Five day workshop on Modeling Water flow and Contaminant in Soils and Groundwater has been organized at the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering SAU Tandojam in collaboration with Higher Education Commission from August 6 to 11, 2010. The aim of this training workshop is to train and equip the faculty members and young scientist related to soil and water with latest techniques of modeling of water and solute transport in the vadoze zone.

Course Description

Although participants should have a general background in the principles of soil physics and chemistry, the course gives an introduction to some theoretical aspects of water flow and solute transport in soils, geochemical equilibrium modelling and geochemical processes as cation exchange, surface complexation and kinetic reactions. Most of the time, "Hands-on" computer sessions will familiarize participants with the use of the software packages viz. HYDRUS-1D, HYDRUS-2D, RETC, STANMOD, as well as with the conceptualization of practical problems for numerical analysis.


Eligibility
B.E/BSc. in Agri. Engg. / Environmental Engg./Civil Engg. /Soil Science/Agronomy and other related disciplines

Target Group
Faculty members, Researchers and postgraduate students

Venue
Computer Lab of Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam

Duration
Five Days (August 6, 2010 to August 11, 2010)

Collaboration
Higher Education Commission, Islamabad

Resource Persons

i. Dr. Altaf Ali Siyal
Dr. Siyal has been working as a Professor in the Department of Land and Water Management at Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam. His area of interest include water flow and solute transport in the vadose zone; analytical and numerical methods for simulating water and solute movement in the subsurface; description and measurement of the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties; reclamation of salt-affected soils; preferential flow of water and solutes in structured media; pesticide transport, efficient use of water for irrigation using traditional methods. He has good command of computing and modeling of solute and contaminant transport in the soil vadose zone.

ii. Dr. Muhammad Saffar Mirjat
Dr. Mirjat is working as a Professor in the department of Irrigation and Drainage at Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam. His area of interest include irrigation, drainage description and measurement of the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties; reclamation of salt-affected soils; preferential flow of water and solutes in structured media; pesticide transport, efficient use of water for irrigation using high-tech methods. He has done his post doc research on modeling of solute and contaminant transport in the saturated and unsaturated zone.