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Dr. László Hayde MSc

Senior Lecturer in Irrigation Engineering

Biography

Laszlo Hayde graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Budapest (TUB), Hungary in Hydraulic Engineering in 1982 and followed postgraduate studies in Sanitary Engineering (1989-91, TUB) and in Environmental Impact Assessment at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland UK (1991). He obtained his Doctorate degree in Fluid Mechanics in 1995.

Professional Experience

  • After his graduation he worked for a consulting company on various hydraulic engineering projects.
  • From 1985 to 1992 he was Assistant, and from 1992 onwards Senior Assistant Professor at TUB (from the year 2000: renamed as Budapest University of Technology and Economics, BUTE), Department of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering.
  • He has international experiences in higher education and its management, as well as curricula development.
  • In 1997-98 he was Head of the Dean’s Office, Faculty of Civil Engineering of BUTE.
  • In 2001 he was appointed Deputy Director of the International Education Centre of BUTE, responsible for the English language engineering education of the University.

In 2002 Dr. Hayde joined the Core Land and Water Development of the Water Engineering Department of IHE (presently called Chair Group Land and Water Development of the Water Science and Engineering Department at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education) as a Senior Lecturer in Irrigation Engineering.

Scientific Research Interests

  • hydraulic engineering structures; agricultural water management structures;
  • fluid mechanics;
  • environmentally sound solutions in hydraulic engineering; environmental impacts and assessment;
  • implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive; integrated river basin management;
  • history of hydraulic engineering and water management.

Professional Affiliations

  • International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) since 1998;
  • Secretary General of the Hungarian National Committee (HUCID) 2000 – 2004;
  • Vice President of HUCID from 2008;
  • from 2005 till 2010 Secretary, since 2010 Chairman of the European Regional Working Group;
  • Vice President of ICID 2009-2012.
  • International Water History Association (IWHA) since 2008.
  • Deutsche Wasserhistorische Gesellschaft (DWhG) since 2009.

The title of Honorary Associate Professor has been awarded to him by the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 2012.

Publications

Book:

  • Danube Valley, History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control [Editors-in-Chief: G. Cseko, L. Hayde] ICID International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage / ICID, New Delhi, India, First Edition 2004. 715p., ISBN: 81-85068-85-2

Book Chapters

  • (Introduction to Fluid Mechanics) Hidraulikai alapismeretek [Dr. Hayde L.]; (WATER MANAGEMENT) VIZGAZDALKODAS mezogazdasagi, kertesz-, tajepitesz- es erdomernok- hallgatok reszere. Published by: Mezogazdasagi Szaktudas Kiado, Budapest 1997. [Ed./Szerk.: Dr. Vermes Laszlo] Chapter/Fejezet. pp. 65-91, ISBN 963 356 218 X
  • (Environmental Impacts of Water Management) A vizgazdalkodas kornyezeti hatasai. [Dr. Hayde L.]; (WATER MANAGEMENT) VIZGAZDALKODAS mezogazdasagi, kertesz-, tajepitesz- es erdomernok-hallgatok reszere. Published by: Mezogazdasagi Szaktudas Kiado, Budapest 1997. [Ed./Szerk.: Dr. Vermes Laszlo] Chapter/Fejezet. pp. 385-395, ISBN 963 356 218 X

Papers

  • Comparative irrigation performance assessment in community-managed schemes in Ethiopia [Zeleke Agide Dejen, Bart Schultz and Laszlo Hayde] African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(35), pp. 4956-4970, 11 September, 2012 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.2135 ISSN 1991-637X. http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR/PDF/pdf2012/11%20Sep/Dejen%20et%20al.pdf
  • Global Inventory of Closed-Off Tidal Basins and Developments after the Closure [Bart Schultz, Laszlo Hayde, Park Sang-Hyun and Kiichiro Tanaka] Submitted to Irrigation and Drainage, the Journal of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, John Wiley and Sons Ltd. 2012.
  • Characterisation of the Profile and Water Circulation in Valley Bottom Rice Irrigated Soils, Case of Tiefora in Burkina Faso [Amadou Keita, Bart Schultz, Hamma Yacouba and Laszlo Hayde] 11th ICID International Drainage Workshop on Agricultural Drainage Needs and Future Priorities - Cairo, Egypt - 23-27 September 2012, 16p.
  • Improving the Operation of Irrigation Networks through Understanding the Hydrodynamic Behaviour [Zeleke A. Dejen, Bart Schultz and Laszlo Hayde] 63rd IEC Meeting and 7th Asian Regional Conference of ICID / The Irrigation Australia 2012 Conference & Trade Show, Adelaide, 24 - 29 June, 2012, 13p.
  • Challenge of Runoff Regulation to Supply Paddy Terraces in Subak Irrigation Schemes [Mawiti Infantri Yekti, Bart Schultz and Laszlo Hayde] 63rd IEC Meeting and 7th Asian Regional Conference of ICID / The Irrigation Australia 2012 Conference & Trade Show, Adelaide, 24 - 29 June, 2012, 10p.
  • Tropical Savannah valley bottom irrigated soils geochemical characterisation – Case study of Tiefora in Burkina Faso [Amadou Keita, Bart Schultz, Hamma Yacouba and Laszlo G. Hayde] 3rd African Regional Conference, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), Bamako, Mali, 29 November - 5 December 2011, 16p.
  • Global inventory of closed-off tidal basins and developments after the closure. [Bart Schultz, Laszlo Hayde and Park Sang-Hyun] In Proceedings of the Workshop on Sustainable development of tidal lands. 21st Congress of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), Tehran, Iran, 15-23 October 2011.
  • Irrigation Performance in Community-Managed Schemes: Assessment Using Comparative Indicators and Utility Analysis [Zeleke Agide Dejen, Bart Schultz and Laszlo Hayde] 21st International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, (Theme : Water productivity towards food security), International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), Tehran, Iran, 15-23 October 2011, R.56.5.05, pp. 63-81.
  • Seepage analysis underneath the headwork of Chanda Mohana Irrigation Scheme, Sunsari, Nepal [Santosh Kaini, Laszlo G. Hayde, Bart Schultz, Miroslav Marence] National Irrigation Seminar, Department of Irrigation/Nepal, International Network for Participatory Irrigation Management (INPIM)/Nepal and IWMI/Nepal, July, 2011, 21p.
  • Reconstruction of an Old Irrigation System Map by GPS/GIS [Amadou Keita, Bart Schultz, Laszlo Hayde] 60th International Executive Council Meeting & 5th Asian Regional Conference, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), New Delhi, India, 2009, 12p.
  • Some Comparative Aspects of Present Flood Management Plans in Hungary and in the Netherlands [Laszlo G. HAYDE] In: Gavardashvili G, Borthwick A, King L, Eds., Floods and Modern Methods of Control Measures; ISSN 1512-2344. International Symposium on Floods and Modern Methods of Control Measures, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2009. pp.185-194.
  • Flood Management Plans in Hungary and in the Netherlands, Some Comparative Aspects [Laszlo G. HAYDE] 28th European Regional Conference, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Lviv, Ukraine, 2009, 10p.
  • Development of Water and Flood Management in the Tisza Valley till 1945 [Laszlo FEJER, Laszlo G. HAYDE] 20th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), Lahore, Pakistan, 2008, S.06 pp.1530-1555.
  • Re-Organisation of Water supply for Towns in the Mediaeval Hungary [Laszlo FEJER, Laszlo G. HAYDE] 27th European Regional Conference, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Pavia, Italy, 2007, 17p.
  • Development of Irrigation in the 19th and Early 20th Century in Hungary [Laszlo FEJER, Laszlo G. HAYDE] 27th European Regional Conference, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) Pavia, Italy, 2007, 11p.
  • (Successful New Technology for Arsenic, Ammonia, Methane, Iron and Manganese Removal in Mako) Sikeres uj technologia arzen, ammonia, metan, vas es mangan eltavolitasara Makon [B. Petrusevski, P. Medgyesi, W. van der Meer, J. Baker, L. Hayde, F. Kruis, S. Sharma and J.C. Schippers] (11th National Sanitary Conference Sopron, Hungary) XI. ORSZAGOS VIZIKOZMU KONFERENCIA, Sopron, Hungary, 2007, 13p.
  • Hydraulics of Double Stilling Basin Systems [Laszlo HAYDE] Periodica Polytechnica Ser. Civil Eng. Vol.45, No.1, pp. 151-169. Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, 2001. Available online at http://periodicapolytechnica.org/index.php/ci/article/view/646

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