You are invited to join the upcoming ICOLD Young Professionals Forum (ICOLD-YPF) Webinar: Discover the Applications of FEA/FEM for Dam Structures - Case Studies from Europe and Africa

Date: 7 October 2026
Time: 10:00 CEST / SAST (11:00 EEST)

The webinar will feature two distinguished speakers presenting practical applications of finite element analysis and modelling for dam engineering:

• Daniel Andrei Gaftoi, PhD
  Civil Engineer and Lecturer, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
  “Modelling Vidraru Dam: A Practical FEM Workflow from Geometry to Calibration”
• Ryan Cassells, Pr Eng
  Senior Dam Engineer, ARQ
  “Structural Evaluation FEA Studies of Katse Dam”

The session will be moderated by:

• Mateja Klun, PhD
  University of Ljubljana
• Janice Zhang, Pr Eng
  Principal Engineer, Knight Piésold Consulting

This webinar is organised by the ICOLD Young Professionals Forum (ICOLD-YPF) with the support of the Romanian and South African National Committees.

The event is open to all professionals, researchers, students, and practitioners interested in dam engineering, dam safety, and the application of advanced numerical methods in engineering practice.

We hope you will be able to join us and participate in the discussion.

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