Английская Википедия:Abdin Mohamed Ali Salih

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Abdin Mohamed Ali Salih FAAS FTWAS FIWRA (Шаблон:Lang-ar, born 1944)[1] a Sudanese Civil Engineering Professor at the University of Khartoum and a UNESCO expert in Water Resources.[2][3]

Early life and education

Salih was born in Wad Madani, Sudan in 1944.[1]Шаблон:Efn-ua Salih joined the University of Khartoum in 1963 and obtained a Bachelor of Science with a First Class Honors in Civil Engineering in 1969. He then received a Diploma of Imperial College and continued to complete a Doctor of Philosophy in Hydraulics in 1972 from Imperial College London. He later obtained a Diploma in Hydrology from the University of Padua, Italy, in 1974.[2][4][5]

Research and career

After his Ph.D., Salih returned to Sudan in 1973 and joined the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Khartoum as a Lecturer before becoming an associate professor in 1977. He became the head of the department of Civil Engineering in 1979, and a full professor in 1982. He became the University of Khartoum's Deputy Vice-Chancellor between 1990 and 1991. As of November 2022, he is a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Khartoum, and a member of the Governing Councils of the University of Khartoum and Sudan University of Science and Technology. He was also a professor at the College of Engineering, King Saud University, from 1982 until.[5][4][6]

Salih's research and consulting work focuses on water security and water resources management. He served at the UNESCO from 1993 until he became a Director of the Division of Water Sciences in 2011. [7][8][3] He was a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO from 2015 until 2019.[9][10] He was also the alternate Governor of the World Water Council between 1999 and 2003.[2] Salih works as an advisor for the High Commission for the Development of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is a member of many international water societies. [11] He has been a jury member of many international water prizes.[12]

Awards and honours

Salih was elected as a Fellow of the International Water Resources Association (FIWRA) in 1983,[5] a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (FAAS) in 1993,[2][13] and a Fellow of The Word Academy of Sciences (FTWAS) in 2002.[14]

He was awarded Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)’s Award for Excellence in Scientific Research.[8]

Personal life

Salih is married with three children.[1]

Selected publications

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