Dr. Safwat Abdel-Dayem

Dr. Safwat Abdel-Dayem, born 1943, received his B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering in 1965 and Ph. D. degree in land drainage in 1984 from Cairo University. A land drainage specialist with experience in water management waterlogging and salinity control, Dr. Abdel-Dayem is Director, Drainage Research Institute, Cairo. He is consultant to FAO and has worked in many Middle East and African countries. He was lecturer of Irrigation and Drainage at a number of Egyptian Universities and international institutes and closely associated with ICID activities through his membership of ICID Working Groups,. He is author of over 40 technical papers and has contributed to some books on land drainage. He was Vice President of ICID from 1992-1995. Presently, he is working with the World Bank as Principal Drainage Specialist.