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11th International Conference on

Pressure Surges24-25 October, 2012Lisbon, Portugal

Meet the Committee

Anton BergantHead of Research and Development Department

Litostroj Power, d.o.o.

Dr. Anton Bergant graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia on June 25, 1981. The topic of his BSc Thesis was: Treatise of hydraulic transient phenomena in hydroelectric power plants with Francis turbines. On April 18, 1985 he completed his MSc studies in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ljubljana. The topic of his MSc Thesis was: Unsteadiness and vibrations in hydraulic systems. On December 9, 1985 he successfully passed an exam at the State Committee for Industry and Civil Engineering and became Professional Engineer. He successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana on May 6, 1993. The topic of his thesis was: Transient cavitating flow in piping systems. From January to May 1987 he was visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom specializing numerical modelling of hydraulic transients in piping systems. From April to June 1995 and from February to April 1997 he was postdoctoral fellow at the University of Adelaide, Australia conducting research on transient cavitating flow in pipelines. On May 28, 2009 he was appointed as Associate Professor for Fluid Mechanics at the University of Ljubljana. On March 30, 2010 he was elected as Associate Member at the Slovenian Academy of Engineering.

He has been employed with Litostroj Industries since 1980, except from October 1989 to January 1993 when he was employed as research officer with the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is currently employed full-time with company Litostroj Power d.o.o., Ljubljana and part-time with Faculty of Mechanical Engineering,

Antonio Patricio de Sousa Betamio de AlmeidaEmeritus Professor, Full Professor (Ret.)

Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon (UTL)

Pertinent background information (qualifications, brief career history, present work/interests):

Civil Engineer (1971) and PhD in Civil Engineering (1981).Full Professor at IST (1989),now retired (2008).Emeritus professor at UTL (2009).Consultant engineer and member of several professional associations.Senior researcher at Center of Hydrosystems Studies (IST/UTL) and former (1981-1996) director.Author or co-author of more than 200 scientific and technical publications including books, chapters of books, papers in conferences and in journals.Referee of international journals.Elected member of the Portuguese National Academy of Engineering (1999).Main areas of interest: hydraulic transients, hydropower, safety and risk management in engineering and philosophy of science.

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Martin HamiltonSenior Consultant

Spectrum Fluid Dynamics


BA MA MEngAfter completing a Masters degree in Manufacturing Engineering at Cambridge University UK, Martin began his engineering career at ICI on Teesside UK working on Pressure Surge and Vibration issues around the company. Before joining Spectrum as a senior consultant specialising in the pressure surge field, Martin ran his own business consulting for process engineering clients whilst bringing up a young family. At Spectrum, Martin has broadened his areas of expertise, working additionally on pulsation, noise and process pipework fatigue issues.

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Helena Margarida RamosAssociate Professor with Aggregation

Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon


Works at IST since 1982.Graduated in Civil Engineering at IST, in 1983, completed Master Course in Hydraulics in 1986 at IST and obtained PhD degree in Civil Engineering at IST, in 1995. Has more than 300 publications and reports. Participated in 7 EU projects and 2 intercontinental research projects. Has 9 PhD students and has supervised 22 MSc students. Referee of 7 international journals of ASCE, IAHR and IWA. Main research areas: hydropower and pumping systems, hydraulic transients, leakage control, sustainable energy solutions, flood events.

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I.W.M. (Ivo) PothofSpecialist Industrial HydrodynamicsR&D leader Renewable Energy from Water and Subsoil

Deltares, The Netherlands

Mr. Ivo Pothof (PhD, MSc, 1972) is an industrial hydrodynamics specialist at Deltares. Mr. Pothof has joined Delft Hydraulics (currently Deltares) in 1997. He is specialized in fluid transients, optimal control of pipeline systems and air-water pipe flows. He has worked on innova-tive solutions for the water industry in the Netherlands and abroad, like the application of booster pumping stations in the urban drainage sys-tem of Amsterdam. He has experience with development of numerical algorithms for fluid transients (WANDA software), commissioning fire fighting systems, field measurements and troubleshooting at chemical plants. He has written guidelines on fluid transients in Dutch standard NEN 3650 – 2006: Requirements for pipeline systems. Mr. Pothof is a member of the Technical Committee of the Pressure Surges Confer-ence Series and affiliated with Delft University of Technology, depart-ment of Sanitary Engineering. He has training experience as a lecturer at Deltares Academy (Hydrodynamics in Pipeline Systems) and as a guest lecturer at Delft University of Technology and UNESCO-IHE. He has published in various peer-reviewed journals and numerous conference proceedings. Mr. Pothof co-ordinates the strategic R&D of Deltares on Renewable Energy and Energy-efficiency. He graduated in 1995 in Systems and Control Theory at the University of Twente, faculty Applied Mathematics. He was awarded the KIVI-NIRIA price on Systems and Control theory with his graduation thesis on optimal placement of pressure transducers in a drinking water network.

Dídia Isabel Cameira CovasAssociate Professor

Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon


Works at IST since 1996.Graduated in Civil Engineering at IST, in 1995, completed Master Course in Hydraulics in 1998 at IST and obtained PhD degree in Civil Engineering at Imperial College London, in 2003. Received three scientific awards, two of which for MSc and PhD theses. Has 200 publications and reports: 1 national hand-book on infra-structure asset management, 35 papers in international/national journals, 120 papers in national/international conferences and 30 technical reports. Participated in 7 EU projects and 10 national research projects. Has 5 PhD students and has supervised 12 MSc students. Referee of 7 international journals of ASCE, IAHR and IWA. Main research areas: hydraulic transients, leakage control and infrastructure asset management.

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Mrs Sarah JonesTeam Leader, Surge Analysis

Mott MacDonald Ltd


Has worked in the field of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics for over 25 years with particular emphasis on consultancy, simulation and research and development. Has gained a wide experience of many areas of fluid flow, particularly steady state and transient flow in piping systems, flow distribution and the design of pumping station intakes. This has been gained through both mathematical and physical modelling. Experience includes software development and use of Flowmaster and WANDA transient network analysis software.

David C. WiggertEmeritus Professor

Michigan State University

Professor emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University (1970 – 2002). Ph.D., University of Michigan (1967).

Over thirty years of research in fluid transients, including numerical modelling, fluid-structure interaction, two-phase and two-component unsteady flows, and unsteady open-channel flows. Involvement in continuing education related to water-hammer topics for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Dr Stephen James MurrayLead Flow Assurance Engineer, Angola GPO

BP Exploration & Production

Prior to joining BP, Steve spent over 20 years at WS Atkins - most of that time as head of Process Hydraulics and the company Technical Authority on Hydraulics & Pipeline Transients.

At BP, as well as acting as lead engineer for flow assurance in the subsea system of an Angolan project, Steve also has a technical advisory role on pressure surge issues.

Arris S TijsselingAssistant Professor

Eindhoven University of Technology

Arris Tijsseling received an MSc in Applied Mathematics (1986) and a PhD in Civil Engineering (1993) from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. He worked on fluid-structure interaction in pipe systems from 1986 to 1993 at Delft Hydraulics and Delft University, and from 1993 to 1999 at the University of Dundee in Scotland. Since 1999 Tijsseling has been an Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology. His research interests include water hammer, column separation, fluid-structure interaction and the history of science.

Alexander (“Sandy”) AndersonDirector of Teaching

School of Mechanical & Systems Engineering, Newcastle University, UK

Originally worked for engineering consultants, principally in the field of power generation with much of that in hydropower and pumped storage. For many years have been teaching mechanical engineering at university (mainly thermofluids and turbomachines, but also in design and manufacturing, engineering management and renewable energy) with (now very occasional) consultancy in fluids transients issues. Current research interests embrace topics such as heuristic optimisation and statistical Design of Experiments applied to design as well as the thermodynamics of power and other plant, but are mainly focussed still on 1D or lumped-system fluid transients, principally in liquid pipe systems (but including free-surface/pressurised flow and column separation), surge alleviation devices and self-excited oscillations.

Andreas DudlikScientific employee

Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Oberhausen, Germany


Study of chemical engineering, Dortmund (-1990)Doctoral thesis on pressure surges in pipes(-1999)Present work is consulting on pressure surges: calculation, measurements, prevention methods (- up to now)Theoretical and practical experience in single and multiphase flow in chemical reactors and pipes

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Peter Glover Director

Peter Glover Consulting Ltd


Eur Ing Pr Eng C.Eng MIMechE PhD MScPeter Glover has been involved in pressure transient analyses in the water industry for over 25 years. He leads and supervises pressure surge expertise for a number of leading international consultancies including BHR, Halcrow and MottMacDonald. His company specialises in pressure surge analyses, training, and supervision, and investigations.His drive is to improve the general understanding of transient phenomenon among practitioners in the industry, and so to improve the quality of analysis, and designed solutions.

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Professor Stephen B M BeckProfessor of Mechanical EngineeringFaculty Director of Learning and Teaching - Engineering

The University of Sheffield

Professor Stephen Beck is a graduate of Bath University where he studied Mechanical Engineering. After graduation he was offered a post at Fermilab in Chicago where he developed software to control anti-protons.

He was awarded his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Univer-sity of Sheffield. The topic was the stability of ventilation systems in nuclear power stations which involved fluid mechanics, waves in pipes and power fluidics.

After several postdoctoral jobs (on fluidics, modelling waves in oil drillstrings and high temperature heat exchangers) he was offered a lectureship in thermodynamics at the department. He became a senior lecturer in 2002. In 2012 he was promoted to a personal chair.Professor Beck has been working on flow measurement, leak detec-tion, leaks from pipes, leaky gaskets (spot the theme), heat transfer from radiators and renewable energy. His interest in energy and teach-ing have combined to make him one of the main investigators on the (£9.3M) Doctoral Training Centre on energy and the environment.He is interested in quality enhancement of teaching and has served as Director of Undergraduate Studies and the Director of Learning and Teaching Development for the Faculty of Engineering. He is currently Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching, coordinating learning throughout the Engineering Faculty.

For reasons unknown to even himself, he is also interested in various forms of committee work both within the University and for the Institu-tion of Mechanical Engineers, where he is on the Academic Assess-ment Committee and the Academic Standards Committee, accrediting other Mechanical Engineering departments.

Edmundo KoelleConsulting Engineer

Koelle Engineering Ltd.

Retired full professor of hydraulic machinery of POLITECHNIC SCHOOL - S.PAULO UNIVERSITY since 1993, and professor of HYDRAULICS of CAMPINAS UNIVERSITY – BRASIL.

Invited professor of the Polytechnic University of Valencia – Spain, since 2004, and “in company” professor to teach intensive courses on Hydraulic Transients and Cavitation for engineers working in Water an Petrochemical Companies in Brasil and South America.

Working as consulting engineer for many industries and government agencies (see clients list on site: www.koelle.com.br) to give advice for new projects and solve problems related do Transients and Cavitation.

Samuel MartinEmeritus Professor

Georgia Institute of Technology


PhD, Georgia Institute of TechnologyProfessor, Georgia Institute of TechnologyGuest Professor. University of Karlsruhe, GermanyGuest Professor. Technical University of Munich, GermanyASME Freeman ScholarInterest in waterhammer, hydroelectric transients, condensation-induced waterhammer, entrapped airAttended previous ten BHR Group Pressure Surge Conferences

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Professor A. R. David ThorleyRetired; Emeritus Professor of Fluid Engineering

City University, London


BSc, MPhil, PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FICEAutomotive industry, Electric Power Generation and Academia, including Engineering Research and Consultancy, retiring as Dean of Engineering from City University in 2001No longer formally working, spent 10 years sailing in distant waters each winter, latest project is farming in Somerset

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Professor Alan Vardy

University of Dundee, UK

Qualifications:DSc, DEng, PhD, BSc

Professional Memberships:FREng, FRSE, FICE, F.ASCE

Brief history of time:40+ years of academic research and industrial consultancyAuthor of specialist commercial software ThermoTun20+ years = largely self-employed

Present work(interests):Safe, automatic control of operational road tunnelsAerodynamic design of high speed railway tunnelsBeneficial uses of pressure surge in long pipelines

Present research(interests):Wavefront evolution in long ducts/tunnelsWave/boundary-layer interaction

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Professor Bryan KarneyAssociate Dean, Cross-Disciplinary Programs, and Chair, Division of Environmental Engineering & Energy Systems

University of Toronto

Since 2006, Professor Bryan Karney has served as Chair, Division of Environmental Engineering and Energy Systems. In 2009, Professor Karney became Associate Dean, Cross-Disciplinary Programs, providing leadership to the newly formed Cross-Disciplinary Programs Office. He is a professor in the Environmental Section of the Department of Civil Engineering at U of T.

Professor Karney’s research interests reside in the design, analysis, operation and optimization of various water resource and energy systems. He specializes in the design and analysis of water distribution systems, with interests in infrastructure renewal, transient and water hammer analysis and system optimization. Professor Karney also studies the implication of climate change to system design and performance, and particularly energy use.

Along with his passion for research, Professor Karney has a passion for teaching. Student support earned him a Faculty Teaching Award in 2001-2002, the highest teaching honour awarded by the Faculty. He was also one of 10 lecturers selected for Television Ontario’s (TVO) Best Lecturer Competition in 2007—an annual contest that shines the spotlight on Ontario’s most engaging and intellectually stimulating post-secondary lecturers. In 2009 he received the Northrop Frye award for excellence in combining teaching and research.

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Dr Stephen Hunt

Hydraulic Analysis Ltd., UK


Stephen graduated from Leeds University in 1979 with a 1st Class Honours Degree in Civil Engineering and a PhD in Hydrau-lic Engineering and commenced work with Hydraulic Analysis Limited.

He is currently responsible for project control, training and techni-cal supervision of all engineering staff and advising on software development for water and sewage projects.

Director in charge of co-ordination of the company’s Quality Management System to ISO 9001.

Stephen has personally undertaken detailed investigations of unsteady flow in more than nine hundred schemes conveying raw water, treated water, sewage, oil and gas. He has identified and resolved numerous hydraulic problems using a combination of practical experience and application of theoretical knowledge.

He has co-ordinated the development of all in-house open channel (free surface) flow programs, incorporating facilities for the study of unsteady flow and the calculation of steady flow profiles for sewers/culverts/channels and ancillary structures.

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Professor Bruno BrunoneUniversità degli Studi di Perugia, Italy

Dr Fred LocherBechtel Corporation, USA

Professor Angus SimpsonUniversity of Adelaide, Australia

Professor Mohamed GhidaouiThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, China

Professor Ben WylieUniversity of Michigan, USA

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