Part I: 5th International Conference on Hydraulic and Civil Engineering (ICHCE 2019) in Nanjing, China

The 5th International Conference on Hydraulic and Civil Engineering (ICHCE 2019) was held from May 10th to 12th, 2019 at Hohai University, Nanjing, China. It was hosted by Hohai University, co-organized by the Hydraulic Structures Committee of Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society, Tsinghua University, the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research and some other societies, universities and research institutes.  The theme of the conference is ‘One Belt and One Road’ and Innovation and Cooperation in Hydraulic and Civil Engineering. It mainly focuses on the research fields of water conservancy and civil engineering and is dedicated to provide the experts, scholars, engineers, etc. from different colleges and universities, research institutes, enterprises and institutions from home and abroad, with an academic platform for sharing of academic research findings, exploration of the cutting-edge engineering issues and discussion on the current opportunities and challenges, in a concerted effort to promote international cooperation and communication and the industrialization of scientific research results. 

Agenda and the keynote speakers of this conference include:

Schedule
May 10	10:00-22:00	Registration
May 11	08:00-12:00	Speeches of Keynote Speakers
	12:00-14:00	Lunch
	14:00-17:30	Oral Presentations
	18:00-19:30	Banquet
May 12	08:30-12:00	Oral Presentations
	12:00-14:00	Lunch
	14:00-17:30	Academic Investigation
	18:00-19:30	Banquet

Chen Houqun (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Academician)-陈厚群（中国水利水电科学研究院，院士）

Lin Gao (Dalian University of Technology, Academician)-林  皋（大连理工大学，院士）

Zhang Chuhan (Tsinghua University, Academician)-张楚汉（清华大学，院士）

Wu Zhongru (Hohai University,Academician)-吴中如（河海大学，院士)

Zheng Shouren (Changjiang Water Resources of the Ministry of Water Resources , Academician)-郑守仁（长江水利委员会，院士）

Ma Hongqi (Haneng Lancang River Hydropower INC., Academician)-马洪琪（华能澜沧江水电有限公司，院士）

Zhang Chaoran (China Three Gorges Corporation, Academician)-张超然（中国长江三峡集团公司，院士）

Wang Hao(China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research,Academician)-王  浩（中国水利水电科学研究院，院士）

Zhong Denghua (Tianjin University,Academician)-钟登华（天津大学，院士）

Wang Chao (Hohai University,Academician)-王  超（河海大学，院士）

Zhang Jianyun (Dean of Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute,Academician)-张建云（南京水利科学研究院院长，院士）

Niu Xinqiang (Dean of Changjiang Institute of Survey,Planning,Design and Research,Academician)-钮新强（长江勘测规划设计研究院院长，院士）

Hu Chunhong (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research,Academician)-胡春宏（中国水利水电科学研究院，院士）Nie Jianguo (Tsinghua University,Academician)-聂建国（清华大学，院士）

Wang Jianguo (Southeast University,Academician)-王建国（东南大学，院士）

Kong Xianjing (Dalian University of Technology,Academician)-孔宪京（大连理工大学，院士）

Zhang Jianmin,（Tsinghua University,Academician)-张建民（清华大学，院士）

Deng Mingjiang (Bureau of Xinjiang Ertix River Construction Administration,Academician)-邓铭江（新疆额河建管局局长，院士）

Li Huajun (Vice-principal of Ocean University of China,Academician)-李华军（中国海洋大学副校长，院士）

Martine Wieland（Chairman of Seismic Commission of ICOLD)-Martine Wieland（国际大坝委员会ICOLD抗震专委会主席）

Tang Hongwu (Secretary of the Party Committee of Hohai University, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Professor)-唐洪武（河海大学党委书记，杰青，教授）

Xu Hui (Principal of Hohai University,Professor)-徐  辉（河海大学校长，教授）

Prolonged 2019 Spring Flood in Central United States

Presentation at ICHE 2018 Conference - Great Changes of Flood Control of Yellow River and Future Prospects

CCTV Vintage Video: Grand Canal of China (1986)

The Grand Canal, known to the Chinese as the Jing–Hang Grand Canal (Chinese: 京杭大运河; or 'Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal'), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the longest as well as the oldest canal or artificial river in the world. Starting at Beijing, it passes through Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou, linking the Yellow River and Yangtze River. The oldest parts of the canal date back to the 5th century BC, but the various sections were first connected during the Sui dynasty (581–618 AD). Dynasties in 1271–1633 significantly rebuilt the canal and altered its route to supply their capital Beijing.

The total length of the Grand Canal is 1,776 km (1,104 mi). Its greatest height is reached in the mountains of Shandong, at a summit of 42 m (138 ft). Ships in Chinese canals did not have trouble reaching higher elevations after the pound lock was invented in the 10th century, during the Song dynasty (960–1279), by the government official and engineer Qiao Weiyue. The canal has been admired by many throughout history including Japanese monk Ennin (794–864), Persian historian Rashid al-Din (1247–1318), Korean official Choe Bu (1454–1504), and Italian missionary Matteo Ricci (1552–1610).

In contrast, the Delaware and Raritan Canal (D&R Canal) is a canal in central New Jersey, United States, built in the 1830s, that served to connect the Delaware River to the Raritan River. It was an efficient and reliable means of transportation of freight between Philadelphia and New York City, especially coal from the anthracite fields in eastern Pennsylvania. The canal allowed shippers to cut many miles off the existing route from the Pennsylvania coal fields, down the Delaware River, around Cape May, and up along the (occasionally treacherous) Atlantic Ocean coast to New York City. 

Happy Chinese New Year 2019

The first line (on your right): In the old days, due to flooding of the Yellow River, people have no means to make a living.

The second line (on your left): In nowadays, we have completely tamed the Yellow River, so people can enjoy a safe, secure and happy life.

The horizontal line (in the middle): Great changes on the Yellow River.

Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia, PA

Have you visited the Philidelphia Museum of Art? The building of the museum was constructed on a rocky hill topped by the city's main reservoir (part of the Fairmount Water Works built in late 1812 and operated until 1907). This 16-minute film explores the history of the Fairmount Water Works from the early 17th century to it's opening in 2003 as an education center (Credit: Philadelphia Water)

Cutaway showing water wheel.

Cutaway showing Jonval turbine

South China Morning Post: Why Yellow River is so yellow - and why it's prone to flooding?

The Yellow River  – the world’s sixth-longest and China’s second-longest and whose basin was the birthplace of Chinese civilization – collects most of the sediment when it passes through the Loess Plateau in central China.

The mighty Yellow River has earned the name “China’s sorrow” for its tendency to flood, with devastating consequences, over the centuries.Now an international group of scientists say they have found the reason why so much sediment builds up in the river over such a long distance – giving it its characteristic yellow tinge and causing frequent overflows – and they are offering their findings as a way to improve the planning, construction and management of river engineering projects both in China and overseas.

For more information, refer to the article in the South China Morning Post: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2094153/why-chinas-yellow-river-so-yellow-and-why-its-prone-flooding. 

Loess Plateau in Northwest China

The Loess Plateau covers around 640,000 square kilometers in northwest China and has among the world's most elevated soil disintegration rates. Characterized fine dry soil (called loess) and hundreds of years of unsustainable cultivating rehearse, joined with immense populace weights, have prompted extreme ecological debasement. Generally speaking, 1.6 billion tons of residue deposits in the Yellow River every year, and represent a genuine downstream surge chance. As of late, be that as it may, the discontinuity of cultivating on steep slopes and the foundation of expansive scale terracing and dregs control structures have made noteworthy strides in fighting off further degradation.

Reference reading for China Erosion and Sedimentation materials:  

https://www.uvm.edu/~pbierman/classes/gradsem/2014/China_sediment.pdf