Talking Sediments

PiA initiated a series of webinars across the spectrum of disciplines related to particles in water. Scientists invited by the Steering Committee of PiA present their work to a broad audience of students, university faculty, practitioners, and scientists in government.

Upcoming Webinar

Monday December 13, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. (Bogotá, EST)

​Do Ecosystem Insecurity and Social Vulnerability Lead to Failure of Water Security? Reflections on Freshwater Nutrient Transport
Dr. Christopher Scott

​Webinar Access

Past Webinars

Below is the list of speakers for the monthly webinars previously hosted. Click on the presentation's title or the YouTube logo to watch the corresponding video.

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​Dr. Naziano Filizola

Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)​​.

A look at the Rio Negro sediments contributions to the Amazon

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​Dr. Raul Flores Audibert

​Dr. Saulo Meirelles

Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Valparaíso, Chile).​​

Physical Oceanographer at MetOcean Solutions (New Zealand)​.​

Double Feature Presentation

Processes contributing to the formation of a shelf turbidity maxima in a region of freshwater influence / The influence of rotating stratified tidal flow on ripple dynamics beneath the Rhine River plume​

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​Dr. SusanaVinzon

Professor at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, she has established a Cohesive Sediment Dynamics Laboratory.

Fine sediments in the large Amazon system

​Dr. Ashish Mehta

Emeritus Professor at the Civil Environmental Engineering Department from the University of Florida.

Some Observations on the Effect of Water Temperature on the Movement of Fine Sediment Particles​

​Dr. Paulo Gamaro

Civil Engineer from the Escola de Engenharia de Volta Redonda (Brazil).

Sediment Monitoring and New Technology – Positive and Negative Aspects​

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Dr. Marcelo H. Garcia

M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Chair in Civil Engineering, Professor & Director, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A sediment particle’s journey from the Andes mountains to the Atlantic ocean via the Bermejo-Paraguay-Parana River Waterway: from debris flows to river meandering, turbidity currents and washload​.

Dr. Jorge D. Abad

Provost, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología – UTEC, Executive Director, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología del Agua, CITA-UTEC

Morphodynamics of Amazonian rivers: flow structure, bedfoms and planform evolution.

Dr. Edgardo M. Latrubesse

Affiliated Professor, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program – Federal University of Goias, Brasil .

Continental sediment sources, sinks, and the human factor in large tropical rivers: the case of South America.