eMaster on Water Resources Engineering

The eMWRE Project is launching three (3) new pilot courses! Use the form in this link to register your interest. Limited seats available!

Environmental Programming

This course covers the fundamental programming concepts and skills using Python programming language. Python has an easy-to-read and easy-to-write syntax and it comes with powerful libraries that are useful for environmental engineering applications. This course is intended for students with no or little prior programming experience. The course begins with a short introduction to python programming environments (command line, the Integrated Development Environment (IDE), Jupyter notebooks). Then, the course covers a range of topics, such as data types, variables, expressions, flow control, functions, loops, strings, files, collections, data manipulation using Pandas and data visualization using Matplotlib, and finally, applications and study cases. When the student finishes this course, he/she will be able to write python programs for a variety of hydrological applications and environmental engineering applications such as hydrological modelling, data and time series analysis, and remote sensing.

Facilitator(s): Motaz Saad, Elga Salvadore, Shadi Moqbel

Start date: 1/11/2021 - Duration: 14 weeks (requiring 3-5 hours weekly)

Integrated Water Resource Management

This course introduces water sources in semi-arid, arid regions, and challenges facing water sector. It discusses methods of sustainability, and management theories. The course includes the effect of increasing water demand in different sectors on the availability, quality of sources. Special attention will give to the economic, environmental impact of the integration concept. It analyzes the interrelations among water sources, water uses, and the important of water sustainability. The course offer student to learn how GIS-technique, and relevant software can apply in managing water sources. The goal of this course is to understand the importance of sustainable water management for the water security and socio-economic development of the region. This can only be achieved by understanding the unique hydrologic conditions and semi- aquatic ecosystems of the region. Integrated water resources management, Eco hydrological and ecosystem-based approaches and nature-based solutions will be taught. new innovative methodologies (models and GIS) and technologies (UAVs) to promote sustainable water management will be learned.

Facilitator(s): Yunes Mogheir, Jawad Shoqeir

Start date: Ongoing - Duration: 14 weeks (requiring 3 hours weekly) 

Stochastic Hydrology

This course aims to introduce the students to different statistical methods and approaches for the analysis and problem solving in hydrology. Several topics will be covered including an introduction to stochastic hydrology, discrete and continuous probability distributions, hypothesis testing and parameter estimation, parametric and non-parametric tests, correlation, linear regressing, comparing means using parametric and non-parametric tests, analysis of hydrologic extremes, and the hydrologic time-series analysis and modelling.

Facilitator(s): Husam Abu Hajar

Start date: 1/11/2021 - Duration: 14 weeks (requiring 3-5 hours weekly)