Dr. László G. Hayde

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Brief Profile

Dr. Laszlo G. Hayde, Hungary (b. in 1958) obtained Doctorate in Fluid Mechanics from Technical University of Budapest (1995), M.Sc. in Civil Engineering with Specialization in Hydraulic Engineering (1982).
Presently, Dr. Hayde is working as Programme Manager of the Master Programmes and Senior Lecturer in Irrigation Engineering, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands.

Dr. Hayde has been associated with ICID since 1998. He has been Secretary General of the Hungarian National Commiittee, HUCID (2000-2004) and was elected as Vice President of HUCID in 2008.

Dr. Hayde has been Vice President of ICID, elected for the period 2009-2012, was Secretary of European Regional Working Group, ERWG (2005-2010) and Chaiman of ERWG (2010-2015), member of Working Group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (WG-HIST) since 2001, has been member of the Permanent Finance Committee, PFC (2004-2011) and Vice Chairman of PFC (2009-2011). He is Associate Editor of the ICID Journal - Irrigation and Drainage since 2015, and was chief editor of the ICID Publication Danube Valley, History of Irrigation and Flood Control (2004). 

Dr. Hayde has 43 years experience in consulting, education and research in water and environmental planning and management, hydraulic engineering, fluid mechanics, EU Water Framework Directive, environmentally sound solutions in hydraulic engineering, environmental impacts and assessment, history of Hydraulic engineering and water management; 37 years experience in education management, organizations and management of education programmes, at faculty, university and institute level, management of accreditation processes, curricula development. He is also associated with various professional societies.

Specialization

• Capacity development and training
• Design and construction Dams, Reservoirs & Irrigation-Drainage networks
• International cooperation
• Irrigation - Development, design & Management
• Research