Country :
Germany
Duration : November and December 1990
Institute :
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Technische Institut für Wasserbau,
Department of Hydrology
Inviting Prof. : Prof. Ulrich Maniak, head of
Department
Cities visited : Braunschweig, Frankfurt,
Berlin, Hamburg.
Activities :
Orientation of laboratory and research facilities in the Institute, meeting
other German scholars in different Fields of water resources, review of
German literature, in German, on the subject of rainfall runoff research,
developing a series of rainfall runoff models using spreadsheets, applying
the models to Egyptian and German case studies, retrieving the data used for
a German Ph.D. thesis on experimental rainfall runoff model and analyzing
its results, writing a final report on findings.
Country
: Japan
Duration
: August to October, 1993
Institute
: Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University,
Agricultural Engineering Laboratory
Inviting Prof. : Prof. Maruyama, head of
Laboratory
Cities visited : Kyoto, Tokyo, Kobe, Tskuba,
Osaka, Shimane,Totory.
Activities :
Orientation of laboratory and research facilities in the Faculty, meeting
many Japanese scholars, engineers, and researchers, exchange of research
papers, taking part in the weekly department seminars, attending many
conferences, and visiting many project areas outside the city of Kyoto,
taking part in a field trip to inspect a newly reclaimed area, delivering a
series of lectures on water resources in Egypt, side effects of the High
Aswan Dam, and presenting my research papers related to the River Nile,
hydrologic simulation, and optimal design of collection and distribution
networks.
Country : Germany
Duration : June to August, 1994
Institute
: LeichtweiSYMBOL 223 \f
"Courier Euro" Institut für Wasserbau, Technical University
of Brauschweing,
Department of Water and Environmental Engineering.
Inviting Prof. : Prof. Wolfgang Mertens
Cities visited : Braunschweig, Berlin,
Hanover, Soltau, Goslar.
Activities :
conducting physical experiments to study similarity conditions for scour
around cylindrical piers and spurs using sand and plastic granules,
reviewing the research work, in German, on the hydraulic and sediment
transport calculations for vegetated channels, developing a series of
spreadsheets for such calculations, attending institute series of seminars,
consulting with graduate students, taking part in the annual department
outing.
Country
: Spain
Duration
: 12-26 January, 2002
Institute
: Centre International De Hautes Edudes Agronomiques
Mediterraneennes,
Instituto Agronomico Medeterraneo De
Zaragoza (IAMZ)
Inviting Prof.
: Prof. Miguel Valls
Cities visited
: Madrid , Zaragoza.
Activities
:
participating in the course on Decision Support Systems (DSS) in Agronomy:
Modelling. The course is a hands on training on the use of several DSS
models in Agronomy. The contents of the course included, Introduction to
modelling and decision support systems, with emphasis on the Mediterranean
region, Construction and use of a simulation model of a Wheat crop (STELLA
simulation language), Presentations of use and applications of Decision
Support Systems (DSSAT and CropSyst models), Applications of DSS to
challenges in Mediterranean Agriculture, Upscaling DSS from field to farm
and region, Round table discussion.
Country
: Morocco
Duration
: 5-8 October, 2004
Institute
:Mohamed El-Khames University, Akdal, Rabat, Morocco.
Function.
: Seventh Conference for
Student Creative Activities
Water
in the Arab Countries
Cities visited
: Rabat, Casablanca.
Activities
:
Participating in the evaluation sessions for papers submitted from several
Arab countries. Presenting a paper on 'Use of Modern Water Management
Techniques in the Arab Countries'. The paper was chosen to be presented in
the conference by Engineer Mohamed Habib from the Faculty of Engineering,
Ain Shams University.
Country
: Tunisia
Duration
: 27 Nov – 2 Dec 2004
Institute :National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies.
(INSTM), Salammbo, Tunisia.
Function
: MELMARINA Workshop
(monitoring and modelling coastal lagoons)
Cities visited
: Tunis, Sousse.
Activities
:
Participating in the workshop as member of the Egyptian team of National
Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS), presented a report
on 'Water Level Data for Lake Manzala'. Visited Ghar El-Melh, and Haj's
hut. Participated in technical sessions on instrumentation, hydrology and
modelling, ecological modelling and biology, remote sensing, and training.
Country :
Ethiopia
Duration
: 1-21 April, 2005
Institute : Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Technology, Civil
Engineering Department
Inviting Prof.
: Dr. Dereje Hailu, Chairman
Cities visited
: Addis Ababa
Activities
:
Teaching undergraduate classes on hydrology and irrigation, giving a short
course on Spreadsheet Application in Water Resources. Subject include
rainfall runoff modelling, design of surface and sprinkler irrigation
systems, water resources systems, loss and response sub-models, water and
bed profile calculations, optimal design of pipe irrigation networks,
principles of project management.
Country
: Canada
Duration
: 10-24 May 2005
Institute : University of British Columbia, Faculty of Forestry,
McMaster University, Civil Engineering Department
Inviting Prof.
: Dr. Younes Alila, Associate
Professor
Cities visited
: Toronto, Hamilton, Vacouver
Activities
:
Visiting the universities and meeting with the staff involved in Technical
Writing and Communication Skills courses to get exposed to Canadian
practices and exchange experience. Visiting the University and city
bookstores to buy related books to enhance the library of the Faculty of
Engineering in Egypt. Communicating with Toastmasters clubs in the cities
of Hamilton and Vancouver and attending Toastmasters meetings and interclub
contests.
