Wendy Gonzalez

Dr.-Ing. Wendy Gonzalez Otero

  • KIT Campus Süd

    Institut für Wasser und Umwelt

    Fachbereich Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft

    Geb. 10.83

    Engesserstraße 22

    D-76131 Karlsruhe

Working focus

Numerical modelling of hydrodynamics and sediment transport in rivers and reservoirs

Projects

Publications

Gonzalez. W,  Seidel. F,  Klassen. I and Nestmann, F.:  Assessment and guidelines for the selection of the input data for the numerical modelling of suspended sediment transport in a subtropical reservoir. Proceedings of the 2nd IAHR Young Professionals Congress: 30 Nov-2 Dec. 2021. ISBN: 978-90-824846-7-0.

Ishikawa, M., Gonzalez, W., Golyjeswski, O., Sales, G., Rigotti, J. A., Bleninger, T., Mannich, M., and Lorke, A.: Effects of dimensionality on the performance of hydrodynamic models, Geosci. Model Dev. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2021-250, 2021.

Gonzalez, W., Mees Delfes Varela, D., and Seidel, F.: Study on the complexity reduction of the input data for 3D numerical modeling of the hydrodynamics and sediment transport in a Brazilian reservoir  , EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-8900, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8900, 2021.

Klassen, I., Gonzalez, W., Seidel, F., Nestmann, F., Hillebrand, G., Hoffmann, T. and Olsen, N. R. B.: (2020) 3D numerical analyses of suspended sediment concentrations in a meandering river upstream a hydropower reservoir, 6th IAHR Europe conference, Warsaw, Poland.

Gonzalez, W., Klassen, I., Jakobs, A., and Seidel, F.: 3D numerical studies onstratification and mixing processes affecting fine sediment transport in the pre-dam of the Dhünnreservoir in Germany, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-20418,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20418, 2020.

Gonzalez, W.: Numerische Modellierung des Strömungsverhaltens und Feststofftransports im Bereich der Staustufe Marckolsheim (2016). Institut für Wasser und Gewässerentwicklung. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.

Career

2009 – 2014

Bachelor studies in Civil Engineering at the Universidad del Norte, Colombia

2014 - 2016Master studies in civil engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - focus: hydraulic engineering

Since 2016

Research associate at the Institute of Water and River Basin Management (IWG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)