Aquaveo News April 2009

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1 April 2009 Volume 2 - Issue 2 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 1. WMS 8.2 Released! 2. Introducing Hydraulic Toolbox and HY-8 3. Flash Tutorials 4. Join the Aquaveo Team 5. Upcoming Training Courses WMS 8.2 Released! Aquaveo is pleased to announce the release of WMS 8.2! In addition to being more stable and reliable than WMS 8.1, this new release boasts additional enhancements to make watershed modeling easier and more user friendly than ever before. Modeling enhancements available in WMS 8.2 include: Support of calibration and batch mode processes (stochastic modeling) in the GSSHA interface GSSHA multiple scenario management Support of GSSHA wetlands, sediment transport, and groundwater/surfacewater interaction routines EMS-I IS NOW AQUAVEO: As of October 1, 2008 ems-i will operate under the name Aquaveo. For more info, please visit our website at: / merge Support of HEC-RAS 4.0 Improved web service client tools Please see WMS 8.2 Release on Page 2 Introducing Hydraulic Toolbox and HY8 Aquaveo has partnered with the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) to create a windows based hydraulic calculator and culvert analysis program. These tools are now known as Hydraulic Toolbox and HY-8. Hydraulic Toolbox is a standalone interface that lets you analyze channel hydraulics and stable channel design, weir hydraulics, curb and gutter capacity, inlet capture, hydrologic routing through detention basins, time of concentration computations, and rational method hydrologic computations. These tools are described in more detail below: Please see Introducing on Page 3

2 Page 2 WMS 8.2 Release (from page 1) Google earth animation tools Dataset zonal classification To learn more about these exciting new features, visit the WMS 8.2 release page on Animation exported to Google Earth Flash Tutorials With the beta release of GMS 7.0, Aquaveo has begun creating flash tutorials to showcase new tools such as UTEXAS, a slope stability model. The flash tutorials are created using state of the art demo software from Adobe. With step by step audio instructions and visual cues to help users navigate through the interface, the new tutorials offer a more effective learning environment than traditional tutorial documents. Aquaveo will continue to distribute traditional tutorial documents with all of its software packages. Until a comprehensive set of flash tutorials are created and distributed, you are welcome to view a sample flash tutorial for UTEXAS. If you like what you see please send us your feedback, we d love to hear from you! UTEXAS Flash Tutorial

3 Page 3 Introducing (from page 1) Channel Calculator: normal and critical depth computations, regular and irregular channel shapes, average and maximum shear stress computations, composite roughness using Manning roughness coefficients, average and critical velocity, roadside ditches, broad-crested, sharp-crested, Cipolletti, and V-notch weirs Curb and Gutter: width of spread, curb and gutter capacity, inlet capture for industry standard inlets Detention Basins: hydrologic routing (inflow hydrograph supplied/outflow hydrograph computed) for regular shaped basins or user supplied stage-storage capacity, and discharge rating curves. Hydraulic Toolbox Channel Calculator Time of Concentration and Rational Method Computations: HEC-22 procedures for computing time of concentration using sheet flow, shallow concentrated flow, and concentrated flow. From user supplied precipitation values, compute rainfall intensities and develop a family of IDF curves to be used with a computed or supplied time of concentration to develop hydrologic estimates for small basins. Hydraulic Toolbox also supports the saving and reading of project files and pre-formatted report generation and is nearing a full release within the next couple of months. The HY-8 Culvert Analysis Program is a comprehensive windows based culvert analysis software program. This latest version of HY-8 incorporates several improvements including: HY-8 Culvert Analysis Program Energy dissipater module Embedded culvert analysis Allows use of modified outlet loss coefficients Incorporates dynamic culvert shape database with new materials HY-8 is now available and Hydraulic Toolbox will soon be available through the Federal Highway Administration free of charge.

4 Page 4 Join the Aquaveo Team Aquaveo is an exciting, growing company that is always looking for people who are excellent in every way-people who can get the job done. Aquaveo employees are the greatest asset we have. We believe in treating our employees well. We provide you with all the tools you need to succeed in your career. We offer a flexible work schedule, a good compensation rate, flexible work hours, and an ethical and family-oriented work environment. Aquaveo currently has several positions available: CAREERS: Go to /careers to view the most current list of job openings at Aquaveo. To respond to a job opportunity, send an to jobs@aquaveo.com Engineering Consultant 5+ years experience: RESPONSIBILITIES: Consult on groundwater modeling projects, review groundwater models and be able to identify problems, make recommendations to the GMS development team to improve the usability of groundwater modeling tools. QUALIFICATIONS: BS in Civil Engineering or related degree, licensed engineer, experience using MODFLOW, experience doing engineering consulting, 5+ years experience in groundwater modeling Software Engineer RESPONSIBILITIES: Develop and refactor portions of core libraries using C++ as well as other languages such as C#, work with other programmers to report software problems and suggest software features, create solutions that are well designed, well documented and well tested, work with others in an object oriented, extreme, agile programming environment. QUALIFICATIONS: BS in Computer Science or related degree or equivalent experience, excellent understanding of and experience with object oriented programming, detail oriented with attention to process and design methodology, understanding of software development process and methodologies, ability to work cooperatively in a team environment and maintain good relationships.

5 Page 5 Upcoming Training Courses The Aquaveo staff is committed to providing training courses that improve your knowledge of the Groundwater Modeling System (GMS), Surface-water Modeling System (SMS), and the Watershed Modeling System (WMS) software. These are high quality, hands-on training courses taught by experienced instructors who are experts in their specialty. We also provide custom training and consulting services to your company on demand. Groundwater Flow & Transport with GMS Helsinki, Finland - June 1-4, 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada USA - October 6-9, 2009 Advanced Transport & Bioremediation with GMS Honolulu, Hawaii USA - August 10-13, D Hydrodynamic Flow & Transport with SMS Las Vegas, Nevada USA - October 13-16, 2009 Coastal Circulation & Wave Modeling with SMS Orem, Utah USA - December 8-11, 2009 Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling with WMS Las Vegas, Nevada USA - October 13-16, D Hydrologic Modeling with GSSHA & WMS 4-day Option - Provo, Utah USA - May 12-15, day Option - Provo, Utah USA - May 12-14, 2009 Hurry and register for these courses today before they are full! Aquaveo provides these training courses to help you use GMS, SMS, and WMS more effectively. Contact us to learn about scheduling a custom training course or request consulting help on your project. Learn more at /training-courses