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Gideon Sinai, Associate Professor
Academic Degrees
B.Sc. 1970. (Summa Cum Laude) Faculty of Agricultural Eng., Technion-IIT, Technion, Haifa Israel
D.Sc. 1976. Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion-IIT, Technion, Haifa Israel.
Academic Appointments
1989 – present Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion-IIT, Technion, Haifa Israel.
1981 – 1989 Senior Lecturer. Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion-IIT, Technion, Haifa Israel.
1976 – 1981 Lecturer. Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion-IIT, Technion, Haifa Israel.
1973 – 1976 Graduate Instructor. Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion-IIT, Technion, Haifa Israel.
1970 – 1973 Graduate Assistant. Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion-IIT, Technion, Haifa Israel.
Teaching Experience
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (since 1970)
Faculty of Agricultural Engineering
Instructing and guiding:
– Soil physics, Surface hydrology, Hydraulic structures
Teaching:
Since 1979 Drainage engineering, Field engineering (soil and water conservation, subsurface and surface drainage).
Since 1984 Graduation final project of soil and water agriculture engineering.
Faculty of Civil Engineering
1979 – 1980 Drainage engineering to the graduate international course in water engineering and management.
Silsoe College, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Bedford, England.
1982 Selected lectures in drainage engineering, soil reclamation and trickle irrigation, M.Sc. level.
Research Experience
1970 – 1976 Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion. Soil Science Lab. Research Assistant. Numerical and analytical methods for the solution of unsaturated water flow problems with application to surface hydrology. Field experiments in stabilizing field roads to prevent soil erosion.
1976 – 1977 Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. Post-Doc fellow. Modeling of nitrate transport in agricultural watersheds.
1977 – 1978 Department of Soils and Environmental Science, University of California, Riverside, USA. Research Associate. Control of water quality in irrigation networks. Reuse of industrial wastewaters in irrigation of field crops. Water management in electric power industry.
1978 – 1979 U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California, USA and the Department of Soils and Environmental Science, UCR, Riverside, California Research Assoc. Lab. experiments in infiltration into sloped fields.
1982 National College of Agricultural Engineering, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Bedford, England. Development of new, shallow type drainage method for heavy clay soils, Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical).
1982 Department of Soils and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside. Development of methods for automated control of salinity in irrigation water. Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical).
Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Technion
1980 – 1987 Development of a water management model for drainage of irrigated fields in semi-arid zones. Two 3-year US-Israel agricultural binational (BARD) research projects (principal investigator).
1982 – 1986 Automated control of water quality in distribution networks for irrigation and water supply. A 3 ½ year Israel-Germany binational research project (GIF), principal investigator.
1983 – 1987 Managing multi-source irrigation water of different salinities for optimum crop production. A 3-year USA-Israel binational Agricultural research (BARD), Israeli cooperating investigator.
1975 – 1990 Automated control of pumping stations and of irrigation and water supply systems. Several projects funded by Israeli resources.
1988 – 2003 Use of vegetation to prevent soil erosion on steep slopes. Several projects funded by the Ministry of Housing and Construction, Ministry of Agric. and JNF.
1988 – 2002 Deep drainage for salinity control in heavy clay soils. A 5-year project funded by the Ministry of Agric. and JNF.
since 1984 Optimal operation of multiquality water supply systems. Funded by Mekorot Ltd., Israel.
since 1985 Development of agricultural methods for steep mountainous fields. Funded by local authorities.
since 1990 Bio-organic agriculture. A 5-year project funded by the Ministry of Agric. and JNF.
since 2001 Tracking of contamination propagation in water supply systems. A project approved by Israel Water Commission.
since 2001 A new method for flood control by runoff traps. A 2-year project funded by Yarkon Drainage Authority and the Ministry of Agriculture.
since 2003 New methods for landscape agriculture in semi-dry zones.
Present Interests (since 1991)
· Drainage and soil reclamation technologies for irrigated valleys with emphasis on heavy soil fields
· Mountain agriculture: land preparation, irrigation, water harvesting and soil conservation techniques for mountain agriculture
· Stabilizing earth slopes by vegetation
· Water reservoir engineering and management
· Flood control projects
· Bio-organic agriculture
· Propagation of contaminants in water supply systems.
· Landscape agriculture
Professional Experience
1970 – 1985 Irregular participation in engineering design and consultants: Irrigation networks, small dams, drainage, flood control, sealing of reservoirs, soil survey, groundwater investigation.
1977 – 1978 Design of water supply and irrigation systems for the utilization of blowdown saline water from industry or other sources to crop production. Southern California Edison Co., USA. and the Soil and Environ. Dept., Univ. of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
1992 – 1994 Chief Engineer, Soil Conservation and Drainage Division, Israel Ministry of Agriculture. Supervision and control of most of flood control, drainage and earth reservoir works in Israel.
1992 – 1994 Head of National Committee for Engineering Approval of Water Reservoirs, Israel.
Administrative Duties
1979 – 1985 Head, Irrigation and Drainage Research Center, Technion R&D Foundation., Haifa Israel.
1992 – 1994 Chairman, National Committee for Engineering Approval of Earth Water Reservoirs Works, Israel Ministry of Agriculture and National Water Commission.
1979 – 2002 Member, Soil research committee of Soil conservation and Drainage Division, Ministry of Agriculture, State of Israel.
1983 – 1986 Member, Committee for the Efficient Use of Water, Israel Water Commission, State of Israel.
1986 – 1987 Member, Steering Committee, Jezreel Valley Salinity, Jezreel Valley Authority, Israel.
1992 – 1994 Chief Engineer, Soil Conservation and Drainage Division, Israel Ministry of Agriculture. (on Sabbatical leave)
Awards
The 1982 ‘Karl Emit Hilgard Hydraulic Prize’. (best paper of the year 1982, American Society of Civil Engineers) for a series of 5 papers entitled “Surface Hydrology”, with Dan Zaslavsky.
The ‘Outstanding Practice Oriented Paper Award’. (July 1987 – June 1988) by the Water Resources Planning and Management Division of the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) for the paper entitled “Physical and computer models of multiquality networks”, with G. Shina, E. Kitai, and M. Shah.
Graduate Students
M.Sc. Students
Holsambre, D.G.
“A water balance model for drainage of fine textured soils”, completed 1979.
Suryawanshi, W.
“Use of transient flow concept and crop needs in the design of subsurface drainage systems”, completed 1979.
Jain, P .K.
“Determining the shape of the water table in a parallel drain system by the Hele-Shaw Model”. (with J. Bear) completed 1979.
Romem, Meir. “Method for the design of sealing and lining of earth reservoirs”. (with D. Zaslavsky), completed 1983.
Shah, Meelit
“A dynamic model for dilution in water distribution systems”, completed 1985.
Dalins, Ben-Zion
“Synthesis of network graphs of multi-quality water supply systems”, completed 1986.
Revhon, Zvi
“Reservoir-environment hydraulic interactions”, completed 1986.
Sabbagh, Ezra
“Real time control of complex pumping station in irrigation network”, completed 1986.
Cohen, Dan
“Optimal design of multiquality networks”, completed 1987.
Ben Amitai, Yuval
“Control models for water supply and irrigation systems”, completed 1989.
Rimer, Allon
“An Algorithm for the control of wetting depth in irrigation”, (with B. Zur), completed 1989.
Kossoy, Alexandre
“Development of rapid establishment methods and minimum maintenance regimes for plants stabilization on slopes in urban areas” (with Z. Naveh), completed 1992.
Scharamm, Gideon
“Tracking of contamination sources in water supply systems”, in progress, 2003.
Molho, Ran
“Computing hourly rainfall rates from daily data on a regional basis”, in progress 2002.
Avraham, Inbal
”Flood control by watershed treatment methods”, in progress 2002.
Halevee, Raphael
“Flood waves in drainage and flood control facilities and their regulation”, in progress 2004.
Nezlobin, David
“Percolation clusters in fracture network models in two dimensions”, completed 2004.
D.Sc. Students
Jain, P.K.
“Drainage of irrigated lands with non-uniform boundary conditions – field observation and computer simulation”, completed 1984.
Cohen, Dan
“Methods for optimal operation of multiquality water supply and irrigation systems (with U. Shamir), completed 1991.
Nadan, Shimshon
“Method for deep drainage of heavy clay soil”. (with I. Ravina), completed 1999.
Bamberger, Elazar
“Reliability of drainage and flood control systems”, in progress 2003.
Nezlobin, David
“Combined systems for rain harvesting agriculture, groundwater enrichment and flood control”, in progress 2004.
Advanced Studies Abroad
1976 – 1977 Post doctorate, Agric. Eng. Dept. Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
1977 – 1979 Post Doctorate, Soil and Environmental Sciences Dept., Univ. of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
Active Participation in International Congresses and Workshops (presented papers)
· American Geophysical Union (AGU) National meeting, Washington DC, USA, May 1977. “Some physical aspects of infiltration-runoff processes”, by D. Zaslavsky and G. Sinai.
· American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) National Summer Meeting, Raleigh NC, USA, June 1977. “Numeric simulation of infiltration-runoff process”, by G. Sinai and D. Zaslavsky.
· American Agronomy (ASA) National Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Oct. 1978.
(1) “Formation of lateral flow in slanted layered profile”, by D. Zaslavsky and G. Sinai;
(2) “Influence of soil surface curvature on moisture and yields in semi-arid zones”, by G. Sinai, P. Golany and D. Zaslavsky.
· American Geophysical Union (AGU) National Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA. Nov 1978. “Runoff and infiltration into undulating soil with a transition zone at the surface”, by G. Sinai and D. Zaslavsky.
· American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) National Winter meeting, Chicago, USA, Dec. 1978. (1) Factors affecting water distribution after uniform irrigation”, G. Sinai and D. Zaslavsky; (2) “Excess runoff caused by raindrop splashes”, G. Sinai, P. Golany and D. Zaslavsky.
· United Kingdom and Developing Countries Special International Conference on Land Development, Silsoe college, Cranfield Institute of Technology, England, May 1982. “The irrigated valley syndrome – a lesson in development projects”, guest lecture by G. Sinai.
· United Kingdom Soil and Water Engineers – a two day workshop on International Irrigation Projects, Silsoe college, Cranfield Institute of Technology, England, June 1982. (1) “Advances in drip irrigation”; (2) “Drainage of irrigated lands”, guest lecture by G. Sinai.
· International Symposium on Soil Salinity under Irrigation-Processes and Management. International Soil Science Society Symposium held at Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, May 1984.
(1) “Attenuation with soil depth of oscillation in irrigation water salinity”, by G. Sinai, M. Laubstein and O. Karo; (2) “Design and operation of irrigation systems to meet agronomic requirements for salinity control in the root zone”, by G. Sinai.
· Joint Israel-German Workshop on Research and Experience in Wastewater Reuse. Karlsruhe Germany, Feb. 1985. “Automated control of water quality in water distribution systems”, by G. Sinai, D. Pessen, M. Reike and K.H. Fasol.
Publications
Theses
1976 – D.Sc. Rainflow in the soil and near its surface – observations, models and solutions. Technion, Haifa Israel.
Refereed Papers in Professional and Scientific Journals
1. Jury, W.A., Sinai, G. and Stolzy, L.H. Future sources of cooling water for power plants in Western United States. Water Resources Bull., 15 (5), 1444-1458 (1979).
2. Jury, W.A., Sinai, G. and Stolzy, L.H. A proposal for reclamation by dilution of irrigation water. Irrig. Sci., 1, 161-168 (1980).
3. Sinai, G., Jury, W.A. and Stolzy, L.H. Use of domestic water supplies to cool power plants. J. Energy Div., ASCE, 149-165 (1981).
4. Zaslavsky, D. and Sinai, G. Surface Hydrology. 1. Explanation of phenomena. J. of Hydraulic Div., ASCE, 107 (HY1), 1-16 (1981).
5. Zaslavsky, D. and Sinai, G. Surface Hydrology. 2. Distribution of raindrops. J. of Hydraulic Div., ASCE, 107 (HY1), 17-36 (1981).
6. Zaslavsky, D. and Sinai, G. Surface Hydrology. 3. Causes of lateral flow. J. of Hydraulic Div., ASCE, 107 (HY1), 37-50 (1981).
7. Zaslavsky, D. and Sinai, G. Surface Hydrology. 4. Flow in sloping layered soil. J. of Hydraulic Div., ASCE, 107 (HY1), 51-64 (1981).
8. Zaslavsky, D. and Sinai, G. Surface Hydrology. 5. In-surface transient flow. J. of Hydraulic Div., ASCE, 107 (HY1), 65-93 (1981).
9. Sinai, G., Zaslavsky, D. and Golany, P. The effect of soil surface curvature on moisture and yield – Beer Sheva Observation. Soil Sci., 132 (5), 367-375 (1981).
10. Fry, R.K., Sinai, G. and Spoor, G. Machinery for installation of small diameter pipes at shallow depths. Agric. Water Manage., 9, 23-36 (1984).
11. Sinai, G., Jury, W.A. and Stolzy, L.H. Application of automated flow and salinity control to dilution of saline irrigation water. Irrig. Sci., 6, 179-190 (1985).
12. Sinai, G., Koch, E. and Farbman, M. Dilution of brackish waters in irrigation networks – An analytic approach. Irrig. Sci., 6, 191-200 (1985).
13. Jain, P.K. and Sinai, G. Improved evapotranspiration model for drained soils. J. Irrig. and Drainage, ASCE, 111 (4), 369-374 (1985).
14. Shah, M. and Sinai, G. Salinity control in multiquality irrigation networks – Kibbutz Hammadia case study. Agric. Water Management J., 10, 23-31 (1985).
15. Pessen, D., Sinai, G. and Reike, M. Design and simulation of water mixing junctions in irrigation systems. Inter. J. of Modeling and Simulation, 5 (1) (1986).
16. Sinai, G., Shina, G., Kitai, E. and Shah, M. Physical and computer models of multiquality networks. J. Water Resour. Plng. and Mgmt., ASCE, 113 (6), 745-760 (1987).
17. Reike, M., Fasol, K.H., Sinai, G. and Pessen, D. Hierarchical control of multiquality water distribution systems. Computers and Electronics in Agric., 2, 1-13 (1987).
18. Shah, M. and Sinai, G. Steady state model for dilution in water networks. J. of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 114 (2), 192-206 (1988).
19. Sabbagh, E. and Sinai, G. A model for optimal real-time control of pumping stations in irrigation systems. Computers and Electronics in Agric., 3, 119-13.
20. Pessen, D., Sinai, G., Fasol, K.H. and Reike, M. Design of dilution junctions for water quality control. J. Water Resour. Plng. and Mgmt. ASCE, 115 (6), 829-845 (1989).
21. Kessler, A., Ostfeld, A. and Sinai, G. Detection of accidental contamination in municipal water networks. J. Water Resour. Plng. and Mgmt. ASCE, 124 (4), 192-199.(1998).
22. Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. Optimal operation of multiquality water supply systems. 1. Introduction and the Q-C model. Engineering Optimization, 32, 549-584 (2000a).
23. Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. Optimal operation of multiquality water supply systems. 2. The Q-C model. Engineering Optimization, 32, 687-719 (2000b).
24. Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. Optimal operation of multiquality water supply systems. 3. The Q-C-H model. Engineering Optimization, 33, 1-35 (2000c).
25. Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. Comparison of models for optimal operation of multiquality water supply networks. Engineering Optimization, 35, 579-605 (2003).
26. Shaviv, A. and Sinai, G. Application of conditioner solution by subsurface emitters for stabilizing the surrounding soil. J. of Irrigation and Drainage ASCE, 130 (6), 485-490 (2004).
27. Cohen, D. Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. Water quality aspects of optimal operation of rural water distribution systems for supply of irrigation and drinking water. Irrigation and Drainage, ICID, 53, 339-361 (2004a).
Accepted papers
28. Cohen, D. Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. Sensitivity analysis of optimal operation of irrigation supply systems with water quality considerations. Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 18, 227-253 (2004b).
29. Sinai, G., Haramati, A. and Gobonos, V. Attenuation with soil depth of dynamic fluctuations in the ratio of chemicals to irrigation water in chemigation. Applical. Engineering in Agric. in press (2005).
30. Sinai, G. and Jain, P.K. Water management of irrigated-drained fields in the Jordan Valley south of Lake Kinneret. J. of Irrigation and Drainage ASCE, in press (2005).
31. Sinai, G. and Jain, P.K. Evaluation of DRAINMOD for predicting water table heights in irrigated field at the Jordan Valley. Agricultural Water Management, in press (2005).
Submitted papers
32. Cohen, D., Shamir, U. and Sinai, G. Combined hydraulic and water quality operation of water supply systems. J. Water Resou. Plng. and Mgmt, ASCE, submitted (2004).
33. Sinai, G. and Haramati, A. Irrigation with time variation of applied water salinity and their decay with depth in the soil profile. Irrigation and Drainage, ICID, submitted (2004).
34. Sinai, G., Zur, B. and Haramati, A. Estimating permissible irrigation rates from soil properties in high frequency irrigation. Irrigation Sciences, submitted (2004).
35. Sinai, G., Planning the layout structure of regional water supply systems for drinking and irrigation from diverse water quality sources. J. Water Res. Planning and Management ASCE (2005).
Publications in preparation
36. Sinai, G. Dalins, B-Z., Cohen, D., and Shamir, U. Design of multiquality irrigation water supply systems using the Q-C feasibility domain concept. Irrigation and Drainage (2005) (submitted).
37. Sinai, G., Cohen, D. and Shamir, U. Effect of flow direction on the mass conservation equation in water networks (2004).
38. Sinai, G. Nonuniform boundary conditions as affected water table heights in irrigated-drained fields – The Jordan Valley site (2004).
39. Sinai, G. Seepage to the Jordan River from agricultural return flow (2004).
40. Sinai, G. and Revhon, Z. Seepage from earth-made flood water reservoirs to adjacent fields (2004).
41. Sinai, G., Zitomirsky, L. and Gorbonos, V. Analysis of water level control systems with drainage canals and sequential supplemental irrigation (2004).
42. Sinai, G., Zitomirsky, L. and Gorbonos, V. An integrated analytical model for sequential irrigation in drained fields (2004).
43. Sinai, G. and Dirksen, C. Evidence for lateral flow in unsaturated sloped soil (2004).
Books
1. Sinai, G. (ed.). Soil Physics, Based on lectures given by D. Zaslavsky, 300 pp. 1974 (Hebrew).
2. Sinai, G., Erez, E. and Sharban, D. (eds). Methods for soil survey and site investigations for drainage design. Michlol Publ. 70 pp, 1987 (Hebrew).
3. Sinai, G. and Erez, E. (eds). Hydraulic design of subsurface drains. Michlol Publ. 25 pp, 1987 (Hebrew).
Patents
1.* Zaslavsky, D., Biran, G. and Sinai, G. A method of laying underground membranes. 1975 (Patented in several countries).
2.* Zaslavsky, D., Biran, G. and Sinai, G. A method of sealing soil and other porous materials against the leakage of liquids and gases, 1977 (Patented in several countries).
Research Reports (since 1985)
1. Shah, M. and Sinai, G. Modeling solute transport in multiquality water networks. BARD Project No. 1-402-81. Agr. Eng. Fac. Pub. No. 348, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1985, 40 pp.
2. Shah, M and Sinai, G. Water quality control in irrigation networks. Kibbutz Hammadia case study, BMFT & NCRD Res. No. GR-179. Agr. Eng. Fac. Pub. No.349, Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1985, 54 pp.
3. Jain, P. K. Sinai, G. Improved evapotranspiration sub-model in DRAINMOD. BARD Res. Project No. US-442-81. Agr. Eng. Fac. Pub. No. 350, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Jan. 1985, 33 pp.
4. Sinai, G., Doktofsky, M. and Laubstein, C. Finite element program for one- dimensional solute transport with root interaction. BARD Res. Proj. No. 1-402-81, March 1985, 42 pp.
5. Sinai, G. D. Pessen, Fasol , K.H. and Reike, M. Automated control of water quality in water distribution systems. Bi-annual Report for 1984 to Joint German-Israeli Workshop, Karlsruhe, Germany, February 25-26, 1985, 20 pp. (appears also in list of Congresses in CV).
6. Sinai, G., Shaviv, A. and Melech-Shalom, A.. Assessment of natural sandy soils for combined sprinkler irrigation and controlled subsurface drainage in sports fields. Project funded by the Haifa Municipality and by Reem Ltd., Yokneam. Agr. Eng. Dept. Pub. No. 347, Technion, Haifa, Israel. 1985, 18 pp (Hebrew).
7. Sinai, G., Shaviv, A., Melech-Shalom, A. Drainage of volcanic ash soils (Tuffs) in sports fields. Project funded by Mifalei Tuff, Merom Golan, Israel. Agr. Eng. Dept. Pub. No. 351, Technion, Haifa, Israel. 1985, 21, pp (Hebrew).
8. Shaviv, A., Hagin, J., Sinai, G., Moses, A., Kosta, B., Frankovitch, R. and Sarfati, S. Increasing water use efficiency in rainfed agriculture in semi arid areas. Report on Technion Research No. 152-428, (funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands) Haifa, March 1985 (*minor contribution).
9. Shah,M. and Sinai, G. Problem formulation for optimal dynamic control for dilution networks. Agr. Eng. Dept. Pub. 355, Technion, Haifa. 1985, 42pp.
10. Sinai, G. and Pessen, D. Automated control of water quality in water supply systems. Final report, Project No, WT -220/GR-179. Supported by Israel National Council for R & D and German BMFT, 1986, 132 pp.
11. Meiri, A., Shalhevet, J., Stolzy, L.H., Sinai, G. and Steinhardt, R. Managing multi- source irrigation water of different salinities for optimum crop production. Final scientific report to BARD Res. Project 1-402 81, Bet Dagan, Israel, 1986, 100 pp.
12. Revhon, Z. and Sinai, G. Investigation of the effect of water reservoirs on sub- surface hydrology in adjacent fields. Final report. Project No. 152-539 supported by the Israel Water Commission. Publ. 347, Fac. Agr. Eng., Technion, Haifa, Israel, 1987, 131 pp (Hebrew).
13. Sinai, G., Zitomirski, L. and Gorbanos, V. Analytic models for drainage design under conditions of sequential irrigation. Agric. Eng. Fac. Pub.# 354,1987, 75 p.
14. Skaggs, R.W., Sinai, G., Chang, A. and van Schilfgarde, J. Development of methods for designing systems for irrigated lands with nonuniform conditions. BARD Project No. US-442-81. Final Report, 1987, 146 pp.
15. Mann, A., Sinai, G., Maimon, D., Ben Ezra, S. and Naveh, Z.. Recommendation for biotechnical slope protection and erosion control of slopes in residential areas. Project # 2/59855/85. Funded by Israel Min. of Hous.& Constr.,1987 ,142 pp (Hebrew).
16. Shamir, U., Cohen, D. and Sinai, G. Methods and models for aiding control of water quality in drinking water networks. First Ann. Report, Project 013-0098/M. Funded by Mekorot-Israel Water Co., 1988, 40 pp (Hebrew).
17. Sinai, G., Shaviv, A. and Ben Ezra, S. Method for rapid installment of vegetal cover for slope protection. First Ann. Rep. Proj. No. 615-205, funded by Israel Min. of Housing & Construction, Jerusalem.
18. Sinai, G., Ben-Ezra, S., Naveh, Z. and Shaviv, A.. Development of rapid establishment methods and minimum maintenance regimes for plants stabilization on slopes in urban areas. Final Rep. 3-yr project, funded by Israel Min. of Housing & Construction, Jerusalem, 1993, 81 pp (Hebrew).
19. Sinai, G. and Nadan, S. Examination of efficiency of deep drainage methods for alluvial irrigated valleys. Reports for 1991-92-93. Proj.152-712, funded by Israel Min. Agric. 1992-93-94, 25, 20 pp, respectively. (Hebrew).
20. Frydman, S., Sinai, G., Ben-Ezra, S. and Operstein. Use of plant roots for stabilization of earth slopes in urban areas. Reports for 1991-92 93, Proj. No. 615-207, funded by Israel Min. Housing & Construction 1992-93, 40,75 pp., respectively (Hebrew).
21. Frydman, S., Sinai, G., Romem, M. and Goldstein, U. Survey and investigation of failure mechanisms of earth fill dams and dykes in Israel. Special project funded by Israel Water Commission. 1993, 40 pp.(Hebrew).
22. Sinai, G., Nadan, S. and Ravina, I.. Examination of efficiency of deep drainage methods for alluvial irrigated valleys. Report for '94, '95, project # 152-712. Funded by Israel Min. of Agr. '94, '95, 20, 15 pp., respectively. (Hebrew).
23. Sinai, G., Nodan, s. and Ravina, I. Evaluation of deep drainage methods for alluvial irrigated valleys. Rep. No. 152-712/3 to the Minis. of Agric., Israel, 1996.
24. Sinai, G. Ben-Ezra, S. and Weinstein, B. Development of hydroseeding methods for stabilizing slopes by vegetal cover. Rep. No. 615-205/4 to the Minis. of Housing and Construction, Israel, 1997.
25. Frydman, S., Sinai, G., Ben-Ezra, S., Mann, A., Operstein, V. and Milshtein, J. and Milshtein, J. Protection of drainage canals side slopes by roots of vegetal cover. Final Report Project No. 190/4/425/7, to the Ministry of Agric. and JNF, Israel, 1999.
26. Nadan, S., Ravina, I. and Sinai, G. Evaluation of relative efficiency of methods for deep subsurface drainage systems. Final Report project No. 152-712 to the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Jewish Fund (JNF), Israel, 1999, 158 p (in Hebrew).
27. Sinai, G. Flood control in the Ayalon-Yarkon basin by the runoff traps method, Anava watershed as a pioneering project. Interim report project No. 150-025 to the Yarkon Drainage Auth. and Israel Minis. of Agric., 2002.
28. Sinai, G., et al. Flood control by the runoff traps method in the Anava watershed as a pioneering project for the Ayalon-yarkon basin. Final Report project No. 150-025 to the Yarkon Drain. Auth. and Israel Minis. of Agric., 2003.
29. Sinai, G., Gvirtzman, H. and Nezlobin, D. Runoff traps for groundwater recharge and flood control. First year report Project No. 2003822 to Grand Water Res. Inst., Technion, Israel, 2004.
Other Publications
Invited Chapters with Referees
1. Shmida, A. and Sinai, G. Snow in Mt. Hermon. In: Nature and Landscape. Collection of original papers. Shmida and Levne (eds), Hakibutz Hameuhad Publ., 38-66, Israel (1980) in Hebrew.
2. Sinai, G., Jain, P.K. and Hillel, D. On the drainage of irrigated lands under sequential water application. Advances in Irrigation, IV, 221-242 (1987).
Referred Papers in Conference Proceedings
1. Gvirtzman, H., Sinai, G. and Enzel, Y. Water reservoirs on the western slopes of Samaria for preventing floods in the Dan Region. In: “Judea and Samaria Research Studies”, 4th Ann. Meeting, 315-328 (1994).
2. Sinai, G. and Bamberger, E. A plan for water reservoirs in the Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley. In “Judea and Samaria Research Studies”, 7th Annual Meeting, 397-408 (1998).