Bio

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• Background

Summary: Wossenu Abtew, Ph.D., P.E., B.C WRE has 30 years of experience in water resources related areas including water management, hydrologic system analysis, statistical hydrology, constructed wetlands design and operation, transboundary rivers, the Nile River Basin, dam sizing and operation, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, best management agricultural practices, landscape dynamics and environmental restoration, water quality and sediment sampling. 

Area of Specialty: Civil Engineering Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Hydrology

Professional Experience

2019-current Principal Civil Engineer, Water and Environment Consulting LLC

2007- 2018 Principal Engineer, South Florida Water Management District. 

2000-2007: Lead Engineer, South Florida Water Management District. 

1996-2000: Sr. Supervising Engineer, South Florida Water Management District: 

1991-1996: Sr. Civil Engineer, South Florida Water Management District. 

1990-1991: Water Resources Engineer, South Florida Water Management District. 

1989-1990: Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Florida. 

1985-1989: Teaching and research assistant, Texas Tech University.

Education: 

Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Engineering): 1989. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. 

M.S. in Agricultural Engineering: 1986. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

B.S. in Agricultural Engineering: 1973. Haile Selassie 1stUniversity, Ethiopia.

License and Certification:

Registered Professional Civil Engineer, P.E. (FL)

Diplomate Water Resource Engineer, D.WRE (American Academy of Water Resource Engineers)

Certificate in Supervisory Management, the State of Florida and the Center for Public Management at the Florida State University, 1999

Professional Membership:

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)

Invited Plenary Session Speech at an International Conference

Wossenu Abtew. 2014. Global Water Conditions and Evapotranspiration. Abstract in: Goda et al. (eds.). An International Symposium on Evapotranspiration: Challenges in Measurement and Modeling from Leaf to the Landscape Scale and Beyond, April 7-10, 2014, Raleigh, North Carolina. Paper No. 1963015. 

ASABE.

Invited Keynote Speech at an International Conference. 

Global Water Condition and Transboundary Rivers: The Nile Basin. The 2020 International Conference on the Nile an ad GERD Science, Conflict Resolution, Cooperation. Florida International University (Virtual).