Funded research projects

Four listed grants with a combined value of US$400,000 + EUR 465,557.

2014–2017USD 200,000

Egyptian Data Logger & Information System for Smart Water Resources Management

National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA), Egypt

Water-monitoring network assessment, conceptual design of a locally developed data logger, unified database, GIS integration, security and decision-support architecture.

2011–2013USD 200,000

Use of Remote Sensing for Detecting Soil Salinity and Estimating Evapotranspiration

Science and Technology Development Fund, U.S.–Egypt Joint Board

Remote sensing and interpolation methods for soil salinity, evapotranspiration and irrigation-efficiency assessment in the Nile Delta.

2009–2011EUR 200,000

Using Remote Sensing to Improve Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling in the Nile Delta of Egypt

Italian–Egyptian Debt for Development Swap Program

Remote sensing and hyperspectral analysis to improve spatial and temporal assessment of water-quality parameters along Nile Delta waterways.

2006–2009EUR 265,557

Establishing the National Focal Point for EMWIS in Egypt

Cooperation Attaché, Italian Embassy in Cairo

Information-management tools, capacity building, data/web-server infrastructure and stakeholder seminars for Egypt’s Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System focal point.