Editorial and Review Activities in Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
by Professor Hubert Chanson
Editorial

Editor, Research Report Series CE, School of Civil Engineering, the University of Queensland, since 1996
Editor, Hydraulic Model Report CH Series, School of Civil Engineering, the University of Queensland, since 1996
Editor, Research Bulletin Series, School of Civil Engineering, the University of Queensland, since 2003.

Editorial Board of Environmental Fluid Mechanics (Springer, IF = 1.67) (ISSN 1567-7419) since 2006.
Editorial Advisory Panel of Engineering and Computational Mechanics, Proceedings of ICE (ISSN 1755-0777) since 2007. (Flyer on Engineering and Computational Mechanics)
Editorial Advisory Board, IAHR Media Library {http://www.iahrmedialibrary.net/} since 2006.

Associate Editor (Civil Engineering), Bulletin d'Actualité Scientifique et Technique d'Australie, French Embassy in Canberra, Australia (1993-94).

Reviews
This paragraph summarises the reviewing activities of Professor Hubert Chanson. Reviews for international journals, conferences, and publishers as well as internatioanl funding agencies contribute significantly to the standing of the state of the art and Prof. Chanson has had an active contribution.

Expert reviews in international scientific journals

     Acta Mechanica (ISSN 1619-6937),
    Advances in Water Resources (ISSN 0309-1708),
    Annales Geophysicae, European Geophysical Society (ISSN 0755-0685),
    Australian Journal of Water Resources (ISSN 1324-1583),
    Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (ISSN 0315-1468),
    Chemical Engineering Science (ISSN 0009-2509),
    Chemistry and Ecology (ISSN 0275-7540 Print; 1029-0370 On-line),
    CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water (ISSN 1863-0650),
    Coastal Engineering (ISSN 0378-3839),
    Coastal Engineering Journal, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (ISSN 0578-5634),
    Computers and Fluids (ISSN 0045-7930),
    Continental Shelf Research (ISSN 0278-4343),
    Dam Engineering (ISSN 0958-9341),
    Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (ISSN 0197-9337),
    Environmental Engineering Science (ISSN 1092-8758);
    Environmental Fluid Mechanics (ISSN 1567-7419),
    Estuaries and Coasts (ISSN 1559-2723),
    Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (ISSN 0272-7714),
    European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids (ISSN 0997-7546),
    Experiments in Fluids (ISSN 0723-4864),
    Flow Measurement & Instrumentation (ISSN 0955-5986),
    Fluid Dynamics Research (ISSN 0169-5983),
    Geomorphology (ISSN 0169-555X),
    IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (ISSN 1063-6536),
    International Journal of Multiphase Flow (ISSN 0301-9322),
    Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transaction B: Technology (ISSN 0363-1307),
    Irrigation Science (ISSN 0342-7188),
    Journal La Houille Blanche (ISSN 0018-6368),
    Journal of Applied Mechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISSN 0021-8936),
    Journal of Archaeological Science (ISSN 0305-4403),
    Journal of Coastal Research (ISSN 0749-0208),
     Journal of Engineering Mathematics (ISSN 0022-0833),
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, American Society of Civil Engineers (ISSN 0733-9399),
    Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ISSN 0733-9372),
    Journal of Environmental Management (ISSN 0301-4797),
    Journal of Fluids Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ISSN 0098-2202),
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics UK (ISSN 0022-1120),
    Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, American Geophysical Union (ISSN 0148-0227),
    Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ISSN 0733-9429),
    Journal of Hydraulic Research, International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research (ISSN 0022-1686),
    Journal of Hydrology (ISSN 0022-1694),
    Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ISSN 0733-9437),
    Journal of Performances of Constructed Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers (ISSN 0887-3828),
    Journal of River Basin Management (ISSN 1571-5124),
    Journal of Zhejiang University - Science (JZUS) (ISSN 1009-3095),
    Mechanics Research Communications (ISSN 0093-6413),
    Natural Hazards, Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards (ISSN: 0921-030X (print version); ISSN: 1573-0840 (electronic version)),
    Nature Physics (ISSN 1745-2473),
    Ocean Engineering (ISSN 0029-8018),
    Physics of Fluids, American Institute of Physics (ISSN 1070-6631),
    Revue des Sciences de l'Eau/Journal of Water Science (ISSN 0992-7158),
    Scientia Iranica (ISSN 1026-3098),
    Water Management, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London (ISSN 1741-7589),
    Water Quality Research Journal of Canada (ISSN 1201-3080),
    Water Research (ISSN 0043-1354),
    Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union (ISSN 0043-1397),
    Water Science and Technology (ISSN 0273-1223).

Koorawatha weirExpert reviews for international scientific conferences

    2nd International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREW) (Pisa, Italy, 30 July-1 Aug. 2008);
    4th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics River Flow 2008 (3-5 Sept. 2008, Izmir, Turkey);
    16th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research and 3rd IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures (Nanjing, China, 20-23 Oct. 2008);
    International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software iEMSs 2008, 4th Biennial Meeting of the iEMSs (2008, Barcelona, Spain);
    6th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics conference (30 June to 2 July 2008, Pretoria, South Africa); Water Down Under Conference (Adelaide, 15-17 April 2008);
    16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (Gold Coast, Australia, 3-7 Dec. 2007);
     International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREW) (Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, 2-4 Sept. 2006)
     2nd International Conference on Estuaries & Coast (ICEC2006) (Guangzhou, China, Nov. 2006),
     3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society iEMSS'06, WCMT Summit on Environmental Modelling & Software (Burlington, Vermont, USA, 9-12 July. 2006),
     22nd Latin American Congress on Hydraulics & International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures (Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, 9-14 Oct. 2006),
     17th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference (Edmonton, Canada, 17-19 Aug. 2005),
     15th Australasian Fluid MechanicsConference (Sydney, Australia, 13-17 December 2004),
     9th International Symposium on River Sedimentation (Yichang, China, 18-21 Oct. 2004),
     8th National Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, IEAust. (Gold Coast, Australia, 13-16 July 2004),
     2004 International Conference on Hydraulics of Dams and River Structures HDRS'04 (Tehran, Iran, April 2004),
     30th IAHR Biennal Congress, International Association for Hydraulic engineering and Research (Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 2003),
     National Conference on Hydraulics in Civil Engineering, IEAust. (Hobart, Australia, Nov. 2001),
     8th International Symposium on Stochastic Hydraulics (ISSH'2000) (Beijing, China, 25-27 July, 2000),
     1st IWA World Congress, International Water Association (Paris, France, 3-7 July 2000),
     28th IAHR Biennal Congress, International Association for Hydraulic Research (Graz, Austria, Aug. 1999),
     27th IAHR Biennal Congress, International Association for Hydraulic Research and American Society for Civil Engineers (San Francisco, USA, 1997),
     1994 International Conference on Hydraulics in Civil Engineering, Institution of Engineers, Australia (Brisbane, Australia, Feb. 1994) (ISBN Book 85825 5979).

Expert reviews for research funding agencies

     Agence Nationale de la Recherche CNRS / ANR / USAR (France),
     Australian Research Council,
     City University of Hong Kong Research Committee,
     Israel Science Foundation,
     Italian Ministry for Education University and Research (MIUR),
     Natural Environment Research Council (UK),
     National Research Foundation (South Africa),
     National Science Foundation (USA),
     Netherlands Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM),
     Swiss National Research Foundation, and Swiss National Science Foundation,
     Technology Foundation STW (The Netherlands).

   

34th IAHR Biennial CongressProfessional involvement
Chair, Scientific Committee of the 5th IAHR International Symposium on Hydrulic Structures ISHS 2014, Brisbane, Australia 25-27 June 2014.
Chair, Congress Organisation of the 34th IAHR World Congress, International Association of Hydro-environment Engineering and Research IAHR, Brisbane, Australia, 26 June-1 July 2011.

Chair, Hydraulic Structures Technical Committee Leadership Team (Technical Division Applied Hydraulics), International Association of Hydro-environment Engineering and Research IAHR, 2009-2011.
Secretary, Hydraulic Structures Section (Technical Division Applied Hydraulics), International Association of Hydro-environment Engineering and Research IAHR, 2005-2009.
Leadership Team member, Hydraulic Structures Technical Committee (Technical Division Applied Hydraulics), International Association of Hydro-environment Engineering and Research IAHR, 2011-2013.
Committee member, Hydraulic Structures Technical Committee (Technical Division Applied Hydraulics), International Association of Hydro-environment Engineering and Research IAHR, since 1997.

Member, Working group on flow measurements, Standards Association of Australia, since 1999.

Member of the International Scientific Committee, International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, 3-5 September 2008, Cesme-Izmir, Turkey.
Member of the International Scientific Committee, International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, 12-13 Oct. 2006 {http://www.iahr-venezuela2006.org/}
Member of the Academic Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Estuaries & Coast (ICEC2006), Guangzhou, China, Nov. 2006. {http://www.prwri.com.cn/icec2006-eindex.htm}
Member of the International Scientific Committee, 17th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Edmonton, Canada, 17-19 Aug. 2005. {http://www.hydrotechnics.ca/hydro2005/}
Member of the International Scientific Committee, 9th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, October 18-21, 2004, Yichang, China. {http://www.irtces.org/isshhu/9ISRS.htm}
Member of the International Scientific Committee, 6th ICHD International Conference on Hydrodynamics, 24-26 Nov., 2004, Perth WA, Australia.
Member of the International Scientific Committee, ICHE International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, 30 May-3 June, 2004, Brisbane QLD, Australia.
Member of the International Scientific Committee, Hydraulics of Dams and River Structures HDRS, 26-28 April 2004, Tehran, Iran.
Member of the Organising Committee for the "2007 Biennial Congress Bid", International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Brisbane, Australia.
Member of the International Scientific Committee, International Conference on Civil Engineering, May 5-7, 2003, Isfahan, Iran.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the 6th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Cairns, IAHR (2004).
Member of the International Scientific Committee, International Symposium on Hydraulic and Hydrological Aspects of  Reliability and Safety Assessment of Hydraulic Structures,IAHR, St.Petersburg, Russia, May 29-June 2, 2002.
Member of the International Scientific Committee, 5th International Conference on Hydrodynamics (ICHD 2002), Tainan, Taiwan R.O.C., Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2002.
Member of the International Scientific Committee, International Symposium on "Fishway and Tropical River ECO-Hydraulics, FishTREC-2001", Yogyakarta Indonesia, September 4-5, 2001.
Member of the International Scientific Committee, 8th International Symposium on Stochastic Hydraulics (ISSH'2000), Beijing, July 25-27, 2000
Member of the Organising Committee of the "1994 International Conference on Hydraulics in Civil Engineering" sponsored by the Institution of Engineers, Australia, in Brisbane (15-17 Feb. 1994).


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