Featuring the Future - Development of an automated calibration procedure for any hydro-sedimentary model using SRH-1D software

April 22, 2025 - 12 pm-1 pm EST

Camille Morin, 2024 CDA Scholarship recipient, will present a webinar on Development of an automated calibration procedure for any hydro-sedimentary model using SRH-1D software

Presented in French, with Live Caption AI translation.

CDA is pleased to offer a webinar featuring the research of the 2024 winner of CDA's Award of Merit Scholarship. This scholarship was established in 2012, and is awarded to the selected applicant registered as a full-time student in a Master degree (M.Eng, M.Sc, M.A.Sc) at a Canadian university, in either project or thesis option.

Numerical modeling of rivers is an essential tool to map flood plains, to quantify the geomorphological, economic and human consequences of a dam failure, or to study the impact of hydraulic structures on sedimentation and bed erosion. To improve the reliability of hydraulic and sediment transport models, OptiSRH-1D, an automated calibration tool including an uncertainty analysis module, has been developed. One of the applications of this tool in embankment dam safety studies is the layout of probabilistic flood maps that incapsulate the uncertainty associated with the breaching process and the hydrosedimentary model.

Participants will be introduced to:

Automatic calibration of hydraulic and sediment transport parameters of numerical river models
Estimation of the uncertainty associated with hydrosedimentary model and the hydrological inputs such as the steady-state inflow or the unsteady-state hydrograph (flood or dam failure)
Practical applications to experimental canals and an embankment dam failure

Anyone in the CDA community working on hydrotechnical studies such as dam breach or other sediment transport modeling along with students and YP members are encouraged to attend to hear about Camille’s research and applications to the dam industry.

Any statements or views expressed in this webinar are entirely those of the presenters. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for their use. CDA and its partners for this event assume no liability for the accuracy, completeness or the application of the information presented.

Presenter

Camille Morin, Polytechnique Montréal

Camille Morin is a masters student in civil engineering at Polytechnique Montreal. Her research focuses on automatic calibration and uncertainty analysis of hydraulic and sediment transport models. One of the applications of her research in embankment dam safety studies is the layout of probabilistic inundation maps that incapsulate the uncertainty associated with the breaching process and the hydro-sedimentary model. She is also involved in various committees that promote engineering among children and teenagers to increase female interest for this profession.