NETSANET ZELALEM CHERIE

Bole sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

+251973986603 (Call, WhatsApp, Telegram)
netsalem12@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/netsanetzelalemcherie/
Sex Male | Date of birth 30/06/1980 | Nationality Ethiopian

SUMMARY

I am an experienced Water Resource Engineer specialized in Hydrology,

Hydraulic, Hydropower, Irrigation Engineer and Climate Change Impact
Modelling.
For 20+years, I have been engaged in hydrology and climate modelling of
watershed scales to large basin area; prediction of climate change impact
on water resources; statically analysis and downscaling; flood estimation;
catchment water balance analysis and others. Hence, I have extensive
experience in hydrologic modelling from watershed scales to large
domains, including model parameter estimation and performance
evaluation using complex models and observational datasets. Moreover, I
have been practicing in feasibility study, design, supervise, construction
and consulting of different water resource development projects.
I have also a good track-record of teaching and advising postgraduate
students in water resource engineering specialization at national and
international working environment.

EDUCATION

University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany, 2010-2013

PhD: Water Resource Engineer and Climate modelling
Thesis topic: “Downscaling and Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on
Hydrology and Water Resources of Upper Blue Nile River, Ethiopia.”

Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, 2006-2008

MSc: Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering
Thesis topic: “Integration of Hydropower in the Ongoing Irrigation Project of
Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia.”

Arba Minch Water Technology Institute, Arba Minch, Ethiopia, 1998-2003

BSc: Irrigation Engineering
Thesis topic: “Integration of Hydropower in the Ongoing Irrigation Project of
Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia.”

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WORK EXPERIENCE

TEACHING EXPERIENCE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, March 2020 – Up to now

Debre Berehan University, Ethiopia
▪ Teaching courses such as Advanced and Stochastic Hydrology, Dam
Engineering, Hydropower Development, Water Supply and Sanitation, Urban
and Storm Water Drainage, Irrigation Engineering.
▪ Supplement the teaching with a project based approach.
▪ Advising students on their thesis work.
▪ Participating in Curriculum development for MSc program.
▪ Hydrological analysis of water resources assessment for irrigation projects.
▪ Post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation of water supply and sanitation
infrastructures in Ataye town.
▪ Treatment of industrial and domestic water effluents using innovative and cost
effective techniques (on progress).

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, June 2013 – March 2020

Hawassa University, Ethiopia
▪ Teaching Under- and Postgraduate students.
▪ Supplement the teaching with a project based approach.
▪ Participating in Curriculum development for MSc and PhD programs.
▪ Advising students on their thesis work. Some of these are as follows:
 Assessment of Urban Drainage system: A case of Adama Town Drainage
System.
 Uncertainty Analysis of Missing Value Estimation of Daily Rainfall in
Lake Hawassa Watershed.
 Assessment of Climate Change and Its Impact on Flooding in Hawassa Town
Investigation of Water Drainage System of Shashemene to Hawassa Road.
 Evaluating Climate Change Impact on Upper Awash River Basin Reservoir
Operation: A Case Study of Koka Reservoir, Ethiopia.
 Meteorological Drought Analysis: The case of Abaya-Chamo Sub-basin.

GUEST LECTURER, SUMMER COURSE, 2022

Debre Markos University, Ethiopia

▪ Advanced Sediment Mechanics Course

▪ External Examiner for MSc thesis papers

GUEST LECTURER, SUMMER COURSE, 2021

Debre Markos University, Ethiopia

▪ Advanced Sediment Mechanics Course

▪ External Examiner for MSc thesis papers

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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE HYDRAULIC ENGINEER, May 2022- January 2023
Gutema Firisa Construction, Ethiopia
Design review of Finna Bacho earth fill dam project, Ethiopia.
▪ Detailed investigation works on detailed design of dam and headwork.
▪ Review of previous studies on Finna Becho dam stability and seepage analysis.
▪ Perform technical review of the geotechnical investigations.

HYDRAULIC ENGINEER, Aug 2019 -Aug 2021

Construction Solutions PLC, Ethiopia
▪ Prepare Body of Knowledge (BOK) for Ethiopia Hydraulic Professionals.
▪ Prepare Occupational Standard for Ethiopian Hydraulic Professionals.
▪ Prepare Competency Assessment and Certification for Ethiopia Hydraulic
Professionals.

GENERAL MANAGER, Dec 2016 – Jun 2019

HM Development PLC, Ethiopia
▪ Plans, organizes, controls, integrates and evaluates the work of assigned
managers to ensure operations and services comply with the policies and
strategic direction set by the board of managers and all applicable laws and
regulations.
▪ Evaluation of site work progress.
▪ Authorization of activity, labour, material, equipment, and financial schedule.
▪ Authorization of equipment lease and other contract agreement formats
▪ Leading overall project work towards timely, qualified and cost bounded
accomplishment.
▪ Hiring of required crews.
▪ Evaluation of site progress report and acting for better efficiency
▪ Preparation of overall company quarterly progress

HYDROLOGIAT and TECHNICAL MANAGER, Jun 2016 – Feb 2018

HM Development Consultancy PLC, Ethiopia
▪ Water source identification, Feasibility study and Detail design for 2 towns
(Kuante Gurage Zone) and Kawa koto (Silte Zone), Water supply projects in
South Ethiopia.
▪ Feasibility study and detail design of Gessuba, Tercha and Sawula towns water
supply and sanitation projects
▪ Identification, reconnaissance and feasibility studies and detail design of small
scale irrigation scheme in Sidama (Gorche & Malga) and Gedio (Gedeb & Bule)
▪ Proposal development on WaSH projects, Irrigation and drainage projects,
Hydropower, Climate change impact on water resources, Hydrology and water
resources projects
▪ Preparation technical documents on water resources.
▪ Coordinating the technical team.
▪ Consulting the technical teams of the company on water resources projects.
▪ Supporting the technical team.

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PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother Tongue Amharic

Other Language UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Spoken Spoken
Listening Reading
interaction production
Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent
English
User User User User User

ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION

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Publications/Conferences ▪ Cherie, N. and M. Koch (2013). Mono-multi-model statistical downscaling of
GCM- climate predictors for the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia, In:
Proceedings of the 6th international conferences and Environmental Research,
DOI: 10.5675/ICWRER_2013, Koblenz, Germany, June 3-7, 2013, 479-522.
▪ Cherie, N. and M. Koch (2013). SWAT Modelling of the impact of future climate
change on the hydrology and the water resources in the upper Blue Nile river
basin, Ethiopia. In: Proceedings of the 6th international conferences and
Environmental Research, DOI: 10.5675/ICWRER_2013, Koblenz, Germany,
June 3-7, 2013, 523-558.
Theses Research
Projects ▪ Hydro-Meteorological drought analysis: The case of Abaya-Chamo sub-
basin, Ethiopia.
▪ Assessment of Urban Drainage system: A case of Adama Town Drainage
System, Ethiopia.
▪ Uncertainty Analysis of Missing Value Estimation Daily Rainfall in Lake
Hawassa Watershed, Ethiopia.
▪ Assessment of Climate Change and Its Impact on Flooding in Hawassa
Town
▪ Investigation of Water Drainage System of Shashemene to Hawassa
Road, Ethiopia.
▪ Evaluating Climate Change Impact on Upper Awash River Basin
Reservoir Operation: A Case Study of Koka Reservoir, Ethiopia.
▪ Irrigation Potential Assessment of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia.

Honours and awards

▪ DAAD, Germany research fellowship grant, Germany, 2009-2013

Memberships
▪ Ethiopian Association of Civil Engineers (EACE) (http:/www.eacecivil.org), since
2019. Membership ID: EACE1816.

Skills
▪ Significant proficiency in Hydro-meteorological data analysis.
▪ Ability to conduct climate and hydrological simulations for various
geographical scopes and scales using complex models using largescale
and local observational datasets.
▪ Strong experience with a range of hydrology and water resource
modelling packages such as ArcGIS, ArcSWAT, HBV, HEC-HMS, WEAP,
SDSM, LARS-WG, X-Conv, SPSS. Minitab and others.
▪ Analytics, Data Mining, Data Engineering, Database Management, Data
Presentation, Analytical Reasoning, Research, Diagnostics.
▪ Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Certifications

▪ Practicing professional in water resources engineering Registration No.

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ACHIVEMENTS

▪ Engaged in study and design of 22+ water supply and irrigation

development projects.
▪ Prepared Body of Knowledge (BOK) for Ethiopia Hydraulic
Professionals.
▪ Prepared Occupational Standard for Ethiopian Hydraulic Professionals.
▪ Prepared Competency Assessment and Certification for Ethiopia
Hydraulic Professionals.
▪ Taught 1000+ students and supervised 50+ postgraduate thesis.
▪ Curriculum development for PhD and MSc programs.
▪ Deliver capacity building training in implementing WaSH programs.

REFEREES

▪ Prof. Manfred Koch (e-mail: manfred_kochde@yahoo.de), Department

head of Geohydraulic and Engineering Hydrology at the University of
Kassel, Germany.
▪ Prof. Jayprakash Narayan (e-mail: jayp1narayan@gmail.com), professor
at Hawassa University Department of Civil Engineering, Ethiopia.
▪ Dr. Solomon Seyoum (e-mail: solomon.demissie@gmail.com), Formerly-
Senior Research Specialist on Water Resources System at International
Water Management Institute (IWMI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Currently, he
is working at California University, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Los Angeles, USA.
▪ Mr. Melkamu Kifle(Mob.+251-91082860 e-mail: me123ye123@gmail.com),
WaSH Program Management Unit Senior Urban Technical Management
Specialist. South Ethiopia Nations Nationality Peoples Region Water,
Mine and Energy Development Bureau, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

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