In 2012, the Faculty of Hydrotechnics,
Geodesy and Environmental Engineering of The
"Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi,
Romania celebrated 50 years of education in the field
of hydraulic engineering at the Polytechnic Institute
of Iasi.
In 1948, in the same time with the Education
Reform in Romania, in Galati, the Faculty of
Hidrology was founded. At the same time, students
who were attending the Rural Engineering
Specialization in Bucharest were also transferred to
the new established Faculty. In the same year, it was
founded in Iasi the Land Measurements Institute,
which in 1951 was transferred to the Faculty of Land
Measurements of Galati (the name was changed in
1952 in the Faculty of Geodesy). During 1955
academic year this Faculty functioned in Galaţi,
having two sections: Geodesy and Agricultural Land
Management.
Since the Autumn of 1957 the Faculty of Land
Reclamation and Agricultural Land Management was
transferred to "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Agronomic
Institute (today "Ion Ionescu de la Brad" University of
Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of
Iasi) keeping the same name, under which it worked
until 1962, when it was transferred to the Gheorghe
Asachi" Polytechnic Institute " of Iaşi.
On autumn 1962, the Faculty of Land
Reclamation was transferred from the Agronomic
Institute "Ion Ionescu de la Brad” to the Polytechnic
Institute of Iasi. This was the birth moment of the
Faculty of Agricultural Hydrotechnics (academic year
1962-1963). Starting with the next academic year, the
name was changed to the Faculty of Hydrotechnical
Engineering, by attaching the Department of
Construction and Hydraulic Engineering (transferred
from the Faculty of Construction). Since 2007 and so
far, it has worked as Faculty of Hydrotechnical,
Geodesy and Environmental Engineering.
On this celebration, the Faculty of
Hydrotechnics, Geodesy and Environmental
Engineering, organized the Symposium,
Achievements and Prospects in Hydrotechnical,
Geodesy and Environmental Engineering was
organized on 25-28 October 2012, which brought new
highlights, information and ideas to all participants in
these area.
The symposium was dedicated to the analysis
of the most relevant and urgent problems in
hydrotechnical, geodesy and environmental
engineering, which is characterized by considerable
progress. The conference program was dense and
rich, offering a considerable variety of topics covered,
addressing the following topics:
Hydrotechnical Engineering: Floods,
Droughts, Hydrotechnical Structures, Water Works.
Geodesy: Geodetic Networks; Topography;
Applied Geodesy; Cartography, Photogrammetry,
Remote Sensing; Cadastral Information Systems.
Environmental Engineering: Pollution
Monitoring; Modeling, Simulation and Optimization;
Risk and Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental
Integrated Management; Solid Waste Management;
Waste Water Treatment.
Editorial/Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 12 (2013), 4, 617-618
Professor Florian STĂTESCU is the Dean of the Faculty of Hydrotechnics, Geodesy and Environmental
Engineering of the ”Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi. The teaching activities focus on Soil
Science, Soil Reclamation, Land Assessment, Soil Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Contaminated Soils.
His main research fields are: Soil Physics and Chemistry, Dispersion of Contaminants in Soil and
Technologies for rehabilitation of degraded soils. The most important scientific results are presented in about
12 books and more than 120 publications on environmental engineering. He was Member of Scientific
Committee of the International Conference on Management Technical Changes, in 2009, 2010, 2011.
Professor Stătescu was awarded with the Diploma of Honor of Romanian Inventors Society, for his activity
in the area of technical creation.
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Also, other issues correlated with
environmental protection and sustainability were
addressed during the symposium in a trans- and interdisciplinary
approach, and this led to the wide range
of subjects discussed: soil structure and water-stable
aggregates; soil stabilization; modeling as a tool for
the characterization of some soil processes; geodetic
networks development and coordinates
transformation in local geodetic datum; analysis of
deformations in cartographic projections used in
cadastral works; impact of riverbed design on water
quality; GIS techniques in hydrotechnical, geodesy
and environmental engineering; energy efficiency of
wastewater treatment plants by modernizing the
conventional treatment process; reducing energy
consumption in water distribution systems; modeling
in wastewater treatment; modeling the impacts of
human activities on water quality; drains in multilayer
ground in permanent flow regime; air pollution time
series analysis and modeling; global dimming
generated by atmospheric aerosols; improvement of
real-time monitoring process; soil
(phyto)remediation; solid waste management and
resource conservation.
The associated exhibition organized in parallel
with the symposium offered to the participants the
opportunity to get up-to-date information from
companies active in our area of interests.
We consider that the Symposium HGIM –
2012 was a successful scientific event, while we are
grateful to those involved in its organization
Chairmen, International Scientific Committee,
Organizing Committee, Sponsors and Supporters.
Special thanks go to our Plenary, Invited and Featured
Speakers and to all who came to Iasi to share their
work!
We hope that all actors involved in the
symposium have found its development both
interesting and stimulating and that they enjoyed
making new contacts for future cooperation. We look
forward to receive feedbacks on this event and to see
you again at the next symposia.
Guest Editor:
Professor Florian Stătescu, Ph.D.,
”Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi,
Dean of the Faculty of Hydrotechnical Engineering, Geodesy
and Environmental Engineering
Iaşi, România