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CIRP Technology-Transfer Workshop
CMS/GenCade Workshop
USACE Norfolk District,
803 Front Street,
Norfolk, VA 23510
30 March - 3 April 2026
The Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP) conducted its 18th Technology Transfer Workshop from 30 March to 3 April 2026 at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Norfolk District Area Office, located in Norfolk, VA.
The focus of this workshop was on the Surface-Water Modeling System (SMS) Version 13.4, Coastal Modeling System (CMS) Version 5.4, and GenCade Version 1.1.8 (and 2.0 demo).
| Time | Mon, 30 March | Tue, 31 March | Wed, 1 April | Thu, 2 April | Fri, 3 April |
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| Coastal Modeling System | GenCade | Wrap Up | |||
| 0830 - 1200 |
- Intro to SMS/CMS - Bathymetry/Datums |
- CMS-Flow topics - CMS-Wave |
- Post-processing - Hydro-validation |
- GenCade Intro - Simple Example (walk-thru) |
CMS/SMS New Features Q&A |
| Lunch on your own | |||||
| 1300 - 1800 |
- CMS-Flow preparation - CMS-Flow model control |
- CMS-Wave model control - Combining Flow and Wave |
- Sediment Transport - Morphology change |
- Hands-on - Demo of new GenCade features: (Monte Carlo, Cross-shore) |
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