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Summary of Curriculum Vitae:  Dr. Michael Lowing
 
FULL NAME  Michael John Lowing
YEAR OF BIRTH 1940
NATIONALITY  British
PROFESSION Hydrologist
POSITION IN FIRM Associate

RANGE OF EXPERIENCE
Dr Lowing has 30 years experience in flood estimation, water resource studies, hydrometric data management, digital mapping and project direction. Whilst offering expert overviews based on a wide variety of practical experience in the UK and overseas, he also continues a close involvement with software development and application at working level. He has written a number of data capture and analysis programs for Chiltern Digitising Services, specialising in hydrometric data and in mapped water features. He is the author of the rainfall-runoff method of flood estimation described in the UK Flood Studies Report and of the British Standard on Hydrometric Data Management.

CAREER SUMMARY
1994 - date Director/Associate, Water Resource Associates Ltd.
1990 - date Independent consultant
1969 - 1990 Institute of Hydrology, UK
1968 - 1969 Water Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
1965 - 1968 Hydro-Electric Commission, Tasmania

EDUCATION
B.Sc(Eng) in Civil Engineering, University of London, 1964
M.Sc in Engineering Hydrology, Imperial College, 1965
Ph.D in Environmental Sciences, University of Lancaster. 1976

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE)
Institution of Water and Environmental Management (FIWEM)
British Hydrological Society (President 1991-1993)
 
RECENT WORK
  • Investigation of water balance and ecology of Lake Koycegiz, Turkey (IUCN)
  • Design and production of MicroFSR version 3 for Windows
  • Review of hydrometric data processing systems in the NRA - covered hardware, software and procedures with recommendations for evolution. (NRA Research Contract).
  • Water Resources of the River Rother (Sussex), review of yield and low flows (Southern Water Services).
  • Drafted British Standard on Hydrometric Data Management (DTI/BSi).
  • Review existing and design extended network of rainfall and river flow gauging stations (Brunei and Sarawak).
  • Spillway design flood estimation , R.Evinos, Greece (with Rofe Kennard & Lapworth).
  • Hydrometric audit of radioactive waste disposal facility in Cumbria (BNFL, Sellafield).
  • Development of procedure for systematically linking a flood frequency curve to an estimate of the probable maximum flood (DoE, UK).
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COUNTRIES OF WORK United Kingdom, Nigeria, Sudan, Korea (RO), Hong Kong, Brazil, Solomon Islands, Australia, Turkey, Brunei, Jordan, Greece, Malaysia (Sarawak)

LANGUAGES
English

For more information contact associate@watres.com