key qualifications:
18 years of design and construction experience of which six years in construction of Irrigation
infrastructures and canals; dam as well as building construction (BscEng) and plus more than ten years
of hydrology research experiences (MscEng). I have extensive experience of working on a number of
challenging and interesting hydrology and civil Engineering projects. |
 Contact Mesfin Tewolde
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Area of Expertise: |
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Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
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Infrastructure, Technology, Engineering, Science
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Professional Experience: |
06.2014 - Still EPIGE
01.2014 - 03.2014 Hydrologist -temporary mission- at the department of Environment, Transport and
agriculture (DETA), Republic and canton Geneva.
01.2008 - 04.2010 Collaborator and doctorate candidate, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg
06.2005 - 01.2007 Researcher, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, South Africa
12.2004 - 06.2005 Research Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban,
South Africa
05.2000 - 02.2002 Civil Engineer, Eritrean Defense Force, Eritrea
01.1997 - 05.2000 Civil Engineer, Ministry of Agriculture, Asmara, Eritrea
02.1996 - 12.1996 Civil Engineer, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Rehabilitation
Commission in Tigray Region (SAERT), Mekele, Ethiopia
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Education: |
Researcher and PhD candidate at the university of Fribourg, Switzerland.
I have BScEng degree in Civil/Irrigation Eng. from Arbaminch Water Technology Institute, Ethiopia and MScEng degree in Engineering hydrology from the school of Bioresources Engineering and Environmental hydrology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. After graduation, I did work in surface irrigation projects; reservoirs, earth and rock fill dams, as well as building construction as site engineer for more than 6 years. From my past experiences, I have grasped a lot about irrigation and water resources field of studies.
I did my masters research in developing a model to estimate flood routing parameters in ungauged catchments using Muskingum method. From which I have learned a lot about modeling and design hydrology. I have worked as researcher for more than 5 years. In addition, I am able to use surveying instruments such as Theodolite, Total Station, Engineering software’s such as AutoCAD, FORTRAN programming language, MATLAB, R-stat, Arcinfo, IDRISI, ERDAS and PCI-Geomatica; softwares of Bentley (Bentley Civilstorm V8i), HEC-RAS (hydrologic engineering center for the USA army corps of engineers); irrigation water management software’s such as CROPWAT, PLANWAT and SAPWAT.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Tewolde MH (2005) Flood Routing in Ungauged Catchments using Muskingum Methods. Universal Publishers (Dissertation.com), Florida.
Smithers JC, KT Chetty, Frezghi MS, DM and Knoesen Tewolde MH (2007) Development and assessment of a continuous simulation modelling system for design flood estimation, WRC Report No. 1318/1/07. Water Resources Commission, Pretoria, RSA.
P S van Heerden, C T Crosby, B Grové, N Benadé, E Theron, R E Schulze & MH Tewolde (2009, Integrating and Updating of SAPWAT and PLANWAT to Create a Powerful and User Friendly Irrigation Planning Tool, WRC report No. TT 391/08.Water Resources Commission, Pretoria, RSA.
Tewolde MH and JC Smithers (2006) Flood routing in ungauged catchments using Muskingum methods. Journal of Water South Africa.
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
15-20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, French, Amharic and Tigrigna |
Nationality:
Eritrea
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LinkedIn Profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtewolde/
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