Ziad A. Mimi

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Ph.D.: Water Resources Management, Loughborough University, U.K. 1999.
M.Sc.: Water and Environment, Jordan University, Jordan, 1992.
B.Sc: Civil Engineering, Jordan University, Jordan, 1990.

Personal Address:
Birzeit University
Civil Engineering Department
Birzeit, P.O BOX 14
Palestine
TelFax:+972-02-2982984
Tel: +972-02-2982108
Email: zmimi@palnet.com

Experience:
Sep. 1997- Present:
  • Assistant Professor: teaching Civil Engineering Courses: Static, Soil Mechanics, Engineering Geology, Hydraulic Constructions, Water Resources Management, Hydrology, Sanitary and Environment Engineering and Wastewater Engineering.
  • Supervising final year BSc and MSc students.
  • Planning and design small-scale wastewater treatment plants for 15 schools in Jenin District. Client: GVC-Civil Volunteer Group (Italian NGO for international development cooperation). Project cost: $700,000, 1999.
  • Planning and conducting awareness campaign for water conservation for 15 schools in Jenin District. Client: GVC-Civil Volunteer Group (Italian NGO for international development cooperation). Project cost: $12000, year 2000.
    • April 1992 - July 1999: Almanar Real Estate Co. Founder, Contributor, One of the Boards of Directors and General Manager.
    Oct. 1992 - Sep.1997 Assia Consulting Engineers: Planning Engineer, responsibilities included design of wastewater nets and treatment plant, water nets, and pumping stations.
  • Waste water treatment plant and detailed design for the sewer system in the Silwad City. Client: Silwad Municipality. Position: Deputy project manager. Project cost: $5,000,000.
  • Detailed design of sewer system and pumping stations for Balu'a and Etha'a area in Al-Bireh City. Client: PECDAR. Position: Deputy project manager. Project cost: $2,000,000.

    • Courses and Seminars:

    April 1995 - May 1995: Construction Project Management Course at Birzeit University, Management Tools and Application Using Microsoft Project.
    May 1989 - Aug. 1989: Enrol in a construction management-training programme in Harries and Sutherland Company Cambridge, U.K .

    Related Experience:

    Lecturing experience in hydraulics, hydrology, water and wastewater treatment, irrigation engineering and fluid mechanics topics.
    Experience in various engineering software packages.
    Research experience in water supply and projection estimates on both local and regional levels.

    Research Interests:

    Strong interests in water policy, water law, water rights, and community water supply.
    Capacity building of the water sector.
    Development of water and wastewater networks.
    Rainfall data analysis, rainfall-runoff modelling, and watershed modelling.
    Water supply and demand estimates on local and regional level.
    Application of decisions making models and analysis to water resources issues.

    Publications:

    Mimi, Z., and Smith, M. (1999) Selection of Water Resources Management Options. Proceedings of the 25th WEDC Conference on Integrated Development for Water Supply and Sanitation, (eds. J. Pickford and others), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 August- 3 September, pp. 412.
    Mimi, Z. (2000) Water Demands Modelling Approaches. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Water Sector Capacity Building and Research in Palestine, Birzeit, Palestine, 27 March.
    Mimi, Z., and Khaled Nasser El-Deen. (2000) Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse in Arid and Semi-arid Areas. Proceedings of the First Palestinian Environmental Symposium. Hebron, Palestine, 29 March.

    Conference Organisation:

  • Member of Organising Committee for "International Symposium on Water Sector Capacity Building and Research in Palestine", 27 March 2000, Birzeit University, Palestine.

    Skills and Activities:

  • Reviewer of the Water International Journal of IWRA.

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