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Kantoush Sameh Ahmed

カントウシュ アハメド | Kantoush Sameh Ahmed
Affiliation and department：
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University Water Resources Research Center

About Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University Water Resources Research Center


Job title： Professor
Homepage URL  (1)： http://kyouindb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/pH6bG
Research field  (1)： Hydroengineering
Research keywords  (14)： Flood risk ,  Flash floods in wadi system ,  Environmental fluid mechanics ,  Eco-hydraulics ,  Reservoir sediment management ,  Reservoir Sedimentation ,  Integrated river basin management ,  Flood and sediment management ,  Hydrodynamic and sediment transport ,  Fluvial hydraulics ,  River Engineering ,  Shallow flow ,  Hydraulic infrastructures ,  Dam Engineering
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (3)：
  • 2021 - 2024 Development of Advanced Sediment Replenishment Methodology for Bedload Continuity below Dams
  • 2020 - 2024 Risk analysis of wadi flash flood considering climate change and development of early warning system
  • 2014 - 2017 Elucidation of sediment transport by sediment bypass and ecological change downstream of dam
Papers (201)：
  • Ryota Nakamura, Sohei Kobayashi, Sameh Ahmed Kantoush, Tetsuya Sumi. Impacts of flood retention dams on benthic invertebrates by affecting bed material size and disturbance in reservoir and downstream sections. Ecological Engineering. 2025. 212. 107509-107509
  • Binh Quang Nguyen, Sameh A. Kantoush, Ngoc Duong Vo, Tetsuya Sumi. Framework for reservoir sedimentation estimation using the hydrological model and campaign-A case study of A Vuong reservoir in central Vietnam. International Journal of Sediment Research. 2025
  • Binh Quang Nguyen, Sameh A. Kantoush, Tetsuya Sumi. Quantifying the consequences of unsustainable sand mining and cascade dams on aspects in a tropical river basin. Scientific Reports. 2024. 14. 1
  • Hossein Sohrabzadeh Anzani, Sameh Ahmed Kantoush, Ali Mahdian Khalili, Mehdi Hamidi. Energy Dissipation Assessment in Flow Downstream of Rectangular Sharp-Crested Weirs. Water. 2024
  • Desmond N. Shiwomeh, Sameh A. Kantoush, Tetsuya Sumi, Binh Quang Nguyen, Karim I. Abdrabo. Holistic mapping of flood vulnerability in slums areas of Yaounde city, Cameroon through household and institutional surveys. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2024
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MISC (62)：
  • Aida Hosseini Baghanam, Vahid Nourani, Mohammad Bejani, Hadi Pourali, Sameh Ahmed Kantoush, Yongqiang Zhang. A systematic review of predictor screening methods for downscaling of numerical climate models. Earth-Science Reviews. 2024. 253
  • Binh Quang Nguyen, Sameh Kantoush, Doan Van Binh, Mohamed Saber, Duong Ngoc Vo, Tetsuya Sumi. Understanding the anthropogenic development impacts on long-term flow regimes in a tropical river basin, Central Vietnam. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 2023. 68. 2. 341-354
  • 岡本悠希, 角哲也, 竹門康弘, KANTOUSH Sameh, SABER Mohamed. 大井川流域における縦列ダム群の洪水防災操作に関する研究. 土木学会関西支部年次学術講演会講演概要集(Web). 2022. 2022
  • 後藤ひかる, 角哲也, KANTOUSH Sameh, 竹門康弘, SABER Mouhamed. Magatダムの洪水防災操作に基づくCagayan川流域の洪水リスク軽減方策. 土木学会関西支部年次学術講演会講演概要集(Web). 2022. 2022
  • 角 哲也, 竹門 康弘, Kantoush Sameh, 小林 草平, 野原 大督, 陳 鵬安, 賴 進松, 李 豐佐. 排砂バイパスの土砂輸送効率とダム下流環境影響を踏まえた排砂システムの発展-Development of sediment transport system according to sediment transport efficiency and below-dam environment of sediment bypass tunnels. 大成学術財団研究論文集 = Report of grant supported research the Taisei Foundation. 2021. 3. 45-55
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Books (32)：
  • Integrated management of flash floods in wadi basins considering sedimentation and climate change=土砂堆積および気候変動を考慮したワジ流域のフラッシュフラッド統合管理
    Disaster Prevention Research Institute. Kyoto University 2020
  • ワジにおけるフラッシュフラッドの多目的管理に関する国際研究拠点形成 = Establishment of the international center of excellence on multipurpose management of flash floods in wadi systems
    京都大学防災研究所 2017
  • Numerical Study On Flushing Channel Evolution, Case Study Of Dashidaira Reservoir, Kurobe River, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, Vol.59
    2015
  • 3D numerical modelling of flow velocity field in shallow reservoirs
    ICE Journal 2015
  • Interdependence between Flow Pattern, Geometry and Flushing Efficiency Of In-Ground Stilling Basin
    Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE, Vol.58 2014
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Lectures and oral presentations  (32)：
  • Risk Assessment of Flash Floods in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt
    (京都大学防災研究所年報(CD-ROM) 2017)
  • Assessing Flash Floods Prone Regions at Wadi basins in Aswan, Egypt
    (京都大学防災研究所年報(CD-ROM) 2017)
  • The aging of Japan’s dams: Innovative technologies for improving dams water and sediment management
    (River Sedimentation - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016 2017)
  • Outcomes Summaries for Wadi Flash Floods Project
    (Training Workshop: Urgent Capacity Development for Managing Natural Disaster Risks of Flash Floods in Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Yemen , at German University in Cairo (GUC), New Cairo City, Egypt 2015)
  • Lighten the Load: Reservoir Sedimentation and Dam Impacts
    (Deltares and TU Delft lunch Seminars, Delft, The Netherlands 2015)
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Works (2)：
  • International Symposium on Flash Floods in Wadi Systems (ISFF)
    2015 - 現在
  • SDMNet: Database for reservoir sediment management
    Sameh Kantoush 2016 - 2018
Education (3)：
  • 2003 - 2007 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Ph.D. Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering
  • 2001 - 2003 Saga University, Japan Civil Engineering Department Master of Engineering
  • 1992 - 1997 Alexandria University, Egypt Civil Engineering Department B.Sc.
Work history (4)：
  • 2024/03 - 現在 Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute
  • 2014/10 - 2024/02 Kyoto University Water Resources Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute Associate Professor
  • 2011/09 - 2014/09 The German University in Cairo (GUC) Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Material Science Associate Professor
  • 2009/03 - 2011/08 Kyoto University Laboratory of Socio and Eco Environment Risk Management Senior Researcher/Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Research Fellow
Committee career (3)：
  • 2017 - 現在 Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University (KU) Publishing Committee
  • 2015 - 現在 Disaster Prevention Research Institute International Committee for MOU
  • 2015 - 現在 Global Alliance Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) Secretariat Committee
Awards (10)：
  • 2020 - Elsevier- journal Advances in Flow Measurement and Instrumentation Outstanding Reviewer
  • 2018 - Ministry of state for emigration and Egyptian expatriates’ affairs Government Award
  • 2011 - TWAS-ARO Outstanding Poster Award 7th conference on Water, Nuclear and Renewable Energy: Challenges Versus Opportunities
  • 2008 - Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Young Researcher Fellowship
  • 2006 - ISUD- Asahi Ryunetsu Award Outstanding Paper Award 5th International Symposium on Ultrasonic Doppler Methods for Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Association Membership(s) (3)：
Japan Committee of Large Dams (JCOLD) ,  Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) ,  Syndicate of Engineers
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