Dr Alemtsehay G. Seyoum

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.