Sadyrbek Djighitekov( Садырбек Джигитеков)
22 December, 1950
EDUCATION Certificate, Higher School of Managers, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1991, Manager on Economics. Ph.D (Technology), Water supply, Sewerage, Hydro technical Buildings and Engineering Hydro Geology of the All-Union Research Institute, Moscow, 1985, Candidate of Technical Sciences. Title of Thesis: Increasing of the Desalination Effectiveness in the Straightforward Electro dialysis Apparatus of Big Productivity. Diploma, Frunze Polytechnic Institute, Bishkek (Frunze), Kyrgyz SSR, 1973, Water Supply and Sewerage, Certificate of Engineer-builder. WORK EXPERIENCE 06.2002 – present - Independent Scientist, Dayton, OH, USA, Field of scientific interest: Water treatment research, as a result it was devised the New Calculation Method for Settling Basins Design on basis Alternative Sedimentation Theory. 09.1992 - 03.2002 - Associate Professor of the “Dastan" and International Universities of Kyrgyzstan. Themes of lecture: Contemporary Water Treatment: Desalination Methods and Sedimentation Basins. 09. 1989 - 09.1992 - Deputy Director of the Ecological Center of the Kyrgyz Republic Environmental Protection Committee. 03.1984 - 09.1989 - Senior Lecturer, Water Supply and Sewerage Department, Frunze Polytechnic Institute, Frunze. Lectures: Water Supply and Distribution, Water Treatment Methods, Water and Sewerage Pump Stations. 05.1978 - 12.1980 Senior Engineer, Information and Calculation Center, Kyrgyz SSR Ministry of Construction, Frunze. 01.1975 - 05.1978 Desalination Engineer of Frunze Antibiotic’s Plant, Bishkek. 08.1973 - 12.1974 Construction - Engineer of Water Supply Enterprise, the Kyrgyz SSR Ministry of Water Economy, Jalal-Abad. PROFESSIONAL HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Visiting Scholar (April 22-May 23, 2002) - Awarded Short-Term Grant for research project: The Trans Boundary Rivers International Policy. Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Centre for Scholars, Washington D.C. Small Grant’s Winner (February-June, 2001) - Awarded by the USA Civic Education Project to prepare a course: Environmental Security and Management. International University of Kyrgyz tan, Bishkek. Travel Grant’s Winner (December 11-18, 1999) - Awarded by the USA Civilian Research and Development Foundation to meetings with Water Supply and Water Treatment business officials of Manassas, VA; Kansas City, KS; Santa Fe, NM. Visiting Scholar (January 28 – September 30, 1996), - Awarded by selection panel of USIA and IREX to conduct independent research in the USA, University of Washington, Seattle,WA State Scholarship (1980-1983), Water supply, Sewerage, Hydro technical Buildings and Engineering Hydro Geology of the All-Union Research Institute, Moscow, Awarded by Government of the USSR for during Candidate thesis work PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Member of the Kyrgyz Republic Engineering Academy OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Salzburg, Austria, November 14-21, 2001, Seminar Session 393: Environment, Energy and Economics in Asia, sponsored by Salzburg Seminar. Boise, Idaho, USA, April 2-7, 2001, NATO Advanced Research Workshop: New Paradigms in River and Estuarine Management, sponsored by NATO Program. Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 5-7, 2000, International research conference: the Aral Sea Basin Water Resources Management Problems, sponsored by International Research &Exchange Board(IREX) Program, USA. Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, February 11-12, 1999, International Conference: National Program of the Kyrgyz Republic “Drinking Water”. Tashkent, Uzbekistan, May 17-21, 1999, Civilian Research and Development Foundation’s (CRDF) Technology Development and Marketing Workshop, sponsored by CRDF, USA. Shymkent, Kazakhstan, April 2-4, 1997, International Scientific Conference in the framework of the Central Asian Forum Program, sponsored by Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation. Warsaw, Poland, December 10-17, 1996, Economic Seminar: The Transition Process from a Centrally Planned to a Market Economy, Program, sponsored by Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation. Tashkent, Uzbekistan, November 22-23, 1996, USA Alumni Seminar, sponsored by IREX. Two books, more than 150 articles are written by Dr. Sadyrbek Djighitekov in English, Russian, and Kyrgyz. P.S.: Sadyrbek Djighitekov, Ph.D is a well known scientist in the field of Water and Waste Water Treatment. He developed Alternative Sedimentation Theory for Settling Tanks Design. That theory published in the book: " TEXНОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСНОВЫ РАСЧЁТА ОТСТОЙНИКОВ" (SETTLING TANKS TECHNOLOGICAL CALCULATION PRINCIPLES). The book is written in Russian and was published in 1991. Except, Dr. S. Djighitekov is a well known political writer too. He was contributed in Kyrgyzstan opposition weekly "ResPublica" (1992 - 2001) ; the USA political magazine Jamestown Foundation.Prism(1997 - 2002); Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Kyrgyzstan - "Azattyk" (1998 - 2000) as a freelance journalist. Above books: "НАШЕ ПРОШЛОЕ, НАСТОЯЩЕЕ, БУДУЩЕЕ" and "TEXНОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ОСНОВЫ РАСЧЁТА ОТСТОЙНИКОВ" are located in the USA Library of Congress since 1996 (Russian Department). Anybody who is interested more information about Dr. Sadyrbek Djighitekov can write his name in www.google.com
