My name is Hai Jiarui. I am a second-year student from Tsinghua University whose hometown is Tibet. It's glad to be one of the participants of InYouF2018. 
For the question 1: My major is hydraulic engineering and I'd like to communicate about "The Sponge City" in china with others. 

For the question 2: In China, the rainstorms could cause many problems which would result in troubles in daily lives. For instance, the problem of urban waterlogging is usual in many cities. 

For the question 3: I am eager to approach subjects about urban waterlogging. And share my opinions with students from different countries.

I am looking forward to the communication and the activities in the forum!

Cheers,
Hai Jiarui

Hi every one

My name is Raidan Saleh Maqtan, my Bachelor study was in civil engineering after that I have got 2 years course in Water Resources and Environment in Yemen. In the previous semester I have completed my master study at UPM in Water Engineering and going to start my PhD study in next semester. My dissertation in water engineering was related to tsunami wave physical modeling and the lab work was done at NAHRIM. One of the choices in my PhD study is to continue in the same topic with wider range if I have got the required facilities.

My interest generally is about water related problems including, water related disasters (flooding, soil loss, …), harvesting, and hydraulics. I was one of the participants in 37 IAHR 2017 as YPN volunteer through which I have gained a helpful experience, new knowledge and friends. I am looking forward to gain the same or more in this InYouF 2018.

Generally, my country suffers from shortage of water for drinking and irrigation purposes. Furthermore, the rainwater drainage system and wastewater treatment in large cities, rainwater harvesting, and coastal line need to be developed. 

From this workshop, I would like to gain new knowledge related to my interest and of course new friends. 

I am looking forward to meet all of you there for a good time and Knowledge exchanges. 

 

Cheers,

 

Raidan 

My name is Li Xin. I am a graduate student from Tsinghua University, majored in Hydraulic Engineering. I am one of the participants of InYouF 2018.

(1)    My study is related to natural disasters, especially debris flow. My current research is to determine the impact of barrier dams, caused by debris flow, to the evolution of riverbed. So there is a closed connection between what I am doing and the theme of InYouF 2018.Of course, I wish to exchange ideas with you guys about the water-related disasters.

(2)    I think flood control, water quality deterioration and debris flow are among the important issue in China. In southwest China, villages and cities are suffered from debris flow during the rain season. The destructive power of debris flow is so strong that it may destroy one city and bury thousands of people in just few hours.

(3)    I would like to learn from our discussion on understanding the water disaster risk. I expect to find a more precise method to evaluate disaster risk distribution.

I am looking forward to meet you all!

 

Cheers,

Li Xin

My name is Haichuan Liu. I am a second-year student from the department of Hydraulic，Tsinghua University. You can call me Edison if you want. It's an honor for me be one of the participants of InYouF 2018.

 

For the question 1: My major is Hydraulic Engineering and I'd like to communicate about applications of "Flood risk map" in China with others.

 

For the question 2: In China, due to the complex terrain and climatic conditions, it is very difficult to forecast the flood, especially in cities. In recent years, urban flooding has caused casualties and economic losses, so I think we need an efficient tool to manage flood risk.

 

For the question 3: I hope to listen to relevant experts' opinions on flood risk management, and communicate freely with others to explore effective ways to manage floods. 

Cheers, 

Haichuan Liu

First and foremost, I am glad to have this opportunity to participate in this workshop. This workshop has a close connection with my research. Currently, I am developing hydrological models specifically for extreme flood events by utilizing various near real-time satellite precipitation products for Peninsular Malaysia. Flood is one of the most important water issue that happen in our country. It can be particularly disruptive, leading to widespread collapse of infrastructure. Malaysia, being hot and humid all year round, with an average rainfall around 2500 mm annually, is susceptible to extreme flooding events especially in the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. In the recent years, flooding events has been increasing in terms of frequency and impact. For example, the 2014 flood in Malaysia has been described as the worst flood in decades. The damages caused by this flood has affected badly on the people causing them a great devastation, especially when it comes to the loss of homes and other infrastructures. Although a lot of research has been carried out to address these issues, there is still lack of understandings on the driving parameters that contributes to the more frequent flooding events. Hopefully, in this workshop, I could gain new knowledge as well as new friends. Also, it will be glad if I could find any collaboration for any research of the same field/interest. 

Looking forward to meet all of you there.

Cheers,

Eugene

My name is Shiruo Hu, I am from the Department of Hydrolic Engineering, Tsinghua University. I am so glad to be one of the participant of InYouF 2018.

(1)Though I a freshman in Tsinghua University, I feel so interested in global climate change problem and urban stormwater management. By participating the forum, I hope I can widen my international horizon, learn more about professional knowledge and make more friends!

(2) With urbanization proceeding rapidly, the problems such as the urban water accumulation that caused by urban water-logging, have influenced the people’s normal life, and has seriously caused to loss property of country and people. Therefore, it is of great significance for us to find a plan to solve this problem. Now, the idea of sponge city is proposed in our country, I want to share this with you guys and I hope we can make this idea better!

(3)During the workshop I would like to learn advanced technology and learn about some typical examples related to urban stormwater management in Malaysia. I hope I can have a good time with all of you! 

 

Can’t wait to see you!  

Cheers,
Shiruo Hu

I am Audrey, a PhD student from UiTM Shah Alam and a participant for inYouF2018.

(1)    My area of research is on Hyperconcentrated Flow, which related to water disaster. I am also interested generally in water resources engineering (especially on management, sustainability and technology involved). Participating in this forum, I hope to gain and exchange mutually beneficial experience, and knowledge in related field.

(2)    Though Malaysia are blessed with abundance of rainfall (and prone to water related disaster), water is still pretty much scarce (in rural or in urban area). Hence, issues on water scarcity shouldn’t be taken for granted. 

(3)    Through this forum, I aim to enhance my understanding in the water related field especially on management, sustainability and technology involved.

Regards, and see you soon.

My name is Ai Sher and I am a master’s student from the River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre (REDAC) at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). I am also the Chief Technology Officer at TCK , a company that provides turnkey electronics, telecommunications, software development, and project management solutions for water resource, disaster and environmental systems.

I am currently studying Sustainable urban drainage systems--specifically, how technology can be used to improve decision making and the management of water resources.

The nation’s rapid development has resulted in demands not only for more water, but also better water. Better data management systems are required to enable better water resource planning across the country. With better data, we can get a better understanding of the world’s water resources, forecast surface weather, and make better, informed, decisions that can help protect lives and the environment.

I’m keen to share my experiences, as well as learn more about other innovations in water resource management.

Cheers, 
Ai Sher 

Greetings! I'm Zongxu XIE, a junior student from Tsinghua University, majoring in Hydraulic Engineering.

At the same time, I also take economics as my second major. Because of this, I'm really interested in this topic of the forum. 

As we all know, floods influence society a lot, making it a tough problem for many countries, especially those in Southeastern Asia, Latin-Amertica and some parts of Africa, who may suffer a lot from the huge financial loss due to the lack of management methods. But how to hold the balance under different situations? I would like to find the relationship between the flood management and the development of countries. 

I really appreciate it that I could participate in this forum, and I'm looking forward to it!

Cheers,

Zongxu XIE

My name is Muhammad Kashfy. I’m from REDAC USM Engineering Campus, participant of InYouf 2018. Currently, I am pursuing my PhD here in Hydroinformatic, a research field that uses application of computer technology in addressing water issues.

(1) My research focus is the application of flood risk assessment with hydrodynamic modeling in flood management focusing merely at urban areas. Risk assessment is a non-structural flood management approach providing pre-management tools for which the flood disaster preparedness can be referred to all measures to prepare before the event. Hence, the discussion of water management in this program from experts and youths would be my golden opportunity to gain new knowledge of current global water-related issues and solutions.

(2) Serious flood event such as the one experienced in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia in December 2014 and more recently in Penang, November 2017, highlighted the serious hazard posed by flooding in this country. These large-scale flood events severely impacted peoples, infrastructures, houses including loss of human life. Therefore, effective solutions to minimize the flood impact is critical for the future of this country.

(3) I am interested to hear the view from Prof. Shahbaz Khan as an expert and experienced figure on this topic and his view on the role of youth in contributing solution to a global issue. I am also looking forward to listening and discuss among the experts and youths about the causes and solutions for the water issue.    

Thank you,

Muhammad Kashfy

I am Abdullah a degree student at university of malaysia pahang 

I would like to enhance this opportunity to know you all and gain more knowledge from the master and PhD student according to this topic.

And my interest in this forum is about reducing the risk of the flood