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He holds a Civil Engineering degree, Major in Hydraulics from the Central University of Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela). In 1978, he continued postgraduate Studies in Hydraulics, Hydrology and Coastal Dynamics at University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK). Currently, He is an Aggregate Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at Andres Bello Catholic University, in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela and a visiting Professor at Los Andes University at Merida, Venezuela. He developed a 30-year career in dam hydraulics at EDELCA Hydraulics Laboratory, where he and his group encompassed laboratory and, numerical modeling studies and prototype monitoring, applied to the design and operation of some of the largest existing hydraulic structures built, part of the 17200 MW Lower Caroni Hydroelectric Development. His topics of interest have been design, and operation of large hydraulic structures, energy dissipation, aeration, large river diversion schemes, model and prototype correlation, implantation of large hydroelectric projects and education in hydraulic engineering. Presently, in parallel with his teaching activity, he has developed a consulting activity in dam hydraulics engineering applied to more than 20 projects in Ethiopia, Guatemala, Panama, Pakistan, and in Venezuela. Since 2006, he has worked at the Orinoco Delta, monitoring hydraulic structures behavior, erosion and sedimentation processes, salinity intrusion and, water quality. He has served as Adviser of several public and private companies and provided assistance to hydraulic and environment engineers of CORPOELEC (Venezuelan Corporation of Electricity) in Dam and Reservoir Management. He has imparted courses and training to hydraulic engineers of the National Hydraulic Laboratory, Ministry of the Environment, in Venezuela. He is a member of the Hydraulics for Dam Committee of ICOLD.

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