Workshops

Workshops

Note: The GroundWater Desktop workshop has been cancelled.

Informed Risk Management: Building Probabilistic Water Management Models using GoldSim

Instructor: Jason Lillywhite, P.E.
Time: 8–5 PM, Wednesday, September 25
Cost*: AHS members $125 / nonmembers $150 / students $25
Limit: 30 people (first-come, first-served)

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Door pricing will increase to $150 for members / $175 for nonmembers. All proceeds donated to AHSF for student scholarships, poster, and fair awards.

This hands-on training session is designed for engineers and scientists involved in modeling and decision support for water resources applications. The focus will be on dynamic simulation and modeling techniques for incorporating uncertainty and evaluating the risk and reliability of water resources. We will use GoldSim software during the class to facilitate learning the concepts. Through hands-on examples, you will practice building your own water management model with a custom user interface, data input, model functions, and result processing for evaluating climate uncertainty and its impact on water quality and quantity of a typical water system. In addition, you will be introduced to scenario analysis, optimization, and results post-processing.

If you are new to GoldSim, we recommend that you become familiar with it by working through GoldSim’s free online course.

Course Outline

  • 8:00 – 8:30 AM: Setup
  • 8:30 – 10:00 AM: Introduction to dynamic simulation and GoldSim
  • 10:00 – 12:00 PM: Building a simple water management model
  • 12:00 – 1:00 PM: Lunch (free for all attendees)
  • 1:00 – 2:00 PM: Water management control logic
  • 2:00 – 3:00 PM: User interface and results
  • 3:00 – 4:00 PM: Incorporating uncertainty and simulating risk
  • 4:00 – 5:00 PM: Scenarios and post processing

Requirements

  • Laptop with Windows 10 or later, MS Internet Explorer, MS Excel, mouse, and power cord
  • GoldSim evaluation license (provided 1 week prior to workshop)

Instructor

Jason Lillywhite has been using GoldSim since 2005 on consulting projects around the world, and he has worked for GoldSim Technology Group since 2010. He has applied models for water resources decision support and risk analysis.

Jason received an M.S. in civil and environmental engineering from University of Utah in 2008.