ACTUAL JOB:Private Consultant
PERMANENT RESIDENCE: Montevideo, Uruguay
E-MAIL: mgromero@netgate.com.uy
MAJOR FIELD:Water management (Irrigation and Drainage)
SUMMARY:
• Faculty member of the University of the Republic of Uruguay (Adj. Professor) 1985- 2006.
• Ph.D in Irrigation Engineering, Master of Science in Irrigation Engineering (College of Engineering , Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA).
• BS in Agriculture (College of Agriculture, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay).
PERSONAL DATA:
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay (country of citizenship); March 27, 1959
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science in Agronomy Engineering, April 1985
Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay (Ranked 39 out of 166, in the promotion).
Master of Science in Irrigation Engineering, College of Engineering, Utah
State University , Logan , Utah, USA, August 2000 (GPA 3.66 / 4.00)
Ph.D. in Irrigation Engineering, College of Engineering, Utah State University,
Logan, Utah, USA, December 2004. (GPA: 3.72 / 4.00)
Courses taken in Grad. School included (among others):
Agricultural Water Management Drainage Engineering
Surface Irrigation Engineering Crop Water Requirements
Drip Irrigation Engineering Numerical Methods and Statistic Analysis
Sprinkler Irrigation Engineering GIS for Engineers
EXPERIENCE:
Visitant Professor, Agricultural Engineering Department, College of Agricultural Sciences (Campus Medellín) and College of Engineering (Campus Bogotá). National University of Colombia. October 1 to 15, 2008.
Faculty member, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la Republica,
Montevideo, Uruguay (November 1985 to December 4,2006)
• Researcher (Irrigation and Water Management)
• Teacher (undergraduate and graduate)
• Experience in human resources training.
• Experience in human resources management and team work orientation.
Teacher Assistant. Plants, Soil and Biometeorology Department, College of
Agriculture, Utah State University. Director: Dr: Lawrence E. Hipps. (2002-2003)
Graduate Assistant, “Evapotranspiration Project”, Utah State University-University of Idaho. Director: Dr. Richard G. Allen. (2001-2002).
Graduate Assistant, Biological and Irrigation Engineering Department,
Utah State University. Director: Dr. Wynn R. Walker. (2000-2001)
Consultant, Interamerican Institute of Cooperation for the Agriculture ,Field of expertise: “Irrigation in Agricultural crops” (1986-1987)
PUBLICATIONS (Last 5 years)
ROMERO, M.G. 2004, Daily evapotranspiration estimation by means of evaporative fraction and reference evapotranspiration fraction, Doctoral Dissertation, Utah State University, Logan.
ROMERO, MG.2000. Drainage problems in heavy soils under irrigation. MSc Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
CONGRESS AND SEMINARS (LAST 2 YEARS)
XI National Congress of Agricultural Engineering and Related Fields, Medellín, October 9 to 11, 2008. Expositor.
IX Latinoamerican Congress on Hydrogeology and Water Exposition, Quito, Ecuador, July 8 to 12, 2008.
“ELEVENTH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INDIVIDUAIL AND SMALL COMMUNITY SEWAGE SYSTEMS”, ASABE Meeting, October 20 to 24, 2007, Warwick, RI; USA
PATENTS
Algorithm for the albedo calculation in row crops (Software)
SKILLS LANGUAGES
Language Reading Speaking Writing
Spanish Excellent Excellent Excellent
English Excellent Excellent Excellent
Portuguese Very Good Good Very Good
SOFTWARE
Visual Basic Programmer Developer
ArcView
ArcExplorer
Modflow
REFERRED JOURNALS:
Referee for the Journal of Science and Technology of the Americas, Venezuela.
MEMBERSHIPS
• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (since 2000)
• Uruguayan Agronomy Engineers Association (since 1985)
