The Technical University of Crete (TUC), proud member of the European University on Responsible Consumption and Production (EURECA-PRO), organizes a series of open scientific lectures in the context of faculty exchange visits.
The next lecture of the series will be delivered by Prof. Zach Agioutantis, Mining Engineering Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Mining Engineering at the University of Kentucky, USA and member of the External Advisory Board for EURECA-PRO. Prof. Agioutantis will be visiting TUC for the whole week starting the 26th of May 2025, meeting members of TUC Faculty and Staff, especially in the School of Mineral Resources Engineering, his academic home for many years in the past. Prof. Agioutantis is visiting TUC with funding from the ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility for Teaching program and support by EURECA-PRO TUC.
Prof. Agioutantis’s lecture is titled:
"Wetbud – A Free Water Budget Modeling Tool for Created Wetland Design"
and is scheduled to take place on
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 16:00 EET (15:00 CET)
and can be attended either physically or virtually:
Lecture Hall M3.108 (School of MRE @ TUC Campus)
https://tuc-gr.zoom.us/j/99120031579?pwd=mfyv4fUreWpJPvAuuDjaPcXWHpVF9V.1
Live stream will be available through the official TUC facebook page.
The lecture is open to all interested members of TUC and EURECA-PRO.
Abstract
Wetbud is a Windows‑based modeling package that estimates complete water budgets for created or natural wetlands using readily available weather data and site‑specific topographic, soil, and geohydrologic inputs. Wetbud can be deployed in a streamlined Basic mode for rapid feasibility studies or an Advanced mode that captures complex groundwater fluxes through a MODFLOW integration. The software automatically retrieves climate data, supports Penman and Thornthwaite evapotranspiration estimators, and offers a growing hydroperiod library for validation. Wetbud can be applied for mitigation and ecological restoration projects in the mining section. In this seminar Prof. Agioutantis will demonstrate Wetbud’s workflow, highlight recent case studies, and feature expansion efforts. For more information about Wetbud and to download the software, visit https://resourceprotectiongroup.org/wetbud.
Short Bio
Prof. Zach Agioutantis is the Mining Engineering Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Mining Engineering at the University of Kentucky. He earned his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Mining and Minerals Engineering from Virginia Tech, following a Diploma in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. Prior to joining the University of Kentucky, he spent more than two decades on the faculty of the Technical University of Crete, where he directed the Rock Mechanics Laboratory. His research interests include rock mechanics, subsidence engineering, data management, and computer applications in mining and equipment automation. Prof. Agioutantis was a core developer of the Wetbud platform and currently leads its maintenance and enhancement under funding from the Resource Protection Group.
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