Alaa El-Sadek
Dr. Alaa El-Sadek
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Location:
Manama
Bahrain
BH
Office Phone:
+973 17449164
Degree:
Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Water Resources) Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium 2001
M.Sc., Civil Engineering (Projects Management) Egypt 1996
B.Sc., Honors in Civil Engineering Egypt 1989
Research Interests:
Climate change adaptation
Desalination
Modeling the water/food/energy nexus
Modern irrigations systems
Soil and water management
System-wide water use management and modeling
Treated wastewater reuse
Water and wastewater treatment
Community Interests:
Publications
Al-Otaibi, I., El-Sadek, A. and Zubari, W. 2014. Calculation and Evaluation of Virtual Water Flow in the GCC Countries. Emirates Journal for Engineering Research, (in press).Al-Otaibi, I., El-Sadek, A. and Zubari, W. 2014. Virtual Water Trade in the State of Kuwait: Prospects and Challenges. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, (in press).
El-Sadek, A. 2014. Water Use Optimization Based on the Concept of Partial Root Zone Drying. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, (in press)
El-Sadek, A., Sallam, G. and Embaby, M., 2013. Developing DRAINMOD-Geostatistical Technology to Predict Nitrate Leaching. Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 139(2): 158-164
El-Sadek, A. 2012. Developing DRAINMOD-EMA Technology for Defining the Nitrogen Dressing as a Function of Environmental Constraints. International Journal of Enhanced Research in Science Technology & Engineering, 1(1): 1-8
El-Sadek, A. and Vazquez, R., 2012. Parameter sensitivity analysis and prediction error in field-scale NO3-N modeling. Agricultural Water Management, 111: 115- 126
El Kharraz, J., A. El-Sadek, N. Ghaffour and E. Mino, 2012. Water scarcity and drought in WANA countries. Procedia Engineering, 33: 14-29
El-Sadek, A., Radwan, M. and Willems, P. 2011. Mathematical Modeling of Nitrate and Salinity along the Rosetta Branch in the Nile Delta. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 29 (1/2): 1-10
El-Sadek, A. 2011. Spatial and Temporal Analysis of nitrogen transport and transformation in surface water. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 29 (1/2): 51-58.
El-Sadek, A., Radwan, M. and Willems, P. 2011. Scenario analysis to improve ammonia concentrations along the Rosetta Branch in the Nile Delta, Egypt. Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 29 (3/4): 112-118.
El-Sadek, A., 2011. Virtual water: an effective mechanism for Integrated Water Resources Management. Agricultural Sciences, 2 (3): 248-261.
El-Sadek, A., 2010. Virtual water trade as a solution for water scarcity in Egypt. Water Resources Management, 24 (11): 2437-2448.
El-Sadek, A., 2010. Water desalination: An imperative measure for water security in Egypt. Desalination, 250 (3): 876-884.
El-Sadek, A., 2010. Assessing the tail behaviour of empirical distributions using the extreme value theory. Nile Water Science & Engineering Journal, 3: 1-12.
El-Sadek, A., 2010. Monte Carlo approach to developing a water quality process-factor. International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Management, 1: 97-104.
El-Sadek, A., 2009. Comparison between numerical and analytical solution of solute transport models. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 55: 63-68.
El-Sadek, A., M. El Kahloun and P. Meire, 2008. Ecohydrology for integrated water resources management in the Nile basin. Ecohydology & Hydrobiology, 8(2-4): 237-244.
El-Sadek, A., 2007. Upscaling field scale hydrology and water quality Modeling to catchment scale. Water Resources Management, 21: 149-169.
Hamouda, M. and A. El-Sadek, 2007. Virtual water trade as a policy option for the Arab States. Arab Water Council Journal, 1(1):16-31.
El-Sadek, A., J. Feyen M. Radwan and D. El-Qousy, 2003. Modeling the water discharge and nitrate leaching using DRAINMOD-GIS technology. Irrigation and Drainage, 52(4): 363-381.
El-Sadek, A., K. Oorts, L. Sammels, A. Timmerman, M. Radwan and J. Feyen, 2003. Comparative study of two nitrogen models. Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 129(1): 44-52.