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Staff Members CV

The Center has more than 45 senior-level faculty from national, regional, and international institutions. ACEWM affiliated 38 faculty who are engaged in teaching, research, joint supervision of students, and offering short courses.

Getachew Tegegne

Assistant Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources Management
Personal Information
  1. Full Name: Getachew Tegegne Damtew
  2. Title: Assistant Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources Management
Professional Preparation/Educational Background
  1. BSc. in Hydraulic Engineering in 2008 at Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
  2. MSc. in Hydraulic Engineering/Civil Engineering in 2011 at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
  3. PhD. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2017 at Seoul National University, South Korea
Experiences and Appointments Experiences
  1. Assistant Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources at Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management, Addis Ababa University from 2021 – present
  2. Post-doctoral Associate at Florida International University from 2019 – 2020
  3. Post-doctoral Researcher at Seoul National University from 2017 – 20219
  4. Lecturer at Adama Science and Technology University from 2011 – 2013
  5. Hydraulic Design Engineer at Ethiopian Water Works Design and Supervision Enterprise from 2011 – 2012
  6. Assistant Lecturer at Adama Science and Technology University from 2009 – 2010
  7. Graduate Assistant at Adama Science and Technology University from 2008 – 2009
Appointments
  • Department Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Adama Science and Technology University from 2012 – 2013
Selected Publications/Conference Participation/Pertinent Selected Publications
  1. Getachew Tegegne, and Kim, Y.O., 2018. Modelling ungauged catchments using the catchment runoff response similarity. Journal of hydrology, 564, pp.452-466.
  2. Getachew Tegegne, Park, D.K. and Kim, Y.O., 2017. Comparison of hydrological models for the assessment of water resources in a data-scarce region, the Upper Blue Nile River Basin. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 14, pp.49-66.
  3. Getachew Tegegne, Park, D.K., Kim, Y. and Kim, Y.O., 2017. Selecting hydrologic modelling approaches for water resource assessment in the Yongdam watershed. Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand), 56(2), pp.155-164.
  4. Getachew Tegegne, Kim, Y.O., Seo, S.B. and Kim, Y., 2019. Hydrological modelling uncertainty analysis for different flow quantiles: a case study in two hydro-geographically different watersheds. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64(4), pp.473-489.
  5. Getachew Tegegne, Kim, Y.O. and Lee, J.K., 2019. Spatiotemporal reliability ensemble averaging of multimodel simulations. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(21), pp.12321-12330.
  6. Getachew Tegegne, Melesse, A.M. and Worqlul, A.W., 2020. Development of multi-model ensemble approach for enhanced assessment of impacts of climate change on climate extremes. Science of the Total Environment, 704, p.135357.
  7. Getachew Tegegne and Kim, Y.O., 2020. Strategies to enhance the reliability of flow quantile prediction in the gauged and ungauged basins. River Research and Applications, 36(5), pp.724-734.
  8. Getachew Tegegne and Kim, Y.O., 2020. Representing inflow uncertainty for the development of monthly reservoir operations using genetic algorithms. Journal of Hydrology, 586, p.124876.
  9. Getachew Tegegne and Melesse, A.M., 2020. Multimodel ensemble projection of hydro-climatic extremes for climate change impact assessment on water resources. Water Resources Management, 34(9), pp.3019-3035.
  10. Getachew Tegegne, Melesse, A.M., Asfaw, D.H. and Worqlul, A.W., 2020. Flood frequency analyses over different basin scales in the Blue Nile River basin, Ethiopia. Hydrology, 7(3), p.44.
  11. Getachew Tegegne, Melesse, A.M. and Alamirew, T., 2021. Projected changes in extreme precipitation indices from CORDEX simulations over Ethiopia, East Africa. Atmospheric Research, 247, p.105156.
  12. Getachew Tegegne and Melesse, A.M., 2020. Comparison of Trend Preserving Statistical Downscaling Algorithms Toward an Improved Precipitation Extremes Projection in the Headwaters of Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. Environmental Processes, pp.1-17.
  13. Worqlul, A.W., Ayana, E.K., Dile, Y.T., Moges, M.A., Gitaw, M.G., Getachew Tegegne and Kibret, S., 2020. Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Environmental Controlling Factors of the Lake Tana Water Hyacinth in Ethiopia. Remote Sensing, 12(17), p.2706.
  14. Getachew Tegegne, Hailu, D. and Aranganathan, S.M., 2013. Lake Tana reservoir water balance model. International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management, 2(3), pp.474-478.
  15. Getachew Tegegne, Hailu, D. and Aranganathan, S.M., 2013. Evaluation of Operation of Lake Tana Reservoir Future Water Use under Emerging Scenario with and without climate Change Impacts, Upper Blue Nile. International Journal of Computers & Technology, 4(2c2), pp.654-663.
Selected Conference Proceedings
  1. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. Advances in water resources assessment and optimal management of multipurpose cascade reservoirs in the Nile River Basin. International conference on Nile and GERD, Florida International University, USA. 2020.
  2. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. Modelling Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Drought in the Gauged and Ungauged Basins under Climate Change. Asian Oceania Geoscience Society (AOGS), Singapore 2019.
  3. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. A novel bias correction algorithm for simulation of hydro-climatic extremes. European Geoscience Union (EGU), Vienna Austria 2019.
  4. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. Statistical Downscaling of Precipitation by preserving the relative changes in different quantiles. Korean society of climate change and research, July 2018, Jeju.
  5. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. Effects of subbasin spatial scale on runoff simulations using SWAT. Korean Water Resources Association, May 25 2017.
  6. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. A novel approach to improve the uncertainty of river flow projections. Korean Society of Civil Engineers, October 2017.
  7. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. On the need to improve the uncertainty of river flow projections in the Yongdam watershed, South Korea. American Geophysical Union (AGU), December 2016.
  8. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. Performance of multiple hydrologic models under climate change in the Yongdam Catchment, South Korea. American Geophysical Union (AGU), December 2016.
  9. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. Comparison of Hydrological Models for Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Water Resources of the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, Japan, June 2016.
  10. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. Surface Water Resources Assessment in Ungauged Catchments of the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. European Geoscience Union, November 2015.
  11. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. Open Source Library for Integrated Model for climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment – SNU-CAHL. International 3rd OpenWater symposium and workshops held by UNESCO in Ethiopia, September 2015.
  12. Getachew Tegegne and Young-Oh Kim. Regionalization of Watersheds for Flood Frequency Analysis in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. IUGG International Conference in Czech Republic, August 2015.
Participation in Research Projects and Community Engagement Participation in Research Projects
  • Model Of inTegrated (climate change) Impact and Vulnerability Evaluation (MOTIVE) funded by the Korean Ministry of Environment from 2015 – 2019
  • Brain Korea 21 PLUS research program for leaders creating next-generation values in infrastructure: Development of multi-model ensemble climate change projections from 2019 – 2020
Community Engagement
  1. Invited reviewer for Nature Energy, Journal of Hydrology, Hydrological Processes, Catena, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Water, and Hydrology
  2. Member of the Korean Water Resources Association (2015 – present)
  3. Member of European Geophysical Union (2019 – present)
  4. Member of Korean society of Civil Engineers (2016 – present)
Training and Professional Development
  1. Engineering software: SWAT, Weap, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, Auto-Cad, ArcGIS, GRASS GIS, QGIS, MapWindow GIS, Geo-Slope, CADAM, GR4J and IHACRES
  2. Programming languages: Java, R and, MATLAB programming
  3. Evolutionary algorithms: Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization.
  4. Leadership and Management Skills Vision Ethiopian Congress for Democracy (VECOD)
  5. Resilient decisions for water related projects funded by World Bank and Korean Water Resources Association (2018)
  6. Research ethics workshop, Seoul National University, 2016
Main Research Activities/Interts
  • My objective is to be part of a dynamic society, to advance myself in knowledge, to involve from inception to completion of any project related to Water Resources, and to be the role model in my area of specialization. I commit my life helping others and advancing society's level of understanding. My key research areas are: Water resources assessment, planning, development and management; climate dynamics modeling, climate impact assessment on water resources, hydrological modeling, reservoir optimization, hydropower development, hydraulic structures design and optimization,

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