Course Description The course provides fundamental knowledge and practical understanding for the occurrence of groundwater in an area, citing of wells and main tools in groundwater investigation.  This knowledge and understanding allows students to select and apply most appropriate techniques in assessing the groundwater potential of an area and optimal siting of wells. Objectives The...Read More

Course Description The course provides fundamental knowledge and practical understanding for the common statistical techniques of data processing in hydrology and water engineering.  This knowledge and understanding must allow the students to select and apply most appropriate techniques to summarize and organize data. It also allows them to have an insight in the limitations of...Read More

Course Description Most Water Resources’ project involve the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Such projects require extensive knowledge and the use and GIS for spatial manipulation of natural resources while ensuring effective Water resources Manipulation. Although the modelling of water resources bases on GIS is rather complex and yet a recent approach compared to...Read More

Course Description This course focuses on stability of natural slopes and stability considerations related to man-made cuts and fills. Focus will be on the conditions up to and until the slide is initiated. Post-failure description and mass transport will not  be handled. The course participants will be introduced to the different slide mechanisms and the...Read More

Course Description The course aims at equipping the participants with comprehensive knowledge of the mechanical properties of soils. The course gives a theoretical background as practical aspects of the mechanical properties of soils covered though lectures, field and laboratory exercises. Planning of site investigations and preparation of Geotechnical reports are covered in this course. Obtaining...Read More