ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS - NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS FOR THE 21ST-CENTURY

The Research Advocacy Task Committee was formed by the ASCE Hydraulics Division and charged with developing a strategy to be used by the par ent Research Committee in advocating support of a vigorous and sustain ed research effort in hydraulics. In this paper we outline a vision fo r the future of hydraulic engineering and propose a focus for this dis cipline. We also outline a strategy to implement the vision, and in do ing so explore the relationship between research and practice, as it r elated to our research agenda, and also the relationship between feder al agencies, universities, and the private sector. The need for a long -term investment in research and education, and for a multidisciplinar y approach to conducting research is also discussed.