Bill Syme

Bill has over 30 years’ experience working on riverine, estuarine and coastal studies, of which most have been in the flood hydraulics field.  During this time, he has successfully managed and led a wide range of flood and flood risk management studies in Australia and overseas.  The widely used TUFLOW hydrodynamic modelling software was developed by Bill starting in 1989.  Today, Bill is BMT’s Software Business Lead, managing TUFLOW Products and associated services.  He also continues to provide specialist flood modelling and flood risk management advice, and was the Project Manager for the acclaimed Brisbane River Flood Study Hydraulic Assessment.

Involved in:

• How to benchmark your hydraulic solver (March 2024)
• Flood modelling 101 (February 2023)
• 1D, 2D and 3D hydraulic modelling of bridges (November 2022)
• Theory vs practice – the challenges of flood risk management (June 2022)
• Urban pipe network modelling (February 2022)
• Energy losses at structures (October 2021)
• Next generation 2D hydraulic modelling (July 2021)
• Maximising the Accuracy of Hydraulic Models (June 2021)
• Hydraulic model calibration to historical events (April 2021)
• Is rain-on-grid modelling accurate? (February 2021)
• The importance of 2D cell size for accurate hydraulic modelling (November 2020)
• The future of 2D hydraulic modelling (September 2020)