International MIKE by DHI Conference - Training days schedule now available

A number of training courses are arranged in continuation of the Conference - Thursday 9 and Friday 10 September 2010. The courses are free for the conference participants and take place at the DHI training facilities in Hørsholm. See you in Copenhagen! - read more here

You can register here - deadline is 15 August.

Rehabilitation of damaged hardwood wetland

The 225 square-mile Upper Myakka River watershed is a hydrologically altered system in Southwest Florida. A detailed integrated hydrologic model of the watershed, using MIKE SHE, is applied to evaluate the effectiveness of potential strategies to reach the desired watershed condition. Read more here

MIKE FLOOD - sprinting ahead of the competition

Testing by the UK Environmental Agency (EA) ranks MIKE FLOOD at the top of the list for simulation speed and ease of use. The average score of the 10 tests run by the EA in UK shows that MIKE FLOOD is 3.5 times faster than the closest competition. Read more here

City of Los Angeles uses Wet Weather Collection System Modeling

The 4 million residents of the City of Los Angeles are served by one of the world’s largest and most extensive wastewater collection and treatment systems. In order to meet regulatory requirements and internal goals the City of Los Angeles BOS developed a wet weather flow model for the primary collection system using DHI’s MIKE URBAN collection system modelling software. Read more here

Anholt Wind Park EIA completed in record time

The DHI technology – including MIKE 3 and ECOLAB has been crucial in solidifying the baseline documentation in areas were data were sparse and further very important in quantifying the impact assessments. The modelling methodologies has saved considerable time in terms of sampling and contributed significantly to the speed and success of the EIA and permitting process. Read more here

Official Carrier for the International MIKE by DHI User Conference 

We are proud to announce that SAS is the official airline for the MIKE by DHI 2010 Conference. This means that SAS offers 10% conference and event discount on their published fares (except 2% on the lowest Economy fares) for the conference participants.
Please click here for further information and booking.

Report from MIKE 11 Training in Shanghai

This week, June 21-25, DHI China hosts a MIKE 11 training course at the Chang Hang Hotel. The course is attended by 50 participants from research institutions, universities and industy. The 5-day course includes basic training in river flow modelling and introduction to either flood modelling or water quality modelling - read more here.

International MIKE by DHI Conference - Draft programme now available

We aim to bring together our entire global MIKE by DHI user community and all interested modellers in order to discuss past experiences and future challenges of modelling in a changing world. The draft technical programme is now available and still time for early bird registration. See you in Copenhagen! - read more here

MIKE by DHI 2009 Service Pack 5 

Please note that Service Pack 5 for Release 2009 will be available from Monday 14 June. Simply download and run SP5 from here alternatively, via the DHI Software Updater. Please refer to the release notes for information on the corrections made in Service Packs 1-5. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact your local DHI support centre. 

All-Energy 2010, Aberdeen 19-20 May

DHI was represented at the All Energy 2010 conference in Aberdeen and among many interested visitors had technical discussions with Scotland’s Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, Jim Mather and MSP Maureen Watt on prospects for Scottish marine renewable energy - read more here (scroll)

IfmMIKE11 2.0 is now available

A new version of the coupling interface between FEFLOW and MIKE11 is now available for download. Its functionality covers the exchange of boundary condition data during runtime and the synchronization of both temporal and spatial discretization. The system has been applied to both simple benchmark cases and complex field conditions - read more here

Each year, the Congress for New Urbanism's Charter Awards recognize projects across the world that best embody and advance the principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism. The Southeast Lee County (Florida) Integrated Planning Project by Dover Kohl and Partners was recognized for its emphasis on the entirety of the built and natural environment - read more here

FEFLOW 6 Official Release and introduction offer

DHI-WASY is proud to officially release FEFLOW 6—a complete redesign of the trusted FEFLOW groundwater software. The release follows an intensive public beta-testing phase that began immediately after the first public presentation of the new user interface at the DHI-WASY FEFLOW conference last September and involved more than 200 committed testers. Read more here

MIKE 11 and MIKE URBAN courses in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-16 April

 Training courses in MIKE 11 and MIKE URBAN took place in Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13-16 April 2010.  The courses were instructed by Lic. Vartush Akaprahamyan and engineer Martin Marazzi - read more here. 

Training courses in MIKE 21 and MIKE 3 were held in UAE 12 -15 April 2010. The training was organized by the DHI UAE office in collaboration with and hosted by the American University of Sharjah (AUS).  The courses covered Hydrodynamic Modelling Using Flexible Mesh and Spectral Wave modelling - read more here. 

MIKE by DHI Seminar in Mozambique

The first MIKE by DHI Seminar in Mozambique, “Modelling the World of Water”, was held on 9 April 2010 at Hotel Cardoso in Maputo. About 30 participants from ministries and public bodies, research institutions and universities, attended this half day seminar. The seminar was organised in collaboration with CONSULTEC Consultores Associados, Mozambique - read more here. 

New MIKE by DHI website

With the introduction of the new DHI Group website back in April a similar brush up of the MIKE by DHI site was made. Apart from the new design and the improved navigation, particular focus has been given to the applications and benefits of modelling. We invite you to take a tour and also to provide us with your comments and ideas. Read more here 

During the week of March 22-26, DHI China hosted the largest MIKE 21 training course ever with 120 trainees from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The training included a two-day introduction to the basic modules PP and HD and a three-day training in three smaller groups within waves, sediments and environment. Read full news here

Flood protection and dam safety in Poland with MIKE FLOOD

In a project dealing with flood hazards as a result of dam breaks DHI instructors from Prague and Denmark are currently training a group of specialists from Krakow Water board, RZGW and Polish Met Office, IMGW in 1D and 2D modelling techniques including modelling of dam-break events. Photo from the training week at DHI DK in March. Read full story here

Danish PM visits DHI-NTU Research Centre

Saturday 6th of March Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen visited DHI Singapore and the DHI-NTU Research centre to learn more about the research collaboration between Denmark and Singapore and help to celebrate the first two successful years of the centre. Read more here

MIKE by DHI participated in "HydroEurope 2010", Nice, France

From 22 February – 6 March 2010 more than 120 Master students/future engineers of 37 nationalities and around 30 international modellers participated in “HydroEurope 2010”. DHI flood modelling expert Julie Landrein worked with student teams on the Var River. Read more here (and scroll a bit)

Tips & Tricks: Go home early by automating modelling tasks

Many users are saving themselves hours each week by using batch files to automate the execution of simulations and post processing tools. Read more here

MIKE by DHI User Group Meeting & Training Session, India

On 24^th and 25^th February DHI India hosted the first national DHI Solution Software Seminar and MIKE by DHI User Group Meeting in New Delhi. More than 80 people attended the two day sessions while 36 signeded up for training sessions in the application of the MIKE products on 26^th February. Read more here

DHI Middle East Conference, Dubai February 2010

On the 21st of January 2010 DHI Middle East hosted a one-day conference focusing on “Integrated Solutions on Urban, Coastal and Marine projects” with case studies from Dubai, United Arab Emirates and worldwide. Read morehere

Service Packs

Please note that Service Pack 4 for Release 2009 has been available to all MIKE by DHI users since early February. Simply download and run SP4 from here alternatively, via the DHI Software Updater. A few highlights of the contents are mentioned here

FEFLOW® Users Workshop "Down Under 2010", Sydney, May 4-6

The Australian & New Zealand FEFLOW User Workshop, "FEFLOW Down Under 2010", launches FEFLOW 6.0 for Australian and New Zealand users. FEFLOW 6.0 takes the industry standard for groundwater modelling software to a new level of sophistication and usability. For further information and registration please read more here