The Safe Coasts (SC)

Mr. Diwedar has superior experience covering different part of the hydraulics engineering. Currently he is working as associate professor the head of physical modelling department in the Hydraulics Research Institute, dealing with research projects and consultation in the field of river and coastal hydraulics, water engineering and water resources management. 

Through 20 years working in the Hydraulics Research Institute diverse experience has been gained. This due to the involvement in the different departments of the institute, where he participated in different studies using both mathematical and physical modelling, and application of GIS and remote sensing. He started his professional career in HRI as an executive engineer of physical and mathematical models, then as a project engineer, after that he joined the survey department at HRI and worked as a team leader in different survey missions.

He accomplished his undergraduate study in Civil Engineering, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, ZAGAZIG University – BANHA BRANCH in 2002. In 2005 he completed his M.Sc. degree from UNESCO-IHE, Delft, the Netherlands, under the Water Science Department, specialized in Coastal and Port Development. In 2009, he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Ain-Shams University, with specialization in Coastal Engineering Protection.

Mr. Al Sayed has nine years of experience in project management and capacity building activities as he joined the secretariat office of the Nile Basin Capacity Building Network for River Engineering (NBCBN) since 2008. Where he was involved in the management process of the network and the different network activities. This raised his capacities from technical, managerial and communication skills point of view. Through his work in the network, he participated in the organization and facilitation of different workshops, training courses and regional conferences. Part of his work duties was participation in proposal writing for donor as EU, reporting for the fund agencies and for the project management team.

Dr. Yossef is a modeling expert and experienced river engineer (since 1992) who worked on numerous projects for rivers in Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. Dr. Yossef is one of the experts behind the development of the hydraulic and morphology model of the Rhine Branches in the Netherlands. Now he is leading the team to develop a similar model for large segment of the Danube River in Romania. Starting late 2013, Dr. Yossef has been leading a team to develop a set of models and tools to evaluate flood risks in Ye?il?rmak and Antalya basins in Turkey. Dr. Yossef has worked in several projects for the Nile River in Egypt, the Corantijn River in Surinam, Panama Canal in Panama, the Orinoco River in Venezuela, the Indus River in Pakistan, the Tenryuu River in Japan, the Danube River in Slovakia and Romania, Río Magdalena in Colombia. In addition, Dr. Yossef gained project execution experience that covers dredging/filling, under-water works, caisson production and placement, and shore protection during his work as technical office engineer in STFA-Marine for the construction of 450 m caisson quay wall for the Belde Container Port in Marmara Sea. A distinct area of Mohamed Yossef’s expertise regards strategic utilisation of models, uncertainty analysis, the interaction between rivers and structures, and rapid assessment of inland water transport navigation channel route. Frequently, Dr. Yossef gets involved in several projects as a strategic modeling advisor and reviewer; in addition to his role in projects including training, knowledge transfer, and capacity-building components.

I got my B.Sc I got my B.sc in engineering from shoubra faculty, Benha University in 2013.I got my M.Sc. in engineering from Materia faculty, Helwan University in 2021. I have worked at ACE project Management, Moharam Bakhoum from 2013 to 2015.Then I have worked at General Administration for Irrigation of Delta Barrages, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation from 2015 to 2016.I have worked at Hydraulic Research Institute, National Water Research center since 2016.

• Assessment and monitoring of coastal structures; investigate reasons of failure and proposed solution.
• Simulating the fluid-structure interaction using the Finite Element Method and Finite Difference Method; investigating the induced forces and stresses.
• Physical model simulations; studying the stability of coastal structures.
• Programs: Flow 3d, SMS, Abaqus, Sap, and python.

Working for Deltares as a Consultant/Researcher in the field of Environmental Hydrodynamics. Qualified in marine and coastal systems, environmental hydrodynamics, salt water intrusion, (3D) numerical modelling, fluid mechanics, density currents, physical oceanography, data analysis, Delft3D 4, Delft3D-FM, SIMONA (WAQUA/TRIWAQ), MATLAB, reporting and providing (software) training.

Coastal Research Institute, National Water Research Center. Over 25 years of research experiences on coastal engineering, Multi used coastal structures, coastal physical and numerical modeling, beach morphodynamics, environmental impact assessment in coastal zone, effect of the climate changes on the coastal zone, and integrated coastal zone management. He published 29 papers in scientific journals, 41 conference papers and 5 book chapters.

Holding MSc in Hydrodinformatics from IHE Delft and a BEng with specialization in Water Engineering and Environment from the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University.

Coastal engineer with over six years of working experience in coastal issues, especially in the design and construction of coastal structures, wave flume experiments and other modelling Softwares. I am a hydrographic survey team leader with surveys covered hundreds of kilometres of the Mediterranean and the Red seas. Furthermore, I am pursuing a PhD in the faculty of engineering, Alexandria University.

Researcher at Hydraulic Research institute. More than 10 years of experiences in Numerical modeling of rivers and coastal engineering projects (2D and 3D Modeling). Have experiences in hydrodynamics, morphological changes and water Quality issues. Holding MSc degree in irrigation and Hydraulics, Cairo University, PHD degree in water resources and irrigation. I finished my PHD in 2021 which was focused in one of the Egyptian Northern Lakes, Manzala Lake, using Delft 3D software.

I have over 14 years’ of diverse experience in hydraulic and River Engineering Projects. I earned my PhD in 2021 in Civil Concentration. I am currently a researcher at HRI [2011-Present]. I have vast experience in the modelling and design of fluvial protection structures and infrastructure. My modelling experience includes hydro-morphodynamic circulation, intake/outfall for power plants and more.

Assistant researcher at Coastal Research Institute - National Water Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt. Ph.D. candidate, department of irrigation engineering and hydraulics, faculty of engineering, Alexandria university. M.Sc. in Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulics, entitled “Corrugated Breakwater for Coastal Protection”, Alexandria Univeersity, 2022. BA with the honorary degree of Excellent from the Civil Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, 2015. Experienced in hydrographic survey and field data processing. Involved in a lot of researches and projects in the field of physical modeling by wave flume and numerical simulation with Flow-3D and their application in coastal sector.

Assistant researcher at the Hydraulics Research Institute (HRI), the National Water Research Center (NWRC). He received a master degree in Water Science and Engineering with a specialization in Hydroinformatics from IHE-Delf Institute for Water Education, his interests include physical modelling, numerical modelling, optimization, and operational water management

I am a graduated of faculty of engineering, department of civil engineering (2014), University of Alexandria and Master of Science from Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulics department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University (2022). I have a great passion to research and gaining new knowledge. I believe that feeding new information into my head is what keeps my brain ticking. I have a firm sense of responsibility and capacity to work and be an effective member in a team. I have a good experience in coastal processes, numerical modelling and very good background in mathematics and statistics. I have attended several training courses in the past nine years to enhance my capabilities and my efficiency.

I am a coastal modeler/scientist who loves solving coastal problems. I have very good working experience in hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of coastal areas. I was able to develop and optimize a 20-year morpho-dynamic simulation, using Delft3d, for the long-term evaluation of natural-based protection. In addition, I developed a 31-year wave atlas in the Mediterranean Sea using SWAN model that is used for developing different wave models and obtaining the design wave heights along the Egyptian Mediterranean coast. I participated as a Co-PI in more than 15 projects mostly aimed at coastal protections, beach restoration, or the establishment of efficient design criteria. Right now, I am sharpening my skills and adding new ones through developing my programming skills, learning data science, and machine learning.
Skills: Delft3d, SWAN, LITPACK, Python, Risk Assessment Analysis, Extreme Value Analysis, Data Analysis, MATLAB, Tableau, Linux OS, SQL