Dr. Emre AKÇALI, Regional director at State Hydraulic Works

Dr. Emre AKÇALI, Regional director at State Hydraulic Works

About

Besides my special expertise and interests are “planning and construction of flood and debris control Projects”, i am engaged in national and international studies on “emergency response to flood events, operation of flood facilities and development of flood control facilities”.

I have also been involved in the planning, design and construction of numerous dams, irrigation and drinking water facilities.

I carried out basin-based planning studies, early warning systems to reduce landslide and flood damages and a number of innovative projects.

Ongoing Works

• Project Manager, the first interactive " Flood Museum " of World

• Project Manager, " The effect of Sea Waves on river discharge R&D Project "

• Chairman of "DSI Flood Expertising Sub-Working Group" " Determination of Innovative Approaches on Flood and Debris Control Facilities "

• Chairman of "DSI Flood Expertising Sub-Working Group" " Determination of Filter Dam (Open check dam) projecting criterias ”

• Deputy Chairman of  “DSI Flood Expertising Sub-Working Group” " Capacity Development for Flood and Debris Control Issues ”

• Project Manager " Effect of sea waves on culvert discharge R&D Project "

• Project Manager, "Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) - Flood Rescue and recovery Operation Plan of Trabzon province " Project

• Member, COST Project–“ Standartization of Filter Dam Project Criterias” (Appointment stage)

• Project Manager, " Urban Flood Project of Trabzon city "

• Project Manager, “ Natural steps for habbitat at river slopes Project”

• Vice President, Ministry Flood Expertising Group of Turkey

• R&D Science Board Member, The General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works,

 

Completed Works

• Project manager, Mobile Flood Coordination Center

• Deputy Chairman, " Preparing Roughness Determination Booklet "

• Deputy Chairman, Member of the " mobile pump-vehicle research commission for flood waters evacuation "

• Chairman of the "DSİ Flood Expertising Sub-Working Group" - " Guidance on the Construction of Surveys and Flood Control Surveys "

· PhD Thesis, “ Rainfall Based Landslide Early Warning System”

· MSc thesis “Selection guide of natural material used in dam fillings”

• Project manager, flood and dam break hazard map preparation

• Project manager, Flood water pumping stations project

• Project manager, Flood and Debris Control Action Plan (TRKEP)

• Project manager, The river beds recreation and rehabilitation projects

• Group member, Project of Integration of Atmospheric-Hydrological-Hydraulic Models for Flood Early Warning System

• TAMBİS ( Flood, Malfunction and Intervention Spatial Information System Software )  studies

· Project Manager, “green flood control structures”

· Member, UNDP - Filter Dam Project

• Leading projects in our country in the name of solutions to the flood problem ( filter dams, debris ,

barriers, roughness revision etc.).

• Scientific Board, Board Members and Secretaria of the 4th National Flood Symposium

• Group member, 4. Forestry and Water Council - Flood Working Group member

• Hundreds of projects in the planning, projecting, modeling and application phase in the name of flood and debris control

• Numerous planning and projecting works for dam and irrigation projects

Information

Industry experience

Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

Work experience

Taxonomy