Dr. László G. Hayde

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 Senior Lecturer in Irrigation Engineering, UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands. Dr. Hayde has been associated with ICID since 1998. He has been Secretary General of HUCID (2000-2004) and was elected as Vice President of HUCID in 2008. Dr. Hayde is Secretary of European Regional Working Group (ERWG), Member of Working Group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (WG-HIST) and Permanent Finance Committee (PFC). He was chief editor of the ICID Publication Danube Valley, History of Irrigation and Flood Control (2004). He was also an Observer on erstwhile ICID Working Group on Capacity Building, Training and Education (WG-CBTE).

Dr. Hayde has more than 27 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; 19 years experience in education management, organizations of education programmes, curricula development. He is also associated with various professional societies.