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Panayiotis ''Panos'' Diplas, P.C. Rossin Professor of Water Resources Engineering in Lehigh University's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, has been named as the recipient of the 2021 Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award. The award is presented annually by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to honor an individual who has made outstanding contributions to hydraulics and waterways.

  The Sugar Land City Council recently approved an infrastructure improvement project aimed at reducing flooding within certain areas of the city. According to a news release from the city, the council approved an engineering design contract to improve drainage in the Austin Park and Chimneystone subdivisions of Sugar Land. The city said that area’s drainage issues were a “top priority” identified by Sugar Land residents through the 2020 Citizen Satisfaction Survey. The project is part of Sugar Land’s 2019 General Obligation (GO) Bond Program, according to the city, and...

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(Photo: Voith) A group of maritime industry and technology experts in Germany is working on a project to unlock remote control capabilities for safer and more efficient harbor tug operations. Backed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), the project is being led by Voith in partnership with the Hamburg University of Technology, the Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services, the Federal Office for Hydraulic Engineering, winch and crane manufacturer McGregor, the Marine Training Center (MTC) Hamburg and communication specialists from MediaMobil. Voith...

He has a good relationship with local teams, Vega Laugart said. “I worked in the SA department of water and sanitation from February 2015 to June 2018 and rejoined the department from August 2020 to date, using the English language without any difficulty and with good communication with all my South African colleagues.” Among his previous projects are: Algeria, from January 2007 to November 2008, where he helped construct the “irrigation system of the Hennaya Plain” in the Wilaya of Tlencem; Venezuela, from 2011 to 2008, where he prepared the “master plan for water supply and sani...