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Hugo J. Bartolín

Hugo J. Bartolín

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Technical Specialist at Dubai Electricity & Water Authority - DEWA

  • Education

    • Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)

      1992 - 1998
      MSc Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineer

    • University of Exeter

      -
      Centre for Water Systems Hydroinformatics

      Doctoral Fellowship on Urban Hydraulics

    • Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)

      2000 - 2003
      Diploma on Urban Hydraulics

      Research Thesis titled 'Development of software tools to calibrate WDS models from a GIS environment using Genetic Algorithms'

    • Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)

      -
      Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering

      PhD Thesis titled 'GIS-based water distribution network modelling and development of decision support tools’'

  • Experience

    • Polytechnic City of Innovation (CPI). Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (IIAMA).

      Jan 2000 - Dec 2010

      Design of GIS geodatabases.Development of GIS decision support tools based on graph theory. Research on efficient operation and management of WDS (e.g. strategies to reduce NRW) Associate professor in Oleohydraulic and Pneumatic systems. 4-year PhD studentship (Beca de formación de personal investigador) in which I developed a GIS extension to assist in the modelling and calibration of water distribution systems. The extension was extensively used to study real networks, improve the system performance and conduct Water/Wastewater Master Planning.

      • Senior Researcher

        Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

      • Associate Professor

        Oct 2008 - Sept 2009

      • Research Engineer

        Jan 2000 - Dec 2007

    • University of Exeter

      Jun 2002 - Sept 2002
      Research Fellow (Centre for Water Systems)

      Development of an ArcView GIS extension to calibrate WDS using a Genetic Algorithm.

    • InWater, International Consultants on Water Engineering

      Jan 2010 - Oct 2011
      Senior Project Engineer and GIS Analyst

      As a Senior Project Engineer and GIS Analyst I was involved in several International projects on water network management, water supply master planning, hydraulic modelling and analysis of water distribution systems. In addition I worked on the implementation of different successful strategies to optimise the performance of existing water distribution systems.

    • Aquageo Consulting, S.L.

      Nov 2011 - Jul 2012
      Principal Consultant

      As an international consultant on water management, urban hydraulics and hydraulic computer modelling, I was responsible for the technical implementation of several projects which required dealing with complex water transmission and distribution systems, and coordination with different project teams and stakeholders,

    • Hyder Consulting

      Aug 2012 - Sept 2014
      Project Team Leader

      As a Project team leader and deputy project manager I was responsible for the technical implementation of large-scale projects which comprised extensive field data collection, hydraulic modelling, client liaison, management of different stakeholders, risk analysis, preparation of contingency plans as well as knowledge transfer and training to numerous engineers.

    • Arcadis

      Oct 2014 - Oct 2017
      Project Manager & Senior Hydraulic Engineer

      As a Project Manager and Senior Hydraulic Engineer I was involved in several strategic and challenging projects which covered specific areas of the water engineering sector, such as mathematical hydraulic modelling for the optimal design of new water supply infrastructure, assessment of water transmission/distribution network assets and study of potential emergency events to test the reliability and resilience of water distribution systems.

    • Dubai Electricity & Water Authority - DEWA

      Nov 2017 - now
      Senior Technical Specialist

      Responsible for the Dubai Hydraulic Modelling System as a Senior Technical Specialist in the SCADA Department of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA).

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA)

      Association for Project Management
      Nov 2015
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Hugo J. Bartolín
      PhD (Cum Laude) Universitat Politècnica de València Oct 2013 Thesis: 'GIS-based water distribution network modelling and development of decision support tools’https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/321/browse?authority=28470&type=author
    • Awarded to Hugo J. Bartolín
      Best Innovative Project 1998 (Industrial Engineering) BANCAJA Foundation Oct 1998 BANCAJA Foundation Awards 1998. Project Title: 'Desarrollo de mejoras sobre una plataforma de enlace entre un sistema de información geográfica (SIG) y un software de simulación hidráulica para la gestión de una red de abastecimiento. Aplicación a la red de Valencia'