1) Table of contents for the special issue of the International Journal of Sediment Research (The proceedings of the U.S.--Chinese Joint Workshop onSediment Transport and Environmental Studies)
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National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSF)
- The National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Marquette University
Institute for Urban Environmental Risk Management - Marquette University
International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES)
Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS)
Illinois District of the U.S. Geological Survey
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
General Information about Milwaukee
The National Science Foundation (NSF),The National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC) and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Marquette University are organizing a joint workshop on sediment transport and environmental studies. Sedimentation is a natural process that may be enhanced or altered by human actions. Excessive sedimentation caused by human actions has resulted in the degradation of the environment in both the U.S. and China. The transport and deposition of chemicals adsorbed to sediment also is one of the major environmental and public health concerns in each country. Better understanding of the transport, deposition, and chemistry of sediments can aid each country to improve the quality of the environment and human life. Both China and the United States have developed advanced knowledge in sediment transport and deposition mechanisms and technologies to mitigate and remediate the adverse effects of sediment transport and deposition on the environment. However, the development of the study approaches and mitigation and remediation methods has been achieved on different platforms, based on each country's social, hydrological, ecological, and geographical conditions. A joint Workshop will provide an opportunity to pool each country's knowledge and experience, allow participants to learn from each other, and inspire new ideas for joint efforts to advance the knowledge on sediment transport and deposition and the relation of these processes to environmental restoration.
The Workshop is a follow-up to the U.S. - Chinese Joint Workshop on Sediment Transport and Sediment-Induced Disasters held in Beijing in March 1999. The focus on sediment-induced disasters was appropriate for a meeting in China because of China's historic battles to co-exist with the Yellow River and its hyperconcentrated sediment loads. For the proposed meeting in the U.S. the focus shifts to environmental studies particularly environmental remediation and restoration, which have very high priority in the U.S. This focus also will be supported by a field study to ecological restoration and contaminated sediment remediation projects.
The goals of this joint Workshop are to advance, through enhanced international collaboration, science and technology related to sediment transport and to formulate strategies for applying such knowledge to assist in the restoration of degraded rivers and lakes and the remediation of areas affected by contaminated sediments. Workshop objectives are to:
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Identify and bring together scientists and engineers in related disciplines
from both countries.
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Provide a forum for information exchange among senior scientists, junior
scientists, and students from the two countries.
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Provide a cross-disciplinary forum for participants to exchange knowledge
and experiences, identify similarities and differences, and explore emerging
technology/research needs for future work.
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Lay the groundwork for future cooperation.
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Disseminate the results of the Workshop.
Joint
Workshop topics will encompass a broad cross-disciplinary scope in engineering,
geomorphology, and chemistry. Engineers and scientists invited will include
individuals with backgrounds not only in traditional sediment transport,
but also in sediment chemistry and environmental remediation/restoration;
not only in theoretical development but also in research applications.
A tentative list of topics is presented as follows:
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Watershed Sediment
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Erosion and Environmental Impact
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Physical and Numerical Modeling of Sedimentation
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Sediment Movement in Rivers
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Lake and Reservoir Sedimentation
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Fluvial Hydraulics and Sediment Transport
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Wetland Development
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Transport of Cohesive Sediments and Adsorbed Pollutants
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Sediment Chemistry
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Environmental Restoration
The Joint Workshop will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, July 21-28, 2002. The program will include a three-day working meeting and a three-day field study. The Workshop format includes an opening ceremony and ten plenary sessions with one topical issue emphasized in each session. In each plenary session, lead person(s) designated will give introductory presentation(s) to stimulate general discussions. Instead of the traditional paper presentation and question/answer format, a substantial amount of time will be allocated for idea exchange and discussion, and lead person(s) will be required to prepare summary documents for their sessions. This format was chosen because it enables the participants not only to explore the issues in question jointly, but also to stimulate future research needs through cross-disciplinary discussions and to identify possible cooperation in sediment transport technologies and management strategies in ecological restoration and environmental remediation.
The purpose of the field study is twofold: (1) to see "state-of-the-art" laboratory facilities and (2) to visit major ecosystem restoration and sediment contamination mitigation projects. The United States is among the World's leaders in the use of modern technology in the laboratory and field to measure sediment transport and related processes such as turbulence. The Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a wide variety of modern equipment for measuring sediment transport and related fluid mechanics processes. These devices include acoustic Doppler velocimeters, laser Doppler velocimeters, laser imaging system, high-speed video camera and related imaging software, and special hot-wire anemometers. In addition to two large tilting flumes, the laboratory has some more unique equipment including an anular flume for establishing near constant shear stresses, a conveyor belt flume, and a large oscillating water-sediment tunnel. This visit will give the Chinese delegates a chance to see such "state-of-the-art" facilities first hand.
After visiting the University of Illinois, the field study will visit the Illinois River at Peoria to be briefed on the Illinois River Ecosystem Restoration Project, which is a $5.24 million study being done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. This study is the first in a series that will develop ecosystem restoration plans throughout the Upper Mississippi River Basin. Sedimentation in Peoria Lake behind the navigational dam at Peoria has been intensely studied by the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS). The ISWS would host this field visit and describe how past research has lead to and guided the current research on ecosystem restoration in Peoria Lake and the current status of restoration plans. The Illinois District of the U.S. Geological Survey also may do a demonstration of field measurements using acoustic Doppler current profilers (the "state-of-the-art" in field discharge measurements) on the Illinois River at Peoria as part of this study visit.
The field study also may include a third day. On this day, Workshop participants would travel from Milwaukee to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to observe the remediation of contaminated sediments in the estuary of the Sheboygan River. The Sheboygan River's lower 14 miles include large quantities of polychlorinated biphenols (PCBs), heavy metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) resulting in the designation of this area as an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund Site. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Baird Associates (a consulting firm in Madison, Wisconsin) may host a field visit of the remediation sites along the Sheboygan River and describe the current remediation plans.
All participants will be asked to prepare a draft paper prior to the Workshop. In order to coordinate the topics and stimulate panel discussions, the U.S. coordinators will collect and distribute these materials among U.S. participants before the Workshop. The Organizing Committee (OC) will select panelists to monitor and document discussions in each session. All participants also are invited to comment and recommend future development in their selected Workshop topics. Within two months after the Workshop, the participants will submit their final paper, and their comments and recommendations to the OC. The OC will disseminate information by publishing a special proceedings (perhaps as a special issue of theInternational Journal of Sediment Research), including results and records from panel discussions; papers comments, and recommendations by the participants; and invited papers from prominent scientists in China who cannot attend the Workshop. The general results from the Workshop also will be published as a Workshop summary in a well-known journal, such as the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, or the Journal of Hydraulic Research.
A
tentative plan for the Joint Workshop follows. (Detailed
schedule)
| Venue
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Marquette
University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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| Date
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July
21-28, 2002, extra days are included for travel and OC meeting.
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| Theme
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Sediment
Transport and Environmental Studies
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| Workshop
Schedule Outline
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7/21
Travel
7/21 OC meeting 7/22 (am) Opening ceremony, keynote speech 7/22 (pm) Reservoir Effects on Stream Channels 7/23 (am) Sediment Particle MotionReservoir Sedimentation 7/23 (pm) Relations Between Sediment Bed and Contaminant TransportMathematical Modeling 7/24 (am) Watershed SedimentationSediment Chemistry 7/24 (pm) Case StudiesMeasurement Techniques 7/25~7/27 Field StudySediment-Induced Disasters 7/28 OC meeting 7/28 Leave
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| Field Study | July
25-27. A tentative schedule is as follows:
7/25 Milwaukee - Sheboygan, visit Sheboygan River Superfund Site hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Baird Associates 7/26 Milwaukee - Urbana by bus/van, visit Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, University of Illinois, overnight in Urbana 7/27 Urbana - Peoria by bus/van, visit Peoria Lake for briefing on the Illinois River Ecosystem Restoration Project, return to Milwaukee by bus/van in the evening |
| Travel Support | Travel support (i.e. airfare, mileage) may be available for U.S. participants. Interested persons should contact Dr. Melching (address given later) for more information. Young researchers and members of underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to inquire. Potential Chinese participants should contact Dr. Wang (address given later) for more information. Potential participants from all other countries should contact Dr. Melching for more information. |
The
organizing committee (OC) and coordinator(s) from each country are identified
as follows.
| U.S. | Affiliation | China | Affiliation | |
| Charles
Melching
U.S. Coordinator |
Marquette University | Zhao-Yin
Wang
Chinese Coordinator |
Tsinghua University | |
| TaWei Soong | U.S. Geological Survey | Wanhong Li | NSFC | |
| Ben Chie Yen | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Jinren Ni | Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University | |
| Erik R. Christensen | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee |
The
Workshop has the following planning schedule.
| Item | Time | |
| Proposal Development | October 2001 | |
| Participants notified | March 2002 | |
| Draft Paper Due to OC | May 2002 | |
| Workshop and Field Study | July 2002 | |
| Final Paper and Comments Due to OC | September 2002 | |
| Editing and Revision Completed | December 2002 | |
| Final U.S. Manuscript to China and NSF | January 2003 | |
| Proceeding Published | Early summer 2003 |
This workshop will have no registration fees for invited participants. Other participants may need to pay a small fee to cover the cost of the proceedings and the conference banquet.
Milwaukee is easily accessible. Conference participants can fly directly to the Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) or to the Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD).
General Mitchell International Airport is a medium-hub airport. Mitchell's 15 airlines offer roughly 220 daily departures (plus 220 daily arrivals). Approximately 90 U.S., Mexican, and Canadian cities are served nonstop or direct from Mitchell International. The airport is very close (13 km) to downtown and requires a short taxi, limousine, or city bus ride to Marquette University's East Hall. To take the bus (number 80): When you arrive ask at the ground transportation desk where you should go to catch bus 80 (just outside the arrivals area). The cost of the bus is around $1.50. When you get on the bus ask the driver to tell you when you have reached Wisconsin Avenue. The bus will take you to the corner of 6th Street and Wisconsin Avenue. East Hall is on the south side of Wisconsin Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets. Thus, you will only need to walk about two blocks west to get to East Hall.
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is a major world hub. Frequent UNITED LIMO bus services connect the airport directly to the Marquette University campus (see http://www.busville.com/ for schedules and costs from O'Hare to Marquette University). The final stop on the O'Hare to Milwaukee line is 13th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, which is approximately 4 blocks west of East Hall. The bus ride from O'Hare to Marquette is approximately 2.5 hours long and costs approximately $20 one way.
Those traveling by car will use Interstate I-94 or I-43 that border the campus with two exits directly to the campus. For a campus map and directions to campus see http://www.mu.edu/directions.html. For daily commuting to the conference, parking is available free of charge, at the university parking structure located on 16th Street between Wells Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
Several daily Amtrak express trains connect downtown Chicago Union Station with the Amtrak station in Milwaukee. One daily Amtrak train arrives and departs for Seattle and Portland via Minneapolis. The train ride from Chicago Union Station takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Milwaukee's Amtrak station is about a 10 minute walk to East Hall.
Entry Into the United States:
Citizens and permanent residents of Canada will need proof of citizenship (permanent residence) or a passport to enter the United States. Participants from other countries will need a valid passport and may need an entry visa. Visa requirements may be waived for short visits for citizens of some European countries, Israel, Australia, New Zeeland, and Japan. In any case, check immediately with the nearest U.S. Consulate for the visa requirements and how long processing of the visa application may take. In some countries, obtaining a visa can be made easier upon presenting a letter of invitation, which the organizers will provide to Chinese participants upon confirmation of the Workshop. A visa cannot be obtained at the U.S. port of entry.
Campus hotel/dormitory accomdation will be provided in East Hall at a cost of approximately $40/night single and $56/night double (two persons in the room) for a standard room with no TV. The rate includes full breakfast. Participants should make reservations for the campus rooms through Dr. Melching and pay Dr. Melching for the rooms by check made out to "Marquette University-Chinese Workshop" upon arrival at the Workshop. Check with Dr. Melching regarding other payment options.
East Hall was fully restored and upgraded in 1999 and, in addition to comfortable rooms, it offers cafeteria style food service, exercise facilities, meeting rooms, and a large swimming pool. East Residence Hall is located at 9th Street and Wisconsin Avenue (across from the Milwaukee Public Library). Limited parking free of charge is available to guests at the facility.
U.S. and non-Chinese Foreign Participants
Dr.
Charles S. Melching
Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Marquette
University
P.O.
Box 1881
Milwaukee,
WI 53201-1881
Phone:
(414) 288-6080
Fax:
(414) 288-7521
Email:
charles.melching@marquette.edu
Chinese Participants
Dr.
Zhao-Yin WANG
Department
of Hydraulic Engineering
Tsinghua
University
Beijing
100084
Email:zywang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Contact List for All Participants
Email: zywang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
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