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Patrick Willems
CV in full:
CV in brief:
- Born in Herentals (Belgium), 21.05.1970
- Married, 3 children
- Civil Engineer (K.U.Leuven, 1993; great distinction)
- PhD in Engineering (K.U.Leuven, 2000; greatest distinction)
Coordinates:
Hydraulics Laboratory, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark
Arenberg 40, B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium
Tel. +32 16 321658 - Fax. +32 16 321989
E-mail: Patrick.Willems@bwk.kuleuven.be
Present Appointments:
- Associate Professor (Hoofddocent) Urban and River Hydrology and Hydraulics K.U.Leuven
- Lecturer (10% deeltijds docent) Systems Approach to Water Management Free University of Brussels (VUB)
- Visiting researcher (Febr.-July 2009) Laboratoire du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Research Interests
- Statistical analysis and stochastic modelling of hydrological extremes, extreme value analysis, hydrological time series analysis, impact of climate change on hydrological extremes
- River and urban drainage modelling: Spatial rainfall modelling, river catchment hydrological modelling, hydraulic river flood modelling, physico-chemical river water quality modelling, impact of sewer systems on receiving surface waters, bi-directional river-sewer interaction, real-time forecasting and control, uncertainty analysis
Publications: see publication list P.Willems
Research and teaching activities:
in brief:
- More than 40 peer-reviewed publications in international journals or books
- More than 60 presentations at international conferences and workshops
- More than 100 full publications in proceedings of international conferences
- (Co-) promoter of 12 PhD researchers, among which 6 with focus on an overseas development cooperation research
- (Co-) promoter of 39 Master thesis students since 2000 (13 this academic year)
- Supervisor of 7 Erasmus Master thesis students since 1999
- Leading researcher or coordinator of 25 research projects since 1995 (6 on-going, among which 2 with focus on overseas development cooperation)
- Main author of 5 national guidelines for water administrations in Flanders/Belgium on river flood modelling, rainfall input estimation, design hydrographs and climate change impact estimation on hydrological extremes
- Reviewer for more than 10 international water related journals (J. Hydrol., Water Resour. Res., Water Res., J. Environ. Eng., J. Hydrol. Eng., J. Hydraulic Eng., Adv. Water Resour., Hydrol. Sci. J., Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., Environ. Model. Softw., Phys. Chem. Earth, Atmos. Res., Nordic Hydrol., Water Resour. Manage.)
- Membership of international working groups or international research cooperations:
- International Water Association (IWA) - Working Group on Urban Rainfall (GUR): Member since 2000, Chairman since 2008
- International Water Association (IWA) - Working Group on Data and Models (IWGDM): Member since 2005
- Université Paris VI - Laboratoire de Statistique Théorique en Appliquée (A.Guillou): research cooperation on "Introduction de concepts probabilistes pour décrire des phénomènes extrêmes" since 2002
- Sheffield University: co-supervision of the PhD study by L-A.Nguyen on "Integrated urban-river catchment modelling" since 2004
- Aalborg University: research cooperation on "Probabilistic urban drainage modelling" (3 months visiting PhD researcher S.Thorndahl) and "Local area weather radar" (M.Rasmussen)
- LUCHEM research cooperation on "Assessing the impact of land use change on hydrology by ensemble modelling", with 10 international research groups in the framework of the German Cooperative Research Center 299 (coordinated by Justus-Liebig-Universitat Gießen) since 2005
- E.C.-FP5 Concerted Action "Harmoni-CA" on Catchment Modelling: invited expert to the development of the "WISE-RTD science-policy interfacing system for water information in Europe", 2002-2007
- E.C.-FP6 SPI-Water project on "Science-Policy Interfacing in support of the Water Framework Directive implementation": project partner 2006-2008
- Laboratoire du Climat de de l'Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France : visiting research visit February - July 2009
- Co-publications with Université Paris VI, Aalborg University, T.U.Delft, Deltares, RIZA, DHI, NWRC Egypt, University Dar-es-Salaam, University Nairobi, University Cuenca, University of Oldenburg, University of Gießen, University of Canberra, University of Potsdam, Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Washington, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Stockholm University, CSIRO Land and Water Australia
- International visiting lectureships:
- Universidad da Cuenca, Ecuador: course "Advanced surface water hydrology", Master in Water and Soil Management Programme - Programa para el Manejo del Agua y del Suelo (PROMAS), 2003, 2005
- University of West Indies (UWI), Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Port of Spain Trinidad: course "Hydrological modeling" (IHP/UNESCO/Flanders in Trust Fund), 2007
- Moi University, Faculty of Engineering, Kenya: course "Hydroinformatics", Master in Water Engineering, 2008, 2009 (VLIR-UOS)
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