2004-2005
Hydrology
Expert, seconded to the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space
Science (NARSS) to work on MELMARINA, an EU funded project for protection
of aquatic resources in North Africa.
Technical Editor Consultant for the Drainage Water Reuse and
Pilot Schemes Component, Drainage Research Institute. National Water
Research Center, Contract No NAWQAM-Egypt-03-0194.
Translator of “Guidelines of Drainage Water Use in Irrigation”,
Drainage Research Institure, National Water Research Center, Contract No
NAWQAM-Egypt-04-0226.
2000-
Head of Irrigation, Hydraulics, and Water
Resources Unit, Engineering Consulting Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Ain
Shams University. Supervised and took part in the design of the following
projects:
Environmental Assessment Report
for Integrated Water Management Project, Egyptian Environmental Affairs
Agency.
Check slipway design for a
super-yacht, Adabia, Suez, Ocean Classic company Evaluation of Mushroom
Farm on Cairo-Alexandria road, National Bank of Egypt Irrigation Improvement of West Tahta (design
of lined canals and hydraulic structures: head regulators, bridges,
culverts, etc.)– Total contract value 76,500 L.E. Reducing Groundwater Levels
around Monument Areas in Fayoum Governorate (Hawara pyramid and five
monument sites in Kiman Fares) – Total contract value 65,000 L.E.
1994
Consultant for the Ministry of New Urban
Communities, New Urban Communities Organisation. Responsible for the
study anddesign of the main water network of the Six of October city, and
the water and wastewater network for the sections C and Y ofthe Shorouk
city. Also supervised and trained the Ministry engineers to use micro
computers for network design.
1994
Consultant for the Planning Studies and Models
Project (PSM), the Planning Sector, Ministry of Public Works and Water
Resources. Assignment was to run the unsteady flow model 'CANALS'
developed by Utah University. Responsibilities included: preparation of
the 'Data Needs Assessment Report', co-ordination of data collection
efforts with the Decision Support Unit (DSU),Irrigation Improvement
Project (IIP), and Main System Management (MSM) staff in Cairo, actual
field data collection for the Serry Canal in Menya Governorate,
preliminary calibration of the model.
1991-1994
Consultant for ISAWIP, Integrated Soil And
Water Improvement Project, SNC company, Mansoura, Egypt. Responsibilities
included the operation and maintenance of irrigation canal conveyance
system simulation model, training of two engineers to use the model,
developing several support programs, collection of field data to calibrate
the model, setting up automatic control operation rules, and testing the
automation system. Also, contributed to PLC software contract settlement
negotiations, and declaration of acceptance procedures, translated and
recorded, in English, the Arabic versions of the Agricultural Extension
tapes on the activities of the Development Support Communication Centre
(DSCC) in Dikirnis, Daqahliya.
1992
Translator (English-Arabic) for 'Al-Ahram
Centre for Translation and Publishing'. The Young Scientist encyclopaedia,
Volume 14, 'Looking at Structures', published by World Book International,
Chicago, London, Sidney.
1992
Consultant for Research Institute for Weed
Control and Channel Maintenance, Water Research Centre, Qanater, Egypt.
Project Title 'Seepage Losses from Main Canals', Sub-contract (263-0132)
through the WRC component of the IMS (WRC/CID contract).
1991-1992
Head of 'Database and Modelling Group'
sub-project for "Pollution Control of Industrial Effluents in Rosetta
Branch Water Course", National Research Centre, Water Pollution Control
Department. The project won the 'Prize of Arab Council for Environmental
Affairs' for 1993.
1990
Consultant for Hydraulics and Sediment
Research Institute, Water Research Centre. Project Title 'Two Dimensional
Mathematical
Modelling for River Problems', sub-contract
(263-0132) through the WRC component of IMS (WRC/CID contract).
1989-1991
Consultant for Engineering Consultants Group
(ECG), 'River Nile Protection and Development Project', RNPD phase I, as
Computer Applications Consultant/River Processes Modeller for the
Management Information System/River Engineering Division. Responsibilities
included
Hardware and Software procurement, Computer Training, Data Management and
Mathematical Modelling.
1988-1989
Consultant for Dr. Ahmed Abdel Warith
(Consulting Engineers) (AAW). Responsibilities included: design of
municipal networks using Extended Period Simulation (EPS).
Used
several mathematical models to design and study real systems through the
different projects mentioned above. Some of these models are: WOODNET,
HEC-6, MARS, ICSS-3 and QUAL2EU.
1979‑1980
Responsible for the arrangement of execution
stages of the 'Unified Comprehensive Dictionary of Technical Terms for
Engineering Technology and Science', a Tri-lingual Technical Dictionary at
'Al‑Ahram Centre for Translation and Publishing', Al‑Ahram establishment,
Cairo, Egypt.
1977‑1980
Design Engineer for Structural and Irrigation
Design at Consulting Engineers Wafai and Associates, and Arab Consulting
Engineers, Cairo, Egypt.
1976‑1979
Self‑employed Translator of scientific papers
from German to English for several technical authorities.
1976‑1977
Army service as Design Engineer, Cairo, Egypt.
