GWB Virtual Workshop
“Reactive Transport Modeling”
Presented online • 3–5 October 2023
Please join us from the comfort of your home or office for instructor-led, hands-on training on how you can use The Geochemist's Workbench® software to create quantitative models of multicomponent transport in reacting geochemical systems.
This workshop will be of interest to users and potential users of the Professional version of the GWB 2023 software.
The workshop will be presented as a fully interactive, instructor-led online meeting for three consecutive half-days, from 08:00 to 11:30 CDT (13:00 to 16:30 UTC).
What you will learn. Following a fully hands-on format, you will learn to construct, trace, and interpret models of transport in reacting geochemical systems. Specific topics covered include:
- Transport modeling
- Stagnant zones (dual porosity models)
- Kd, Freundlich, and Langmuir sorption
- Surface complexation
- Colloid-facilitated transport
- Biodegradation
- Dissolution and precipitation kinetics
- Microbial catalysis and growth
- Effective graphical presentation
- Creating animation and video
The topics will be illustrated through a series of case studies.
Prerequisites: There are no advance requirements for this course, but we suggest you acquaint yourself with how to configure the GWB apps to model speciation and surface complexation.
More information? Contact workshop support. Can't come? Consider an alternative from our 2023 workshop lineup.
Prior to the course I found the program daunting, but now I feel comfortable using it and am very impressed with what I can do.
– Ashlee D., Penn State University
I really liked the course! You have the ability to explain things in an easy way, while pointing out the key issues.
– Christian Wisskirchen, Golder Associates S.A., Santiago
The execution of the workshop was outstanding! The software itself is great—most of what I need in one place.
– Harsev S., Environmental Engineering Student, USA
Instructors
The workshop will be presented by Brian Farrell and Jia Wang. Brian and Jia are Geochemists at Aqueous Solutions LLC, makers of The Geochemist's Workbench®.
Brian Farrell
Jia Wang is an aqueous and isotope geochemist and a reactive transport modeler with special expertise in weathering and the critical zone. She has many years of experience as an instructor at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and as a noted mentor to less experienced students at the secondary through graduate levels.
Jia Wang
Registration
Space is limited, so sign up early. The workshop fee is US$299 until September 8, or $349 after that date.
A registration may be transfered to another participant at no charge, and is fully refundable until 30 days before the workshop. Liability in the event of workshop cancellation or other eventuality is limited to refund of the registration fee.
How to participate
Plan to enjoy this online workshop from the comfort of your own home or office! We will use a secure video conferencing platform that allows participants to ask questions, share their screens, and generally interact with the instructors and other participants.
Please plan to join the online meeting room from 13:00 to 16:30 UTC, or:
| London | 14:00–17:30 |
| Paris | 15:00–18:30 |
| Beijing | 21:00–00:30 |
| San Francisco | 06:00–09:30 |
| Chicago | 08:00–11:30 |
| New York | 09:00–12:30 |
We will take periodic breaks between instructional units over the course of each meeting.
Please expect an email containing a meeting ID and password in the days leading up to the workshop.
Before the workshop
As the workshop date approaches, please take note of the following:
- About a week ahead of the workshop, we will send you a free 30-day license to The Geochemist's Workbench® 2023 Professional, along with the workshop schedule and two pdf files.
- Please make sure GWB 2023 Professional is installed and activated on a computer running MS Windows before joining the workshop.
- The first pdf file holds the complete set of PowerPoint slides to be shown by workshop instructors, in chronologic order, for your reference during and after the workshop.
- We recommend you print and spiral bind the second pdf file, containing the workbook you will use to complete hands-on exercises.
- We think you will be happiest if you have two computer screens available. That way, you will be able to take part in the workshop on one screen, while you use the other to run the software.
Sponsorship
The workshop is presented courtesy of Aqueous Solutions LLC, makers of The Geochemist's Workbench® software package.
