Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics, Environmental Engineering, Engineering History
Teaching activities by Professor Hubert CHANSON 

Undergraduate Subjects

NEW CURRICULUM (2002 onward)
CIVL4511 Civil Design 1 (2005) / CIVL4510 Civil Design 1
CIVL3140 Introduction to Catchment Hydraulics and Open Channel Flow
CIVL4120/CIVL7020 Advanced Open Channel Flow and Hydraulic Structures
CIVL4140 Environmental Modelling - Mixing and Dispersion in Rivers
CIVL4160/CIVL7160 Advanded Fluid Mechanics
CIVL4516 Civil Design 3

Transitional Curriculum (2001)
CIVL3110 Introduction to Catchment Hydrology & Hydraulics  ; CIVL3120 Advanced Hydraulics and Hydrology

OLD CURRICULUM (pre-2001)
Engineering History  (E2222) ; Catchment Hydraulics (E2320) ; Open Channel Hydraulics and Design (E2321) ; Advanced Fluid Mechanics (E2308)

Postgraduate Subjects
NEW CURRICULUM (2001 onward)
CIVL7020/CIVL4120 Environmental Hydraulics
CIVL4140 Environmental Modelling
CIVL7160/CIVL4160 Advanded Fluid Mechanics - Ideal Fluid Flow

OLD CURRICULUM  : Advanced Fluid Mechanics (E2308) ; Hydraulic Design (E2822)

Scholarly publications on higher education

CHANSON, H. (2009). "Digital Publishing, Indexing and Ethics: Implications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering and Research." Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, ASCE, Vol. 135, No. 4, pp. 117-121 (DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2009)135:4(117)) (ISSN 0733-9380). (PDF file at UQeSpace)
CHANSON, H. (2008). "Some Experience with Digitial Publishing, Open Access Repository, Research Impact and Quality." Proc.Open Access Collection workshop, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories, Brisbane, 14 Feb., 12 pages. (PDF file at UQeSpace)
CHANSON, H. (2007). "Research Quality, Publications and Impact in Civil Engineering into the 21st Century. Publish or Perish, Commercial versus Open Access, Internet versus Libraries ?" Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, NRC, Vol. 34, No. 8, pp. 946-951 (DOI:10.1169/L07-027) (ISSN 0315-1468). (PDF file at UQeSpace) (Preprint at UQeSpace)
CHANSON, H. (2007). "Impact of Commercial Search Engines and International Databases on Engineering Teaching and Research." European Journal of Engineering Education, SEFI, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 261-269 (doi: 10.1080/030437901423815) (ISSN 0304-3797 print / ISSN 1469-5898 online). (PDF file at UQeSpace)
BALDOCK, T.E., and CHANSON, H. (2006). "Undergraduate Teaching of Ideal and Real Fluid Flows: the Value of Real-World Experimental Projects." European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 729-739 (DOI: 10.1080/03043790600911837) (ISSN 0304-3797). (PDF file at UQeSpace) (PDF file at EprintsUQ)
CHANSON, H. (2005). "Commercial Search Engines, International Databases or Traditional Libraries ?" Jl of Hyd. Res., IAHR, Vol. 43, No. 6, Supplement, pp. A85-87 (ISSN 0022-1686). (also IAHR Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 85-87.) (PDF Version at EprintsUQ)
CHANSON, H. (2005). "Should Field Works Be Compulsory in Hydraulic Engineering Courses ?" IAHR Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 27-30. (Download PDF File)
CHANSON, H. (2004). "Enhancing Students' Motivation in the Undergraduate Teaching of Hydraulic Engineering: the Role of Field Works" Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, ASCE, Vol. 130, No. 4, pp. 259-268 (ISSN 0733-9380). (Download PDF file)
CHANSON, H. (2002). "Paper vs Electronic !?!." IAHR Newsletter, Vol. 40, No. 3, p. 46.   (Download PDF file)
CHANSON, H. (2001). "Teaching Hydraulic Design in an Australian Undergraduate Civil Engineering Curriculum." Jl of Hyd. Engrg., ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 12, pp. 1002-1008  (ISSN 0733-9429). (Download PDF File)
CHANSON, H. (2000). "Introducing Originality and Innovation in Engineering Teaching: the Hydraulic Design of Culverts." European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 377-391 (ISSN 0304-3797).   (Download PDF File)
CHANSON, H., and JAMES, P. (1998). "Teaching Case Studies in Reservoir Siltation and Catchment Erosion." Intl Jl of Engineering Education, Vol.14, No. 4, pp. 265-275 (ISSN 0949-149X). (Download PDF file) (Alternative PDF file)

CHANSON, H. (2006). "Research Quality, Publications and Impact in Hydraulic Engineering into the 21st Century. Publish or Perish, Commercial versus Open Access, Internet versus Libraries ?" Proceedings of the International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREWHS'06), Montemor-o-Novo, Jorge MATOS and Hubert CHANSON Eds., Report CH61/06, Div. of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, Dec., Keynote address, pp 1-10 (ISBN 1864998687). (PDF file at UQeSpace)

Undergraduate research, projects and publications

Posgraduate research, projects and publications

McGraw-Hill Interamericana

Short Courses

2019: Short course lectured at Hunter H2O : "Principles of Hydraulic Engineering and Open Channel Flow", H. CHANSON, 28-30 October 2019, Newcastle NSW, Australia
2019: Short course lectured at UQ: Hydraulic Design of Fish-Friendly Standard Box Culvert on 3-4 June 2019 at UQ St Lucia {https://www.eait.uq.edu.au/fish-culvert} - Creative Work record at UQeSpace (deposited on 27 May 2019)
2018: Short course lectured at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences: "Basic Principles of Open Channel Hydraulics", H. CHANSON, 14 May 2018, Aachen, Germany.
2017: Short course lectured at IWES : "Principles of Hydraulic Engineering and Open Channel Flow", H. CHANSON, 8-10 November 2017, Brisbane, Australia
2016: Workshop at the 6th IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures: "Hydraulic Design of Stepped Spillways". Course organised by USSD and IAHR, H. CHANSON and S. HUNT, 27 June 216, Portland OR, USA.
2014: Short course lectured at ZIHE : "Turbulence, Turbulence Measurements & Turbulent Data Analyses in Hydraulic Engineering", H. CHANSON, 10 October 2014, Hangzhou, China.
2013: Short course lectured at IWES : "Principles of Hydraulic Engineering and Open Channel Flow", H. CHANSON, 15-18 July 2013, Gold Coast, Australia
2009: Short course lectured at IWES : "Principles of Hydraulic Engineering and Open Channel Flow", H. CHANSON, 13-15 July 2009, Gold Coast, Australia.
2008 : Short course lectured at IWES : "Principles of Hydraulic Engineering and Open Channel Flow", H. CHANSON, 11-12 Feb. 2008, Sydney, Australia.
2008 : Short course lectured at Connell Wagner and the University of Queensland : "Basic Principles of Open Channel Flow Hydraulics", H. CHANSON, 23-25 Jan. 2008, Brisbane, Australia.
2004 : Keynote lectures at the International Workshop on State-of-the-Art Hydraulic Engineering, 16-19 Feb. 2004, Bari, Italy. "Fluvial, Environmental and Coastal Developments in Hydraulic Engineering." Balkema, Leiden, The Netherlands, 248 pages (ISBN 04 1535 899 X). (Leaflet and Order Form)
1998 : Keynotes lectures at the Workshop on Flow Characteristics around Hydraulic Structures and River Environment, Water Environment and Mankind, Nihon University, 13 Nov. 1998, Tokyo, Japan
"I would like to express my deep gratitude for your contribution to Workshop on flow characteristics around hydraulic structures and river environment [...]. I believe your lecture was very stimulating and rewarding for all the participants." Y. SEZAI, Nihon University Research Center, 24 Nov. 1998.
1997 : Short course organised and lectured at the University of Queensland, Dept. of Civil Engineering : "Hydraulic Design of Stepped Cascades, Channels, Spillways and Waterways." H. CHANSON, 17-18 February 1997, Brisbane, Australia.
1994 : Short course organised and lectured at the University of Queensland, Dept. of Civil Engineering : "Hydraulic Design of Stepped Chutes and Spillways." H. CHANSON, 7-8 April 1994, Brisbane, Australia.

Reprints of Research Papers

Free reprints of research papers in Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic Engineering and Water Sciences. (Format : *.PDF, *.DOC and *.ZIP.)
{http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/193/} at the open access repository UQeSpace.

Technical resources in Hydraulic engineering

Video movies on YouTube

YouTube channel of Hubert Chanson - {https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm-SedWAjKdQdGWNbCwppqw}

Dam break wave, Tidal bore, In-river tsunami surge: what the hell? - {https://youtu.be/SQaPoSj2lP4} (Record at UQeSpace)

Challenging hydraulic engineering of the 21st century - {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2oJE3PxUPY}

Such a bore - {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mO5-wxnqTA}
Physical Modelling of Air Bubble Entrainment in Vertical Planar Plunging Jets - {https://youtu.be/GcAiBD4LpwM}
Stepped Spillway Research - {https://youtu.be/j_AsUXD4D3M}
Tidal Bore Research at the University of Queensland - {https://youtu.be/q1ieo7fQ6X8}
Fish-friendly waterways and culverts - Integration of hydrodynamics and fish turbulence interplay & interaction - {https://youtu.be/GGWTWDOmoSQ}

Video movies at UQeSpace
CHANSON, H. (2020). "Hydraulics of open channel flow: practical experiments at the University of Queensland, Australia." Collection, Generic Document, The University of Queensland, School of Civil Engineering, Brisbane, Australia (ISBN 978-1-74272-311-2). {https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/collection/UQ:734960}

EDLIN, S., LU, Z., and CHANSON, H. (2020). "The Broad-Crested Weir." Generic Document, The University of Queensland, School of Civil Engineering, Brisbane, Australia (ISBN 978-1-74272-311-2). {https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:734961}
SHI, S., ASTORGA MOAR, A., and CHANSON, H. (2020). "The Hydraulic Jump." Generic Document, The University of Queensland, School of Civil Engineering, Brisbane, Australia (ISBN 978-1-74272-311-2). {https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:734962}
LI, Y., LANCASTER, O., and CHANSON, H. (2020). "Backwater in a Long Channel." Generic Document, The University of Queensland, School of Civil Engineering, Brisbane, Australia (ISBN 978-1-74272-311-2). {https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:734963}
WUTHRICH, D., WUPPUKONDUR, A., and CHANSON, H. (2020). "Hydraulics of Culverts." Generic Document, The University of Queensland, School of Civil Engineering, Brisbane, Australia (ISBN 978-1-74272-311-2). {https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:734964}
 

 
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