Matt:

I am sorry to hear about John, but glad you told me now. I was planning to
bug Jinhui about making travel arrangements. Wait, you know what? Charlie
has indicated that he wanted to get Jinhui down to get him into our network,
so to speak. So maybe I will press him to make travel plans, PEST course or
not.

Chris



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From: groundwater-vistas@...
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Sent: March 11, 2008 12:46 AM
To: groundwater-vistas@...
Subject: Re: [groundwater-vistas] Analytic Element Method (AEM) Course:
September, 2008


The language is mainly Marks. I agree -- but he swears he has had great
responses and wanted to be very upbeat. I have other reasons for being
nervous about the ad and our web ad, which I won't go into on email, but on
balance I'm just glad to be working with Mark - I think you'd really like
him (have you met him?).

Our pest course may be cancelled. Long story, personal issues for John. If
Jinhui has not booked travle, hold off yet - I should get an update in the
next day or two so that I can let the attnedees know the plan - reschedule,
or juggle days, or what. argh.

Matt Tonkin
SSP&A
Cell: 508-815-9886


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From: "Christopher Neville" <cneville@...>

Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:36:01
To:<groundwater-vistas@...>
Subject: RE: [groundwater-vistas] Analytic Element Method (AEM) Course:
September, 2008


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-----
From: groundwater-vistas@...
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Sent: March 7, 2008 9:35 AM
To: gwmodel@yahoogroups.com; waterforum@egroups.com;
groundwater-vistas@...
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@...