Dredging Engineering Short Course

The Dredging Engineering Short Course is held each year in January in College Station, Texas. The course includes a mixture of lectures, laboratories and discussion on the Texas A&M University campus. The course is administered by the Center for Dredging Studies, the Ocean Engineering Program, and the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering in cooperation with the Office of Professional Development at Texas A&M University.

Two textbooks and course notes on all lecture material are provided with the course registration fee. A certificate and continuing education units (~3.0 CEU’s) are earned by attending this short course. Download the Application (PDF) and return it with the course registration fee by December 1 to guarantee your position in the class. You can also download a Course Brochure (PDF). Contact R.E. Randall for additional information: (979) 845-4565, r-randall@tamu.edu.

The general daily contents of the short course are shown below:

Monday

FLUID MECHANICS; CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; PUMP AFFINITY LAWS
PUMP CAVITATION
PUMP PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS AND SYSTEM HEAD CURVES
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN PIPES
GEOTECHNICAL MECHANICS, PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING PROPERTIES, DIKE DESIGN
DREDGING EQUIPMENT
MECHANICAL DREDGES, SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION
ICE BREAKER (6:30 - 8:30)

Tuesday

REMOVAL OF CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT
BASIC DREDGE LAWS
PRACTICAL DREDGE HYDRAULICS
SMALL HYDRAULIC DREDGES
CUTTERS AND CUTTER SUCTION DREDGE OPERATION
HOPPER DREDGES AND DREDGE CONTROL SYSTEMS
DREDGING LAB; GEOTECHNICAL LAB

Wednesday

PREDICTION OF THE FATE OF DREDGED MATERIAL PLACED IN OPEN WATER
DEMONSTRATION OF OPEN WATER DISPOSAL MODELS
SEDIMENT REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING AND POSITIONING EQUIPMENT
BEACH NOURISHMENT, SAND BYPASSING AND JET PUMPS
DENSITY, FLOW AND PRODUCTION METERS
DREDGING LAB; GEOTECHNICAL LAB

Thursday

MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATIONS
CAPPING AND CONFINED DISPOSAL OF DREDGED MATERIAL
PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF DREDGING CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS
DREDGED MATERIAL TESTING PROCEDURES AND EVALUATION OF TESTING RESULTS
EPA AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL
PORT PERSPECTIVE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DREDGING ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTION AND ANSWER PANEL
DREDGING LAB; GEOTECHNICAL LAB
BANQUET (6:30 - 8:30)

Friday (half day only)

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR CREATING/ RESTORING WETLANDS USING DREDGED MATERIAL
COST ESTIMATING OF DREDGING PROJECTS
BENEFICIAL USES OF DREDGED MATERIAL
ENHANCED SETTLING OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS
CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION

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