Irrigation & Drainage Systems Engineering

Alaa Abdallah El Sadek

Alaa Abdallah El Sadek
Associate Professor
Arabian Gulf University, Water Resources Management Program, Kingdom of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia

Biography

Dr. Alaa El-Sadek holds the academic position of Associate Professor of Water Resources Management at the National Water Research Center, Egypt and the Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain. He obtained his PhD degree in 2001 in the field of surface water modeling from Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. He held a postdoctoral position at Catholic University of Leuven, where he worked on applying his model to water management and validating it using the most recent data from three catchments in Belgium. He has published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and seminars. In 2002, he received the Award of UNESCO-MAB young scientists and in 2004, he received the Encouragement State Prize in Engineering from Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt. Since 2006, Dr. El-Sadek has been the president of the Arab World Academy of Young Scientists. His research interests include but are not limited to Water Resources Management; Water Quality; Virtual Water; Project Management and Environmental Impact Assessment. He serves as a consultant for many international and regional organizations.

Research Interest

•    Integrated Water Resource Management
•    Irrigation and Drainage
•    Hydrological Modeling
•    Water Quality 
•    Environmental Impact Assessment
•    Wastewater Treatment 
•    Desalination
•    Virtual Water
•    Climate Change
•    Project Management