Hydraulic Engineering

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"When dealing with water, check practice first, then theory."
-Leonardo da Vinci

The Institute of Engineering has a group of specialists with both national and international experience and prestige oriented to problem solving, disaster prevention and the efficient use of water resources. The main lines of basic and applied research in this discipline are:

• Coasts and oceans

• Flood control

• Channels

• Underground water

• Dams

• Hydraulic structures

• Hydrology, urban hydraulics and hydraulic installations

• Hydropower

• Irrigation and drainage

• Lakes, reservoirs and ponds

• Aqueducts

• Rivers

• Wetlands