David Ferras Segura

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Lecturer in Water Supply Engineering

My Profile

About

BSc degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain (2006). MSc EuroAquae specializing in Hydroinformatics and Water Management (2012) from an Erasmus+ program composed by a consortium of Universities (University of Nice - Sophia; Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus; Budapest University of Technology and Economics; Technical University of Catalonia; Newcastle University). PhD in Civil Engineering (2016) from a joint doctoral initiative between Polytechnic School of Lausanne and Technical University of Lisbon, focused on the experimental and numerical modelling of hydraulic transients in pressurized flow. Currently, Dr Ferras holds a Lecturer-Researcher position in the department of Environmental Engineering and Water Technology, IHE-Delft, in the field of Water Transport and Distribution.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Hydraulic transients, water-hammer, fluid-structure interaction, water transport and distribution, hydropower

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Transient Flows Working Group
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics
Committee on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems
Committee on Industrial Flows and Energy Exchange
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Water Resources Management
Committee on Fluid Mechanics

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
IAHR Council	Technical Committee Chair	2022-07-08	Now
Committee on Education and Professional Development	Chair	2022-06-27	Now
Africa Division	Head of Advisory Board	2022-02-10	Now
IAHR Netherlands Young Professionals Network	YPN Advisor	2021-02-24	Now
Transient Flows Working Group	Member	2020-04-21	Now
Committee on Education and Professional Development	Vice Chair	2019-09-01	2022-06-27

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
IAHR in Africa: the impact and vision of the IAHR African ambassadors' initiative	2022
Proceedings of the 3rd IAHR Young Professionals Congress	2022
Proceedings of the 2nd IAHR Young Professionals Congress	2021
Full Issue of Hydrolink 2020-02 Hydraulic Transients	2020
Hydro-environmental education in Africa	2020
Proceedings of the 1st IAHR Young Professionals Congress	2020
Frequency and Time-Domain Analyses of Pipelines Anchored Against Longitudinal Movement	2019
Stress-Strain Analysis of a Coiled Copper Pipe for Inner Pressure Loads	2014

My Videos

Title	Year
[Day4] David Ferras - Welcome Day 4 - 3rd iahrYPCongress	2023
[Day5] David Ferras - Congress Closure - 3rd iahrYPCongress	2023
[Day5] Global Water Security and Water Education - 3rd iahrYPCongress	2023
[Day5] Water Resources Management II - 3rd iahrYPCongress	2023
[Day1] David Ferras - Opening Ceremony - 3rd iahrYPCongress	2023
[Day3] Pipe Flow and Hydraulic Machinery - 3rd iahrYPCongress	2023
Closing of the 2nd IAHR Young Professionals Congress	2021
David Ferras Segura - Introduction of 1st IAHR Online Forum Africa Session	2021
David Ferras Segura - Introduction to the IAHR Young Professionals Hydro-Environment Challenge project	2021
Discussion - 1st IAHR Online Forum IAHR Young Professionals Hydro-Environment Challenge	2021
David Ferras Segura - Introduction	2021
David Ferras - The use of experimental measurements for the validation of transient models	2021
David Ferras Segura - IAHR Young Professionals Networks (YPN's)	2020
David Ferras - Happy 85th Anniversary, IAHR	2020

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date
John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition	2015