Dr. Uri Shamir:
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Bolivia has
water: rivers, Lakes, ground water and others resources. But a day, Potosi, my
hometown ( see WEB about Salar of Uyuni-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/salar-de-uyuni)
was dry, only had 183 mm of annual rainfall; but is much more that Israel and
the region have.
Therefore
we admire the effort of your engineers to get treatment and good use of water.
Thank you very much, for
send me documentation on optimizacion of handling of resources of water.
Technion Israel Institute of Technology . Haifa, Israel
“When it opened in 1924, the
Technion was the only higher-learning science institution in Palestine. Its
original premises are now used by the Israel Museum of Science, Technology and
Space. Originally, the institution's focus was on natural sciences, engineering
and architecture. Three Nobel laureates teach at today's 12,500-student
327-acre Mount Carmel campus - Avram Hershko, Aaron Ciechanover (Faculty of
Medicine) and Prof. Dan Shechtman (Faculty of Chemistry).
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Technion
Israel Institute of Technology . Haifa, Israel
PROFESSOR EMERITUS URI SHAMIR
Technion | Israel Institute of Technology - Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Haifa, ISRAEL 32000
Tel: 972-4-829-2239 Fax: 972-4-822-8898
e-mail:shamir@technion.ac.il and:shamir@alum.mit.edu
Biography, in brief:
“ My main focus is on
planning, design and operation of water resources systems, using OR
methodologies of modeling, simulation, optimization and decision-making. Water
resources systems contain both natural and man-made components, so the studies
include: hydrology of surface and ground water; water supply and distribution
systems; urban water resources, water sensitive urban and watershed planning,
regional and national water systems, water policy and strategy. I conduct
practice-oriented research with graduate students and colleagues in academia,
in consulting firms, and in local, ragional and national agencies,
combined with long-term consulting – thereby bridging between theory and
practice, in both directions.
“For 45 years I taught at
the Technion and at some notable universities in North America courses on water
resources management, systems analysis and optimization, surface and
groundwater hydrology, fluid mechanics and hydraulics, and have been repeatedly
cited as Outstanding Teacher.
“Since 1966 I have consulted to local,
municipal, regional and national water authorities and companies in several
countries, and to international agencies. For 25 years I was consultant to
Mekorot Water Company, and since 1992 I am consultant to the Israel
Water Authority, and am
member of the Israeli team dealing and negotiating with our neighbors on water.
“Since the 1970s I served
the international scientific community, as President of the International
Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS, 1991-1995), Vice President (1995-1999
and 1999-2003) and President (2003-2007) of the International Union of Geodesy
and Geophysics (IUGG), Member of the Executive Board of the International,
Council of Science (ICSU, 2005-2008 and 2008-2011).
“I was the Founding
Director (1991-2003) of the Stephen and Nancy Grand Water Research Institute,
the GWRI, at the technion, which operates as the national water reseatch
institute. It houses the Blumenstein Information Center, which assembles,
organizes and makes openly available to all information on water in Israel and
the Middle East, and provides links to international water information sources.
“In 2013 I received the
Life-Time Achievement Award from the Israeli Water Association. The citation
reads (translated from Hebrew) “Professor Uri Shamir : In gratitude and
appreciation for life-long achievements in the domain of water, for scientific
and engineering achievements, for professional leadership, for the ability to
combine research and teaching to address urgent issues facing the water sector,
for your contribution in educationg generations of top ranking professionals of
the Israeli water sector, for your contribution of the content and formulation
of Israel’s water agreements with its neighbors, for respectable representation
of Israel in the international water community by consultation to international
entities like the World Bank and UNESCO and by leadership of international
scientific organizations, for involvement in and influence on management of the
Israeli water sector, and for contributing to the Water Sector Master Plan and
its approval”. Signed by the Israeli Water Association, 24 April 2013”
Another external reference: From: http://cibc.hr/?p=1625
“Uri Shamir is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Founding Director (1992-2003) of the Stephen and Nancy Grand Water Research Institute at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Prof. Shamir holds a BSc (1962) from the Technion and a PhD (1966) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He teaches, conducts research and consults in Israel and around the world on hydrology and water resources management. Since 1992 Prof. Shamir has been a consultant to the Israeli Water and Sewage Authority (IWA) on matters of planning and policy, and previously (1967-92) was consultant to Mekorot, the National Water Supply Company.
“Prof. Shamir was Chairman of the Israeli Association of Hydrology (1984-1986), President of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (1991-1995), Vice President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (1995-2003) and IUGG President (2003-2007). He is Member of the Executive Board of the International Council of Science (ICSU) for the periods 2005-2008 and 2008-2011, from the GeoUnions cluster. Prof. Shamir is Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee of the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP-TAC), the UN-wide water programme led by UNESCO.
Some of his
technical books:
Liquid Assets: An
Economic Approach for Water Management and Conflict Resolution in the Middle
East and Beyond
by Franklin M. Fisher, Zvi Eckstein, Uri Shamir, Munther J. Haddadin, Ilan Amir, Shaul Arlosoroff, Anan Jayyousi, Salem G. Hamati
Hydrological
Basis for Water Resources Management International Symposium/No 197 (IAHS Proceedings & Reports) 514 Pages, by Uri Shamir, Chen Jiaqi (Editor)
Some of his
technical books:
Water Resources Quality: Preserving the Quality of our Water Resources
by Hillel Rubin, Peter Nachtnebel, Josef Fürst and Uri Shamir (Oct 12, 2012)Water Resources Quality: Preserving the Quality of our Water Resources
by Hillel Rubin, Peter Nachtnebel, Josef Fürst and Uri Shamir (Oct 12, 2012)Water Resources Quality: Preserving the Quality of our Water Resources
by Hillel Rubin, Peter Nachtnebel, Josef Fürst and Uri Shamir (Oct 12, 2012)Of course, only a few publications.
I recommend see Disertation:http://www.tufts.edu/water/pdf/UriShamir_PowerPoint.pdf
