Matt:

I am sending you a note just to let you know that I've received the notice.
I must be on a couple of newsgroups because I've received it twice.

I am sceptical of anyone who qualifies a programming language as "easy". The
prospect of learning both the AEM and Python is daunting. and I think I'll
stick with Fortran and James Craig.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:groundwater-vistas@...]On Behalf Of Matt Tonkin
Sent: March 7, 2008 9:35 AM
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Subject: [groundwater-vistas] Analytic Element Method (AEM) Course:
September, 2008

SSP&A is very excited to be able to host the following course in Bethesda,
Maryland (USA) this September, 2008:

"Building and Applying Analytical Element Models with Examples and Exercises
using Python"

Analytic element models are often refreshingly easy to understand and very
insightful. The best approach to learn the analytic element method is to
implement it in a simple computer program. This may sound daunting, but
using the easy and powerful Python language, it becomes possible for any
hydrogeologist with just a basic understanding of the building blocks of a
computer program. In this new course, you will actually build your own
analytic element model, and have a great time doing it!

The course is taught by Dr. Mark Bakker. Mark has taught for 10 years at
American Universities and now teaches at the Delft University of Technology
in his home country of The Netherlands. In addition, Mark is a consultant
for Kiwa WR in Holland and for WHPA in Bloomington, IN. Mark received his
Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Prof. Otto
Strack, the originator of the analytic element method. Mark has written a
number of analytic element programs, of which TimML, the free, open-source
analytic element model for steady multi-aquifer flow is the most extensive.
Mark has taught workshops in Python for Hydrologists and used Python in his
Computational Methods class at the University of Georgia, where students
were programming in Python after a basic 2 hour lecture.

For further information on the course, please visit the following web page,
or write to matt@... :

<http://www.sspa.com/Software/analytic.shtml>
http://www.sspa.com/Software/analytic.shtml

Registration will be limited to 12 attendees. A block of rooms will be
arranged at a nearby hotel for course participants - details will be
provided on the web page soon.

Best wishes -

Matt Tonkin

SSP&A

email: <mailto:matt@...> matt@...