Elias Jemal Abdella Curriculum Vitae
✅ Personal information
First name (s)/Surname (s): Elias Jemal Abdella
Address (es):Haramaya Institute of Technology (HiT)
Haramaya University, Ethiopia
Telephone (s):+251960730284
+251961280311
E-mail: eljaab@gmail.com
Nationality: Ethiopian
Date of birth: 24/04/1981
Gender:Male
✅ Work experience
Date: October 2010 onwards
Occupation or position held: Lecturer, Consultant, Researcher, and Head of University-Industry Linkage
Main activities and responsibilities: Advising and teaching undergraduate students; conducting different research and consultancy work with various teams of experts in the University; Managing the University Industry linkage (UIL) Office.
Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia
Type of business or sector: Public, academic higher institution
Date: November 2007 – September 2010
Occupation or position held: Instructor, Researcher, and Head of the College Registrar
Main activities and responsibilities: Teaching undergraduate students, conducting research, and managing the college registrar's office
Name and address of employer: Gambella agricultural technical, vocational education and training college Gambella Ethiopia
Type of business or sector: Public, academic higher institution
✅ Education and Training
Date: June 18 – 26, 2012
Title of qualification awarded:Certificate Training course on “Groundwater Resources Development”
1. Addis Ababa University
2. AG Consult
3. MetaMeta Research
4. University Water Sector Partnership (UWSP)
Date: March 16 – 17, 2013
Certificate International conference on “Various Facets of Energy Technologies and its Management for Sustainable Development”
Jawaharlal Nehru University (J.N.U), New Delhi, India
Date:December 14 – 23, 2015
Certificate Training course on “Hydrologic Modeling with SWAT”
1. Global Initiative for Academic Networks
2. Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India
Date: February 12 – 16, 2018
Certificate Training course on “Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture and its Geophysical Application”
1. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Department of Civil Engineering, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
2. Global Initiative for Academic Networks
Date: September 17, 2018
Certificate Author workshop on How to Publish a Technical Paper
1. Wiley
2. Central Library Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
✅ Desired employment/ Occupational field
Energy, Engineering, and Information Technologies (EEIT) Thematic Area leadership position
✅ Education and Training
Dates: July 2012 – August 2024
Title of qualification awarded: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Water Resource Engineering
principal subjects covered:Thesis Title: “Climate Change Impact Analysis on Upper Blue Nile Basin Hydro-Climatology, Crop Yield, Hydropower and Operation Policy of Reservoir System”
Name and type of organization Providing education and training:Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Department of Civil Engineering, Hauz-Khas, New Delhi, India – 110016. It is a Public academic higher institution.
Funded by the Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Level in national or international classification:ISCED 8
Dates:July 2007 – July 2010
Title of qualification:Master of Science (MSc.) Degree in Irrigation Engineering
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects covered:Thesis Title: “Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) analysis of point rainfall for selected meteorological stations in Ilu-Aba-Bora Zone, Ethioia”
Courses
Name and type of organization providing education and training:Design of small dams and hydraulic structures; Canal and canal structures; Advanced irrigation engineering; Applied hydrology; Drainage engineering; GIS and Remote sensing; Natural resource economics; Experimental design and analysis; Soil reclamation and management etc.
Level in national or international classification: Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia; it is a Public academic higher institution. Funded by the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/ATVET project
ISCED 7
Date: October 1999 – July 2004
Title of qualification awarded: Bachelor of Sciences (BSc.) Degree in Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization
Principal subjects covered: Thesis Title: “Developing Equation to relate Pan-evaporation and Potential evapotranspiration”
Courses
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Irrigation and Drainage; Field Practice in Agricultural Engineering I and II; Farm Management; Farm Implement and Machinery I and II; Soil Physics and Mechanics; Engineering Materials; Farm Electrification; Soil and Water Conservation, Fluid Mechanics; Research Method in Agricultural Engineering
Hawassa University (former name Debube University), Hawassa, Ethiopia It is a Public academic higher institution.
Funded by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education
Level in national or international classification: ISCED 6
✅ Training and Conferences
Date : August 22 – 26, 2011
Title of qualification awarded :Certificate
Principal subjects covered: “Tailor made course on Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing”
1. Haramaya University, Haramaya, Ethiopia
2. UNESCO-IHE, Delft, Netherlands
Date: September 19 -26, 2011
Title of qualification awarded: Certificate
Principal subjects covered:“International congress water 2011: Integrated Water Resource Management in Tropical and Subtropical Dry Lands”
Name and type of organization: 1. VLIR-UOS, Belgium
2. Mekele University, Mekele, Ethiopia
Date: May 16 -18, 2012
Title of qualification awarded:Certificate
Principal subjects covered: National Conference on “Science, Technology, and Innovation for Prosperity of Ethiopia”
Name and type of organization: Institute of Technology, Bahir-Dar University, Bahir-Dar, Ethiopia
Personal skills and competencies Language self-assessment
✅ Research and Projects
Date: Since August 2024
Project name:Evaluation and Documentation of Experiences in the Implementation of Dry Valley Rehabilitation and Productive Use (DVRPU) Approach and Development of Knowledge Products
Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator (PI)
Sponsor of the project: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Date: Since December 2021
Project Name:Spatial Groundwater Assessment and Database Development Through Application of Hydro-census in the East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia
Responsibility:Principal Investigator (PI)
Sponsor of the project: Haramaya University Research Office
Date: Since January 2022
Project Name:Investigating System Improvement Alternatives for Haramaya University's Irrigation-based Wheat Seed Production Scheme in East Hararghe Zone
✅ Computer skills and competencies
Proficient in Computer Application
• Basic computer skills (most Microsoft office programs)
• Application software in the area of water resources
➢ GIS software (ArcView, Arc GIS, QGIS)
➢ Arc SWAT, QSWAT
➢ Remote sensing software (ERDAS Imaging)
➢ Global Mapper
➢ CROPWAT
➢ DSSAT
➢ AquaCrop
➢ WEAP
➢ iRIC (River modelling software)
➢ Global Environmental Flow Calculator
➢ WATERCAD
➢ e-Water Source
➢ MATLAB
➢ LINGO