Experience

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  Snc-lavalin

  Dec 2009 - Aug 2013

  – Modified the design of canal cross regulators, sluice gates, escape weirs, and gate discharge curves to suit on-site conditions.– Modified the design and sizing of movable weir regulators and associated discharge curves– Modified the design and supervised the construction of the main supply canal, escape weir, and escape channel– Modeled the main drainage channel with HEC-RAS.– Designed secondary and tertiary canals, and gated field off-take structures.– Designed and supervised the construction of secondary and tertiary canal drop structures.– Designed the secondary and tertiary canals and drains. Show less – Carried out site reconnaissance surveys– Prepared irrigation and drainage schematic layouts in AutoCAD– Setup spreadsheets for hydraulic calculations– Assisted the design engineer in designing cross regulators, movable weir gates, drop structures, siphons, and road crossings.– Assisted the design engineer in the design of drains, culverts, and canal cross drainage structures.– Assisted the design engineer in designing pump sumps– Prepared structural drawings, Bill of Quantities, and design reports Show less

  • Design / Site Engineer

    Jan 2011 - Aug 2013

  • Junior Design Engineer

    Dec 2009 - Dec 2010
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  National opinion research center (norc), chicago, usa

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2014

  Irrigation engineer

  – Assessed the state of the infrastructure and the recommended remedial works for the 3 schemes.– Assessed the methods and procedures used for managing the distribution of water in the schemes.– Assessed the performance of the irrigation schemes and developed key performance indicators for theevaluation of the schemes.– Developed a methodology for periodic performance monitoring of the three irrigation schemes for reporting to MCC.

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  Alpha power eng. ltd

  Oct 2014 - Dec 2015

  Site engineer

  – Developed the site topographic map in AutoCAD Civil 3D based on survey data– Supervised the construction of a 600 m long earth dam with an 18 m wide spillway weir including piersand abutment walls for the Aframso Ntomamu irrigation scheme– Supervised the construction of a 200m long earth dam with a 10 m wide spillway weir including piers and abutment walls for the Odikro Nkwanta irrigation scheme– Supervised the construction of irrigation canals, drop structures, off takes, and siphons– Supervised the construction of drainage channels and concrete structures– Prepared work schedules, construction method statements, Bill of Quantities, and Interim PaymentCertificates Show less

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  Brli/ mepa consult

  Feb 2016 - Apr 2017

  Civil engineer

  – Undertook technical assessment of the existing irrigation and drainage infrastructure, proposed required rehabilitation works in a technical report– Delineated catchment areas of drainage infrastructure in ArcGIS– Undertook part of the design of the rehabilitation works– Modeled the canal and drainage networks in AutoCAD Civil3D for earthwork volume estimation– Designed lateral pipelines and off-take structures– Designed drainage culverts and lateral crossing culverts– Prepared design drawings and estimation of quantities– Assisted the Team Leader in preparing the Bill of Quantities Show less

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  Agrer

  Sept 2017 - May 2018

  Civil engineer

  - Undertook technical assessment of existing weirs and dams, proposed rehabilitation interventions, sited locations for new weirs and earth dams dams- Undertook catchment area analysis, meteorological, and hydrological data analysis, sizing of new weirsand small dams- Performed hydraulic analysis for existing weirs, dam spillways, and escape channels in HEC-RAS- Carried out seepage, stability, and seismic analysis of earth dams with GeoStudio 2012- Designed the dam spillway terminal structures according to USBR standards- Modeled the earth dams and volume estimation in Civil3D- Prepared design drawings and quantity estimates Show less

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  Mepa consult

  Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  Design engineer

  - Designed the extension works on the main irrigation canal- Performed catchment runoff analysis to size two canal crossing drainage culverts- Carried out the structural design of two drainage culverts and a road crossing siphon for the main irrigation canal- Modeled two storage reservoirs and computed earth volumes in AutoCAD Civil 3D- Supervised the construction of the storage reservoirs, drainage culverts, an aqueduct, and a siphon

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  Tennessee technological university

  Aug 2019 - Jun 2023

  Research assistant

  - Assessing the impacts of climate change on wetland hydrology- Developed a hybrid hydrologic (SWAT) and machine learning model for predicting the dynamics in wetland surface water- Developed a surface water analysis tool (PyGEE-SWToolbox) in Python that utilizes satellite imagery from the Google Earth Engine platform for mapping and generating time series of long-term changes in surface water- Reconstructed historical wetland surface water dynamics and hydroperiod analysis using the surface analysis tool for selected wetlands in West Tennessee and Kentucky- Developed machine learning and empirical models to estimate the depth of water in wetlands using only multi-spectral satellite imagery - Developed water budget for restored wetlands in West Tennessee and Kentucky- Installed and maintained HOBO MX2001 water level loggers to monitor wetland surface water dynamics - Developed HEC-RAS 2D models to simulate water movement within restored wetlands Show less

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  Atkinsréalis

  Jun 2023 - now

  Water resources engineer iii