| Expert Name | Dr. Luis Rendon Pimentel |
| Title | Manager |
| Division | Districts and Irrigation Units |
| Institution | Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua |
| City | Mexico |
| Country | Mexico |
| Telephone | 52 5 6632209 |
| Email | Irendon(at)gdur.gob.mx |
| Work Experience | * Work construction Resident in Sinaloa, Mexico, Presidential Project "Benito Juarez" Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganaderai (1974-1975).
* Postgraduates College: a) researcher at Regional Center for the Tropics, Veracruz, Mexico, 1979-1983 b) Professor and resaercher in the Hydrosciences Center, Titualr scientific for courses of Irrigation by gravity and Water movement in partially saturated soils 1987-1992. c) principal of the HydroSciences Center 1990-1992.
* General Manager in Technology of Irrigation and Drainage, Technology of the Water Mexican Institute (IMTA) 1992 to date. |
| Qualifications | * Agronomist engineer with an Irrigation Specialty at E.N.A. Chapingo, Mexico 1967-1974
* M. Sc. Irrigation and Drainage Specialist at Postgraduate College, Montecillo, Mexico, 1976-1979
* Advanced Studies Diploma, Universidad Cientifica, Technologica y Medica de Grenoble, Francia, 1983-1984
* Doctorate in Sciences, Mechanical of Fluid Specialist, Universidad Cietifica, Technologica y Medica, Grenoble, Francia, 1984-1987 |
| Number of Publications | 5 |
| Awards | * Second place award for distinguished activities in Teaching, Research and Services Academic Level in the Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico, 1988.
* First place award for distinguished sctivities in Teaching, Research and Services Academic Level in the |
| Other Activities | * Professor and researcher in the Nationa Researcher Level "I" 1989 to date. |
| Publications | 1. Calibration of mathematicla model for irrigation by suction. Future Developments in Soil Science Research, a collection of SSSA Golden Anniversary.
2. Study of the hysteresis and the relation between capilar potential and soil humidity
3. Determination of an infiltration physic-empirical equation for a melga
4. Infiltration equations and theirs applicability
5. Water movements in soils : the role of analytical solutions |
| Discipline | Natural Resource Management |
| Last updated | 27/07/2011 17:31:00 |
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