/~kkurtis/poly.pdf

Geodesy at Ohio State UniversityThis is the website of the research in Geodesy at The Ohio State University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science. The research includes wide range of applications such as Global Positioning System (GPS), GPS-Buoy sea level monitoring, maintenance and realization of the terrestrial reference frame, the study of Earth system dynamics and its role in global climate change Earth's gravity field and its changes, Earth's variable rotation, oceanic circulation, ice sheet and glacier mass balance, hydrological circulation, and air-sea interactions. http://geodesy.eng.ohio-state.edu/

Groundwater hydrology, fall 2005 : 1.72The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering provides this course, 1.72 Groundwater Hydrology, Fall 2005, as part of the MIT OpenCourseWare project. The website for this course includes a course overview, calendar, suggested readings, case studies and field trip reports. The lecture notes cover: the water balance equation, aquifers, porosity and Darcy's law, hydraulic head, fluid potential, continuity and flow nets, groundwater flow patterns, groundwater/surface water interactions, transient systems and groundwater storage, pump test analysis, numerical modelling, superposition, solute transport and soil moisture. All lectures are in PDF format (Acrobat Reader necessary). http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-72Fall-2005/Cour

Harnessing Geothermal EnergyThis website created by the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) contains detailed information about some of the ways of harnessing geothermal energy from the Earth's crust. These include: dry steam, flash steam and binary cycle systems. A description of each process is given which is supplemented with photographs and figures. Links to geothermal research, publications, further sites and maps provided in JPG and PDF format (the latter requiring the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view) and software are provided. http://geothermal.inel.gov/what-is.shtml

Civil Engineering Materials LaboratoryThis Web page is from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OpenCourseWare project and is provided by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. It is a module home page for the subject of civil engineering materials. The course (1.103 Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory, Spring 2004) is taught by Dr John Germaine. The Web page includes a description of the course, videos of laboratory demonstrations (RealOne Player required) and laboratory notes which are provided in PDF format (Adobe Reader required). Subjects covered include: measurement devices and data acquisition, tensile testing and stress/strain properties of steels, mechanical properties of different material types, direct shear and friction, compression, soil classification and heat treatment. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-103Spring2004/Co

Natural Resource, Agriculture and Engineering Service (NRAES)NRAES is a programme sponsored by cooperative extension of fourteen land grant universities in the northeast USA aimed at widening the dissemination of knowledge in the fields of agriculture, natural resources management and biological and environmental engineering. Its principle activities are book publishing and organising conferences. The site includes details of past conferences, a complete catalogue of publications available and guidance for prospective authors. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.nraes.org/&handle=20060919-160921

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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering This jurnal site includes tables of contents and abstracts for articles covering hydraulic engineering, hydrology, and water resources, highlighting hydraulic engineering issues ranging from short-term fluctuations in ground water to moment models of nonuniform channel-bend flow.

Issues from January 1999 onwards are available. The site can be searched as well as browsed by issue and by author. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://pubs.asce.org/journals/hydraulic/&handle=agnes.933259324


International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR)


The International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research based in Madrid , promotes the advancement and exchange of knowledge on water resources, river and coastal hydraulics, industrial processes and related issues.


The website provides information on the Association, membership categories, events, conferences, education courses, and international programmes. Technical activities, aims, and specialist publications are described within each of the 17 different subject sections covering all aspects of hydraulics and the worldwide regional divisions. Publications include 3 journals of which Journal of Hydraulic Research normally membership only, has abstracts available from 1994 and free full-text from 2001 in the E-library section and the full-text of the two newsletters covering news and information on hydraulic engineering and research. The e-library section also includes a searchable Inventory of European Hydraulic Facilities (Hydralab), the searchable full-text of papers at the XXVII IAHR Congress Proceedings Graz 1999 and a suppliers database http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.iahr.org/&handle=p.rowe.994521905


Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering : Dr. Hubert Chanson's Gallery of Photographs


More than 900 fully documented photographs of structures and phenomena in the fields of fluid mechanics, hydraulic and environmental engineering are available here in JPEG format, provided by the Reader in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Water Engineering at the University of Queensland , .


The site also provides detailed and fully referenced overview articles of related subjects, including histories and technical descriptions of particular types of dams and weirs etc, with links to further information. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.uq.edu.au/~e2hchans/photo.html&handle=p.rowe.997786989


Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering


ASCE's Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering publishes peer reviewed research papers on all phases of engineering hydrology, irrigation, drainage, and related water management subjects, such as watershed management, weather modification, water quality, ground water, and surface water. Papers review new developments and case studies detailing the analysis and design of trickle-irrigation laterals, geochemical factors affecting trace element mobility, canal system hydraulic modelling, unique problems in modelling irrigation canals, potential pitfalls of canal models, and more.


The site provides information about the journal, abstracts, and the full-text of issues from January/February 1995. Articles are in PDF format. Access is also given to the ASCE Civil Engineering Database and other ASCE sites. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://scitation.aip.org/iro/&handle=agnes.933259984


Fox Engineering Co Ltd


Fox Engineering has experience in the manufacture of hydraulic cylinders and in the design of hydraulic systems which satisfy a wide variety of installations ranging from civil engineering applications through to mechanical handling equipment and applications in fire fighting vehicles and hovercrafts.


Details of the company's manufacturing services and basic specifications, sizes and diagrams of their products are available on this site. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.foxengineering.co.uk/&handle=lesa.981049158


Hydraulics Home Page


These pages mainly consist of animations, with brief descriptions, illustrating aspects of hydraulic engineering as an introduction to the topic. Links to sites of related interest are given. The site is available in both Dutch and English. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://home.wxs.nl/~brink494/frm_e.htm&handle=lib3corlejr.981382065


Layman's Guidebook On How To Develop A Small Hydro Site


The second edition (1998) of this 266-page book, presented in PDF format, has been prepared for the Commission of the European Communities Directorate General for Energy by the European Small Hydropower Association (ESHA). It contains nine chapters and a glossary.


The contents provide an introduction, and then cover the fundamentals of hydraulic engineering, and an overview of water as a resource and its potential. Site evaluation methodologies and hydraulic structures are addressed, together with electromechanical equipment. Issues of environmental impact and its mitigation are considered, along with those concerning economic analysis and administrative procedures. The book is also available in Spanish and Italian. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/library/hydro/layman2.pdf&handle=lib3corlejr.987852577

HEC-RASHydrologic Engineering Centers River Analysis System (HEC- RAS) is a reach-scale one-dimensional flow/inundation analysis created by the US Army Corps of Engineers, which allows users '... to perform one-dimensional steady and unsteady flow calculations. 'The HEC-RAS system will ultimately contain three one-dimensional hydraulic analysis components for: (1) steady flow water surface profile computations; (2) unsteady flow simulation; and (3) movable boundary sediment transport computations.' http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ras/hecras-download.html&handle=20041018-121023


HEC-RAS


Hydrologic Engineering Centers River Analysis System (HEC- RAS) is a reach-scale 1-dimensional flow/inundation analysis created by the US Army Corps of Engineers, which allows users '... to perform one-dimensional steady and unsteady flow calculations ...' The HEC-RAS system will ultimately contain three one-dimensional hydraulic analysis components for: (1) steady flow water surface profile computations; (2) unsteady flow simulation; and (3) movable boundary sediment transport computations.' http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ras/hecras-download.html&handle=20041018-121023g


Fluids Laboratory


'The Fluids Lab is an integrated learning environment developed by IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering for the College of Engineering of the University of Iowa .' It provides a range of resources including documents, images and animations, fluids physical properties and constants, links to assorted calculators, and links to fluid mechanics and hydraulics sites. Documentation available includes: handouts for experiments (kinematic viscosity, stability of a floating body, pipe flow, hydraulic jumps, aerofoils), and numerical simulations. Most of the documentation is available in Word format or PDF format (Adobe Reader required). http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/fluidslab/referenc/physprop.html&handle=20041216-1531


Occurrence and movement of groundwater : chapter 2 : engineering and design : groundwater hydrology


This document provides access to chapter two of the manual entitled "Engineering and Design: Groundwater Hydrology" (EM 1110-2-1421) published in 1999 by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The chapter presents a general overview of basic concepts that explain and quantify physical aqueous forces acting on the Earth's surface and subsurface in terms of both occurrence and movement. The subheadings within this chapter include, hydrologic cycle, subsurface distribution, forces acting on groundwater, the water table, potentiometric surface, aquifer formations, principal types of aquifer materials, movement of groundwater, porosity and specific yield, Darcy's Law and hydraulic conductivity, flow and transmissivity, flow lines and flow nets. Adobe Acrobat Reader software is required to read the chapter which is provided in PDF format. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-manuals/em1110-2-1421/c-2.pdf&handle=2004219-105917g


Groundwater hydrology, fall 2005 : 1.72


The MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering provides this course, 1.72 Groundwater Hydrology, Fall 2005, as part of the MIT OpenCourseWare project. The website for this course includes a course overview, calendar, suggested readings, case studies and field trip reports. The lecture notes cover: the water balance equation, aquifers, porosity and Darcy's law, hydraulic head, fluid potential, continuity and flow nets, groundwater flow patterns, groundwater/surface water interactions, transient systems and groundwater storage, pump test analysis, numerical modelling, superposition, solute transport and soil moisture. All lectures are in PDF format (Acrobat Reader necessary). http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-72Fall-2005/CourseHome/index.htm&handle=20050514-104 Flows With a Free SurfaceThis website contains lecture notes from a fluid dynamics course given at the University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. The notes cover fluids with free surface flows, such as waves, river flow, ocean storms and tsunamis. These problems have relevance in areas such as hydraulic engineering. The lecture notes use Bernoulli's equations and differential equations to model wave flow, resulting in explanations of such effects as the Severn bore. The notes are in PDF format (Adobe Reader required). http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/examples/P2Ld.pdf&handle=2006330-133650 IngentaConnectIngenta Connect provides access to thousands of online journals from leading scholarly, academic and business publishers. The service covers publications in the following engineering disciplines: biotechnology, chemical engineering, construction, electrical, nuclear, civil, hydraulic, environmental, and industrial engineering, materials and manufacturing, mechanical engineering, mining, metallurgy and transportation.


Information and news releases about Ingenta are provided. The site allows you to browse or search all the authors, article titles, journal titles, abstracts, and main text of the articles on Ingenta Select using a word or phrase. Access to content is via A&I services, subscription agent gateways, and via library websites. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/&handle=lesa.959875110

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Ingeniería Geotécnica

GeoengineerResources and educational information for geoengineering practice and research are available through this resource guide. In addition the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories and the Geoengineer Newsletter are available.
The following sections can be browsed: the virtual geoengineer (which include photos, diagrams and maps), online free books and papers, educational links and data, top ten papers in geoengineering discplines, related journals, history of geotechnical engineering, a photo gallery, and discussion lists and newsgroup. A diary of events is also available. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.geoengineer.org/&handle=agnes.1085390414

GeotechLinksGeotechLinks provides links to online free books, manuals, thesis, papers, software and other resources in geotechnical engineering. geo&soft international meeting pageThe geo&soft international meeting page is a is a free meeting announcement offered by geo&soft international and PASI geophysics for events in geology, geophysics and geoengineering
The site provides description of geological, geophysical, and geoengineering meeting or congress, arranged by subject, country or date. There is also a meeting submission form. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.geoandsoft.com/meetings/&handle=agnes.940495182
Links can be browsed by topic and cover soil mechanics, rock mechanics, foundation engineering, dam engineering, ground improvement, soil dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineering, geotechnical investigations, numerical methods, rheology of geomaterials, geosynthetics, environmental geotechnics, tunnel engineering and engineering geology http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.geotechlinks.com/&handle=agnes.1114529603

International Tunnelling AssociationPosition papers are provided by the International Tunnelling Association (ITA), an organisation concerned with the use, design, construction and safety of tunnels and underground space. A complete archive of the table of contents of the newsletter, Tribune, is available. Full-text requires membership or subscription.
Full-text of special issues of Tribune are included. The table of contents and abstracts to the journal, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, are given. Membership or subscription is, again, required for full-text. A full-text technical report on geoengineering underground space is available. There are also full-text reports from various working groups and a list of their publications. Additionally, information on tunnelling education, a discussion forum requiring registration, an events calendar and membership information are supplied. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.ita-aites.org/&handle=Lorna.1077627249

International Association for Engineering Geology and the EnvironmentInformation about its official journal is provided by the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG), an organisation concerned with teaching, research and dissemination of results in this field. Abstracts to this quarterly journal, the Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, are given. Full-text requires membership or subscription through the publishers, Springer.
Full-text of some back issues of the IAEG Newsletter are provided. It is published twice yearly for members. Information on the activities of various commissions and working groups are given. An events calendar provides details of sponsored international meetings, symposia and conferences. Also provided, is a list of international organisations co-operating with IAEG in the areas of geosciences and geoengineering. National groups contact details are included along with membership and awards information. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www-cgi.ensmp.fr/iaeg/&handle=Lorna.1079532101

China Geological Survey (CGS)
The official site of the China Geological Survey (CGS), a bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Land and Natural Resources. The site describes the main duties and roles of the CGS within mineral exploration, assessment of mineralogical resources, geological investigation and dissemination of research in China. Users can access information regarding geology, mineralogy and engineering approaches to mineral extraction, as well as information as to how to access the CGS databases. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://old.cgs.gov.cn/Ev/english.htm&handle=1024928472-26550 Southern California

Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC) "Searchable archive of earthquake data for research in seismology and earthquake engineering." Includes specialized research tools, general earthquake information (recent earthquakes, earthquake preparedness, searchable earthquake archive, clickable map of the faults of southern California), stations and instrumentation, educational resources, and some historical material. Sponsored by the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and California Institute of Technology. URL: http://www.data.scec.org/

Soils : Formation, Classification and Associated Concerns : Environmental Geology Lecture Outline : (GEOL 1010)This lecture is part of the Environmental Geology Course (GEOL 1010) provided by Dr Harmon D Maher Jr from the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The lecture notes provide definitions of soil, factors influencing soil formation, soil constituents, structures and classification of soils, together with agricultural, erosional and engineering concerns. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://maps.unomaha.edu/Maher/geo101/part1/soils.html&handle=2005131-75521

Frequently asked questions : Berkeley Seismological LaboratoryThis web page created by the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory (BSL) provides a series of links to a range of earthquake related information sources. These links include: glossaries of earthquake terms; current earthquake information; common myths and misconceptions about earthquakes; earthquakes; faults; plate tectonics; measuring earthquakes; earthquake effects; earthquake engineering and seismic hazards; historic earthquakes and earthquake statistics; nuclear explosions and seismology; Northern California geology and seismicity; questions and answers on earthquakes in other areas; other FAQs; and a section containing further resources. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo/faq/faq.html&handle=200533-132012g

Geological SocietyThe Geological Society website provides details of the membership, activities, publications and resources of the society whose aim is the promotion and dissemination of earth sciences information within both professional and public spheres. The publications page listings of the contents of recent issues of the following journals: Journal of the Geological Society; Journal of Micropalaeontology; Petroleum Geoscience; Proceedings of the Geologists' Association; Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society; Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology; Scottish Journal of Geology. Maintains a large number of active links to related Internet resources, including one to nearly 300 journal sites, some of which give access to full-text articles. Some information is only available to download in PDF format.
Teaching resources include leaflets downloadable in PDF and for order, an online field course and links to educational sites covering topics such as seismology and fossils. Details are provided of accredited first degree geoscience courses at UK universities as well as training, CPD and chartership information for working geoscientists. Job vacancies are listed. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/index.html&handle=991306493-5309

Rem: Revista Escola de MinasThis site provides the full-text of all issues of this quarterly journal publishing technical and scientific works of national and foreign researchers in the fields of civil engineering, geology, metallurgy and materials and mining.
Most articles are in Portuguese but a few are published in English. Abstracts of all articles are available in both English and portuguese. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial***pid=0370-4467***lng=en***nrm=iso&handle=agnes.1085402782

GeotechLinksGeotechLinks provides links to online free books, manuals, thesis, papers, software and other resources in geotechnical engineering.
Links can be browsed by topic and cover soil mechanics, rock mechanics, foundation engineering, dam engineering, ground improvement, soil dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineering, geotechnical investigations, numerical methods, rheology of geomaterials, geosynthetics, environmental geotechnics, tunnel engineering and engineering geology http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.geotechlinks.com/&handle=agnes.1114529603

The Dam SiteRichard Woodward's was a Senior Lecturer in Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology at the University of Papua New Guinea, and carried out several dam project. This site provides questions and answers about dams, dam news and links to related sites. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://members.optusnet.com.au/~engineeringgeologist/&handle=agnes.905944698

Camborne School of Mines at the University of ExeterThe Camborne School of Mines is part of the University of Exeter and is an internationally recognised centre for research related to the formation, discovery, extraction and utilisation of the Earth's natural resources, and subsequent land remediation.
The site gives information about the School and courses on offer. Research at the School is co-ordinated by three multidisciplinary groups: geomechanics; geology; and environmental and minerals engineering. Each group has a home page that details its research activities. Some publications are listed. Details of the research of the Waste Test Research Centre are also given. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.uec.ac.uk/csm/&handle=libmom.816351995

Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Software DirectoryThe Geotechnical & Geo-environmental Software Directory catalogues over 1,426 programs in the fields of Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Engineering Geology, Foundation Engineering, Hydrogeology, Geo-environmental Engineering, Data Analysis and Data Visualisation and lists over 800 worldwide suppliers and publishers of these programs. The Directory is provided as a free resource to all practising geotechnical and g eo-environmental engineers. Entries in the Directory are free for all commercial and non-commercial software publishers and suppliers. It is possible to browse the Directory online or download a compressed version by FTP. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.ggsd.com/&handle=libram.827234208

Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)Full-text downloadable documents are provided by the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), a private foundation concerned with research and consulting in the geo sciences, including soil, rock and snow.
These documents supplement information given on the application of research findings to practice across the institute's main areas of activity - geotechnics, engineering geology, hydrogeology and environmental geotechnology, as well as material properties, modelling and analysis and instrumentation and monitoring. There are also video sequences of an avalanche and of a quick clay landslide in QuickTime. A bibliographic database of scientific articles by NGI staff is available for searching. The full-text articles can be ordered. News items are included. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.ngi.no/&handle=lorna.1075469111

INGEOKRINGThe Ingeokring represents the Netherlands Section of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG), represents the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) in the Netherlands, and is associated with the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSFME). The Ingeokring is also associated with the Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands (KNGMG).
The site gives brief information about the Association and contains the latest issue of their newsletter. The newsletter has abstracts of a number of articles published in full-text elsewhere. It also gives announcements of forthcoming meetings and conferences. Language predominently English though some sections only in Dutch. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.itc.nl/~ingeokri/&handle=m.kvebekk.896449581

Petroleum Journals OnlineThis journal site includes abstracts and full-text articles from ejournals of petrophysics, reservoir engineering, production geology, production engineering, drilling engineering and also petroleum management and economics in PDF and html formats.
There is a mailing list which users can sign up to in order to receive notifications of new articles. The site can be searched. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://petroleumjournalsonline.com/journals/&handle=nicky.1128341060

Council for Geoscience, South AfricaThe Council for Geoscience is based in South Africa and provides geoscience information and services, mostly geological, geophysical, metallogenic, geotechnical and geochemical mapping; surveys; mineral resource data collection; evaluation and assessment; engineering geological site investigations; seismic hazard assessment and groundwater investigations. Also palaeontology, GIS development, and compilation and publishing of geoscientific maps and publications in various formats. Downloadable information includes: the South African stratigraphy Committee (SACS) desktop database, isotope modelling software, image database software for zircon geochronology, and mineralogy calculation software. There are also announcements, publications, presentation and programmes and other links of related interests. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://196.33.85.14/cgs_inter/&handle=20051120-15429

Earth Science : WWW Virtual LibraryThe virtual library for earth sciences is part of the World Wide Web virtual library. It provides links to a number of subject gateways listing Web resources, including: cartography and its history; geotechnical engineering; oceanography; palaeoclimatology and palaeoceanography; petroleum and geosystems engineering; remote sensing; soils and substrates; and urban environmental management. http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://vlib.org/EarthScience&handle=990184703-2160