1. Spring semester « Environmental & Water Management »
Romain ARMAND (PhD)
Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, France
2016 June

2. General information Audience : last year of BSc / 1st year of MSc
Registration : students
courses
Credits : 30 ECTS – 15 US credits
Part-time (at least 18 ECTS) or full time
Duration : 13 weeks
Application deadline : Ocotober 15
Audience : student in Geology, agriculture, maybe civilian engineering or geography

3. Admission requirements
Life, Agriculture, Geosciences or Environmental sciences: juniors, seniors or Master degree students from an accredited institution.
English: an advanced intermediate level is required:
785 TOEIC
567 TOEFL paper (or 227 TOEFLcbt, 87 TOEFLibt)
6.5 IELTS

4. 1st edition: students’ country of residence

5. Mitigation & propositions
Programm objectives
Interdiscplinary approach
Managing water amongst complex territories
E.g : imbricated rural / urban areas
Agricultural and geological applications
Case solving learning approach
Issues
Processes
Observation/
acquisition
Analyse
Mitigation & propositions
Land management  conciliation different land uses (agriculture, cattle breeding, ore extraction, drinking water production, leisure areas, conservation areas)
Hydrise deals with water-soil-plant interaction and gather skills in hydrology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, ecology, and physics

6. Context
Theoretical & appplied sciences
Monitoring & modelling tools
Mitigation & conservation

7. A typical week 20h of classes Thursday afternoon is free
Wednesday is dedicated to exam
Types of assessment
Individual examination
Oral defense (individual / group)
Report (individual / group)

8. Academic committee (HydrISE research unit)
O. Pourret (PhD)
Geochemistry
MP Faucon (PhD)
Plant Ecology
R. Armand (PhD)
Surface water/ GIS
C. Cherubini (PhD)
Groundwater
Module leaders of the spring semester programm

9. HydrISE research team
Hydrogeochemistry and soil / environment interactions
Chemical elements in environment :
Hydrological and hydrogeological transfers
Speciation & fractionnation
Ecology and biogeochemistry of eco- and agrosystems

10. On-site hydrogeology platform
Combination of piezometer, wells, labs and classrooms

11. On-site hydrogeology platform
Fractured chalky aquifer
Downrising aquifer water level
High needs for agricultural and industrial purposes
Objectives : flow in complex fractured media
Aquifer recharge
Geometrical and hydrodynamic characterization
Modeling water ressource

12. On-site field works On-site farm Several crops
Several topographical and soil conditions
Meteorology
Infiltrometry / runoff measurements
Soil description

13. Program strengths Interdisciplinary approach
Related to « Hydrise » research team activities
Field work/ field trip
PhD lecturers and professionals invited speakers
Paris nearby
Water ressources under pressure
Leisure activities (2 weeks of holidays)

14. Accommodation and facilities
On-site accommodation and catering
Indoor and outdoor leisure activities
Sporting facilities
Paris (1h15 by train)
Beauvais airport (low-cost airlines for Europe)

15. Thank you for your attention!

16. Contacts Romain ARMAND (Ph. D) Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais
19 rue Pierre Waguet
Beauvais – France
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