Personal Information

 Professor

Department of  Water Resources

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 6952000 Ext. 64865

Email: akamis@kau.edu.sa

Ahmed Samy Ahmed Elzaher Kamis

 Professor

Profile

I obtained my PhD from McGill University, Canada at 1985 in Civil Engineering.
I worked at Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering, Irrigation and Hydraulic
Department as a professor of irrigation structure design, I also worked as
a head of irrigation department at Pacer Consultants.  Most of my work was design and construction supervision of several projects  in cooperation with German and American consulting firms. Now, I teach three courses First: HWR 342 which is about management of urban water systems, Second: HWR 422 which is about desigen of hydraulic structures (see photo album) and Third: HWR 442 which is about design of water networks.  Also I participated in several research projects about water management and protection against flash floods.

Education

  • 1978

    Bachelor degree from Irrigation and Hydraulic DeparFaculty of Engineering, Cairo University, القاهرة, مصــــــــر

  • 1981

    Master degree from Irrigation and Hydraulic DeparFaculty of Engineering, Cairo University, القاهرة, مصــــــــر

  • 1985

    Doctorate degree from Civil EngineeringFaculty of Engineering, McGill University, مونتريال, كـــــــندا

Employment

  • 1978-1981

    Instructor, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, القاهرة, مصــــــــر

  • 1981-1985

    Lecturar, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, القاهرة, مصــــــــر

  • 1985-1991

    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, القاهرة, مصــــــــر

  • 1991-1996

    Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, القاهرة, مصــــــــر

  • 1991-1996

    Head, Water Engineering, Pacer Consultants, القاهرة, مصــــــــر

  • 1996-2007

    Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, القاهرة, مصــــــــر

  • 1996-حاليا

    Professor, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriclture, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

My main interest is water resources studies.  I’ve been involved in many studies related to water resources management and water resources economics.  Among those, Allocation of irrigation water cost among water users, farm irrigation water management and Hada alsham water management.  Also, design of irrigation structures is one of my interest where I participated  in the design of several large scale projects in Egypt. 

Scientific interests

Water resources Economics

Courses

Hydraulic Structures 422 HWR
Urban Hydrology 342 HWR

Areas of expertise