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Yassin Osman teaches Project Management, Construction Management, and Urban Drainage Systems courses. He has over 29 years of academic and industrial experiences in areas of project management, water resources management, hydrological modelling, climate change and environmental engineering, which also involved working in Sudan, Ireland, and the UK. He spent 10 years of his career in the UK Water Industry in which he worked as consultant for the Environment Agency and different UK Water Companies on projects related to flood and pollution risk modelling. Concurrent with working in the industry while continued collaborating with academia through participating in supervision of knowledge transfer partnerships research.
Academic Qualifications:
鈥 Advanced Professional Development (Research Degree Supervision), 新加坡六合彩开奖直播, UK (Jun. 2016).
鈥 PG Cert in Teaching & Learning in Higher and Professional Education, 新加坡六合彩开奖直播, UK (Jul. 2015).
鈥 PhD (Water & Environment) University College Dublin, Ireland (1997 鈥 2001)
鈥 M. Sc. (Engineering Hydrology), First Class, University College Galway, Ireland (1995 -1996)
鈥 M. Sc. (Environmental Engineering) University of Khartoum, Sudan (1992 - 1994)
鈥 B. Sc. (Hons.) Civil Engineering, 2nd Class Div 1, University of Khartoum, Sudan (1984 鈥 1989)
Professional Memberships:
鈥 FHEA Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
鈥 MCIWEM Chartered Member (the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management).
鈥 C. WEM Chartered Water and Environmental Manager (CIWEM)
鈥 C Env Chartered Environmentalist (The Society for Environment), UK.
鈥 C Eng, Chartered Engineer (UK Engineering Council).
鈥 PRINCE2 Foundation & Practitioners
Academic Interests
I have threefold of academic interests: (1) to contribute to advancement of environmental modelling through research, (2) to enhance how engineering project be managed and maintained, and (3) to find the best possible way engineering can be taught to students.
Academic Responsibilities
Developing teaching modules, conducting research, teaching and providing supervision for MSc and PhD research projects.
Appointment History:
鈥 2013 鈥 Present: Lecturer, 新加坡六合彩开奖直播
鈥 2012 鈥 2014: Senior ICM Modeller, seconded from MWH UK Ltd to Yorkshire Water Engineering
鈥 2010 鈥 2012 Senior ICM Modeller, seconded from MWH UK Ltd to United Utilities Engineering
鈥 2008 鈥 2010 Wastewater Network Modeller, MWH UK Ltd
鈥 2005 鈥 2008 Senior Modelling Engineer, Faber Maunsell (AECOM)
鈥 2004 鈥 2005 Research Associate, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
鈥 2000 鈥2003 Lecturer and Research Associate, NUI Dublin, Ireland,
鈥 1997 鈥 2001 Research Assistant (PhD Student), NUI Dublin, Ireland,
鈥 1995 鈥 1996 Research Assistant (MSc Student), NUI Galway, Ireland
鈥 1994 鈥 1995 Lecturer and Consultant Engineer, University of Khartoum, Sudan
鈥 1991 鈥 1994 Teaching Assistant and Drainage Engineer, University of Khartoum, Sudan
鈥 1989 鈥 1990 Graduate Engineer, Ministry of Irrigation and Hydropower, Sudan
Research interests (topics and supervision)
Rainfall-runoff and surface water quality modelling, Groundwater surface water interaction, Climate change & hydrological systems, Droughts in Arid and Semi-arid regions; application of artificial intelligence in engineering project management
Recent Publications:
Chapter in Research Report:
1. Osman, Y. Z., Buren, M., Magate, W., Domonique, R, 2002; Chapter 3, in 鈥淗ealth and Environmental Effects of Landfilling and Incineration of Waste in Ireland鈥. The Health Research Board, Republic of Ireland.
Papers published:
Peer-reviewed Journals:
2. Osman, Y.Z. 2018; 鈥淚mpacts of El Nino Southern oscillation and the Indian Ocean SSTs on inflow to the Roseires Dam in the Sudan鈥. Int. J. Global Warming, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp.275鈥287.
3. Osman, Y.; Al-Ansari, N.; Abdellatif, M. 2017 鈥樷機limate Change Model as a Decision Support Tool for Water Resources Management in Northern Iraq鈥欌: A case Study of Greater Zab River. In production, Journal of Water and Climate.
4. Osman, Y., Abdellatif M, Al-Ansari N, Knutsson S, Jawad S. 2017, 鈥淐LIMATE CHANGE AND FUTURE PRECIPITATION IN AN ARID ENVIRONMENT OF THE MIDDLE EAST: CASE STUDY OF IRAQ鈥. Journal of Environmental Hydrology, 25:1-18.
5. Osman, Y., Abdellatif, M., 2016; 鈥淚mproving accuracy of downscaling rainfall by combining predictions of different statistical downscale models鈥. In production, Water Science, the National Water Research Centre Journal, Elsevier.
6. Abdellatif, M., Atherton, W., Alkhaddar, R., Osman, Y.; 2015; 鈥淔lood Risk Assessment for Urban Drainage System in a Changing Climate Using Artificial Neural Network鈥. Natural Hazards, vol. 79, no. 2, pp 1059-1077.
7. Osman, Y; 2015; "Monitoring the future behaviour of urban drainage system under climate change". Open Engineering, vol. 5, no.1-5.
8. Abdellatif, M., Osman, Y. and Elkhidir, A., 2015; 鈥淐omparison of Artificial Neural Networks and Autoregressive Model for Inflows Forecasting of Roseires Reservoir for better Prediction of Irrigation Water Supply in the Sudan鈥. The International Journal of River Basin Management, vol.13, no. 2, 203-214.
9. Osman, Y. Z., Fealy, R., & Sweeney, J., 2015; 鈥淢odelling extreme temperatures in Ireland under global warming using a hybrid peak-over-threshold & generalised Pareto distribution approach鈥. International Journal of Global Warming, vol. 7, no. 1, pp 21-47.47
10. Abdellatif, M, Al- Atherton, W, Khaddar, R, and Osman, Y; 2015; "Quantitative Assessment of Sewer Overflows Performance with Climate Change in North West of England". The Hydrological Sciences Journal, vol. 60, no. 3-4, pp 663-650.
11. Osman, Y., Alansari, N, Abdellatif, M, Aljawada, S, Knutsson, S, 2014; 鈥淓xpected Future Precipitation in Central Iraq Using LARS-WG Stochastic Weather Generator鈥. Engineering, 6, 948-959. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/eng.2014.613086.
12. Abdellatif, M., Atherton, W., Alkhaddar, R., Osman, Y. 2014; 鈥淎pplication of the UKCP09 WG outputs to assess performance of combined sewers system in a Changing Climate鈥. Hydrol. Eng. (ASCE), 20(9), 05014031.
13. Osman, Y. Z., Fealy, R., & Sweeney, J, 2013; 鈥淒ownscaling extreme precipitation in Ireland using combined Peak-Over-Threshold - Generalised Pareto Distribution model of varying parameters鈥. International Journal of Water and Climate Change, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 348鈥363.
14. Bruen, M., and Osman, Y. Z., 2004; 鈥淪ensitivities of estimates of stream-aquifer interflow to Spatial Variability of the Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of the aquifer using Monte Carlo Simulations鈥. J. of Hydrology, vol. 293, no. (1-4), pp. 289-302.
15. Osman, Y. Z. and Shamseldin, A. Y., 2002; 鈥淨ualitative rainfall prediction models for central and southern Sudan using El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature indices鈥. Int. J. Climatol, vol. 22, no. 15, pp. 1861-1878.
16. Osman, Y. Z., and Bruen, M., 2002; 鈥淢odelling stream-aquifer seepage in an alluvial aquifer: an improved loosing-stream package for MODFLOW鈥. J. of Hydrology, vol. 264, no. (1-4), pp. 69-86.
17. Osman, Y. Z., Shamseldin, A. Y. and Abdo, G. M., 2001; 鈥淓l Nino-Southern Oscillation and Rainfall Variability in Central and Southern Sudan鈥. Journal of Water International, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 177-184.
International Peer-reviewed Conferences:
18. Alseiari, A.; Farrell, P. and Osman, Y. 2019 鈥淭echnical and Operational Barriers that Affect the Successful Implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM): Case Studies of Abu Dhabi Power Industry鈥. Proceeding of the 32nd International Congress and Exhibition on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM 2019) held on 22/06/2019. Huddersfield, UK.
19. Abdellatif, M and Osman, Y. Z., 2017. 鈥淐hallenges of Mitigation and Resilience to Climate Change in the Blue Nile River in Sudan鈥. Abstract, Impact World 2017 Conference, Postdam, Germany.
20. Rafiu, A., and Osman, Y. Z., 2016; 鈥淎n investigation on the use of rainwater harvesting systems as sustainable measure and cost saving in the UK鈥. Paper accepted for presentation on the Urban Water 2016 Conference on 27 - 29 June, 2016, San Servolo, Venice, Italy.
21. Osman, Y. and Abdellatif, M, 2013; 鈥淓l Nino Cycles and variability of the Blue Nile annual flow in the Sudan鈥. Paper published on Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change Effects 鈥 IMPACTS WORLD 2013 鈥 Held in Potsdam, Germany from May 27 - 30, 2013.
22. Abdellatif, M, Atherton, W, Al-Khaddar, R, and Osman, Y; 2013; 鈥淟inking Climate Change to Water Sector: A Case Study of Urban Drainage System鈥. Paper published on Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change Effects 鈥 IMPACTS WORLD 2013 鈥 Held in Potsdam, Germany from May 27 - 30, 2013.
23. Osman, Y. Z. and Mohamed-Elhassan, E. E., 2007; 鈥淐limate Change Impact on the Monthly Flow of the Blue Nile River鈥. Paper presented and published in the Proceedings of the First International Conference on Environment Research, Technology and Policy in July 16-19, 2007Accra, Ghana.
24. Murphy, C., Fealy, R, Osman, Y. Z., Charlton, R. and Sweeney, J., 2004; 鈥淐atering for uncertainty in a conceptual rainfall runoff model: model preparation for climate change impact assessment and the application of GLUE using Latin Hypercube Sampling鈥. Proceedings of the National Hydrology Seminar 2004, Tullamore, Ireland, the Water Framework Directive - Monitoring & Modelling Issues for River Basin Management.
25. Osman, Y. Z., Nasr, A. E., and Shamseldin A. Y., 2002; 鈥淩eal-time flow forecasting on the river Nile with Neural Networks鈥. Abstract published in the proceedings of the Hydro-informatics 2002 Conference held in 1 鈥 5 July 2002, Cardiff, UK.
26. Osman, Y. Z. and Shamseldin, A. Y., 2001; 鈥淭he Effects of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation and the Indian Ocean on the Variability of the Blue Nile Flow鈥. Proceedings of the conference of 鈥淐HALLENGES OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE 21st CENTURY" held at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. May 6th (SU) -10th (TH), 2001.
Invited Presentation:
27. Osman, Y. Z., and Abdellatif, M, 2017. 鈥淐limate Change Induced Drought as Trigger for Mass Migration: Darfur Case Study鈥. Invited presentation for the Impact World 2017 Conference, 11-13 October 2017, Potsdam, Germany.
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