Dr. Ir. Sébastien Erpicum

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Dr. Ir. Sébastien Erpicum

Liege University

Associate Professor – Laboratory Head, School of Engineering

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About

Sebastien Erpicum is Associate Professor at Liege University, Belgium, in charge of the Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory – HECE, where he develops activities related to hydraulics and hydraulic structures engineering by means of experimental and numerical modeling. He is currently the Chair of IAHR Hydraulic Structures Technical Committee and he received in 2020 the ASCE Hydraulic Structures Medal.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Hydraulics; Hydraulic Structures; Hydraulic modeling (experimental, numerical and composite)

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Working Group on Scour Research
Committee on Ecohydraulics
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Flood Risk Management
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage
Committee on Water Resources Management
Committee on Education and Professional Development
Working Group on Drones in Hydraulics
Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals
Working Group on Water System Operations
Working Group on Nature Based Solutions

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Committee on Hydraulic Structures	Past Chair	2021-07-15	2023-09-09
Committee on Hydraulic Structures	Chair	2019-09-01	2021-07-15
Committee on Hydraulic Structures	Vice Chair	2017-08-22	2019-09-01
Committee on Hydraulic Structures	Member	2013-09-08	2015-10-06

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Multi-lab investigation of the effect of debris composition on bridge clogging during floods	2024
Preliminary analysis of air-water flows on steep slope downstream of piano key weirs	2024
Hydraulic Structures- At the Heart of 21st Century Global Sustainable Development	2023
Experimental Optimization of a Gravel Trap in a Gallery	2022
Improving Energy-Efficiency of Pumping Operations in Waterways: A Combined Laboratory and Computational Approach	2022
Influence of Building Positioning on Flow Processes in Urban Flooding: Computational Modelling and Laboratory Experiments	2022
Laboratory Design of Representative Real Shallow Basins for Validation of Numerical Models	2022
Overtopping-Induced Failure of Non–Cohesive Homogeneous Fluvial Dikes: Effect of Dike Geometry on Breach Discharge and Widening	2022
Two-dimensional depth averaged numerical modelling of flow pattern and sedimentation in shallow reservoirs	2022
Uncertainty Analysis of a Lumped Physically Based Numerical Model of Dam Breaching	2022
Apparent cohesion effects on overtopping-induced fluvial dike breaching	2021
Full Issue of Hydrolink 2021-4 Extreme Flooding Events	2021
Hydraulic Structures at a Crossroads Towards the SDGs	2021
From Labyrinth to Piano key weirs	2020
Scale Physical Model and Prototype Comparison for a Large Dam Bottom Outlet	2020
Design of a Downstream Migration Fish Pass for Existing Hydropower Plants	2019
Fluvial Dike Breaching Induced by Overtopping: Lessons from Experimental and Numerical Studies	2019
Experimental Study of Ogee Crested Weir Operation Above the Design Head and Influence of the Upstream Quadrant Geometry	2018
Improvement of Anisotropic Porosity Models with a Merging Technique	2018
In Situ Measurements and Mitigations of Nappe Oscillations–The Papignies and Nisramont Dams in Belgium	2018
Underground Pumped Hydroelectric Energy Storage in Wallonia (BELGIUM) Using Old Mines - Hydraulic Modelling of the Reservoirs	2017
Characterization of Nappe Vibration on a Weir	2016
Impacts of Urban Expansion on Future Flood Damage: A Case Study in the River Meuse Basin, Belgium	2016
Influence of Non-Uniform Flow Conditions on Riverbed Stability: The Case of Smooth-to-Rough Transitions	2016
Limitation of Self-Organization Within a Confined Aquifer	2016
Nappe Vibration Mitigation Techniques for Free-overfall Structures	2016
Non-Linear Optimization of a 1-D Shallow Water Model and Integration into Simulink for Operational Use	2016
A Shallow-Water Model with Depth-Dependent Porosity for Urban Flood Modeling	2015
Bi-Stable Flow Fields and Two-Way Couplings Between Flow and Sedimentation in Shallow Reservoirs	2014
Climate-Proofing of Large Reservoirs in Belgium by the Development of Enhanced Operation Rules	2014
A Fundamental Study of the Inception of Motion of Coarse Sediments	2013
Depth-Averaged Flow Modeling in Curvilinear Coordinates	2013
Experimental Investigations of 2D Stationary Mixed Flows and Numerical Comparison	2012
Management of the Interface Between Fixed-Depths Unsaturated and Saturated Soils; Mathematical Model and 1-Dimensional Interpretation	2012
On the Piano Key Weir Hydraulics	2012
Transboundary Assessment of the Effect of Climate Change on River Meuse: Flood Wave Selection for Hydraulic Modelling from Ampsin (B) to Maaseik (NL)	2012
Experimental Study of the Hydraulic Behavior of Piano Key Weirs	2010
Modelling Free-Surface Flows and Highly Transient Mixed Flows: A 1D Three-Phase Approach	2010
Analysis and Application of Two Complementary Numerical Models for Predicting Flood Waves Generated by Failures or Dysfunctions Occuring on a Complex of Dams	2007
Experimental and Numerical Study of the Breaching of an Embankment Dam	2007
Global Design of Hydraulic Structures Optimised with Physically Based Flow Solvers on Multiblock Structured Grids	2004
Large Scale 2D Numerical Modeling of Reservoir Sedimentation and Flushing Operations	2004
Modeling of Wave Propagation, Coastal Currents and Their Induced Topographic Changes	2004
Scale Modelling and Similarity Laws for the Study of an Under Pressure Settling Structure	2004

My Videos

Title	Year
[Day3] Keynote - Better hydraulic structures for a better world – Examples related to large dams - 3rd iahrYPCongress	2023
Sébastien Erpicum - Hydraulic structures engineering: trends, concerns, and needs	2021

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date
Arthur Thomas Ippen Award	2021