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Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology
Hydraulic Engineering (Hydropower, Hydrology, Hydraulics)
Professor Ånund Killingtveit
Professor Nils Reidar B. Olsen
Professor Knut Alfredsen
Professor Leif Lia
Associate Professor Nils Ruther
Associate Professor Kiflom Belete
Professor II Grethe Holm Midttømme
Professor II Haakon Støle
Associate Professor II Trond Rinde
Associate Professor II Morten Skoglund
Ca 15 PhD and ca 30 MSc students
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ‐ Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
Some examples of projects (mostly) in East Africa
Water Balance Lake Victoria (1 PhD, Makarere Univ.)
PhD Research by Ethiopian
students (6 at NTNU now)
Hydropower and
Climate Change
in Africa (2 PhD, NTNU)
MSc program
Renewable Energy East Africa
UDSM and Makarere Univ.
Zambezi River Action Plan
Hydrology & Database
(Consulting, with Norconsult)
MSc program Water Management at UDSM
Flood warning system in Malawi
(Consulting, with OCEANOR)
Lake Malawi Level Control
Modelling and Training
(Consulting, with Norconsult)
Pangani Basin Research
(>10 years, 1 PhD NTNU, 2 PhD students at UDSM)
MSc program Hydropower Dev:
Students from Ethiopia (50), Uganda (10), Tanzania (20), Malawi (5), Zambia (10), Sudan (1), Ghana (6)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ‐ Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
Pangani river project – UDSM/NTNU
Water Management – Hydropower vs Irrigation
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4 Departments at UDSM
5 Departments at NTNU
Cooperation project (NUFU) from 1997‐2009
Water management with focus on:
Hydrology, Biology, Geography, Economy
Dam safety, Climate Change, Sediments
TANZANIA
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ‐ Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
MSc student education, research , exchange
MSc students from East Africa to NTNU
Ca 100 MSc students at HPD program
MSc students from NTNU to East Africa
10 ‐15 to Pangani Project
Important experience for NTNU students who want to experience
African nature, culture and science
Cooperation on teaching, MSc level
MSc program Water Management
Funding from NUFU/NOMA
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ‐ Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
MSc Program Hydropower Development (HPD‐program)
WATER –ENVIRONMENT – ENERGY
International MSc in Hydropower
planning and construction at
Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, NTNU
Professor in charge
Ånund Killingtveit
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ‐ Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
Where do the HPD students come from?
In the 16 years from 1994 to 2011, ca 275 students from 26 different countries have
finished a 2 years MSc in hydropower in the HPD program. Some of the countries are:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan,
Phillipines, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Timor Leste, Malawi,
Chile, Brazil and Norway. More than 100 from Africa – Mostly East Africa.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ‐ Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering