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US Army Corps of Engineers

Coastal Inlets Research Program

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CIRP Technology-Transfer Workshop

CMS/GenCade Workshop
USACE Buffalo District,
478 Main St , Buffalo, NY 14207
18-21 November 2024
The Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP) will conduct its 17th Technology Transfer Workshop from 18 - 21 November 2024 at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District Area Office, located in Buffalo, NY.

The focus of this workshop is on the Surface-Water Modeling System (SMS) Version 13.3, Coastal Modeling System (CMS) Version 5.3, and GenCade Version 1.1.8 (and 2.0 demo).

Please contact Mitchell Brown (mitchell.e.brown@usace.army.mil) to request attendance.
No other registration necessary.
A link to download Workshop Materials is provided here. Presentation and other Documents are in the main folder. All relative data files are underneath the 'Workshop' folder.

Agenda - section duration each day will be flexible as time allows

Time Mon, 18 Sept Tue, 19 Sept Wed, 20 Sept Thu, 21 Sept
Coastal Modeling System GenCade
0830 - 1200 - Intro to SMS/CMS
- Bathymetry/Datums
- CMS-Wave preparation
- CMS-Wave model control
- CMS Post processing
- Hydro-validation
- GenCade Intro
- Simple Example (walk-thru)
Lunch on your own
1300  - 1800* - CMS-Flow preparation
- CMS-Flow model control
- Combining Flow and Wave
- Sediment Transport
- Wrap up covering CMS
- Discussion/Questions
- Hands-on
- Workshop wrap up

* Possibly a little late in the afternoons to help keep on time.


Nearby Hotel Recommendations
  • Hotel at Lafayette - Wyndham (~4 min walk)
  • Hilton Garden Inn (~4 min walk)
  • Westin on Delaware Ave (~6 min walk)