Dr. E. Abraham
Dr. E. Abraham
Profile
Dr Abraham is an Associate Professor of Water & Control at Delft University of Technology.
His research interests are mainly in the application of numerical optimisation, control and systems theory to advance water management and environmental engineering applications and their nexuses with energy and agricultural sectors. Some of his research deals with operational optimization of multipurpose reservoirs, optimization and control for irrigation and water allocation, optimization of cropping patterns and infrastructure assessment - most within the context of the water-energy-food nexus. Within urban water systems, his research deals with optimal control and fault diagnosis for drinking water distribution networks, and the urban nexus of heating systems, and energy transitions.
New water and energy infrastructures need to be built at unprecedented rates in the global south, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where some of Dr Abraham’s work has a special focus. Dr Abraham develops decision support tools that enable better monitoring of water and energy access, infrastructure optimisation for access and their operations through close collaboration with end users. With interdisciplinary expertise in water management, energy systems, control engineering and optimization, as well as a broad collaborative network that specializes beyond these subjects, he has coordinated or has worked in transnational projects that address the water-energy-food nexus and urban water-energy systems (EPIC AFRICA, ENLARGE, PCOCS, AGRICOAST, AQUACONNECT, WATERNEXUS). In his collaborative work, Edo aims to integrate sensititvity to values and is passionate about global development that is foregrounded in values such as equitable access to resources and infrastructure, environmental sustainability, (global) solidarity and social justice.
Before joining TU Delft in 2016, Dr Abraham was a Research Associate in the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Group at Imperial College London. He has a PhD in Control Engineering (Aeronautics) and a first-class honours MEng degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He received both the MEng and PhD degrees from Imperial College London, UK, in 2008 and 2013, respectively.
Expertise
Publications
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2023
A novel mechanistic modelling approach for microbial selection dynamics
Towards improved design and control of raceway reactors for purple bacteria
Abbas Alloul / Ali Moradvandi / Daniel Puyol / Raúl Molina / Giorgio Gardella / Siegfried E. Vlaeminck / Bart De Schutter / Edo Abraham / Ralph E.F. Lindeboom / David G. Weissbrodt -
2023
A stochastic MPC framework for the control of pumping stations in polder systems with regard for uncertainty in inflow and hourly electricity prices
Ties van der Heijden / Nick van de Giesen / Peter Palensky / Edo Abraham
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2023
Closed-loop simulation testing of a probabilistic DR framework for Day Ahead Market participation applied to Battery Energy Storage Systems
Ties van der Heijden / Peter Palensky / Nick van de Giesen / Edo Abraham
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2023
Enhancing water access monitoring through mapping multi-source usage and disaggregated geographic inequalities with machine learning and surveys
Jan Geleijnse / Martine Rutten / Didier de Villiers / James Tayebwa Bamwenda / Edo Abraham
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2023
Models and methods for hybrid system identification
a systematic survey
Ali Moradvandi / Ralph E.F. Lindeboom / Edo Abraham / Bart De Schutter -
Media
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2023-03-14
Doris van Halem in de media 2023
Appeared in: H20 waternetwerk
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2023-03-31
You should know this about the 700 agreements at the UN Water Conference of the Netherlands and Tajikistan
Appeared in: CHANGE INC
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2023-01-31
Balancing water, food and energy to drive sustainable development
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2022-05-16
Project results from ENLARGE pave the way for sustainable urban heating, tailored to neighbourhood needs without compromising energy resilience or social justice
Appeared in: JPI Urban Europe
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2021-09-17
Enlarge the focus.
Appeared in: JPI Urban Europe Policy brief
Prizes
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2020-9-3
First Place Award for outstanding achievements in The Battle of the Leakage Detection and Isolation Methods (BattleDIM) 2020
The Battle of the Leakage Detection and Isolation Methods (BattLeDIM), organized as part of the 2nd International CCWI/WDSA Joint Conference in Beijing, China (http://www.ccwi-wdsa2020.com/), aims at objectively comparing the performance of methods for the detection and localization of leakage events, relying on SCADA measurements of flow and pressure sensors installed within water distribution networks. Participants may use different types of tools and methods, including (but not limited to) engineering judgement, machine learning, statistical methods, signal processing, and model-based fault diagnosis approaches.
Ancillary activities
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2022-08-10 - 2024-08-10
(Waste) water and sanitation
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2019-09-02 - 2024-09-30
Other services
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2023-06-30 - 2025-06-30
Education