Sead Ahmed (Ph.D.)
Civil Engineering department
Istanbul Kültür University
Istanbul,Türkiye
Civil Engineering department
Istanbul Kültür University
Istanbul,Türkiye
I am an enthusiastic water resources engineer and a gradute of Istanbul Technical University under the hydraulics and water resources engineering program from the civil engineering department in 2022 after securing the prestigious post-graduate Turkish scholarships TÜBİTAK and Türkiye Scholarship. In 2008, I was awarded the Belgian VLIR-UOS M.Sc. scholarship for my gradute study in the Water Resource Engineering program of Kuleuven & VUB (IUPWARE). In 2006, I have completed my undergraduate study in the field of Soil & Water Engineering program from the Institute of Technology, Haramaya University, Ethiopia. I served in the same department as a garduate assistant and later as full time lecturer. Curretly, I am working as an assitant professor at Istanbul Kültür University, İstanbul, Turkiye after briefly working for a year at FSM Vakif University.
Education
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Istanbul Kültür University, Istanbul, Türkiye
Oct. 2022Doctor of Philosophy - Hydraulics & Water Resource Engineering
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KULeuven/Vrije Univeriteit Brussels, Belgium
Jan. 2010Masters - Water Resource Engineering (distinction)
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Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Jul. 2006BSc. in Soil and Water Engineering & Management (very great distinction)
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Dire Dawa Comp. Secondary School, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Jul. 2002Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Examination (very great distinction)
Employment History
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İstanbul Kültür University
Since Sep. 2024Assistant Professor - Civil Engineering Department
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Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University
Sep. 2023 - Aug. 2024Assistant Professor - Civil Engineering Department
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Haramaya University
Sep. 2010 – Oct. 2011Head for the Pre-Engineering Coordination Section of the Institute of Technology, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
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Haramaya University
Oct. 2010-Oct. 2011Institute of Technology - full time lecturer
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Haramaya University
July 2006-Sept. 2008Institute of Technology - full time Graduate Assistant
Education
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Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye
Dec. 2022Doctor of Philosophy in Hydraulics & Water Resource Engineering.
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Katholiek University of Leuven/Vrije Univeriteit Brussels, Belgium
Jan. 2010Masters in Water Resource Engineering with Distinction.
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Haramaya University
Jul. 2006the then Alemaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia. BSc. with Very Great Distinction in Soil and Water Engineering & Management
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Dire Dawa Comp. Secondary School
Jul. 2002Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, “Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Examination” concluded with Very great distinction.
Work Experience
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İstanbul Kültür University
Since Sep. 2024Assistant Professor - Civil Engineering Department
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Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Türkiye
Since Oct. 2023Department of Civil Engineering, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakif University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
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Haramaya University
Sep. 2010 – Oct. 2011Head - Pre-Engineering Coordination Section Institute of Technology, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
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Haramaya University
Oct. 2010-Oct. 2011Institute of Technology - full time lecturer
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Haramaya University
July 2006-Sept. 2008Institute of Technology - graduate assistant.
Short-term-training, Workshop and Seminar
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Istanbul Technical University (ITU) North Cyprus
Paper Presenation
2016Soft Computing Methods in Water Engineering Workshop , Istanbul Technical University (ITU) North Cyprus Campus, Nicosia – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
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Boğaziçi University
Paper Presenation
201612th International Congress on Advances in Civil Eng, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul – Türkiye.
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Istanbul Technical University
Workshop
2013New Tecnologies for Flood Risk Management Workshop, Istanbul Technical University and Danish Hydraulic Institute, Istanbul – Türkiye.
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Kuleuven & Mekelle University
Poster and Paper Presentation
Sep. 2011International Water Congress: Water 2011 "Analysis of the Impact of Land Use change and Climate Change on the Flows in the Blue Nile River using SWAT"
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Arbaminch University, Ethiopia
Paper Presentation
Dec. 201011th Symposium titled International Workshop on Sustainable Water Resource Development” "Analysis of the Impact of Land Use change and Climate Change on the Flows in the Blue Nile River using SWAT"
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Haramaya University (in collaboration with IWMI), Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Participation
Sep. 2007International Workshop on Water Management (WATERMAN) – Workshop-III on Soil Salinity and Fertility.
Research experience
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Gridded Precipitation Weather product Assessment
We have assessed the accuracy of gridded precipitation products for two basin with scarce ground weather stations (Eastern Black Sea and Blue Nile Basin) in fulfillment of my doctoral study. SWAT, ArcGIS and a number of gridded precipitation products were assessed in the study.
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Ground Water Modeling
I have participated in an Integrated Project design for a semi-arid basin (Basan do ku) while I was at Kuleuven and my task was to model the groundwater of the basin and assess the sustainability of its water yield. Visual Modflow was used in the study.
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Surface Water Modeling
Stochastic modeling has been my interest while I was doing my Masters research on the Blue Nile Basin. I have implemented the semi-distributed surface water model - SWAT- in my study to assess the impact of land use and climate change impact on the Blue Nile Basin.
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Climate Change Analysis
My research title in my graduate study was “Analyzing the Impact of Land use change and Climate Change on the Blue Nile Basin using SWAT”. It has helped me to well understand the climate change phenomena and how it impacts our environment in general and the water resources in particular.
Flood management
Haramaya University is one of the partner universities in the consortium of Ethiopian and European Universities called 'University Water Sector Partnership'. As a Water Resource Engineer, I have got the chance to participate in one of the projects titled 'Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM)'. I was assigned in preparing the lecture notes and slides on Flood and Drought Management which will be used for the IRBM Masters course that has been launched under the program.
Publications
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Performance of gridded precipitation products in the Black Sea region for hydrological studies
Swalih, S. A., Kahya, E., 2022.
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Climatology (Published article) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04054-z
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Hydrological model optimization using multi-gauge calibration (MGC) in a mountainous region
Swalih, S. A., Kahya, E., 2021.
Journal of Hydroinformatics (Published article) https://doi: 10.2166/hydro.2020.034
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Analysis of the Impact of Land Use change and Climate Change on the Flows in the Blue Nile River using SWAT
Sead A., Bauwens, W., Marwa, A., 2010.
Poster and paper presented at the International Congress – Water 2011. 19-26 September 2011. Mekele University, Ethiopia. (Published as abstract)
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Application of SWAT for Land Use and Climate Change Analysis: The Case of Blue Nile River Basin
Sead A, 2011
ISBN-NR: 978-3-639-36878-9, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller GmbH & Co. KG, Dudweiler Landstr. 99, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany (Book on Sale online)
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Analysis of the Impact of Land Use change and Climate Change on the Flows in the Blue Nile River using SWAT
Sead A., Bauwens, W., Marwa, A., 2010.
Paper presented at the 11th Annual Symposium of Sustainable Water Resource Development. 3-4 December 2010. Arbaminch University, Ethiopia. (Published as abstract)
Contact info
- Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering department, Room: 2-D-14, Istanbul Kültür University, E5 Highway Bakırköy, 34158, İstanbul-Türkiye
- (0212) 498 41 41
- s.swalih@iku.edu.tr
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