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US Army Corps of Engineers

Coastal Inlets Research Program

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CIRP Technology-Transfer Workshop

CMS/GenCade/PTM Workshop
USACE Detroit, MI
26-29 November 2018
The Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP) conducted its 14th Annual Technology Transfer Workshop from 26 - 29 November 2018. The workshop took place at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Detroit District Area Office, located at Fort Wayne, Michigan.

The focus of this workshop was on the newly released Surface-Water Modeling System (SMS) Version 12.3, Version 5.0 of the Coastal Modeling System (CMS), Version 2.3 of the integrated Particle Tracking Model (PTM) with CMS, and the recently released Version 1.06 of GenCade.
Time Monday, 26 Nov Tuesday, 27 Nov Wednesday, 28 Nov Thursday, 29 Nov
8 - 9 Start of Workshop Pre-workshop assistance by appointment
9 -10 Welcome and Overview
of the Workshop
  • CMS (v5.1)
  • Wave grid creation
  • Wave model control
  • Steering
  • Post-processing
  • Hydro-Calibration and Validation
  • hands-on
  • GenCade (v1.06)
  • Introduction to GC
  • Question and Answer session
  • GenCade Demo
  • Simple Example Walk-Thru
  • hands-on
  • CMS (v5.1)
  • Advanced Sediment Transport
  • Sediment Mapping
  • Advanced Topics
  • Future of CMS
  • recap
WaveNet and Other Cool CIRP Tools
10 - 12

(break)
  • CMS (v5.1)
  • Overview of SMS 12.3 and CMS
  • Bathymetry & Datums
  • hands-on
12 - 1 Lunch on your own

1 - 5

(break)
  • CMS (v5.1)
  • Flow grid creation
  • Flow model control
  • hands-on
  • CMS (v5.1)
  • Sediment Transport
  • Morphology Change
  • hands-on
  • Data analyses and Q&A
  • GenCade Future Plans

Advanced Topics and Individual Problems

Particle Tracking Model (PTM, v2.3)
Group Discussion: District needs
5 - 6 Individual Problems End of Workshop

Workshop Photo