Dr. Jose G. Vasconcelos
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5337
ph. +1(334)-844-6280
cel +1(334)-524-7953
email: jgv[at]auburn[dot]edu

Teaching

 Teaching at Auburn University

 §  CIVL 3110 – Hydraulics - Undergraduate level course that covers the fundamentals of fluid mechanics and transport phenomena, with emphasis on water flows and applications

§  CIVL 4230 – Urban Hydraulic System Design - Undergraduate, specialty elective course, presenting several relevant aspects related to the design of water supply systems, wastewater and stormwater collection and treatment systems

§  CIVL 5130/6130– Hydraulic Design of Pressurized Systems - Course focused on the design techniques of several components of pressurized water systems.

§  CIVL 6170 – Numerical Solutions of Hydroenvironmental Applications

§  CIVL 7970 – Special Topics - Environmental Fluid Dynamics.

§  CIVL 7970 – Special Topics - Numerical Modeling of Free Surface Flows

 

 

Invited lectures and short courses

1.     Modeling exreme flow conditions in hydraulic systems - International Association of Hydraulic Research Gehard Jirka Summer School, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil, January of 2018

2.     Stormwater system design with SWMM 5 – one-day course series presented in March and May 2017, in Huntsville, AL; Pelham, AL; Mobile, AL; and Montgomery, AL.

3.     Investigations on unsteady, two-phase flows in closed conduits Invited lecture at Hohai University, in Nanjing, China, 2015.

4.     Surges associated with rapid filling of stormwater tunnels and transmission mains Keynote presentation at the 2015 Pressure Surges Conference, in Dublin, Ireland, organized by BHR group

5.     Erosion and sediment control techniques for construction sites Presentation at the July meeting of the Paranoa Basin watershed group and other stakeholders, in Brasilia, DF

6.     Sediment control in urban environments – Lecture at UnB – University of Brasilia, July, 2010

7.     Development of numerical models for the solution of sanitation problems – Lecture at  CAESB - Environmental Sanitation Company of the Federal District, November 2009

8.     Management of air issues in water mains – Lecture at EMBASA – Environmental Sanitation Company of Bahia State, Brazil, August, 2008

9.     Aspects on the management of water system operational units. Lecture for Hydroaid – International Technical Cooperation Italy-Brazil on Water and Environment Management, Brasilia, June, 2008

10.  Water quality management in water distribution networks. Lecture for Hydroaid – International Technical Cooperation Italy-Brazil on Water and Environment Management, Brasilia, June, 2008

11.  Selection of new sources for drinking water – the practical experience from CAESB. Lecture for Hydroaid International Technical Cooperation Italy-Brazil on Water and Environment Management, Brasilia, May, 2008

12.  Estimating drinking water demands for the Federal District – the practical experience from CAESB. Lecture for Hydroaid – International Technical Cooperation Italy-Brazil on Water and Environment Management, Brasilia, May, 2008

13.  ADUTRANS: Numerical model for the simulation of the transient flows during the filling of water mains – Lecture at COMPESA – Environmental Sanitation Company of Pernambuco State, Brazil, October, 2008

14.  Transient hydraulics applied to sanitation – Lecture at CAESB - Environmental Sanitation Company of the Federal District, March, 2008

15.  Hydrology of the main watersheds in Brazil and related research in the University of Brasilia – Lecture for Chinese Mission to the University of Brasilia, January, 2008