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Abdin Mohamed Ali Salih

Abdin Mohamed Ali Salih FAAS FTWAS FIWRA (Arabic: عابدين محمد علي صالح, (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][A] 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] and a Fellow of The Word Academy of Sciences (FTWAS) in 2002.[13]

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

Scholia has a profile for Abdin Mohamed Ali Salih (Q72584630).

Notes

  1. ^ Although the date of birth is noted as 1 January, this might not be true. At the time of his birth, 1 January was assigned to those who were born outside of Khartoum, e.g., Abdalla Hamdok and Omar al-Bashir.

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Salih Abdin Mohamed Ali | The AAS". www.aasciences.africa. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  3. ^ a b iAgua, redaccion (2011-10-05). "Abdin Mohamed Ali Salih, nuevo Director para la División de Ciencias del Agua y Secretario del PHI de la UNESCO". iAgua (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  4. ^ a b "بروفسور عابدين محمد على صالح بقلم بخيتة امين". danagla.ahlamontada.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  5. ^ a b c "CV" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  6. ^ "Cssp". www.bibalex.org. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  7. ^ "Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector - International portal". www.emwis.org. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  8. ^ a b "Side Event at the ICSU Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation // "Water security" A New Paradigm of Adaptive Management | Nexus - The Water, Energy & Food Security Resource Platform". www.water-energy-food.org. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  9. ^ "Advisory and Consulting Contributions | Abdin Mohamed Ali Salih". Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  10. ^ "Wagner elected as new Chair of UNESCO-IHE". Diplomat magazine. 2015-12-05. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  11. ^ "Advisory and Consulting Contributions | Abdin Mohamed Ali Salih". Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  12. ^ Stephenson, David (2005). Water services management / { Prof. Abdin Mohamed Ali Salih collection }. London: Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84339-080-0.
  13. ^ "Salih, Abdin Mohamed Ali". TWAS. Archived from the original on 2022-11-13. Retrieved 2022-11-13.