Prof. Zach Agioutantis (University of Kentucky) will visit the School of Mineral Resources Engineering under the Erasmus+ staff‑mobility program from 26 to 30 May 2025, and he will deliver a seminar entitled “Wetbud – A Free Water‑Budget Modeling Tool for Created Wetland Design.”
Further details, including the exact date, time and venue can be found below;
Please email evarouchakis<στο>tuc.gr to express your interest.
Ast. Professor Emmanouil Varouchakis
Seminar Announcement
Wetbud – A Free Water Budget Modeling Tool for Created Wetland Design
Speaker: Prof. Zach Agioutantis, Mining Engineering Foundation Professor & Chair, Department of Mining Engineering, University of Kentucky
Date / Time: [28/5/2025 / 16.00-20.00 EET]
Location: [School of Mineral Resources Engineering, Room, Μ3.108]
and remotely: Join Zoom Meeting
https://tuc-gr.zoom.us/j/99120031579?pwd=mfyv4fUreWpJPvAuuDjaPcXWHpVF9V.1
ERASMUS+ MOBILITY ACTION
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.
Speaker Biography
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 & Metallurgical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. Prior to joining the University of Kentucky, he spent more than two decades at the School of Mineral Resources Engineering 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. Dr. Agioutantis was a core developer of the Wetbud platform and currently leads its maintenance and enhancement under funding from the Resource Protection Group.
For more information about Wetbud and to download the software, visit https://resourceprotectiongroup.org/wetbud/wetbud-request/
