Name	Michael Barry ABBOTT
Year of birth	1931
Nationality	British / Dutch
Education	Brunell College, University of London, 1953. B.Sc. (Eng). Southampton University, 1957-58: studies in advanced fluid dynamics, classical mechanics, programming, numerical analysis, computer programming (machine coding), aerodynamics. University of London, 1958: advanced mathematics endorsement to B.Sc. (Eng). IHE Delft, 1959: Dip. H.E. (Delft) Southampton University, 1959-60: research on computer applications to the analysis of concrete shell structures and the hydraulics of rivers and seas, Ph.D. studies. University of London, Ph.D., 1962. NATO Research Fellow, Mathematical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1963-64: studies of Cantorian set theory, functional analysis and the theory of distributions.
Main discipline	Computational Hydraulics, Hydroinformatics. Founder of Computational Hydraulics in 1969 and Hydroinformatics in 1989.
Present postition	Emeritus Professor in Hydroinformatics
Languages	English (mother tongue); Danish (fluent); Dutch (good); French (good); German (fair).
Affiliations	Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK. Honorary Member, International Association for Hydraulic Research. Chief Editor, Journal of Hydroinformatics
Employment record
2001 - to date	Consultant to (WL) Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands.
1996 - to date	Director of Knowledge Engineering BVBA, Brussels, Belgium
1973 - to date	Director of Soft International BV, The Hague, The Netherlands: led design and construction of software for dynamic structural analysis of submerged pipelines for optimised ship navigation and for early-warning systems for nuclear power plants.
1966 - to date	International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE), Delft, the Netherlands: Emeritus professor, Hydroinformatics.
1070 - 2000	Consultant to Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI), Horsholm: designed and led the first third-generation simulation software for hydraulic and environmental applications. Project manager of the System Hydrologique Europeen Consortium. Designed and constructed software for pipe-laying operations that became standard for Det Norske Veritas and other organisations. Led design, development and marketing of DHI's fourth-generation modelling systems: Mouse, MIKE 11, MIKE 21, MIKE SHE etc.
1964 - 1966	Department of Applied Mathematics, Technical University of Denmark: Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics.
	Mathematical Centre, Amsterdam: research fellow in Foundations of Numerical Analysis.
1960 - 1963	Harbour Construction Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark: research engineer.
1957 - 1960	University of Southampton: lecturer in structural engineering.
1955 - 1957	Military service, Royal Engineers, U.K.
1955	Taylor Woodrow, London: structural design.
1953 - 1955	Lewis and Duvivier, Consulting Engineers, London: Assistant under Agreement.

Principal publications

Books:

1 - 1966. An Introduction to the Method of Characteristics, Thames and Hudson, London and American Elsevier, New York.

2 - 1977. Computational Hydraulics, Elements of the Theory of Free-Surface Flows, Pitman, London, now Longman-Wiley, London and New York. Reprinted 1980, 1985. Paperback edition by Ashgate Publishing Ltd., Aldershot, UK, 1992. Russian translation, Energia, 1983. Chinese edition.

3 - 1982. Engineering Applications of Computational Hydraulics, Pitman, London. (with co-author J.A.Cunge).

4 - 1989. Computational Fluid Dynamics; an introduction for engineers, Longman, London, and Wiley, New York (with co-author D.R. Basco).

5 - 1991. Hydroinformatics, information technology and the aquatic environment, Avebury Technical, Aldershot, UK, and Brookfield, USA.

6 - 1994. The Coastal, Estuarial and Harbour Engineer's Reference Book, Chapman and Hall, London (with W.A. Price, (editors)), 736 pages.

7 - Computational Hydraulics: Elements of the theory of free-surface flows (2nd edition), Ashgate, Aldershot, UK and Brookfield, USA (with A.W. Minns).

Principal Papers:

(minor articles, contributions to discussions, etc., excluded)

1. 1959. Structural Analysis by Digital Computer. Engineering, Vol. 187, No. 4863, pp. 666-667.

2. 1960. One-dimensional Consolidation of Multi-layered Soils. Geotechnique, pp. 151-165.

3. 1960. Tidal Wave Computations. Dept. Of Civil Engineering, University of Southampton.

4. 1961. Containing Oil Spills with a Pneumatic Barrier. The Dock and Harbour Authority, Vol. XLII, No. 494.

5. 1961. Ground-water Movement in a Sand Dyke Subject to Tidal Influence, (with E.C.W.A. Geuze). 5eme Congres Intern. de Mech. Des Sols, etc., Vol. 1, div. 1-3A, pp. 117-122.

6. 1961. On the Spreading on One Fluid over Another. La Houille Blanche, Vl. 16, pp. 622-635, 847-856.

7. 1962. Tekniske anvendelser af Karakteristikmetoden. Ingenioren 7, pp. 236-242.

8. 1963. On the Propagation of Hydroelastic Waves in a Coupled System. X Congress IAHR, London, Subj. 3, Vol. 3, pp 117-124.

9. 1963. On the attenuation of Hydroelastic Waves Using a Screen of Air Bubbles. X Congress IAHR, London, Subj. 3, Vol. 3, pp 125-131.

10. 1963. The Solution of Wave Propagation Problems Using an Iterative Operator. La Houille Blanche, No. 5, pp 513-524.

11. 1963. On Flows and Fronts in a Stratified Fluid. Proceedings of the Royal Society (A) Vol. 273, pp. 12-40 (with I. Torbe).

12. 1964. Bubble Screen Attenuation of Blast Waves, Review of Recent Experiments Conducted in Denmark, Dock and Harbour Authority, 45, No. 625, Nov

13. 1963. On the Theory of Modelling in a Stratified Fluid. Congress IAHR London (with I. Larsen). Subj. 1, Vol. 1, pp 117-121.

14. 1965. On the Stability of Steady Stratified Flows, XI Congress IAHR, Leningrad, paper 2.22.

15. 1966. On the Non-linear Consolidation of Multi-Layered Soils. L.G.M. Mededelingen, Deel X, No. 3 pp. 57-70 (with R. de Leeuw).

16. 1966. On the Use of Optimum Time Intervals in Soil Consolidation Problems. (with E.H. de Leeuw). L.G.M. Mededelingen, Deel X, No. 3 pp 71-83, Delft.

17. 1967. On the Numerical Computation of Nearly-horizontal Flows. Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. 5 No. 2, pp 97-117 (with F. Ionescu).

18. 1967. A Numerical Realisation of the Taylor-merchant Theory of Consolidation, pp 91-95. A Note on One-dimensional Consolidation of Spatially non-homogeneous Soils, pp 96-101. A Note on One-dimensional Consolidation of a Clay Layer that Increases in Thickness with time, pp 102- 105. (All with S.P. Shrivastav a). L.G.M. Mededelingen, Deel XI, No. 4, Delft.

19. 1967. On the Optimum Recording of a Type of Hydrological Data, (with E. Pardo Castro and P. Tas). Bulletin I.A.S.H., No. 1, pp 44-58.

20. 1968. Etude Numerique des Ondes de Crue dans une Fleuve avec Plaines d'Inondation. Xmes Journees de l'Hydraulique, Paris, Question 2, Rep.11 (with F.H. Verhoog).

21. 1968. Unsteady Radial Flow of Oil Being Discharged from a Source on the ocean. Coastal Engineering in Japan, Japan Soc. of Civ. Eng., Tokyo. 11 Dec., pp 185-190.

22. 1969. Two Transients for a Radial Nearly-Horizontal Flow. La Houille Blanche, No. 1, pp 65-70. (with E.W. Lindeyer).

23. 1969. Data Reversible Systems for Flood Routing. XIII Congress IAHR Kyoto, Vol 1, Paper A 34, pp 305-312 (with F.M. Verhoog).

24. 1969. Amplitude Dissipative and Phase Dissipative Schemes for Hydraulic Jump Simulation, XIII Congress IAHR, Kyoto, Vol. 1, paper 313-319 (with G. Marshall, G.S. Rodenhuis and T. Ohno).

25. 1969. A Numerical Model of a Wide Shallow Estuary, XIII Congress IAHR, Kyoto, Vol 3, paper C7, pp 61-67 (with G. Marshall).

26. 1970. Four-point Method of Characteristics, Journ. Hyd. Div., A.S.C.E. pp 2549-2564 (with A. Verwey).

27. 1970. Application of the Digital Computer in Soil Mechanics. Voordrachtenserie ter gelegenheid van Aquatech 70, Amsterdam.

28. 1971. Further Development of the Implicit Difference Scheme for Flood Wave Calculation, XIV Congress IAHR, Paris, Vol. 5, paper 310, pp 183-186 (with G.S. Rodenhuis and A. Verwey).

29. 1972. Application of a Computer system to Hydraulic Problems of Harbour Design, Dock and harbour Authority, 53, No. 621, July, pp 82-84 (with A. Damsgaard).

30. 1972. The Use of Digital Computers in Hydrology. Chapter 6 of Teaching Aids in Hydrology, UNESCO, Paris, Technical Paper in Hydrology No. 11.

31. 1972. On the Numerical Computation of Statified Groundwater Flow, Bulletin IAHS, XVII, pp 177-182 (with A.F. Ashamalla and G.S. Rodenhuis).

32. 1972. A Numerical Simulation of the Undular Hydraulic Jump, Journal of Hydraulic Research IAHR, No. 4, pp 239-257 (with G.S. Rodenhuis).

33. 1972. Numerical Computation of Stratified Nearly-horizontal Flows, Journ. Hyd. Div., A.S.C.E., pp 1847-1865 (with J.P. Grubert).

34. 1972. Towards a Design System for Stratified Flows. Int. Symposium on Stratified Flows, IAHR, Novosibirsk Paper 1 (with J.P. Grubert).

35. 1972/74. Projektsysteme fur ein- und zweidimensionale Freispiegel-Stromungen, (Gen. Ed. W. Zielke) Elektronische Berechnung von Rohr- und Gerinnensstromungen, Erich Schmidt, Berlin/Bielefeld/Munchen.

36. 1973. System 11, 'Siva', a Design System for Rivers and Estuaries. IAHR International Symposium on River Mechanics, Bangkok, January (with G.S. Rodenhuis and A. Verwey). Vol 3, paper C18, pp 207-213.

37. 1973. General Report on Mathematical Modelling. IAHR International Symposium on River Mechanics, Bangkok, January.

38. 1973. System 21, 'Jupiter', a Design System for Two-dimensional Nearly-horizontal Flows, Journal of Hydraulic Research 1, (with A. Damsgaard and G.S. Rodenhuis) pp 1-28.

39. 1974. Three Design Systems for Applications in Coastal Engineering. Coastal Engineering Congress, Copenhagen. ASCE Publications (with J.A. Bertelsen, A. Damsgaard, P.I. Hinstrup, G.S. Rodenhuis, R.I. Warren and A. Verwey).

40. 1974. The System 22/23 'Neptune': Applications to the Mathematical Modelling of the Danish Belts. ICES Special Meeting on Water Circulation in the Baltic, Paper No. 7 (with J.A. Bertelsen and I.R. Warren).

41. 1974. A Dynamic Population Model. Journal of Environmental Management 2, pp 281-297, (with R. Warren).

42. 1974. Continuous Flows, Discontinuous Flows and Numerical Analysis. Journal of Hyd. Res., 124, 1974, pp 417-468.

43. 1975. Water Quality Stages of the System 11, Siva. Int. Cong. IAHR Sao Paulo, Subject D (with P. Hinstrup and A. Kej).

44. 1975. The Mathematical Model of the Danish Belts. Int. Cong. IAHR Sao Paulo, Subject C (with J.A. Bertelsen, A. Kej and I.R. Warren).

45. 1975. Mathematical Modelling of Rivers and Estuaries using the Design System 11, Siva (with K.I. Dahl-Madsen, P.I. Hinstrup, A. Kej, M.P. Vium, and A. Verwey).

A Systems Approach to the Mathematical Modeling of Stratified Fluids. (with J.A. Bertelsen, A. Kej and I.R. Warren).

Applications of the system 21, 'Jupiter' to Problems of Harbour Design (with L. Elken, P.I. Hinstrup and I.R. Warren).

All in Proceedings of the Symposium on Modelling Techniques for Waterways, Harbours and Coastal Engineering, A.S.C.E., San Francisco, September.

(After 1975, only major publications are listed: minor conference papers, review articles and popular articles are for the most part excluded)

46. 1976. Computational Hydraulics, a Short Pathology. J. Hyd. Res. 14, pp 271-285.

47. 1976. The Application of Design Systems to Problems of Unsteady Flow in Open Channels. Int. Symp. on Unsteady Flow in Open Channels, BHRA Fluid Engg., Cranfield, UK.

48. 1977. Computational Hydraulics: an Alternative View. J. Hyd. Res. 15, pp 12-40 (with M.D. Vium).

49. 1978. Numerical Modelling of Short Waves in Shallow Water. J. Hyd. Res 16, pp 173-204 (with H.M. Petersen and O. Skovgaard). Awarded Schoemacher Medal of IAHR for best J. Hyd Res. paper in the period 1978-1979).

50. 1979. Commercial and Scientific Aspects of Applied Mathematical Modelling. Advances in Engineering Software, 1, pp 147-152.

51. 1981. Numerical modelling of Free-surface Flows that are Two-dimensional in Plan. Transport Models for Inland and Coastal Waters. Ed. H.B. Fisher Academic Press, pp 222-283 (with A. McCowan and I.R. Warren).

52. 1982. A modelling system for the design and operation of storm sewer networks. Engineering applications of computational hydraulics, Homage to Alexandre Preissmann. Ch 2. Pitman, London (with K. Havn , N.G. Hoff Claussen, A. Kej)

53. 1983. On Applications of Artificial Intelligence to the Control and Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants. Civ. Engng Syst. 1, pp 69-82 (with H.J. de Nordwall and B. Swets).

54. 1985. Modelling Circulations in Depth-Averaged Flows, Part 1: The Accumulation of the Evidence, Part 2: A Reconciliation. J. Hyd. Res. 23, pp 309-325 and pp 397-420.

55. 1985. Accuracy of Short Wave Numerical Models. J. Hyd. Eng'g ASCE (with A. McCowan and I.R. Warren. Awarded 1986 Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulics Prize of ASCE).

56. 1986. An introduction to the European Hydrological System - Systeme Hydrologique Europeen, 'SHE', 1: History and Philosophy of a Physically-Based, Distributed Modelling System (with J.C. Bathurst, J.A. Cunge, P.E. O'Connell and J. Rasmussen). J. of Hydrology.

57. 1986. An Introduction to the European Hydrological System - Systeme Hydrologique Europeen, 'SHE', 2: Structure of a Physically-Based, Distributed Modelling System (with J.C. Bathurst, J.A. Cunge, P.E. O'Connell and J. Rasmussen). J. of Hydrology.

58. 1986. Computer modelling: a warning notice. The Dock and Harbour Authority, March, pp. 251-256.

59. 1987. Computational hydraulics and modelling: prescientific aspects, J.A. Cunge, P. Ackers (eds). Topics in Hydraulic Modelling, Proc XXII Congress IAHR. Lausanne: 31-35 (with A.W. Minns).

60. 1988. An architecture for shipboard knowledge-based system, ESPRIT'88: Putting the technology to use, Part 1. North Holland, Amsterdam: 780-795 (with L. Bardis, C.P.W. Hornsby, P.S. Katsoulakos, M. Lind, T. Wittig).

61. 1989. Modelling of the coastal environment. In Falconer R A, Goodwin P, Mathew R G S (eds), Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydraulic and Environmental Modelling of Coastal, Estuarine and River Waters. Gover, Aldershot.

62. 1990. Contributions of computational hydraulics to the foundation of a computational hydrology, in Bowles D S and O'Connell P E (editors), Recent advances in the modelling of hydrologic systems. Kluwer, Amsterdam.

63. 1990. Modelling of wave agitation in harbours, in le Mehaute B and Hanes D M (editors) The Sea, Wiley, New York, pp. 1067-1104 (with P.A. Madsen).

64. 1991. Numerical modelling for coastal and ocean engineering, in Herbich J B (editor), The handbook of ocean and coastal engineering, Gulf, Houston.

65. 1991. A central issue of teaching within the hydroinformatics paradigm, Proc. Colloquium Societe Hydrotechnique de France: la Formation de l'Ingenieur Hydraulicien Europeen de l'an 2000, La Houille Blanche.

66. 1991. The fourth generation of numerical modelling in hydraulics, Hydraulic Res. (with K. Havn and S. Lindberg).

67. 1991. Contributions of computational hydraulics to the foundation of a computational hydrology, in Bowles D S, and O'Connell P E (editors), Recent advances in the modelling of hydrological systems, Kluwer, Amsterdam.

68. 1991. Water and the numbers, special lecture given on the occasion of the opening of the Bradford Conference on Coastal, Estuarial and River Engineering by HRH The Princess Royal, Princess Anne; reprinted in Bulletin IAHR, 7, 4, pp. 37-41.

69. 1991. Elements of management systems in coastal regions, Water Science Technology, 24, 6, pp 187-192 (with O Krull-Jensen and I.R. Warren).

70. 1992. Informal methods and magic realism; the limits of modelling and the limits of angelology: the role of scientifically undecidable problems in technology; a primarily theological perspective. Dagstuhl Symp. on the Limits of Modelling with programmable Machines; Formal Models and Reality, Univ. Saarland, Saarbrucken, Extended Synopsis.

71. 1992. The theory of the hydrologic model, or: the struggle for the soul of hydrology, in O'Kane J P (editor), Topics in theoretical hydrology; a tribute to Jim Dooge, pp. 237-254, Elsevier, Amsterdam.

72. 1993. The electronic encapsulation of knowledge in hydraulics, hydrology and water resources, Advances in Water Resources, 16, pp. 21-39.

73. 1993. The impact of the knowledge revolution on the water industries, Proc. Watercomp '93, pp 123-131, Inst. Eng's, Australia, Melbourne.

74. 1993. From modelling to hydroinformatics, Proc. 1st Int. Conf. Hydroscience and Engineering, Washington, pp 19-32, Univ. Mississippi, MS.

75. 1993. Decision support systems for river water quality monitoring and control, Council of Europe Special Meeting on River Water Quality, Aston University, Birmingham.

76. 1993. University-business relations in CFD, Proc. Inaugural Conference, Computational Fluid Dynamics Soc. Canada, pp. 29-38, Queens, Montreal.

77. 994. The question concerning ethics, or: the metamorphosis of the object, Hydroinformatics '94, Proc. First International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 3-8.

78. 1994. Hydroinformatics, a Copernican revolution in hydraulics, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 32, Extra Issue, pp. 3-14.

79. 1994. Education and training in hydroinformatics, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 32, Extra Issue, (with Minns, A.W., van Nievelt, W., Solomatine, D. and Verwey, A.), pp. 203-214.

80. 1994. Modelling ecosystems with intelligent agents, Hydroinformatics '94, Proc. First International Conference on Hydroinformatics, (with Amdisen, L.K., Babovic, V., Baretta, J. and Dorge, J.), Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 179-186.

81. 1995. Hydroinformatics of the coastal zone, Kust en Zee in Perspectief, Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee, pp. 9-14.

82. 1996. The sociotechnical dimensions of hydroinformatics, Hydroinformatics '96, Proc. Second International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 3-18.

83. 1996. The range of tidal flow modelling, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE.

84. 1996. Promoting distributed social learning and collaborative decision-making through networking (with Shipton, S.), Hydroinformatics '96.Proc. Second International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp -

85. 1996. The evolution of equations from hydraulic data (with Babovic, V.) Journal of Hydraulic Research.

86. 1997. Engine 2000: Researches into the next generation of computational hydraulic modelling, Proc. XXVII IAHR Congress, San Francisco.

87. 1998, Business opportunities: social responsibilities, Hydroinformatics '98. Third International Conference on Hydroinformatics. Balkema, Rotterdam.

88. On the representation of processes in the postsymbolic era. Hydroinformatics, '98, Third International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Balkema, Rotterdam. (with Y.B. Dibike) 1177-1184.

89. 1998, The symbolic representation of hydroinformatics processes using elements of category theory. Hydroinformatics '98, Third International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Balkema, Rotterdam (with Dibike, Y. B.)1185-1192.

90. 1998, Promoting collaborative decision making through electronic networking (with

A Jonoski), Hydroinformatics '98, Third International Conferemce on Hydroinformatics, Balkema, Rotterdam, pp - .

91. 1999, Introducing Hydroinformatics, J Hydroinformatics, 01. 1, 3-19

92. 1999, Forchheimer and Schoklitsch: a postmodern retrospection, In Memorial Symposium P. Forchheimer and A Schoklitsch, Proc.28th IAHR Congress, Graz (ed Graf, W. H.).

93. 1999, Hydraulik in Zeitalter der Hydroinformatik, Mathematische Modelle in der Gewaesserkunde (ed Steinbach, G.), Bundesanstalt fuer Gewasserkunde, Koblenz.

94. 2000. The gender issue in hydroinformatics, or Orpheus in the underworld, J of Hydroinformatics, 02,2, 87-104.

95. 2001, The democratisation of decision making processes in the water sector, I, J. Hydroinformatics, 03, 1, 22-34.

96. 2001, The democratisation of decision making processes in the water sector, (with A.Jonoski) II, J. Hydroinformatics, 03, 1, 35-48.

97. 2001, The conversion of data into information for public participation in decision making processes, NATO EST:ARW.977883 on: Integrated technologies for environmental monitoring and information production (ed Harmancioglu, N. B.).

98. 2001, The distribution of decision making processes in the water sector using third generation telecommunication technologies, Third international symposium on environmental hydraulics, Tempe, Arizona (ed Boyer, D).

99. 2002, On definitions, J. Hydroinformatics, electronic version only.

100. 2002, A decision support system for irrigation in Vietnam (with Le Hoang Anh), Fifth International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Cardiff.

International Courses Lecturer Notes and Reports:

1. Intermediate Hydraulics

2. Intermediate Hydraulics Appendix

3. Numerical Methods

4. Report series 2. Two Transients for a Radial Nearly-horizontal Flow (with E.W. Lindeyer).

5. Report series 3. On Weak Solutions of the Equations of Nearly- horizontal Flow (with G. Marshall and T. Ohno).

6. Report series 5. Computational Hydraulics.

7. Report series 8. The 4. Point Method of Characteristics (with A. Verwey).

8. Report series 10. On the Formation and Stability of the Undular Hydraulic Jump (with G.S.

Rodenhuis).

9. Report series 15. Modelling of Turbulent Flows.

(Update: May 2002)