Mohammed Haggag
Dr. Assistant Professor , Deaprtment of Irrigation and Hydraulics, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
Deaprtment of Irrigation and Hydraulics, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, P.O. 12613 Giza, Egypt (email)
Bio
Dr. Abou-Elhaggag joined Cairo University in 2001, and is currently a Senior Faculty Member at the Faculty of Engineering. He possesses various research interests in climate change and modelling studies; surface hydrology; river basin management; dams’ hydrology and hydraulics; impact assessment of climate change and variability on surface water; development and application of simulation models for environmental impact assessments; development and application of Multi-Model Combination Schemes in environmental impact assessments, etc.
Perfect working knowledge of different design software and packages, including InfoWorks ICM, Watershed Modeling System (WMS), Surface Water Modeling System (SMS), HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, AutoCAD, MIKE 21 Modeling, Ocean Circulation Modeling, Wind Waves Simulation Modeling, Land Surface Process Simulation Modeling, Surface Water Quality Modeling, etc. in addition to mastering Linux OS and MS Windows operating systems.
Perfect knowledge of IPCC's General Circulation Models (GCM) datasets for various emission scenarios, PRECIS regional climate model, assessment of climate change impacts on water resources, climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, and good knowledge of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Dr. Abou-Elhaggag has strong ties with the research, planning and development of water resources in Egypt and the Nile Basin. Through his academic position at Cairo University’s Faculty of Engineering, he has acted as the National Coordinator for the US$ 7 million World Bank project entitled “Eastern Nile Planning Model-ENPM” that was implemented jointly by the Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO) and the main academic institutions in the EN basin. Dr. Abou-Elhaggag was the Deputy Principal Investigator for a technical study on the Nile Delta flooding in Egypt due to sea level rise resulting from Climate Change. In addition, he acted as the Deputy Principal Investigator for a technical study on modelling the impacts of fish aquaculture production on water quality in the Northern Nile Delta. Furthermore, Dr. Abou-Elhaggag acted as the National Coordinator for the US$ 15 million World Bank project entitled “Nile Cooperation for Results-NCORE” that is implemented by the Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO) jointly with Cairo, Khartoum, Addis Ababa and Juba Universities, 2013-2015.
The current research theme of Dr. Abou-Elhaggag research team at Cairo University is the development of a dynamic regional climate model for the Nile basin focusing on water- related climate change impacts and adaption measures. Two MSc dissertations were completed on the impact of climate change on the water resources in the equatorial and Ethiopian plateaus. Currently Dr. Abou-Elhaggag is co-supervising three MSc students and a single PhD student to working on research points related to climate change impacts on Egypt water resources.
Journal Reviewer for the Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, and Journal of International Development and Cooperation.