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Ammar Adham Ali Dawood (Lecturer)
PhD in Water resources engineering
Lecturer
Dams - Engineering
engammar2000@uoanbar.edu.iq
Biography
Ammar Adham Ali was born on August 22, 1978 in Anah city, Anbar, Iraq.
Ammar received a bachelor’s degree (BSc.) in civil engineering from the University of Anbar (Iraq 2000). After another year of study he received a Higher diploma from the University of Technology (Baghdad, 2001), where he also graduated with a master degree (MSc.) in 2008.
Ammar starting working with the engineering consultant bureau in the University of Anbar (2000-2002), supervising, planning and designing several projects. He then worked with the Mayoralty of Baghdad (2002-2003). After 2003, he returned to the University of Anbar as a lecturer in the civil engineering department of the engineering college on hydrology and water resources engineering.
Ammar was awarded a scholarship from Iraqi government under the Higher Committee for Education Development in Iraq (HCED) for doing his PhD. During his PhD. he developed experience in working with various modelling approaches such as water balance modelling and climate change modelling. This experience was used in developing a new model for investigating and optimising the performance of rainwater harvesting structures.
Ammar has participated in and presented his work at several international events, including the 2015 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna, Austria; and Integrated land and water resources management in the dry areas under climate change, Tunisia 2015.
Ammar is married and has three children: a 13-year-old daughter, a 12-year-old son and 2 years old young son.
Publication
Publications
Peer reviewed papers
Adham, A., Wesseling, J. G., Riksen, M.J.P.M., Ouessar, M., and Ritsema, C. J. (2016). A water harvesting model for optimising rainwater harvesting in the wadi Oum Zessar watershed, Tunisia. Agricultural Water Management, 176, 191-202
Adham, A., Riksen, M.J.P.M., Ouessar, M., and Ritsema, C. J. (2016). A methodology to assess and evaluate rainwater harvesting techniques in (semi-) arid regions. Water, 8(5), 198
Ammar, A., Riksen, M.J.P.M., Ouessar, M., and Ritsema, C. (2016). Identification of suitable sites for rainwater harvesting structures in arid and semi-arid regions: A review. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 4(2), 108-120
Adham, A., Riksen, M., Ouessar, M., Abed, R., and Ritsema, C. (2017). Development of Methodology for Existing Rainwater Harvesting Assessment in (semi-) Arid Regions. In Water and Land Security in Drylands (pp. 171-184). Springer International Publishing
Adham, A., Wesseling, J. G., Riksen, M.J.P.M., Ouessar, M., Abed R. and Ritsema, C. J. (2019). Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Rainwater Harvesting in the Oum Zessar Watershed in southeastern Tunisia. Agricultural Water Management 221, 131-140
Adham A., Khamis, N., Wesseling, J. G., Riksen, M.J.P.M., Abed, R., Ritsema, C.J., et al. (2018) (submitted); A GIS- based approach for identifying potential sites for harvesting rainwater in the Western Desert of Iraq. International Soil and Water Conservation Research 4 (6), 297-304
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Wesseling, J. G., Adham, A., Riksen, M. J., Ritsema, C. J., Oostindie, K., & Heidema, N. (2021). A Microsoft Excel Application to Simulate Water Harvesting in a Catchment. Water Harvesting Research, 4(1), 1-18.
Assaf, A. T., Sayl, K. N., & Adham, A. (2021, August). Surface Water Detection Method for Water Resources Management. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1973, No. 1, p. 012149). IOP Publishing.
Adham, A., Abed, R., & Ritsema, C. (2021). A Reliability Analysis of Rainwater Catchment System. Water Resources, 48(3), 361-367.
Seeyan, S., Adham, A., Mahdi, K., & Ritsema, C. (2021). Water quality, availability, and uses in rural communities in the kurdistan region, iraq. Water, 13(20), 2927
Mohammad, E. I., Mustafa, A. S., & Adham, A. (2021). Simulation of Storm Sewer Network Using a Storm Water Man-agement Model (SWMM), Ramadi City as a Case Study. Anbar Journal of Engineering Sciences, 9(1).
Sayl, K., Adham, A., & Ritsema, C. J. (2020). A GIS-based multicriteria analysis in modeling optimum sites for rainwater harvesting. Hydrology, 7(3), 51.
Ammar, A. A. (2017). Evaluating rainwater harvesting systems in arid and semi-arid regions (Doctoral dissertation, Wageningen University and Research).
Adham, A., Seeyan, S., Abed, R., Mahdi, K., Riksen, M., & Ritsema, C. (2022). Sustainability of the Al-Abila Dam in the Western Desert of Iraq. Water, 14(4), 586.
Assaf, A. T., Sayl, K. N., & Adham, A. (2021, August). Surface Water Detection Method for Water Resources Management. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1973, No. 1, p. 012149). IOP Publishing..
Poster presentations
Adham, A., Riksen, M.J.P.M., Ouessar, M., and Ritsema, C.J. (2015). A Methodology to Assess and Evaluate Rainwater Harvesting Techniques in (Semi-)Arid Regions. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria
Adham, A., Riksen, M.J.P.M., Ouessar, M., and Ritsema, C.J. (2015). Development of methodology for existing rainwater harvesting assessment in (semi)-arid regions. Integrated land and water resources management in the dry areas under climate change; Tunisia
Adham, A., Riksen, M.J.P.M., Ouessar, M., and Ritsema, C.J. (2015). Identifying Suitable Sites for Implementing of Rainwater Harvesting Structures in (Semi-) Arid Regions: A review. International symposium in the Netherlands
Proceedings and Master thesis
Adham A. 2009. Optimization of Water Supply Network by Using Computer. Master thesis, University of Technology
Adham A. 2001. Analysis and Design Water Distribution Network by Computer. Higher diploma thesis, University of Technology
Lectures
Other
1- Attended EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria 2015.
2- Attended Water and Land Security in Drylands conference, Tunisia 2016.
3- Attended a Workshop in the Netherlands, Netherlands 2022