CURRICULUM VITAE

Family Name: MOURAD AGHA

First Name: M. Amjad
Nationality: Syrian
Date of Birth:27 January 1948
Marital Status: Married with three sons (aged 18, 12and 8 years)

Mailing address: P. O. Box 6838 Aleppo Syria.

Telephone: ++963-21-5225044 (Home)
++963-21-2642201 (Engineering Unit Office)
Fax: ++963-21-2681300 Engineering Unit

Mobil : ++963- 933491535

E-mail agha-ma@hotmail,com
agha-ma@scs-net.org

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

PHD. in Civil Engineering (Environmental) 1978 Academy of Montpellier. FRANCE.

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Environmental) 1975 National Institute of Applied Science
(I.N.S.A.) Toulouse, in cooperation with the Academy of Montpelier FRANCE.
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering .1972 Aleppo University SYRIA.

CAREER HISTORY:
2007 – 2009 professor in Environmental Department Faculty of civil
Engineering
and Faculty of Architect University of Aleppo

2001 – 2007 Head of Environmental Department

1997-2001: Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering University of Aleppo
Syria
2001 - Summer: Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of
Loughborgh, UK.
1990-1991: Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio USA.
1986-1997: Head of Environmental Department, University of Aleppo Syria.
1980-1983: Director of Sanitary Engineering Institute, University of Aleppo.

1981-1992: Director of Water Treatment Laboratory, Aleppo University.

1981-present: Member of Ministry of Higher Education Committee on
Improvement & Development of Syrian Engineering Institute
Educational Programs.
1982-present: Lecturer graduate courses in Environmental Engineering,
University of Aleppo Syria.

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1980-present: Lecturer Undergraduate courses in Environmental & Sanitary
Engineering, University of Aleppo.

1995-present: Lecturer Undergraduate courses in Sanitary Engineering ,

Faculty of Architected University of Aleppo

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Member of Institute of Engineer, France.
Member of Engineering Conceal, Syria.
Member of Engineering Unit Office, Syria.
Member of WHO.
Present position:, Head of Environmental Department University of Aleppo,
Syria.

PROFILE:
A qualified, practical and experimental Civil Engineer with in-depth knowledge
of water, sanitary and sewerage plants in Syria.
Has successfully organized and completed many complex and sophisticated on-
site constructions, commissioning and preventative maintenance procedures for plant
equipment and systems.
Experience in Academic Management with detailed involvement in work
planning and delicate various section activities liaison between main and sub-
contractors, from project document specifications preparation to commissioning.
A member of technical committees which advice the Syrian government on water
and sewage forecast and requirements.
A civil Engineering Department manager, capable of carrying out “hands-on”
leadership whenever required.
A systematic problem analyzer and trouble shooter to water treatment and
sewerage operating plants and an incidents investigations and subsequent report
presentation.

DUTIES UNDERTAKEN:
Responsible for the water system distribution system and sewerage plants design
of many small towns and villages throughout Northern Syria. This
includes the case study for the area requirement followed by design layout and
preparation to tender specification and documents, also the involvement of analyzing
the contractors tenders and amending the requirements as the work progressed.
Further studies were undertaken to improve and up-grade the existing sewerage
plants for the city of Aleppo and integrating large residential area systems into the
existing water and sewerage systems. Also, I was of the other large cities in Northern
Syria.
Some of the projects achieved during the last25 years are:

Town Name Type of Project Inhabitants Project Cost

(SP)
(Millions)
Menbej Sewerage System 100.000 36
Mhardat Sewerage System 50.000 20

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 Tal-Tamer Sewerage System 30.000 22
Tal-Hamiss Water system 20.000 15
Al-Hasaka Water system 140.000 45
Helfaya Water System 85000 22
Nairab Camp Aleppo Sewerage system 20000 28
(UNRWA)
Sheik Bader Waste Water 30000 24
Treatment Plant
Tanita Waste Water 20000 14
Treatment Plant
Enaiza Waste Water 18000 13
Treatment Plant

In addition to the above commitments, I was the Head of the Syrian Committee
for the up-grading and developing the city of Aleppo (2 Million Inhabitants) Water and
Sewerage Systems, with budget allocation of (440 Million Syrian Lira) and (92 Millions
U.S. $) as International Bank grant for the Project development.
Other small project were also under taken for commercial buildings, hotels, and
small factories for natural and chemical waste disposal.
Municipal waste water treatment plant design for Sheik bader village in coastal
area in Syria.
Study of ground water level in Sheratone Hotel in Aleppo.2004
EIA for Neirab Project, UNRWA - 2004
Study of sewers of the industrial city of Aleppo (sheik Najar), total area about
4000 ha. Project under work now
Water resources hydrology investigation in Alhaskha region (SILICO)

Check up the infra structures of Aleppo extension 2000 ha.

Check up the infra structures of Der Alzor extension 240 ha
Check up the infra structures of AlRouqua Industrail zone 750 ha

PUBLICATIONS:

Books published by University of Aleppo:

Textbook of Sanitary Engineering (vol. 1) 1980
Textbook of Sanitary Engineering (vol. 2) 1984
Textbook in Environmental Engineering (vol. 1) 1988
Textbook in Sewerage and Sewage Treatment (vol. 1) 1989
Textbook in Sewerage and Sewage Treatment (vol. 2) 1990

ARTICLES:

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Urban Runoff by Mean of Rural Hydrological Scheme, T.S.M. L eau Journal, July 1979
FRANCE.
Hazardous Industrial Waste Water Treatment, R.J. of Aleppo Univ. N0-13 Eng.Sciences
Series.
Anaerobic / Aerobic Treatment of selected Azo Dyes in Waste Water. Water
Management vol. 14. N-2 .pp 127-137 1994. USA.
The Morphology of Urban Basins-under publishing (Land scope and Urban Planning)
Netherlands 1995

RESEARCH WORKS:
Hazardous Waste Water Treatment.
Waste Water Treatment. (Solar Aquatic Treatment ).
Micro and Nano Filtration.

SYMPOSIUMS:
Medaqua II Inco-Med Water conference (Chair Man),Amman –Jordan
14-15 June 2004
Conference of the committee of the Arab Engineering Faculties, 8-20 November 1999,
Alminia Egypt.
Medressa, The Technology of Transfer Forum, 14-15 September 1999. Amman, Jordan.
Lecture of the Conference on Impact of Environmental Pollution on Development in
Gulf Region, 15-17 March 1999, Kuwait.
Conference Med Campus (WAPO MED) by the European Commission. 3-7 July 1995
Nicosia-Cyprus.
Lecture at the International Conference of URBAN HABITAT 16-17 Feb. 1995 The
Morphology of Urban Basins. Delft-Netherlands.
Marine Pollution August 19-25-1987-Zobadanivalley-Syria.
Chairman at the Symposium of Water Resources Planning and Management ,30 Nov.-2
Dec. 1987.
Lecture at the 31st. Syrian Science week 1991.
Lecture at the International Conference on Geo-Environmental 2000 (Development of A
Specific Application of A Series of Anaerobic-Aerobic Treatment for Azo-Dye
Degradation), Muscat, 4-7 March 2000, Sultanate of Oman.

LANGUAGES:
Native- Arabic, also French and English.

REFEREES:

1-Prof. Dr. Paul Bishop.

Head of Environmental Engineering Dep.
Cincinnati University, Ohio, USA.
E Mail : paulbishop@uc.edu.
Tel : 513-556-3675

2-Prof. Dr. Claude Boquillon.

Academy of Montpellier II.
Place E. Batillon. Montpellier. France

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3- Prof. Dr. Wheatley
Loughbrogh University, UK
Department of Civil Engineering
E Mail : a.d.wheatley@lboro.ac.uk
Tel : +44(0) 1509 22 26 26