André Musy - ENAC - EPFL

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1981 - 1983 : Director of Applied Research in Agrometeorology and operational hydrology, Niamey (Niger) within the framework of a WMO project, financed by the UNDP and relating to the development of agriculture and water management for all the Sahel countries members of the CILSS (International Committee of Fight against Drought in Sahel) Since 1983 : Professor at the EPFL, responsible for the Chair of Agricultural Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources, : Director of the Hydrology and Land Improvement Laboratory (HYDRAM), and, since 2001, director of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ISTE) of the Faculty ENAC, EPFL, : Co-director of the postgraduate studies programme on "Water Resources Management, Hydrology & Hydrogeology" in collaboration with the University of Neuchâtel (UNINE) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ), : Co-director of the EPFL-IITM postgraduate course on "Technology and Sustainable Development (TSD)" organised in Chennai-Madras, India, : Co-responsible of the postgraduate course on "Natural Risks (hydrological risks)" of the Geneva University, (CERG course), 1983 - 2003 : Co-responsible of the Postgraduate course on "Agricultural engineering" of the “Ecole Inter-Etats d’Ingénieurs de l'Equipement Rural” (EIER) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1984 – 2004 : Director of the EPFL postgraduate course on "Development" organized in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 1988 – 1994 : Director of the postgraduate course on "Geographical information technology in the field of environment" organized by the EPFL and the UNITAR (UNDP), 1993 - 1998 : Member of the administrative council of a private consulting office, oriented towards the management and the equipment of rural land use mainly in developing countries in semi-arid and arid zones. Academic activities: 1972 - 1978 : Lecturer at the EPFL in the fields of hydrology, applied statistics in hydrology, pedology as well as land and water improvement and management, : Lecturer in hydrology and applied statistics on water resources to other universities or International Institutions, namely at Delft (Holland), Lisbon (Portugal), Oran (Algeria) and Niamey (Niger), 1979 - 1981 : Professor extra-muros in hydrology at the Polytechnical Institute of Conakry (Guinea), 1983 - 1986 : Extra-ordinary (associate) professor at the EPFL, with tenure of the Chair of Rural Engineering, responsible of the education and research in hydrology, water resources and agricultural engineering, Since 1986 : Ordinary professor at the EPFL, responsible for the teaching and the development of fundamental and applied research in the fields of soil physics, hydrology, water resources, land use, improvement and management, : Professor in charge of courses on hydrology at the University of Lausanne (Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences and Literature) and of courses on hydrology and hydrological risks at the University of Geneva (Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences), 1999 - 2002 : Consulting Professor of the Wuhan University, Wuhan City, China, Since 2002 : Honorary scientific consultant of the National Center for Efficient Irrigation Engineering and Technology Research (NCEI), Beijing, China. International activities: - Expert to the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), - Expert to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and to the United Nation’s Program for the Development (UNDP), - Consultant for the WMO, FAO, UNESCO, UNEP, UNITAR, BIRD, - Member of the Committee for the evaluation of projects and institutional bodies (Grenoble Competence Center on the prevention of natural risks, "Institut National Polytechnique" (INPG), Grenoble (F), Rural and Agricultural Department, Louvain-la-Neuve University (B), CEREVE laboratory, “Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées”, Paris (F)), - Lecturer within the framework of several international education programmes, especially in the field of hydrology and water resources organized abroad (Romania, Tunisia, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Wuhan-China), - Numerous lectures, communications and key-note conference speaker at many congresses and international scientific and technical symposia, public presentations, scientific and technical communications, - Several public conferences at the local and/or national levels for large public and scientific organisations and/or associations,
Fields of professional activities: - Soil physics, agrology and soil-hydrology, - Vadozone hydrology, soil and water management, agricultural engineering, - Rural landscape management (land improvement, assessment and planning), irrigation and drainage systems, rainfall-runoff control and anti-erosive techniques, - Hydrology, hydrometeorology, agro-meteorology, - Hydrology and hydraulic modelling and forecasting, - Environmental impact assessment studies for soil and water schemes, - Hazards, floods and hydrological risks, impacts on soil and water, evaluation and management of preventive measures, climate change and its impacts on soil and water. Commissions and professional affiliations At the EPFL: - Member of the Social Commission of the EPFL (1986-1991), - Head of the Rural Engineering Department (1988-1990), - President of the Professors’ Association of the EPFL (1991-1995), - President of the Teaching Commission of the Department of Rural Engineering of the EPFL (1993- 1997), - Member of the Teaching Assembly of the EPFL (1993-1997), - Member of the Cooperation Council of the EPFL (1994-1999), - Member of the International Public Relations Council of the EPFL in charge of the North African region (1996-2000), - Member of the Committee in charge of the set-up of the faculty, ENAC (School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering), EPFL (2000), - Director of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ISTE), of the ENAC Faculty, EPFL (since 2002), - Member of the Foundation council, as EPFL representative, of the International Foundation for World Environment "Ecolandia", Yverdon-les-Bains (CH), - Member of the Foundation council, as EPFL representative, of the International of the Water Edutainment Center "Isle Crusoé", Port-Valais (CH). In Switzerland: - President of the Swiss Association on Agro-systems and Land Improvement (CH-AGRAM) of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (since 2004), - President of the Swiss Association in Agricultural Engineering, Irrigation and Drainage (CH-Agrid) (1988-2004), - President of the Swiss Committee in Hydrology of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (1992- 1998), - President of the Swiss Commission in Hydrology (CHy) of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (1998-2004), - Member of the Scientific Council Committee of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (IUED) of the University of Geneva (1988-1996), - Member of the Land Reclamation Council of the Federal Department of Public Economy (1984- 1996), - Member of the Section "Natural Sciences" of the Swiss National Commission of the UNESCO (1992-2000), - Member of the Swiss Disaster Relief Unit of the Swiss Cooperation and Development Agency (since 1992), - Member of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), division « National and prioritary programmes » (since 2002), - Member of the Consultative Organisation for Research on Climate and Climatic Changes (OcCC) (1997-2003), - Member of the Swiss PROgramme of CLIMatic Change (PROCLIM) (1997-2003), - Member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (ASSN) (since 1997), - Member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (since 2004), - Member of the Swiss Commission for Environmental Research (CCRE) of the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), - Member of the Swiss Engineers and Architects Society (SIA), of the Society specialized in Rural engineering, Environment and Geomatics (SIA- SRGE) of the SIA, - Member of the Swiss Society of Geomatics (SSMAF).
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