"ENGINEERING FOR ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION" Summer Workshop Series
The State University of New York at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is pleased to announce the 2009 Summer Workshop Series, "Engineering for Ecosystem Restoration", a set of three field-intensive academic and professional development courses focusing on the science and practice of ecosystem restoration. Taught by leading experts and practitioners in the fields of ecosystem restoration, riverine and Great Lakes ecology, fluvial geomorphology, and environmental modeling, the three one-week long courses, held at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, provide training in theoretical and applied concepts of ecosystem restoration. Training is reinforced through intensive field activities (site visits, sampling techniques) at nationally-recognized stream restoration projects in western New York. Week 1 focuses on physical parameters of river ecosystems and covers fluvial geomorphology and channel processes. Week 2 covers concepts of stream ecology and restoration, including function-based hydraulic structure, biological assessment of streams, and concepts of bioengineering design. Week 3 focuses on the hydrological and ecological environment of the lower Great Lakes and surrounding watersheds. Courses may be taken individually or in succession, and may be credited towards academic or PE Continuing education requirements. The workshop series is co-sponsored by the University at Buffalo's ERIE Program (www.erie.buffalo.edu) and the Great Lakes Program (www.eng.buffalo.edu/glp). For more information, please see www.erie.buffalo.edu/trainingSummerCourse2009.php, or contact David Blersch, ERIE Program Director, at (716) 645-2114 x2352 or at [email protected].
