Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam / Springer Geography (PDF)

Dr. Assefa M. Melesse is Professor of Water Resources Engineering with background in remote sensing and geospatial applications to hydrological modeling. He earned his M.E. (2000) and Ph.D. (2002) from the University of Florida in Agricultural Engineering with two concentrations (Hydrological Sciences and GIS) and three minors (Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Remote sensing). His areas of research and experience include spatially distributed hydrologic modeling, ecohydrology, spatial surface water balance modeling, sediment transport, surface and groundwater interactions modeling, spatial evapotranspiration mapping using remote sensing, water-energy-carbon fluxes coupling and modeling, remote sensing hydrology, climate change impact modeling, river basin management, and land cover change detection and scaling. He has also worked on the application of artificial neural network and other statistical learning techniques to hydrology. He has vast experiences in the Nile River Basin and the Caribbean Islands. Dr. Melesse was a Fulbright Scholar in Ethiopia in 2012. He is Author and Editor of 6 books and over 450 publications including journal articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, and conference presentations. Dr. Melesse is Registered Professional Engineer (PE) and also Diplomate of Water Resources Engineer (D. WRE) with over 30 years of teaching and research experience. Dr. Melesse has served as Advisor/Co-advisor for over 60 graduate students.







Dr. Wossenu Abtew is Professional Civil Engineer and Certified Water Resources Engineer with over 30 years of experience in water resources related areas including water management, hydrologic system analysis, statistical hydrology, constructed wetlands design and operation, environmental restoration, transboundary rivers, the Nile River Basin, dam sizing and operation, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), best management agricultural practices, landscape