André Musy - ENAC - EPFL
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<strong>André</strong> <strong>Musy</strong><br />
CURRICULUM VITAE<br />
Titles : Agricultural engineer and surveyor,<br />
: Master and Ph. D. in Hydrology and Agricultural engineering,<br />
: Dr Honoris Causa, Technical University of Bucarest, Romania,<br />
: Professor in Hydrology, Water Resources and Agricultural Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of<br />
Technology Lausanne (<strong>EPFL</strong>), Switzerland,<br />
: Director of both the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ISTE) and the Hydrology<br />
and Land Improvement Laboratory (HYDRAM), of the School Architecture, Civil and<br />
Environmental Engineering (<strong>ENAC</strong>), <strong>EPFL</strong>, Switzerland,<br />
: Vice-President of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID),<br />
: “CIGR Fellow” of the International Commission on Agricultural Engineering.<br />
Born : September 5th, 1945, Dompierre (FR), Switzerland<br />
Nationality : Swiss citizen<br />
Civil status : Married - 1 child<br />
Office address : Institut des Sciences et Techniques de l'Environnement (ISTE)<br />
Laboratoire Hydrologie et Aménagements (HYDRAM)<br />
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne<br />
Bâtiment GR,<br />
CH - 1015 Lausanne<br />
Phone : +41.21.693 37 21 or 25 Fax : +41.21.693 37 39<br />
E-mail : andre.musy@gmail.com URL : http://hydram.epfl.ch/<br />
Private address : Chemin de la Forge N° 6<br />
1302 Vufflens-la-Ville (Switzerland)<br />
Phone/Fax: +41.21.701 33 53<br />
University Education:<br />
1964 - 1970 : Agricultural engineering and surveying studies at the <strong>EPFL</strong>.<br />
Degree granted: Agricultural engineer and surveyor <strong>EPFL</strong> diploma.<br />
1972 : <strong>EPFL</strong> postgraduate course in Applied hydrology.<br />
Degree granted: certificate in hydrology (Master degree).<br />
1974 : Thesis in Agricultural Engineering entitled: “Simulation of water movement in porous media”<br />
Degree granted: Ph. D. in Agricultural Engineering of the <strong>EPFL</strong>.<br />
1975 : Post-doctoral training in several American Universities (namely at California University, UC-<br />
Davis).<br />
1976 : <strong>EPFL</strong> postgraduate course in Applied statistics.<br />
Degree granted: Certificate in Statistics applied to Hydrology.<br />
Professional activities:<br />
1976 - 1978 : Senior chief scientist, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Water use and Management Laboratory,<br />
<strong>EPFL</strong>, in charge of the laboratory's experiments and research activities in agricultural engineering<br />
(soil physics, land improvement, erosion processes),<br />
: Co-director of a research project of the Swiss National Science Foundation in remote sensing<br />
applied to soil and water use and management,<br />
1976 : Co-founder of a private engineering office oriented essentially towards irrigation in semi-arid<br />
zones, member of the administrative council,<br />
1978 - 1981 : Chief technical advisor of a WMO/UNDP project in Guinea (Conakry) to assist the National<br />
Government in implementing a National Hydrologic Service and to establish a general water<br />
management plan for one of the four natural regions of Guinea (Fouta-Djallon, ∼ 45'000 km2),
1981 - 1983 : Director of Applied Research in Agrometeorology and operational hydrology, Niamey (Niger)<br />
within the framework of a WMO project, financed by the UNDP and relating to the development<br />
of agriculture and water management for all the Sahel countries members of the CILSS<br />
(International Committee of Fight against Drought in Sahel)<br />
Since 1983 : Professor at the <strong>EPFL</strong>, responsible for the Chair of Agricultural Engineering, Hydrology and Water<br />
Resources,<br />
: Director of the Hydrology and Land Improvement Laboratory (HYDRAM), and, since 2001,<br />
director of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ISTE) of the Faculty <strong>ENAC</strong>,<br />
<strong>EPFL</strong>,<br />
: Co-director of the postgraduate studies programme on "Water Resources Management,<br />
Hydrology & Hydrogeology" in collaboration with the University of Neuchâtel (UNINE) and the<br />
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ),<br />
: Co-director of the <strong>EPFL</strong>-IITM postgraduate course on "Technology and Sustainable Development<br />
(TSD)" organised in Chennai-Madras, India,<br />
: Co-responsible of the postgraduate course on "Natural Risks (hydrological risks)" of the Geneva<br />
University, (CERG course),<br />
1983 - 2003 : Co-responsible of the Postgraduate course on "Agricultural engineering" of the “Ecole Inter-Etats<br />
d’Ingénieurs de l'Equipement Rural” (EIER) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso,<br />
1984 – 2004 : Director of the <strong>EPFL</strong> postgraduate course on "Development" organized in Ouagadougou, Burkina<br />
Faso,<br />
1988 – 1994 : Director of the postgraduate course on "Geographical information technology in the field of<br />
environment" organized by the <strong>EPFL</strong> and the UNITAR (UNDP),<br />
1993 - 1998 : Member of the administrative council of a private consulting office, oriented towards the<br />
management and the equipment of rural land use mainly in developing countries in semi-arid and<br />
arid zones.<br />
Academic activities:<br />
1972 - 1978 : Lecturer at the <strong>EPFL</strong> in the fields of hydrology, applied statistics in hydrology, pedology as well as<br />
land and water improvement and management,<br />
: Lecturer in hydrology and applied statistics on water resources to other universities or<br />
International Institutions, namely at Delft (Holland), Lisbon (Portugal), Oran (Algeria) and Niamey<br />
(Niger),<br />
1979 - 1981 : Professor extra-muros in hydrology at the Polytechnical Institute of Conakry (Guinea),<br />
1983 - 1986 : Extra-ordinary (associate) professor at the <strong>EPFL</strong>, with tenure of the Chair of Rural Engineering,<br />
responsible of the education and research in hydrology, water resources and agricultural<br />
engineering,<br />
Since 1986 : Ordinary professor at the <strong>EPFL</strong>, responsible for the teaching and the development of fundamental<br />
and applied research in the fields of soil physics, hydrology, water resources, land use,<br />
improvement and management,<br />
: Professor in charge of courses on hydrology at the University of Lausanne (Department of<br />
Geography, Faculty of Sciences and Literature) and of courses on hydrology and hydrological risks<br />
at the University of Geneva (Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences),<br />
1999 - 2002 : Consulting Professor of the Wuhan University, Wuhan City, China,<br />
Since 2002 : Honorary scientific consultant of the National Center for Efficient Irrigation Engineering and<br />
Technology Research (NCEI), Beijing, China.<br />
International activities:<br />
- Expert to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),<br />
- Expert to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and to the United Nation’s Program<br />
for the Development (UNDP),<br />
- Consultant for the WMO, FAO, UNESCO, UNEP, UNITAR, BIRD,<br />
- Member of the Committee for the evaluation of projects and institutional bodies (Grenoble<br />
Competence Center on the prevention of natural risks, "Institut National Polytechnique" (INPG),<br />
Grenoble (F), Rural and Agricultural Department, Louvain-la-Neuve University (B), CEREVE<br />
laboratory, “Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées”, Paris (F)),<br />
- Lecturer within the framework of several international education programmes, especially in the<br />
field of hydrology and water resources organized abroad (Romania, Tunisia, Morocco, Burkina<br />
Faso, Wuhan-China),<br />
- Numerous lectures, communications and key-note conference speaker at many congresses and<br />
international scientific and technical symposia, public presentations, scientific and technical<br />
communications,<br />
- Several public conferences at the local and/or national levels for large public and scientific<br />
organisations and/or associations,
Fields of professional activities:<br />
- Soil physics, agrology and soil-hydrology,<br />
- Vadozone hydrology, soil and water management, agricultural engineering,<br />
- Rural landscape management (land improvement, assessment and planning), irrigation and drainage<br />
systems, rainfall-runoff control and anti-erosive techniques,<br />
- Hydrology, hydrometeorology, agro-meteorology,<br />
- Hydrology and hydraulic modelling and forecasting,<br />
- Environmental impact assessment studies for soil and water schemes,<br />
- Hazards, floods and hydrological risks, impacts on soil and water, evaluation and management of<br />
preventive measures, climate change and its impacts on soil and water.<br />
Commissions and professional affiliations<br />
At the <strong>EPFL</strong>: - Member of the Social Commission of the <strong>EPFL</strong> (1986-1991),<br />
- Head of the Rural Engineering Department (1988-1990),<br />
- President of the Professors’ Association of the <strong>EPFL</strong> (1991-1995),<br />
- President of the Teaching Commission of the Department of Rural Engineering of the <strong>EPFL</strong> (1993-<br />
1997),<br />
- Member of the Teaching Assembly of the <strong>EPFL</strong> (1993-1997),<br />
- Member of the Cooperation Council of the <strong>EPFL</strong> (1994-1999),<br />
- Member of the International Public Relations Council of the <strong>EPFL</strong> in charge of the North African<br />
region (1996-2000),<br />
- Member of the Committee in charge of the set-up of the faculty, <strong>ENAC</strong> (School of Architecture,<br />
Civil and Environmental Engineering), <strong>EPFL</strong> (2000),<br />
- Director of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ISTE), of the <strong>ENAC</strong> Faculty,<br />
<strong>EPFL</strong> (since 2002),<br />
- Member of the Foundation council, as <strong>EPFL</strong> representative, of the International Foundation for<br />
World Environment "Ecolandia", Yverdon-les-Bains (CH),<br />
- Member of the Foundation council, as <strong>EPFL</strong> representative, of the International of the Water<br />
Edutainment Center "Isle Crusoé", Port-Valais (CH).<br />
In Switzerland: - President of the Swiss Association on Agro-systems and Land Improvement (CH-AGRAM) of the<br />
Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (since 2004),<br />
- President of the Swiss Association in Agricultural Engineering, Irrigation and Drainage (CH-Agrid)<br />
(1988-2004),<br />
- President of the Swiss Committee in Hydrology of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (1992-<br />
1998),<br />
- President of the Swiss Commission in Hydrology (CHy) of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences<br />
(1998-2004),<br />
- Member of the Scientific Council Committee of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies<br />
(IUED) of the University of Geneva (1988-1996),<br />
- Member of the Land Reclamation Council of the Federal Department of Public Economy (1984-<br />
1996),<br />
- Member of the Section "Natural Sciences" of the Swiss National Commission of the UNESCO<br />
(1992-2000),<br />
- Member of the Swiss Disaster Relief Unit of the Swiss Cooperation and Development Agency<br />
(since 1992),<br />
- Member of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), division « National and prioritary<br />
programmes » (since 2002),<br />
- Member of the Consultative Organisation for Research on Climate and Climatic Changes (OcCC)<br />
(1997-2003),<br />
- Member of the Swiss PROgramme of CLIMatic Change (PROCLIM) (1997-2003),<br />
- Member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (ASSN) (since 1997),<br />
- Member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (since 2004),<br />
- Member of the Swiss Commission for Environmental Research (CCRE) of the Swiss Agency for<br />
the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL),<br />
- Member of the Swiss Engineers and Architects Society (SIA), of the Society specialized in Rural<br />
engineering, Environment and Geomatics (SIA- SRGE) of the SIA,<br />
- Member of the Swiss Society of Geomatics (SSMAF).
Abroad: - Member of the International Association for Soil Sciences (IASS),<br />
- Member of the International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR) of the International<br />
Commission of Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) and of the European Association of Agricultural<br />
Engineering (EurAgEng),<br />
- Vice-chairman of the section of CIGR “Land and Water” (since 1998),<br />
- Foreign member of the Agriculture Academy of France (since 1990),<br />
- Member of the Scientific Council of ORSTOM / IRD, France (1988-1994),<br />
- Member of the Scientific Council of CEMAGREF, France (1996-2000),<br />
- Member of the Scientific Council of ENGREF, France (1996-2004),<br />
- Member of the American Institute of Hydrology, as professional hydrologist, USA<br />
- Member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, USA<br />
- Member of the Indian Association of Hydrologists, India<br />
- Member of the Consulting Editorial Board of:<br />
• Journal of Irrigation and Drainage System<br />
• Journal of Water Sciences<br />
• International Electronic Journal of Agricultural Engineering.<br />
Languages:<br />
French : Mother tongue.<br />
German, English : Good to very good knowledge.<br />
Italian, Spanish : Knowledge.<br />
Author or co-author of:<br />
70 publications in scientific and technical journals, reviews and magazines<br />
110 communications within the frame of international seminars, colloquies and symposia<br />
4 course notebooks for undergraduate and graduate students<br />
3 distance learning course on hydrology, Water resources and Natural Hazards<br />
4 books (co-authors)<br />
9 books (co-authors for specific chapters)<br />
6 books (co-editor)<br />
Informative links:<br />
HYDRAM: http://hydram.epfl.ch<br />
ISTE: http://iste.epfl.ch<br />
<strong>ENAC</strong>: http://enac.epfl.ch<br />
<strong>EPFL</strong>: http://www.epfl.ch<br />
Master of Advanced Studies http://water-eng-mas.epfl.ch<br />
TSD: http://www.epfl.ch/tsd/<br />
OcCC: http://www.occc.ch/index_e.html<br />
PROCLIM: http://www.proclim.ch<br />
CCRE: http://www.umwelt-schweiz.ch/buwal/eng/<br />
SNF: http://www.snf.ch/default_en.asp<br />
Lausanne, January 2005