Prof. Dr. Alaa El-Sadek

Alaa Abdallah El-Sadek, PHD, PMP Professor of Civil Engineering

(Water Resources Management and Environmental Engineering)

General Name Alaa Abdallah El-Sadek Place of birth Egypt Sex Male Nationality Egyptian Address Arabia Gulf University Postgraduate Studies College P.O.Box: 26671 Kingdom of Bahrain Tel (Mobile) +973 36686906 +201554343083 (Office) +973 17239744 E-mail alaasa@agu.edu.bh alaa_elsadek@yahoo.com Languages English: Excellent Dutch: Basic Arabic: mother tongue Research Interests Integrated Water Resource Management; Irrigation and Drainage; Groundwater; Agricultural Pollution; Hydrological Modeling; Water Quality; Environmental Impact Assessment; Wastewater Treatment; Desalination; Virtual Water; Climate Change; Project Management Education PMP, Project Management Professional, American University in Cairo, Egypt, 2005. Post-doc in Irrigation and Drainage, K.U.Leuven, Belgium, 2002. Ph.D. with Distinction in Civil Engineering (Water Resources Management), K.U.Leuven, Belgium, 2001. M.Sc. with Distinction in Water Resources Engineering (Irrigation), K.U.Leuven & V.U.B (Interuniversity Programme), Belgium, 1998. M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Projects Management), Egypt, 1996. B.Sc. with Honors in Civil Engineering, Egypt, 1989. Computer skills Windows, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, All Microsoft package, Fortran Language, Water management, hydraulic, hydrologic, soil and water quality software’s such as MIKE 11, MIKE-SHE, WMS, HEC 1, HEC 2, HEC-RAS, RIVER-CAD, CROPWAT, DRAINMOD, SWAP, APEX, WAVE, SWMS-2D, SALTMED, HYDRS-2D, CXTFIT, EPIC, SWAT, GIS. All computer skills. Experience 2008-Present Professor, College of Postgraduate Studies, Arabian Gulf

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University, Kingdom of Bahrain. 2016-Present Coordinator, Hydrogeology Program, College of Postgraduate

Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain. 2017-2019 Member, University Council, Arabian Gulf University,

Kingdom of Bahrain. 2017-2018 Chairman, College Promotions Committee, College of

Postgraduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain.

2015-2016 Coordinator, Environmental Management Program, College of Postgraduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Job Description • Teaching Integrated Water Resources Management, Environmental Management

Courses and Project Management • Developing projects proposals and seeking bilateral and financial support of

donors to such projects • Implementing of research plans and projects • Assisting in developing research strategies and research plan • Organizing and participating in scientific conferences and workshops • Supervising for MSc and PhD students • Managing the Regional Water Center for the Arab Countries • Promote Postgraduate Studies College staff 1995-Present Professor, National Water Research Center (NWRC), Ministry

of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI), EGYPT. Job Description

• Developing research strategies and research plan • Developing projects proposals and seeking bilateral and regional financial

support of donors to such projects • Implementing of National Water Research Center plans and projects • Administrative and logistics management of National Water Research Center

program activities • Organizing and participating in scientific conferences and workshops • Principal investigator for research projects

2014-Present Member, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), Egypt. Job Description

• Developing projects proposals and seeking bilateral and financial support of donors

• Implementing of research plans and projects 2006-2008 Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering Department, Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University. Job Description

• Implementing of research plans and projects • Teaching water quality and project management

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• Organizing and participating in scientific conferences and workshops • Supervising on MSc and PhD students

2004-2008 Member, Steering Committee, World Academy of Young Scientists, (WAYS), Hungary. 2004-Present President, Arab Foundation of Young Scientists, Cairo, Egypt. Job Description

• Contribute to capacity building of young Arab researchers in a gender sensitized environment.

• Implementing the “3-D Brain-Gain” program (Back-Home, Bridge and Networking). Dissemination of the program through Arab media to attract local organizations to support the implementation process.

• Preparing and submitting the proposals in different research areas. • Participating in the events of establishing the new regional units as a key

player. • Organizing an international conference to present the scientific work and

current projects/projects ideas of Arab WAYS. • Participating in forthcoming TWAS events (e.g. arrange to have sessions in

the upcoming TWAS conferences). • Proposing and signing MOU with potential organizations and strengthening

the links with those organizations. • Creating a database of periodical research grants targeting young researchers

and scientists. • Collaborating with funding agencies to be accredited for nominating eligible

researchers for capacity building events, scientific representation, and research awards and grants.

• Publicizing and disseminating theses, reports, working papers, conference proceedings, and/or training material through Arab-WAYS website.

2005-2008 President, Young Professionals Forum, National Water Research Center 2007-2008 President, Young Professionals Forum, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation. Job Description

• Young Professionals Forum is a gender sensitized organization which encourages young women’s participation and activities.

• Identify and address major issues of importance to science and societies. • Facilitate interaction amongst engineers and scientists across all disciplines in

the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt. • Provide independent, authoritative way to stimulate constructive dialogue

between the young scientific community and governments, civil society, and the private sector.

• Educating and creating opportunities for young researchers and scientists inside and outside Egypt.

2015-2016 President, Arab German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) 2013-2015 Vice President, Arab German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA)

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Job Description • Managing and representing the AGYA internally and vis-à-vis its partners, the

Advisory Board and the general public. • Organizing the meetings of the AGYA and the Plenum. • Deciding on all operational matters of the AGYA that do not fall under the

competence of the Plenum. • Suggesting an annual budget and submits it to the Plenum.

2014-2016 Leader, Innovation Working Group, Arab German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) Job Description

• Achieving a common understanding of innovation and impact on society. • Identification of best practices of innovation in both Arab countries and

Germany. • Enable society and individuals to support innovation.

2005-Present Associate editor, International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics, ISSN 0973-1385. Job Description

• Help in the editorial decision to Editor-in-Chief. • Inviting articles from authors. • Review the manuscripts or can sent to the external reviewer (other

academicians or researcher) for review. • Help the journal through publicity to various news letter/e-digest or as a

member of academic/professional society.

2000-Present Reviewer: 1. International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics 2. International Journal of Water Research 3. International Journal of Hydrological Processes 4. International Journal of Spatial Hydrology 5. Journal of Membrane Science 1996-2002 Researcher, Hydraulics Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium. 1999- 2005 Lecturer, Interuniversity M.Sc. Programme in Water

Resources Engineering, K.U.Leuven & V.U.B, Belgium. Job Description

• Carrying out a MSc research, this produced a thesis entitled: Comparison between numerical and analytical methods for solute transport models

• Carrying out a PhD research, this produced a thesis entitled: Engineering approach to water quantity and quality modelling at field and catchment scale

• Carrying out a Post-Doc research in Environment and Agricultural fields • Developing projects proposals and seeking bilateral and financial support of

donors to such projects • Implementing of research plans and projects • Teaching water resources and agricultural sciences

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1989-1995 Researcher, Petroleum Gas Company, Cairo, Egypt. Job Description

• Implementing of research plans and projects. • Designing and implementing the company projects • Teaching environment and project management. • Organizing and participating in conferences and workshops.

Teaching Experience (Arabian Gulf University) Course Level 1. Water Resources Planning and Management MSc, PhD 2. Integrated Water Resources Management BSc, MSc, PhD 3. Processing of Environmental Data BSc, MSc, PhD 4. Water Resources and Environmental Modelling BSc, MSc, PhD 5. Water Transfer MSc 6. Groundwater Pollution and Hydrochemical MSc 7. Integrated Groundwater Management MSc 8. Mathematical Modelling of Contamination Transport in GW MSc 9. Water Use and Re-use BSc, MSc 10. Organizational Infrastructure and Management MSc 11. Environmental Impact Assessment MSc, PhD 12. Water Resources Projects Management MSc, PhD 13. Hydrochemistry MSc 14. Design of Irrigation Systems MSc 15. Drainage and Soil Salinity MSc Projects experience 1. Numerical assessment of the nitrate losses to the shallow drainage system and the

underlying aquifer system at soil and regional scale, (Principle Investigator) (Belgium), 2000-2002

2. Nile Friend, (Research Associate) (Belgium-Egypt), 2006-2007

3. National Water Quality and Availability Management (NAWQAM), (Application of the Results) (Egypt-Canada), 2003- 2007

4. Mathematical modelling for integrated surface water management along the Nile river, (Principle Investigator) (Egypt-Belgium), 2003-2005

5. Nile Basin Capacity Building Network for River Engineering, NBCBN-RE, (Research Associate)

(Egypt-Holland), 2005-2007 6. Modelling of pollutants fate and movements in the Nile Delta streams, (Research

Associate) (Egypt-Germany), 2007-2008

7. Think-Interdisciplinary: Training-of-Trainers Program in Interdisciplinary Water Management, JEP_33136_2005, (Application of the Results) (Egypt-Germany), 2007

8. The Euro-Med Participatory Water Resources Scenarios (EMPOWERS), (Research Associate) (Egypt-CARE International), 2006-2008

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9. Egypt Germany Science Year 2007, (Research Associate) (Egypt-Germany), 2007-2008

10. The Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7), (Research Associate) (Egypt- European Union), 2007-2008

11. Shared Freshwater Vulnerability to Climate Change in West Asia, 2011, in cooperation with ACSAD, (Research Associate) (UNEP-Arabian Gulf University-ACSAD), Bahrain, 2009-2011

12. State of Water Resources Part 1: the Arab Water Report (AWR), The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Regional Bureau for the Arab States, (Principle Investigator) (UNOS- Arabian Gulf University), Bahrain, 2010-2012

13. IWRM and the Role of Parliamentarians in Achieving Sustainable water Management in the Kingdom of Bahrain, 2013. UNDP Water Governance Program for the Arab States (WGP-AS), (Research Associate) (UNDP- Arabian Gulf University), Bahrain, 2011-2013

14. Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Kingdom of Bahrain: Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation, 2014. UNDP consultancy study, Every Drop Matters, (Principle Investigator) (UNDP- Arabian Gulf University), Bahrain, 2012-2014

15. Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA), (Vice President of the Steering Committee). (Arab Countries-Germany), 2013-2018

16. UNU Water Virtual Learning Center for the Arab Region at the Arabian Gulf University (UNU-WVLC@AGU), Bahrain, in cooperation with the United Nations University/ International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), (Principle Investigator) (Bahrain-Canada), 2007-ongoing

17. The Water Energy Food Nexus in the Arab Region: Strategic Policy Briefs for Policy Makers. (Arab Countries), 2015-2017

18. Increasing Water Productivity through Deficit Irrigation: An evaluation of Partial Root zone Drying Irrigation Method for the Arid Regions. (Bahrain), 2018-2021

Bibliography

I. Publications in international peer-reviewed journals

1. Al-Zubari, W., El-Sadek, A. and Khadim, M. 2019. Environmental Impacts of Seawater Desalination on the Marine Environment in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Environmental Engineering (in press).

2. El-Sadek, A. and Radwan, M. 2019. Using System Dynamics for Simulating Subsurface Drainage Systems in Clay Soils. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 11: 529-539.

3. Al-Zubari, W., El-Sadek, A., Al-Aradi, M. and Al-Mahal, H. 2018. Impacts of climate change on the municipal water management system in the Kingdom of Bahrain: Vulnerability assessment and adaptation options. Climate Risk Management, 20: 95-110.

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4. ElShamary, M., Al-Zubari, W. and El-Sadek, A. 2018. Assessment of the Sustainability of the Water Management System in Municipal Sector in the State of Kuwait (in Arabic). Journal of the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, 168: 179-208.

5. Al-Zubari, W., El-Sadek, A. and Khadim, M. 2018. Characterization of the Outfallarea of a Multi-Stage-Flash Desalination Plant in Bahrain. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 10: 287-303.

6. El-Sadek, A. and Radwan, M. 2018. Modeling of Water Flow and Nitrate Transport to Subsurface Drains. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, 7: 45-59.

7. El-Sadek, A., Radwan, M. and Salih, A. 2018. A Comparative Analysis for a Novel Irrigation Method: Partial Rootzone Drying. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, 7: 34-44.

8. Al-Mutrafi, H., Al-Zubari, W., El-Sadek, A. and Gelil, I. 2018. Assessment of the Water-Energy Nexus in the Municipal Water Sector in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering, 7: 1-26.

9. El-Sadek, A., Vazquez, R., Hampel, H. and Radwan, M. 2016. Monte Carlo Simulations based Modelling of NO3-N Leaching from a Maize field. Watershed Technology, 21: 1-13.

10. El-Sadek, A. 2014. Stochastic approach to assess a nitrate process-factor in soil water. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 5 (2):315-320.

11. El-Sadek, A. 2014. Water Use Optimization Based on the Concept of Partial Root Zone Drying. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 5 (1):55-62.

12. Al-Otaibi, I., El-Sadek, A. and Zubari, W. 2014. Virtual Water Trade in the State of Kuwait: Prospects and Challenges. Emirates Journal for Engineering Research, 19 (1): 11-19.

13. Elbattay, Ali, El-Sadek, A. and Radwan, M. 2014. Assessing the Potential of Landsat-7 Thermal Band for Monitoring Essential Water Quality Parameters; Case Study: Lake Nasser, Egypt. International Journal of Geosciences and Geomatics , 2(2): 65 – 72.

14. Khalaf, S., Elbattay, A., El-Sadek, A. and Zubari, W. 2014. Development of a Geoinformatics Implementation Approach Using Wireless Noise Sensors for Unseen Leakage Detection in Water Distribution Network in the Kingdom of Bahrain. International Journal of Geosciences and Geomatics, 2(2): 65 – 72.

15. Al-Otaibi, I., El-Sadek, A. and Zubari, W. 2013. Calculation and Evaluation of Virtual Water Flow in the GCC Countries. Emirates Journal for Engineering Research, 18 (2): 21-34.

16. Saleh, W., Hujair, T. and El-Sadek, A. 2013. Environmental Mechanism for Assessing Point Sources Pollution in Wadi Gaza, Palestine. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 29 (1/2): 51-58.

17. El-Sadek, A., Sallam, G. and Embaby, M., 2013. Developing DRAINMOD-Geostatistical Technology to Predict Nitrate Leaching. Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 139 (2): 158-164.

18. El-Sadek, A. 2012. Developing DRAINMOD-EMA Technology for Defining the Nitrogen Dressing as a Function of Environmental Constraints. International Journal of Enhanced Research in Science Technology & Engineering, 1 (1): 1-8.

19. El-Sadek, A. and Vazquez, R., 2012. Parameter sensitivity analysis and prediction error in field-scale NO3-N modeling. Agricultural Water Management, 111: 115- 126.

20. El Kharraz, J., A. El-Sadek, N. Ghaffour and E. Mino, 2012. Water scarcity and

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drought in WANA countries. Procedia Engineering, 33: 14-29. 21. El-Sadek, A., Radwan, M. and Willems, P. 2011. Mathematical Modeling of

Nitrate and Salinity along the Rosetta Branch in the Nile Delta. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 29 (1/2): 1-10.

22. El-Sadek, A. 2011. Spatial and Temporal Analysis of nitrogen transport and transformation in surface water. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 29 (1/2): 51-58.

23. El-Sadek, A., Radwan, M. and Willems, P. 2011. Scenario analysis to improve ammonia concentrations along the Rosetta Branch in the Nile Delta, Egypt. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 29 (3/4): 112-118.

24. El-Sadek, A., 2011. Virtual water: an effective mechanism for Integrated Water Resources Management. Agricultural Sciences, 2 (3): 248-261.

25. El-Sadek, A., 2010. Virtual water trade as a solution for water scarcity in Egypt. Water Resources Management, 24 (11): 2437-2448.

26. El-Sadek, A., 2010. Water desalination: An imperative measure for water security in Egypt. Desalination, 250 (3): 876-884.

27. El-Sadek, A., 2010. Assessing the tail behaviour of empirical distributions using the extreme value theory. Nile Water Science & Engineering Journal, 3: 1-12.

28. El-Sadek, A., 2010. Monte Carlo approach to developing a water quality process-factor. International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Management, 1: 97-104.

29. El-Sadek, A., 2009. Comparison between numerical and analytical solution of solute transport models. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 55: 63-68.

30. El-Sadek, A., M. El Kahloun and P. Meire, 2008. Ecohydrology for integrated water resources management in the Nile basin. Ecohydology & Hydrobiology, 8 (2-4): 237-244.

31. El-Sadek, A., 2007. Upscaling field scale hydrology and water quality Modeling to catchment scale. Water Resources Management, 21: 149-169.

32. Hamouda, M. and A. El-Sadek, 2007. Virtual water trade as a policy option for the Arab States. Arab Water Council Journal, 1 (1):16-31.

33. El-Sadek, A., 2005. Modelling of water flow and agricultural pollution using a detailed and simplified approach. Water Science, 37: 46-53.

34. El-Sadek, A., J. Feyen M. Radwan and D. El-Qousy, 2003. Modeling the water discharge and nitrate leaching using DRAINMOD-GIS technology. Irrigation and Drainage, 52 (4): 363-381.

35. El-Sadek, A., K. Oorts, L. Sammels, A. Timmerman, M. Radwan and J. Feyen, 2003. Comparative study of two nitrogen models. Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 129 (1): 44-52.

36. Radwan, M., P. Willems, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2003. Modeling of dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen demand in river water using a detailed and a simplified model. International Journal of River Basin Management, 1 (2): 97–103.

37. El-Sadek, A., 2002. Modeling of NO3-N leaching to shallow groundwater during the fall-winter season. TheScientificWorldJournal, 2: 1006-1016.

38. El-Sadek, A., J. Feyen, W. Skaggs and J. Berlamont, 2002. Economics of nitrate losses from drained agricultural land. Environmental Engineering, 128 (4): 376-383.

39. El-Sadek, A., J. Feyen and R. Ragab, 2002. Simulation of nitrogen balance of maize field under different drainage strategies using the DRAINMOD-N model. Irrigation and Drainage, 51 (1): 61-75.

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40. Radwan, M., A. El-Sadek, P. Willems, J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 2001. Modeling of nitrogen in river water using a detailed and a simplified model. TheScientificWorldJournal, 1 (S2): 200-206.

41. El-Sadek, A., M. Radwan and J. Feyen, 2001. Numerical analysis of the transport and fate of nitrate in the soil and nitrate leaching to drains. TheScientificWorldJournal, 1 (S2): 170-180.

42. El-Sadek, A., J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 2001. Comparison of models for computing drainage discharge. Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 127 (6): 363-369.

43. El-Sadek A. and J. Feyen, 2001. Effects of subsurface drainage design on nitrate leaching and crop yield. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, 92: 934-935.

II. Presentations at international meetings a) Fully published in proceedings El-Sadek A., J. de Vos, S. Ducheyne and J. Feyen, 1999. Analysis of the nitrate

leaching to surface waters using a simplified and detailed model approach. International workshop of EurAgEng's field of interest on soil and water, Leuven, Belgium, 24-26 November, Modeling of transport processes in soils at various scales in time and space: 569 - 579.

El-Sadek A, M. Radwan, J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 2000. Comparative analysis of a catchment scale hydrology and water quality approaches. International conference on Wadi hydrology, ICWH 2000, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 21-23 November, CD ROM.

El-Sadek, A. and J. Feyen, 2000. Scale problems in nitrogen models. Proceeding of the 10th International Conference on Environmental Protection is a Must, Alexandria, Egypt, 9-11 May: 230-242.

El-Sadek, A., J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 2000. Comparison between WAVE, SWAP and DRAINMOD models in respect to lateral subsurface drainage. Proceeding of the Watershed Management 2000 Conference on Science and Engineering Technology for the New Millennium, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 20-24 June: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A., J. Feyen, P. Willems and K. Christiaens, 2000. Combining GIS and a quasi-two dimensional mechanistic model to assess the nitrate balance at regional scale. Proceeding of the 5th International Water Technology Conference, Alexandria, Egypt, 3-5 March: 211-221.

El-Sadek, A., P. Willems, K. Christiaens, C. Casteels, S. Ducheyne and J. Feyen, 2000. Modeling of the nitrogen balance at catchment scale using a quasi-two dimensional mechanistic model in combination with GIS. The Micro 2000 Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 22-27 October: CD ROM.

Radwan, M., P. Willems, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2000. Assessment of surface water quantity and quality. International conference on Wadi hydrology, ICWH 2000, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 21-23 November: CD-ROM.

Radwan, M., P. Willems, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2000. Integrated catchment modeling: an application to Molenbeek catchment, Belgium. Fifth International Water Technology conference, IWTC-2000, Alexandria, Egypt, 3-5 March: 83-96.

Radwan, M., P. Willems, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2000. Surface water quantity and quality modeling: an application to Molenbeek catchment, Belgium. ERB2000 Conference on Monitoring and modeling catchment water quantity and quality, Gent, Belgium, 27 –29 September: 207-210.

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Willems, P., M. Radwan, D. Popa, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2000. Surface water quantity and quality modeling by the complementary use of detailed and simplified models: case studies of Dender and Witte Nete watersheds – Belgium. ERB2000 Conference on Monitoring and modeling catchment water quantity and quality, Gent, Belgium, 27 –29 September: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A., J. Feyen, M. Radwan and J. Berlamont, 2001. Use of the DRAINMOD and MIKE 11 models in combination with GIS for simulating at catchment scale the nitrate load. World Water and Environmental Resource Congress, Orlando, Florida, USA, 20-24 May: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek A., J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 2001. Effects of Subsurface Drainage Design on Water Quality. Proceeding of the Sixth International Water Technology Conference, Alexandria, Egypt, 23-25 March: 169-179.

El-Sadek A., J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 2001. Management of the denitrification process to reduce the nitrate leaching by controlling the water table level. Proceeding of the 52st IEC Meeting and 1st Asian Regional Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 16-22 September: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A. and J. Feyen, 2001. The Bioeconomics of Nitrate Emissions from Agricultural Land. World Water and Environmental Resource Congress, Orlando, Florida, USA, 20-24 May: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A. and J. Feyen, 2002. Iterative modeling procedure for defining the nitrogen dressing as a function of plant uptake and environmental constraints. Proceeding of the 18th Congress on Irrigation and Drainage. Montreal, Canada, 21-28 July: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A. and J. Feyen, 2002. Numerical analysis of the transport and fate of nitrogen in the soil. Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference, New trends in Water and Environmental Engineering for Safety and Life (Eco-compatible Solutions for Aquatic Environments). Capri, Italy, 24-28 June: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek A., J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 2002. Numerical analysis of nitrogen balance of an agricultural field: A case study. Proceeding of the ninth international conference on Hydraulic Information Management, HYDROSOFT IX. Montreal, Canada, 29-31 May: 245-254.

El-Sadek, A., I. Joris and J. Feyen, 2002. Modeling of water flow and nitrate transport to subsurface drains. Proceeding of the 18th Congress on Irrigation and Drainage. Montreal, Canada, 21-28 July: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A., J. Feyen, W. Skaggs and J. Berlamont, 2002. Effects of subsurface drainage design on nitrate leaching and crop yield. Proceeding of the 18th Congress on Irrigation and Drainage. Montreal, Canada, 21-28 July: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A., M. Radwan and J. Feyen, 2002. Modeling of nitrate leaching from artificially drained soil. Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference, New trends in Water and Environmental Engineering for Safety and Life (Eco-compatible Solutions for Aquatic Environments). Capri, Italy, 24-28 June: CD-ROM.

Radwan, M., P. Willems, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2002. Modeling of dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen demand in river water using a detailed and a simplified model. Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference, New trends in Water and Environmental Engineering for Safety and Life (Eco-compatible Solutions for Aquatic Environments). Capri, Italy, 24-28 June: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek A., 2003. Numerical analysis of river water quality. Proceeding of the XXX IAHR Congress. Auth, Thessaloniki, Greece, August: 723-730.

El-Sadek, A., S. Abdel-Gawad and J. Feyen, 2003. Use of the DRAINMOD and

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MIKE11 models in combination with GIS for simulating the nitrate load at catchment scale. Proceeding of the 9th International Drainage Workshop. Utrecht, The Netherlands, 10-13 September: Paper No 037, CD-ROM.

Radwan, M. and A. El-Sadek, 2005. Control structures impact on river protection and development. Proceeding of the ICID 21st European Regional Conference. Frankfurt (Oder) and Slubice, Germany and Poland, 15-19 May: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A., M. Radwan and S. Abdel-Gawad, 2005. Analysis of load versus concentration as water quality measures. Proceeding of the 9th International Water Technology Congress. Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 17-20 March: 1281-1292.

El-Sadek, A. and S. Abdel-Gawad, 2005. Using the export coefficient approach to model pollution load at Bahr El-Baqar drain outlet. Proceeding of the 19th Congress on Irrigation and Drainage. Beijing, China, 10-18 September: CD-ROM.

Radwan M., Willems P., El-Sadek A. and Abdel-Gawad S., 2005. Physico-chemical water quality modelling of the Rosetta branch in the Nile Delta. Towards a better cooperation, International conference of UNESCO Flanders fit Friend/Nile project, 12-15 November, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Willems P., Radwan M., El-Sadek A. and Abdel-Gawad S., 2005. Hydrodynamic modelling of the Rosetta branch in the Nile Delta. Towards a better cooperation, International conference of UNESCO Flanders fit Friend/Nile project, 12-15 November, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

El-Sadek, A. and M. Hamouda, 2006. Virtual water trade as a policy option for the Arab States. Proceeding of the 3rd Arab Water Regional Conference, Research Advancement in Managing limited Water Resources. Cairo, Egypt, 9-11 December: CD-ROM.

Nada, F., El-Sadek, A. and B. Attia, 2006. Virtual water: an effective mechanism for water resources management. Proceeding of the 3rd Arab Water Regional Conference, Research Advancement in Managing limited Water Resources. Cairo, Egypt, 9-11 December: CD-ROM.

Radwan, M., Willems, P., El-Sadek, A. and Abdel-Gawad, S. 2006. Mathematical modeling of nitrate and salinity along Rosetta branch in the Nile Delta. Proceeding of the 3rd Arab Water Regional Conference, Research Advancement in Managing limited Water Resources. Cairo, Egypt, 9-11 December: CD-ROM.

Radwan M., Willems P. and El-Sadek A. 2007. Scenario analysis to improve ammonia concentrations along the Rosetta Branch in the Nile Delta, Egypt. International conference of Water Resources Management and Sustainable Agriculture, Nabeul, Tunisia, 20-21 November: CD-ROM.

Radwan M. and El-Sadek A., 2008. Water Quality Assessment of Irrigation and Drainage Canals in Upper Egypt. Twelfth International Water Technology Conference, Alexandria, Egypt, 27-30 MARCH: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek A., 2008. Water Desalination: An Imperative Measure for Water Security in Egypt. ADST International Conference: Desalination technologies and water reuse, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 10-12 May: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek A., El Kahloun M. and Meire P. 2008. Eco-hydrology as important tool for Integrated Water Resources Management in the Nile Basin: Egypt. International Conference: Ecohydrological processes and sustainable floodplain management, Lodz, Poland, 19-23 May: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek A. 2009. Virtual Water Trade in the WANA region. Greening WANA Consultation Workshop, Amaman, Jordan, 8-10 November: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek A. 2010. Climate change impacts on the water quality: A case study of Rosetta Branch, Egypt, Conclave of Afro-Asia Young Scientists on the theme of

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Energy, Climate and Development, Bangalore, India, 11-13 February: CD-ROM. Mahjoub, O., El-Sadek A. and El-Kharraz, J. 2011. Emerging contaminants in

reclaimed water used for irrigation: Review of case studies from Arab countries, 16th International Symposium on Environmental Pollution and its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region, Ioannina, Greece, 24 – 27 September: CD-ROM.

Ahmed, A., Al-Zubari, W., El-Sadek, A. and Al-Noaimi, M. 2012. Feasibility and health risk assessment of groundwater recharge by TSE in the Kingdom of Bahrain. WSTA 10th Gulf Water Conference: “Water in the GCC States”: the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, Doha, Qatar, 22-24 April: CD-ROM, 170-193.

Al-Otaibi, I., Al-Zubari, W. and El-Sadek, A. 2012. Calculation and Evaluation of Virtual Water Flow in the GCC Countries. WSTA 10th Gulf Water Conference: “Water in the GCC States”: the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, Doha, Qatar, 22-24 April: CD-ROM, 672-690, (in Arabic).

Habash, A., Shaban, M. and El-Sadek A. 2012. Using real -time telemetry system for assessing water quality and improving routine monitoring. WSTA 10th Gulf Water Conference: “Water in the GCC States”: the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, Doha, Qatar, 22-24 April: CD-ROM, 369-382.

AlZubari, W., El-Sadek, A., Radwan, M. and Abdulrazzaq, M., 2013. Future of Freshwater Resources Vulnerability to Climate Change Implication. International Conference on Regional Climate, CORDEX 2013, Brussels, Belgium, 4-7 November: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A., Abdulrazzaq, M., Radwan, M. and AlZubari, W., 2013. Shared Freshwater Vulnerability to Climate Change. International Water Week, Amsterdam, Holland, 4-8 November: CD-ROM.

Al Mahal, H., Al-Zubari, W. and El-Sadek, A., 2014. Use of Dynamic Modeling in the Wastewater System Management in the Kingdom of Bahrain. WSTA 11th Gulf Water Conference, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 20-22 October.

El-Sadek, A. 2015. Evaluation of partial root zone drying irrigation method in arid regions. Annual Conference of the Arab German Young Academy, Munich, Germany.

El-Sadek, A. 2015. Analysis of nitrogen transport and transformation in surface water. Annual Conference of the Arab German Young Academy, Munich, Germany.

El-Sadek, A. 2015. Virtual water trade in the Arab countries: challenges and opportunities. Arab Foundation Conference, Cairo, Egypt.

El-Sadek, A. 2016. Increasing Water Productivity through Deficit Irrigation: An evaluation of Partial Root zone Drying Irrigation Method for the Arid Regions. Competence Cluster “Water Innovation”, Cairo, Egypt.

El-Sadek, A. 2016. Using system dynamics for simulating subsurface drainage systems in clay soils. Competence Cluster “Water Innovation”, Cairo, Egypt.

El-Sadek, A. 2016. Water-Energy-Food nexus in the Arab region: challenges and opportunities. The Future of Desalination in the Middle East, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 4-7 December.

El-Sadek, A. 2016. Ideas and projects of Desalination. Scientists and Experts Abroad, Hurghada, Egypt, 14-15 December.

Almutrafi, H., AlZubari, W, El-Sadek, A. and Abdelgalil, I. 2017. Assessment of the Water-Energy Nexus in the Municipal Water Sector: A Case Study of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. The 12th Gulf Water Conference: "Water in the GCC...Towards Integrated Strategies", Kingdom of Bahrain, 28-30 March.

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Drying in Two Case Studies. 8th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments (ICWRAE 8). Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 22-24 January. 345-352.

Al Mutawa, S., Al Jazeeri, S., Kamil, M., El-Sadek, A. and Zubari, W. 2019. Benchmarking System for the Wastewater Sector in Bahrain. The 13th Gulf Water Conference: “Water in the GCC: Challenges and innovative Solutions”, State of Kuwait, 12-14 March.

El-Sadek, A. 2019. Innovation in Desalination Industry: Case Studies and Lessons Learned. The 12th Water Desalination Conference in the Arab Countries-ARWADEX 2019, Cairo, Egypt, 23-24 April.

El-Sadek, A. 2019. Sustainability of the Water Resources Management System in the Agricultural Sector. International Council for Small Business, ICSB World Congress, Cairo, Egypt, 18-21 June.

b) Published as abstract El-Sadek A., J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 1999. Analysis of the drainage component of

the simulation models WAVE, SWAP and DRAINMOD. International workshop of EurAgEng's field of interest on soil and water, Leuven, Belgium, 24-26 November, Modeling of transport processes in soils at various scales in time and space: 390.

El-Sadek, A., M. Radwan and J. Feyen, 2000. Probabilistic simplified and detailed subsurface drainage water quality modeling of nitrate leaching. Proceeding of the Watershed Management 2000 Conference on Science and Engineering Technology for the New Millennium, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 20-24 June: CD-ROM.

El-Sadek, A., M. Radwan, J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 2000. Using the DRAINMOD-GIS technology as a water quality management tool for nitrate assessment in the Molenbeek catchment. Atmospheric, surface and subsurface hydrology and interactions conference, Duke University, North Carolina, USA, 5-8 November: 12.

El-Sadek, A., M. Radwan, S. Ducheyne, J. Feyen and J. Berlamont, 2000. Modeling of the nitrate balance at field scale. International Summer School on the Environment, Figures, Girona, Spain, 10-15 July.

El-Sadek, A., P. Willems, M. Radwan and J. Feyen, 2000. Upscaling field scale nitrate simulations to regional scale using DRAINMOD-GIS model technology. ERB2000 Conference on Monitoring and modeling catchment water quantity and quality, Gent, Belgium, 27 –29 September: 229-232.

El-Sadek, A., S. Ducheyne and J. Feyen, 2000. Analysis of nitrate transport in the profile rootzone. International Franqui Chair Workshop: The Future of Distributed Hydrological Modeling, Leuven, Belgium, 12-15 April: 16.

Radwan, M., P. Willems, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2000. Water modeling as a tool in river basin management. EPYS meeting, 1st EurAqua/ETNET platform for Ph.D. student and young scientists EPYS, Madrid, Spain, 17-20 October.

El-Sadek, A. and J. Feyen, 2001. Modeling of water quantity and quality at catchment scale. 11th Nitrogen Workshop, Reims, France, 9-12 September: 441-442.

El-Sadek A. and J. Feyen, 2001. Using the denitrification process as a water quality management tool to reduce the nitrate leaching. The 19 European Regional Conference of ICID, Brno and Prague, Czech Republic, 4-8 June: 88.

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Oorts, K., E. Herelixka, F. Coppens, A. El-Sadek and J. Feyen, 2001. Modeling of nitrate leaching out of the profile during the winter and spring. The Second International Nitrogen Conference, Potomac, Maryland, USA, 14-18 October, Program and Abstracts: 100.

III. Reports 1. Modelling of the nitrate leaching at field scale, 2000. ILWM, Katholieke

Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. 2. El-Sadek, A., S. Ducheyne and J. Feyen, 2000. Numerical analysis of the fate of

nitrogen in the profile rootzone of an agricultural field. In: Development and Application of Computer Techniques to Environmental Studies, Ed. G. Ibarra-Berastegi, C. Brebbia and P. Zannetti, WIT press, Environmental Studies, vol 4, pp. 375-384.

3. Radwan, M., P. Willems, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2001. Water quality modelling as an environmental issue. In: Water Resources Management, Ed. C. Brebbia, P. Anagnostopoulos, K. Katsifarakis and A. Cheng, WIT press, Progress in Water Resources, vol 4, pp. 185-194.

4. Economics of nitrate emission from drained agricultural land, 2001. ILWM, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

5. Estimation of nitrate-nitrogen loss at catchment level, 2001. ILWM, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

6. Bepaling van de hoeveelheid minerale stikstof in de bodem als beleidsinstrument, 2002. Vlaamse Landmaatschappij, Brussels (in Dutch).

7. Willems, P., M. Radwan, D. Popa, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2003. Surface water quantity and quality modelling by the complementary use of detailed and simplified models: case studies of Dender and Witte Nete watersheds. International Hydrological Programme UNESCO IHP-VI, Technical documents in Hydrology, No. 66, 2003: “Monitoring and modelling catchment water quantity and quality”, Ed. N. Verhoest, J. Hudson, R. Hoeben and F. De Troch, pp. 105-112.

8. Water Quality Bulletin 4, 2003. Total Dissolved Solids. National Water Quality Monitoring, Component 1000.

9. Water Quality Bulletin 5, 2003. Biochemical Oxygen Demand. National Water Quality Monitoring, Component 1000.

10. Water Quality Bulletin 6, 2003. Dissolved Oxygen. National Water Quality Monitoring, Component 1000.

11. Water Quality Bulletin 7, 2003. Nutrients. National Water Quality Monitoring, Component 1000.

12. Water Quality Bulletin 8, 2003. Faecal Coliforms. National Water Quality Monitoring, Component 1000.

13. Developing and assessing routing models for nitrate transport in rivers, 2003. UNESCO-MAB.

14. Mathematical modelling for integrated surface water management along the Nile river, 2005. NATO Science Programme, Cooperative Science and Technology Sub-Programme, Collaborative Linkage Grant, Final Report.

15. Virtual water trade as a policy option for the Arab States, 2007. National Water

Research Center.

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16. Virtual water: an effective mechanism for water resources management, 2008. National Water Research Center.

17. Assessment of freshwater resources vulnerability to climate change: Implication on shared water resources in West Asia, 2011. Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain.

18. State of Water Resources Part 1: the Arab Water Report (AWR), 2012. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Regional Bureau for the Arab States, Bahrain.

19. IWRM and the Role of Parliamentarians in Achieving Sustainable water Management in the Kingdom of Bahrain, 2013. UNDP Water Governance Program for the Arab States (WGP-AS), Bahrain.

20. Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Kingdom of Bahrain: Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation, 2014. UNDP consultancy study, Every Drop Matters, Bahrain.

V. Book contributions 1. El-Sadek, A., S. Ducheyne and J. Feyen, 2000. Numerical analysis of the fate of

nitrogen in the profile rootzone of an agricultural field. In: Development and Application of Computer Techniques to Environmental Studies, Ed. G. Ibarra-Berastegi, C. Brebbia and P. Zannetti, WIT press, Environmental Studies, vol 4, pp. 375-384.

2. Radwan, M., P. Willems, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2001. Water quality modeling as an environmental issue. In: Water Resources Management, Ed. C. Brebbia, P. Anagnostopoulos, K. Katsifarakis and A. Cheng, WIT press, Progress in Water Resources, vol 4, pp. 185-194.

3. Willems, P., M. Radwan, D. Popa, A. El-Sadek and J. Berlamont, 2003. Surface water quantity and quality modeling by the complementary use of detailed and simplified models: case studies of Dender and Witte Nete watersheds. International Hydrological Programme UNESCO IHP-VI, Technical documents in Hydrology, No. 66, 2003: “Monitoring and modeling catchment water quantity and quality”, Ed. N. Verhoest, J. Hudson, R. Hoeben and F. De Troch, pp. 105-112.

4. Waleed AlZubari and A. El-Sadek, 2013. IWRM and the Role of Parliamentarians in Achieving Sustainable water Management in the Kingdom of Bahrain, 2013. UNDP Water Governance Program for the Arab States (WGP-AS), Bahrain.

5. Waleed AlZubari and A. El-Sadek, 2017. Water Trends in Arab Environment in 10 Years. Annual Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), Technical Report, Beirut, Lebanon : 81-102.

Training courses 1. First order approximation of stochastic flow and transport in heterogeneous

porous media, June13- 15, 2000, Leuven, Belgium. 2. DRAINMOD based watershed scale hydrologic and water quality models,

March/April, 2000, USA. 3. Environmental modelling: an uncertain future, January/February 2000, Leuven,

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4. Modelling water flow and solute transport for agricultural and environmental, Nov., 1998, The Netherlands.

5. The Nitrogen cycle and sustainability: a multidisciplinary approach, 2nd international summer course on the environment, July 10-15, 2000, Figures, Catalonia, Spain.

6. Watershed scale hydrologic and water quality models, March 27-April 7, 2000, USA.

7. GIS training course, by J. Orshoven, March 30-April 4, 2000. Leuven, Belgium. 8. PMP, Project Management Professional, American University in Cairo,

September/January, 2005, Cairo, Egypt. 9. United Nations Global Land Cover Network (GLCN) Training Workshop, March

19-23, 2005, Sharm ElShiekh, Egypt. 10. Water Quality Data Analysis and Modelling Techniques: Course SCS NWQM

5.1, April 18-29, 2005. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

11. The LEAD International Training Workshop in Project Proposal Development, December 5-7, 2005, Cairo, Egypt.

12. Training course on Seawater Desalination and the Environment Workshop: “Impact of Brine and Chemical Discharges on the Marine Environment”, 1-3 December, 2008, Amman, Jordan.

13. Training course on Design and Implementation of Drought Management Plans: Organization, Methodologies and Actions, February 4-8, 2008, Zaragoza, Spain.

14. Training course on Membrane Technology used in Desalination, Wastewater and Water, March 8-10, 2008, Muscat, Oman.

15. Training Workshop on: Developing and Maintaining a Strategy for Non-Revenue Water Management, June 16, 2010, Bahrain International Exhibition Center, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

16. Training Workshop on: Risk Management, June 20-24, 2010, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

17. Applied Groundwater Modelling: Numerical 3D Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modelling, December, 2010, UNESCO, Amman, Jordan.

18. Irrigation Design Training Course, November, 2010, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

19. WEAP Training Workshop, March 22-25, 2012, Muscat, Oman. 20. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Diploma, January 19-29, 2013,

Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. Scientific committee membership 1. First Regional Meeting of the World Academy of Young Scientists, Arab

Regional Unit: R&D Challenges and Opportunities, Alexandria, Egypt, November 28-29, 2005.

2. 8th International Conference Management of Competition: Opportunities and Challenges, Cairo, Egypt, December 21-24, 2006.

3. International conference on climatic changes and their impacts on coastal zones and river deltas: vulnerability, mitigation and adaptation, CCIE 2007, Lagoon Resort, Alexandria, Egypt, April 21-25, 2007.

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4. Youth Professionals Forum Workshop, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, AlAin AlSokhna, Egypt, January 31-Februaury 2, 2007.

5. WVLC Partners workshop, October 11-12, 2008, AGU, Bahrain.

The Partners workshop was attended by the coordinators of the six regional UNU-INWEH WVLCs to discuss the present status and the future developments of the regional WVLCs.

6. EGM on IWRM Status in the Arab Region, October 14-15, 2008, AGU, Bahrain.

The EGM concentrated on the various multi-disciplinary topics of water resources management in the Arab countries, and capitalized on the relevant work that was carried out earlier by the international and regional organizations in this field. The main objectives of the EGM were to review the status of IWRM in the Arab countries and assess progress made in these countries toward the adoption of integrated and comprehensive water policies and strategies and their implementation, as well as review the efforts made by international organizations.

7. The launching of Course 1 of the IWRM Diploma was conducted in Bahrain during the period 19-30 October, 2008, with twenty four participants representing 8 Arab counties. Course 1 began on 19 October, 2008, for a period of two weeks to implement the first module of the IWRM Diploma program.

8. The First Annual WANA Forum on April 19-20, 2009, Jordan, gathered 70 eminent individuals from WANA, and partners from outside the region, to identify regional challenges as well as discuss and evaluate feasible approaches for tackling these concerns and advancing regional cooperation.

9. Second Regional Meeting of the World Academy of Young Scientists, Arab

Regional Unit, 20-23 December, 2009, Alexandria, Egypt. 10. WSTA 9th Gulf Water Conference: “Water Sustainabil i ty in the Gulf”:

the Need for a Socio-Economic and Environmental Definit ion, 22-25 March, 2010, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

11. First Arab-German Forum: R&D Challenges and Opportunities, Technology

Transfer, June16-19, 2011, Germany.

12. 1st Arab-American Frontiers Symposium, October 17-19, 2011 Kuwait.

13. Maghreb-Alexander von Humboldt Alumni International Conference, March 9-11, Marrakech, Morocco.

14. WSTA 10th Gulf Water Conference: “Water in the GCC States”: the Water-

Energy-Food Nexus, 22-24 April 2012, Doha, Qatar.

15. Opening of the Arab-German Young Scientists Academy (AGYA), November 26-28, 2013, Doha, Qatar (President of the scientific Committee).

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16. WSTA 11th Gulf Water Conference: Water in the GCC: Towards Efficient Management, October 20-22, 2014, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (Vice President of the scientific Committee).

17. WSTA 13th Gulf Water Conference, Water in the GCC: Challenges and

Innovative Solutions, March, 2019, Kuwait. Advisor for Diploma, MSc and PhD Students Ph.D. 1. Sherif Hassanin, "Numerical analysis of surface water quantity and quality at

catchment scale", 2013. Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University, Egypt.

2. Thekra Behbehani, "Municipal Solid Waste Management in Kuwait", 2014.

Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University, Egypt. M.Sc. 3. Vald Mersha, "Modelling of water flow and nitrate leaching using GIS", 2000.

Institute for Land and Water Management, Leuven, Belgium.

4. Groundwater Quality in Hwilan, Al-Quseeh and Al-Lusaeeb Centers in Al-Qassim Region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sanad Al-Otaibi (Saudi Arabia). Supervisory Committee: Dr. Asma Abahussain, Dr. Waleed Zubari, and Dr. Alaa Al-Sadek, April 2010 (in Arabic).

5. Feasibility Study of Artificial Recharge of the Dammam Aquifer with Tertiary

Treated Wastewater in Bahrain using Simulation Modeling. Aqeel Ahmad Hasan (Bahrain). Supervisory Committee: Dr. Waleed K Al-Zubari, Dr. Alaa El-Sadek, and Dr. Mubarak Al-Noaimi, June 2010.

6. Virtual Water and Agricultural Policies in the GCC, Case Study: Kuwait. Iqbal Al-Otaibi (Kuwait). Supervisory Committee: Dr. Waleed K Al-Zubari, Dr. Alaa El-Sadek, 2011.

7. Development and Evaluation of Alternative Strategies for the Sustainable Management of Water Sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Suzan Al-Ajjawi (Bahrain). Supervisory Committee: Dr. Waleed Zubari and Dr. Alaa El-Sadek, May 2011 (in Arabic).

8. Ahmed Habash, "Developing and assessing an Egyptian Water Quality Index as a

critical tool for integrated water resources management", 2011. AlAzhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

9. Assessing the Environmental Sustainability of Seawater Desalination in Bahrain.

Mohammd Jaafar (Bahrain). Supervisory Committee: Dr. Waleed K Al-Zubari, Dr. Alaa El-Sadek, 2013.

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10. Assessment of the Sustainability of Water Resources Management in the

Kingdom of Bahrain. Mohammd Alaradi (Bahrain). Supervisory Committee: Dr. Waleed K Al-Zubari, Dr. Alaa El-Sadek, 2013.

11. Assessing the Sustainability of Municipal Wastewater Management System in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Hameed Almahal (Bahrain), Supervisory Committee: Dr. Waleed K Al-Zubari, Dr. Alaa El-Sadek, 2013.

12. Detecting and Monitoring Unseen Leakage in Water Distribution Network in Bahrain Using Wireless Noise Sensors and Geoinformatic Techniques. Suad Khalaf (Bahrain), Supervisory Committee: Dr. Waleed K Al-Zubari, Dr. Alaa El-Sadek, Dr. Ali AlBattay, 2013.

13. Assessment of Management Alternatives for the Sustainability for the Water Sector in the State of Kuwait. Mohammd Alshemmeri (Kuwait), Supervisory Committee: Dr. Waleed K Al-Zubari, Dr. Alaa El-Sadek, 2013.

Diploma 1. Hesham El Shazely, “Monitoring, evaluation and environmental impacts of IIIMP

projects, Egypt”, 2009. 2. Yasser Mahmoud Rizk, “Distribution of irrigation water on one canal in IIIMP

project, Egypt”, 2009.

3. Hameed AlMahal and Mohammed AlAradi, “Impact of the pollutions on Tubli Bay environments”, 2009.

4. Said Ahmed Salman, “Analysis of Domestic Water Consumption in Bahrain”, 2009.

5. Fadhel Hasan, “Industrial Water Use in Bahrain”, 2009. 6. Yaqoob Yusuf Ahmad, “Strategic water distribution, Bahrain”, 2009. 7. Mohammed Jafar Redha, “Environmental impacts of desalination plant (Sitrah)”,

2009. 8. Samer Kalbouneh, “Shifting to salinity tolerant crop in the lower Fara’a based on

the availability of water resources and the time frame”, 2009. 9. Waleed Al-Murbati, “Environmental impacts of desalination on the marine

environment, Case Study: Ras Abu Jarjur RO plant”, 2009. 10. Riyadh Kanzooz AlBusaidi and Hatim Said Al Zadjali, “Water conservations and

demand management by using gray water techniques in Sultanate of Oman”, 2011.

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11. Isa Ahmed Isa Al Malood, “Questionnaire to Measure the acceptance level of Bahraini society of the use of Treated Sewage Effluent”, 2011.

12. Saadi Abdullah AlBagawi, “Reuse of surplus treated wastewater effluent from

Treatment Plants in Jubail Industrial City”, 2011.

13. Sameera Ghareeb, “Effect Of Treated Wastewater On Accumulation Of Heavy Metals In Plants”, 2011.

14. Abdullah Mousa Abdulwahed, “Jubail Industrial City Asbestos Potable Water Network Condition and Possible Health Effects on the City Populations”, 2011.

15. Ahmed Abd AlSaleh, “المیاه الملوثة وكیفیة معالجتھا وطرق إعادة استخدامھا في دولة الكویت”,

2012.

16. Amany Mohammed Al-Ajmi, “Environmental impact of Desalination Brine Discharge on the Marine Ecosystem of the Arabian Gulf”, 2012.

17. Bader Akbar Jaber Akbar, “Wastewater Management in the State of Kuwait”.

2012. 18. Salah Al-Saffar, “ االستفادة القصوى من المیاه المعالجة في دولة” الكویت ”, 2012

19. Salim Said Rashid Al-Sidairi, “ األمن المائي السكاني في سلطنة عمان، دراسة حالة محافظات

.2012 ,”شمال عمان 20. Rasha Hosny, Impacts of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile in

the light of Aswan High Dam Impacts, 2013. 21. Essa Bu Hamad, “Evaluation of Barley Sprouts Performance in Quaternary treated

sewage water and different salinity levels”, 2013. 22. Mohamed Zaidan, “ ال الجبل األخضر باستخدام نظم المعلومات تقییم موارد المیاه السطحیة شم

.2013 ,”الجغرافیة 23. Ahmed Abd alsaleh, “لیبیا شحات، منطقة في المائیة للموارد المتكاملة لإلدارة الحالي الوضع تقییم ”,

2013. 24. Abdullah Bu Tuwaibah, “ إعادة استخدام المیاه غیر التقلیدیة في أغراض الري وتأثیرھا على محتوى

ربة من العناصر الغذائیة الضروریة الكبرى في نطاق مشروع ھیئة الري والصرف باألحساء، المملكة الت .2013 ”العربیة السعودیة

Awards and recognition 1. Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who Publications, USA, 2010. 2. His Royal Highness Prince Sultan Bin Abudulaziz International Prize for Water.

Alexandria, Egypt, March, 2008.

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3. Ibraheem AlAssuity award for water resources development and protect them from pollution, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo, Egypt, 2007.

4. The best research paper "Virtual water trade as a policy option for the Arab

States", 3rd Arab Water Regional Conference: Research Advancement in Managing Limited Water Resources, Cairo, Egypt, December, 2006.

5. State Prize in Engineering. Academy of Scientific Research and Technology,

Cairo, Egypt, 2004. 6. UNESCO-MAB young scientists award “Developing and assessing routing

models for nitrate transport in rivers” November, 2003. 7. European Union (EU) young scientist award for attending an international

conference, Poland, September, 2002. 8. Workshop “analysis, toxicity and biodegradation of organic pollutants in

groundwater from contaminated land, landfills and sediments” grant for the best papers, Barcelona, Spain, November, 2001.

9. The International Plant Nutrition Colloquium grant for the best papers,

Hannover, Germany, July, 2001. 10. The best young professional, National Water Research Center, Sharm El-Sheikh,

Egypt, November, 2000. Professional and honorary societies 1. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). 2. International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS). 3. Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI). 4. Management Engineering Society (MES). 5. Syndicate of Egyptian Engineers. 6. Egyptian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (ENCID). 7. American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE). 8. Nile Basin Society (NBS). 9. Catholic University of Leuven Alumni (KUL). 10. Arab Healthy Water Association (AHWA). 11. Arab Foundation of Young Scientists (AFYS). 12. Network of Youth Excellence (NYEX). 13. Arab Thought Forum (ATF). 14. West Asia and North Africa (WANA).