USACEOpen Hydrology

Hydraulic Modeling with HEC-RAS

Self-paced EN Certificate

About this course

About This Course

This is an advanced course in applying the hydraulic modeling program HEC-RAS. The course provides participants with the knowledge to effectively use HEC-RAS to analyze difficult hydraulic conditions in natural and constructed channels, utilizing two-dimensional modeling techniques. The course starts with an overview of the modeling techniques, data classification and generation, and boundary conditions followed by modeling simulations and results visualization. Hydraulic structures and dam breaches are studied in detail. Workshops provide hands-on reinforcement for topics covered in the lectures and will demonstrate the application of the HEC-RAS software.

Course Learning Objectives

Goals for the course include:

Learn how to use HEC-RAS
Learn to analyze difficult hydraulic conditions in natural and constructed channels using 2D modeling techniques
Develop connections with other water resources professionals

Requirements

College courses in hydrology and hydraulics are recommended prior to taking this course.

Course Staff

Stanford Gibson

Stanford Gibson is one of the developers of HEC-RAS, the US Army Corps of Engineer’ (USACE) river and flood modeling software. He has worked at the Hydraulic Engineering Center (HEC), developing, teaching, and applying HEC-RAS for more than 20 years. In addition to leading sediment transport development on the HEC-RAS team, Dr. Gibson is a national, USACE, subject-matter expert in sediment transport. He helps agencies around the country and world respond to sedimentation challenges in their flood risk management, ecosystem, navigation, and reservoir projects. Stanford regularly applies and teaches hydraulic models to analyze flood damage reduction, ecosystem, and reservoir projects. He has applied and taught HEC-RAS across the United States and in more than fifteen countries.

Calvin Creech

Calvin Creech is a Water Resources Engineer with 20 years of experience specializing on integrated water resource management projects. He has worked on waterway projects in the United States, Latin America, and West Africa, and has been the technical lead for international partnerships for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Experience includes sediment transport modeling, river engineering, waterway feasibility Studies, riverine and coastal ports design, sediment management, and environmental sustainability. Dr. Creech has extensive experience in waterway programs in Latin America including various projects on the intergovernmental Paraná-Paraguay waterway, and the Madeira River, which was granted the Working with Nature Award from PIANC in 2022. Dr. Creech serves as a Fulbright Specialist providing capacity building to organizations in Latin America and was awarded the USACE South Atlantic Division Engineer of the Year in 2016. Dr. Creech was assigned to the USACE River Engineering Committee in 2018 and currently serves as the Vice President of the Americas for the World Association of Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC).

Course content

13 modules · 43 lessons · 9 assessments