Dr Alemtsehay G. Seyoum

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research Associate in Sewer and Water Supply System Performance

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a.g.seyoum@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5416

D106, Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)

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Dr Alemtsehay G. Seyoum
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
D106
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile

Alemtsehay is Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Sewer and Water Supply System Performance in the University of Sheffield at the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering. She obtained her PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, United Kingdom. She studied her Msc in Municipal Water and Urban Infrastructure at UNESCO-IHE (Institute for Water Education), Delft, the Netherlands. She got her BSc in Civil Engineering from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia.

Alemtsehay worked as Research Associate at University of Strathclyde on a research project funded by EPSRC for developing novel techniques for multi-objective optimization of water distribution systems using pressure dependent modelling approach. Alemtsehay has expertise in modelling and optimisation of water distribution systems. Her contribution to water distribution research includes developing a novel pressure dependent analysis model that takes proper account of the relationship between the available pressure at the point of demand and the actual flow delivered. Specifically, her contribution involved developing a new, more efficient and robust implementation of the line search and backtracking procedure. She has also contributed to water distribution research on developing a novel dynamic pressure-dependent multiple-species model for simulating the fate of multiple reactive substances under various network pressure conditions.

Alemtsehay has been working in water industry in Ethiopia for about 15 years in various aspects of water and sewer systems with progressively increasing seniority in different sectors.

Research interests: Development and application of robust and efficient simulation and optimisation methods to solve complex and challenging water and environmental systems problems.

Publications

Journal articles

Seyoum AG, Tait S, Schellart ANA, Shepherd W & Boxall J (2025) Mobile sensors for hydraulic calibration of pipe network models. Water Research, 125108-125108.
Alvisi S, Franchini M, Marsili V, Mazzoni F, Salomons E, Housh M, Abokifa A, Arsova K, Ayyash F, Bae H , Barreira R et al (2025) Battle of Water Demand Forecasting. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 151(10).
Seyoum AG & Tanyimboh TT (2017) Integration of Hydraulic and Water Quality Modelling in Distribution Networks: EPANET-PMX. Water Resources Management, 31(14), 4485-4503.
Seyoum AG & Tanyimboh TT (2016) Investigation into the Pressure-Driven Extension of the EPANET Hydraulic Simulation Model for Water Distribution Systems. Water Resources Management, 30(14), 5351-5367.
Tanyimboh TT & Seyoum AG (2016) Multiobjective evolutionary optimization of water distribution systems: Exploiting diversity with infeasible solutions. Journal of Environmental Management, 183, 133-141.
Siew C, Tanyimboh TT & Seyoum AG (2016) Penalty-Free Multi-Objective Evolutionary Approach to Optimization of Anytown Water Distribution Network. Water Resources Management, 30(11), 3671-3688.
Seyoum AG & Tanyimboh TT (2014) Pressure-dependent network water quality modelling. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management, 167(6), 342-355.
Siew C, Tanyimboh TT & Seyoum AG (2014) Assessment of Penalty-Free Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization Approach for the Design and Rehabilitation of Water Distribution Systems. Water Resources Management, 28(2), 373-389.
Seyoum AG, Tanyimboh TT & Siew C (2013) Assessment of water quality modelling capabilities of EPANET multiple species and pressure-dependent extension models. Water Supply, 13(4), 1161-1166.
Siew C & Tanyimboh TT (2012) Pressure-Dependent EPANET Extension. Water Resources Management, 26(6), 1477-1498.
Tiku T Tanyimboh & Alemtsehay G Seyoum () Design optimization of water distribution networks: real-world case study with penalty-free multi-objective genetic algorithm using pressure-driven simulation. Water SA, 46(3 July).

Conference proceedings

Seyoum AG, Tait S, Schellart ANA, Shepherd W & Boxall J (2024) Advancing water distribution network calibration: a framework for comparing static and mobile sensing approaches. Proceedings of The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024. View this article in WRRO
Geranmehr M, Seyoum AG & Heris MK (2024) Battle of water demand forecasting: an optimized deep learning model. Proceedings of The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Vol. 69(1). Ferrara, Italy, 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2024. View this article in WRRO
Seyoum AG, Tait S, Schellart ANA, Shepherd W & Boxall J (2024) Optimizing mobile sensor movement and trajectory to improve water distribution network calibration. HIC 2024: 15th International Conference on Hydroinformatics: From Nature to Digital Water: Challenges and Opportunities (pp 149-150). Beijing, China, 27 May 2024 - 27 May 2024. View this article in WRRO
Seyoum A, Tait S, Boxall J & Schellart A (2023) Optimal placement of sensors for network calibration using pressure dependent modelling. 11th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, 24 September 2023 - 27 September 2023.
Seyoum A, Tait S, Boxall J, Schellart A & Shepherd W (2023) Moving sensor deployment for network-wide pipe roughness calibration. 11th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, 24 September 2023 - 27 September 2023.

Research group: Water Engineering