Plant Assistant
Resume:
Personal Information
Name: Ashraf Nour El Sadek
Martial status: Married
Nationality: Egyptian
Age: 31
Address: **** ****** **. *** ******, NM 88001
Phone: 575-***-****
E-mail: *******@****.***
Education:
- 2007- present Ph.D candidate, Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State
University (Degree expected in May 2011) Las Cruces, NM, USA.
Research Project: Hydrologic Modeling of Semi-arid Watersheds Using Enhanced
Climate Data
- Master of Science, April 2005 Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Ain Shams
University, Egypt.
Research Project: Effect of some agronomic practices of sunflower productivity under
New Valley conditions
- Bachelor of Science, (June, 1999) agronomy, College of agriculture, Assuit University,
Egypt.
Employment
Oct., 2009 - Present Research specialist, Entomology, Plant Pathology and
Weed Sciences Department, NMSU
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) University Research Initiative
(NURI) titled Tools for Rapid Monitoring and Prediction of the Rio Grande
Basin .
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Aided in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling of the Rio Grande Basin.
Aided in developing a Flood mapping of the Placitas arroyo, NM.
June 08, 2009 to Aug. 11, 2009 Research Technician, Department of Animal
and Range Sciences.
Aided in collecting GIS data for the Coleman basin, NM.
Aided in creating GIS layers (Soil map, Land cover map and DEM) required for
applying the hydrologic modeling and overlapping these layer to extract
watershed spatial characteristics using AGWA.
Aided in collecting different climate data sources covering the study area
(SNOTEL, RAWS, StageIV and COOP stations)
(May, 15, 2008 July, 15, 2008) Researcher Assistant, Department of Fish, Wildlife,
and Conservation Ecology, Department of Animal and Range Sciences.
Land cover and associated datasets for the San Pedro River Basin. Grant from
the Environmental Protection Agency .
Aided in collecting GIS spatial and tabular data from the Internet for the San
Pedro River Basin,
Aided in data processing to create seamless datasets.
(June, 2007- March, 2008) Researcher Assistant Plant and Environmental Science
department, NMSU
Aided in soil and crop data analysis, soil physical and chemical analysis, tables
and figures after data analysis.
Assisted Dr. Shukla in collecting samples, preparing materials and conducting soil
physical properties tests for Soil Physics Lab.
2000 2007 Researcher Assistant Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Researched in plant production; the productivity of field crops under drought
conditions.
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Researched in the water harvesting system techniques and transfer the technology
to the farmers.
Honors and Awards
Recipient of the annual Egyptian scholarship presented from the Ministry of
higher Education to study the Ph.D. at New Mexico State University for the years
2006-2010.
The winner of the NMSU 8th Annual URC Research and Creativity Activities
Fair (October,3 2008).
Software
Windows operating systems
Microsoft Office
ArcGIS
ENVI software
Statistical Analysis System (SAS)
Hydrologic models (i.e. SWAT, AGWA, HEC-HMS and HEC-GeoRAS)
Root Zone Water Quality Model( RZWQM)
Hydrus-1D software package
Publications
Refereed Publications
Ashraf El-Sadek, Max Bleiweiss, Manoj Shukla, Steve Guldan and
Alexander Fernald.2010. Alternative Climate Data Sources for Distributed
Hydrologic Modeling on a Daily Time Step (Accepted for publication at the
hydrological processes journal).
Ashraf El-Sadek, Max Bleiweiss, Manoj Shukla, Alexander Fernald and
Steve Guldan. 2010. Transferability of Parameters for Hydrologic Modeling of
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Ungauged Watersheds Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (Under
preparation).
Ashraf El-Sadek, Max Bleiweiss, Manoj Shukla, Alexander Fernald and
Steve Guldan. 2010. Evaluating sensitivity analysis and autocalibration of a
semi-distributed hydrologic model for a semi-arid watershed (In Press).
El-Sadek, A.N.A.; M. A. Ashoub; A. M. Abo Shetaia and M.T.Hegab.2004.
Response of Sunflower Yield and it s attributes to Sowing Dates, Boron foliar
application and Nitrogen Fertilization under El-Wadi El-Gadeed Conditions.
Zagazig Journal of Agric. Res. 31(4a):1257-1277.
Oral presentations:
Ashraf N El-Sadek, Max P. Bleiweiss, Manoj Shukla, Steve Guldan and Sam
Fernald.2009. Hydrologic Modelling of the Mimbres Watershed Using
Precipitation Data from Several Different Sources. New Mexico Water Research
Symposium held in New Mexico Tech Campus, Scorro, NM, August 11, 2009.
Ashraf El-Sadek, Max Bleiweiss, Manoj Shukla, Alexander Fernald and
Steve Guldan. 2010. Transferability of Parameters for Hydrologic Modeling of
Ungauged Watersheds Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool. New Mexico
Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting, New Mexico Tech Campus, Scorro,
NM, April 16,2010.
Ashraf El-Sadek, Max Bleiweiss, Manoj Shukla, Alexander Fernald and
Steve Guldan. 2010. Evaluating sensitivity analysis and autocalibration of a
semi-distributed hydrologic model for a semi-arid watershed. New Mexico Water
Research Symposium held in New Mexico Tech Campus, Scorro, NM, August
03, 2010
Poster Presentations
Ashraf N El-Sadek, Max P. Bleiweiss, Manoj Shukla, Steve Guldan and Sam
Fernald.2008. Hydrologic Modelling on the Rio Grande Using the Automated
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Geospatial Watershed Analysis (AGWA) Tool. New Mexico Water Research
Symposium held in New Mexico Tech Campus, Scorro, NM, August 12, 2008.
Ashraf N El-Sadek, Max P. Bleiweiss, Manoj Shukla, Steve Guldan and Sam
Fernald.2008. Hydrologic modeling of semi-arid watersheds using enhanced
climate data within the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The USDA-
CSREES National Water Conference held in Millennium Hotel, St. Louis, MO.
Feb.08- Feb. 12,2009
Ashraf N El-Sadek, Max P. Bleiweiss, Manoj Shukla, Steve Guldan and Sam
Fernald.2008. Hydrologic Modelling on the Rio Grande Using the Automated
Geospatial Watershed Analysis (AGWA) Tool. 8th Annual URC Research and
Creativity Activities Fair (October 3, 2008), Corbett Center Student Union,
NMSU. Las Cruces, NM.
I: Participation in many scientific research projects in USA:
Tools for Rapid Monitoring & Prediction of
the Rio Grande Basin, grant from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA).
Land cover and associated datasets for the San Pedro River Basin. grant from the
Environmental Protection Agency.
II: Participation in many scientific research projects in Egypt:
Development of Rainfed agriculture system.
Technology transfer to the farmers of some Arab countries in the field of rainfed
agriculture.
On farm water harvesting systems in WANA countries
Developing the rainfed agriculture in ARE
Development of contamination area with field mines in the North Western
Coastal of Egypt
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Cropping system improvement studies in North Western Coastal Zone under
supplemental irrigation system
Improvement of wheat productivity program of DRC in eighteen sites in Egypt.
Improvement of oilseed crops productivity program of DRC in Egypt
Training and Extension
1- Crop and forage production under drought condition.
2- Rain-fed agriculture under N.W.C.Z. of Egypt.
3- Crop and forage production under saline condition.
4- Planning, carrying out and studies on the improvement crop in New Reclaimed
Land.
Conferences in USA
August 14, 2007 New Mexico water research symposium, Macey Center, New
Mexico Tech.
August 12, 2008 New Mexico water research symposium, Macey Center, New
Mexico Tech (Poster).
August 11, 2009 New Mexico water research symposium, Macey Center, New
Mexico Tech (Presentation).
Feb. 28- March 1, 2007. River Terrace & FloodPlain Hydrology, connecting
surface water and groundwater along the Rio Grande and other large rivers. Las
Cruces, NM.
Feb.08- Feb. 12. The USDA-CSREES National Water Conference. Millennium
Hotel, St. Louis, MO.
April 16, 2010 New Mexico Geological Society Annual Spring Meeting, New
Mexico Tech Campus, Scorro, NM.
Membership of Societies
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Member of the New Mexico chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society
of Agriculture.
Member of the New Mexico Geological Society
References
Dr. M.K. Shukla
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences,
New Mexico State University
Box 30003, MSC, Las Cruces, NM 88003-0003
Phone; 505-***-****, Email; ********@****.***
Max P. Bleiweiss
Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science
New Mexico State University
PO. Box 30003, MSC 3BE, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003
Phone: 575-***-**** E-mail: ********@******.****.***
Dr. Steve Guldan
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Sustainable Agriculture Science
Center at Alcalde, New Mexico State University
P. O. Box 159, 371 County Road 40, Alcalde NM. 87511Box 30003, MSC 4901
Phone : 505- 852-4241 E-mail: *******@****.***
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