Organised by:
Hydrogeological Group, Atkins, British Geological Survey, Newcastle University, University of Birmingham
Venue:
Newcastle University
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
Hydrogeology may be underground but it’s not out of sight and a new generation hydrogeologists will be tackling a new set of problems including: fracking, nuclear waste storage, groundwater flooding, increasing demand on water resources, the impact of climate change, and new pollution risks.
Who should attend?
This two-day conference provides an opportunity for hydrogeologists in the first few years of their career or undertaking a PhD to present their work to their peers via posters and to make valuable contacts at the conference dinner and during the field visit on the second day.
The conference, which will be CPD approved, will be hosted by Newcastle University.
Programme
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Day 1, 8 July – Afternoon |
| 12.00 |
Arrival and coffee |
| 1.00pm |
Poster session and company stands |
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4.15 to
5.00pm
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Invited Speaker: Dr Marco Bianchi, British Geological Survey
Does geology matter? Constraining groundwater flow and transport models with geological information |
| 7.00pm |
Conference dinner |
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Day 2, 9 July – Morning |
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8.15am to
1.00pm
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Training session: Drilling, testing and monitoring boreholes
Visit to Newcastle University’s field site
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| 1.00pm |
Lunch |
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Day 2, 9 July – Afternoon |
| 2.00pm |
Invited Speaker: Prof Paul Younger, Rankine Chair of Engineering, University of Glasgow |
| 3.00pm |
Close |
Invited Speakers
Prof Paul Younger (FREng, FGS, C.Geol, FNEIMME, FICE, FIChemE, C.Sci, C.Eng)
Prof Younger is Rankine Chair of Engineering and Professor of Energy Engineering at the University of Glasgow. His current research is focused in the energy sector but he has had a varied career ranging from early days in pure science (principally geology), through water resources and environmental engineering (especially groundwater engineering), on through mining environmental engineering to energy engineering.
Persistent threads running through his research include quantitative geoscience, numerical modelling of fluid flow and reactive mass transfer, and the translation of high-level conceptual principles into hands-on engineering solutions.
He also serves as Chair of the Global Scientific Committee of the Plant Earth Institute, an international NGO which aims to promote collaboration in science-based projects that further the cause of sustainable development in the countries of the Global South.
Dr Marco Bianchi
Dr Bianchi is a Research Fellow at British Geological Survey. His research is focused on the characterisation of heterogeneity in geological media related to fluid flow and solute transport. From July 2011 to September 2014, he was a post-doc at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) working on projects to assess the environmental impact of CCS in shallow aquifers.
He received a Ph.D. degree in Geology at the University of Alabama (USA) in 2010. His Ph.D. research focused on studying the effect of connectivity of permeable sediments on solute transport in a heterogeneous alluvial aquifer.
Call for abstracts
If you’d like to present a poster (and we would encourage as many people as possible to do so) please send an abstract of less than 200 words to [email protected] in a message entitled “ECHC 2015” giving a title, authors, and names of collaborators.
The deadline for abstract submission has been exteneded to 26 June 2015. We will let you know if your poster has been accepted within a week of submission.
Registration and Conference fees
Early bird - Before 31 May
- £20 for IAH or Geol Soc members
- £30 for non-members
Standard - After 31 May
- £40 for IAH or Geol Soc members
- £50 for non-members.
The registration deadline has been extended to 26 June 2015.
Convenors