Scientific program

 

Saturday, 28.03.2009
14:00–18:00 Arrival and Accommodation of Participants in KPU Hostel and Intercontinental Hotel
Sunday, 29.03.2009
08:00 – 09:00 Registration of Participants at the Conference Place (KPU IT center)
09:00 - 10:00 Conference Opening Ceremony
10:00 - 15:20 TOPICS: Teaching Methods, Modern Technical Tools Used in Teaching Process, Standard American and European University Curricula and Comparison with Afghan Curricula
10:00 - 10:30 New Trends in Civil Engineering Curricula at the Slovak University of Technology Jozef Dický
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:20 Rebuilding Kabul University Engineering Program  J. Garth Thompson and Ata M. Nazar
11:20 - 11:40 Comparison of Status on Disaster Preparedness for Natural Hazards in Afghanistan and Slovakia
Mohammad Qasim Seddiqy and Andrej Soltesz
11:40 - 12:00 Civil Engineering Education in Herat, Afghanistan, A Collaborative Effort between Herat University and University of Hartford  Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz and Azizurahman Azimi
12:00 - 12:20 Urban Planning, Reconstruction and Assessment: How Architects Can Work in Post-disaster and Post-conflict Situations?  Patrick Coulombel
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:20 Academic Credit System in Afghanistan  Amanullah Faqiri
14:20 - 14:40 Curriculum of Architecture Study at the Slovak University of Technology  Homa Khalid and Veronika Kotrádyová
14:40 - 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 - 16:40 TOPICS: Materials and Procedures used in Modern Civil Engineering
15:00 - 15:20 Desalination of brackish Water in Faryab province of Afganistan Mohammad Hassan Haamid
15:20 - 15:40 The Effects Concerning the Integrated Management System Development and Application in Constructions COMPANY Jozef Gašparík and Youssef Kayoumi
15:40 - 16:00 Live Loads for Afghanistan Bridges  Mohammad Nazir Nejabi
16:00 - 16:20 Bank Protection of Amu Draya with Sheet Piles Authors: M.Nasim Nasimi
16:20 - 16:40 Land Development Lotf Aleem
Monday, 30.03.2009
09:00 - 12:30 TOPICS: Materials and Procedures used in Modern Civil Engineering
09:00 - 09:30 Implementation and Application of Eurocodes in the Slovak Republic Ivan Baláž
09:30 - 09:50 Austrian Slope Stabilities Experience for Afghanistan Nejabi Mohammad Nazir
09:50 - 10:20 Heat Transfer in Building Constructions Juma Haydary
10:20 - 10:40 Modern Construction Systems Issues Omar Temori
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Ecological Urban Civil Engineering for Constructed Multi-functional Wetlands, an Asian Perspective
Oleg Shipin
11:30 - 11:50 Comparison of Credit System with Old System of Education  Ghulam Mohammad Amin
11:50 - 12:10 Renovation of Cross-flow Turbines for Using in Waters with Deepness Less than 4 Meters in Afghanistan Conditions  Mohammad Ebrahim Kohistani
12:10 - 12:30 New Construction Materials and Their Effectivity in Afghanistan Conditions Reza Khan and Ahmad Jawed Tafakor
12:30 - 12:50 Applicability of the Limit Condition Method in Design of Building Constructions in Afghanistan
Reza Khan and Mohammad Ismail Sarwari
12:50 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:30 TOPICS: Architecture, Traditional versus Modern Design, Afghan Designers – Domestic and International Projects
14:00 - 14:30 Traditional Features Implemented in Contemporary Europe (Slovak) and Middle East (Afghanistan) Design and Interior Architecture Veronika Kotradyova and Homa Khalid
14:30 - 14:50 Architecture in Heart Abdullah Kazemi
14:50 - 15:10 Future of Kabul Indebted to Housing Policies Sultan Husein Hesari
15:10 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:50 Design Education: Focus On Cultural and Contextual Impetus Mehdi Sabet
15:50 - 16:10 CLAY BUILDING, A Simple Solution to the Reconstruction of Schools and Urban as well as Rural Habitat 
Ashmat -Khalil Froz
16:10 - 16:30 Role of Architects and Civil Engineers in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan  Yacob Munir
16:30 - 16:50 Modern Design Versus Traditional in Domestic and International Projects Raz Mohammad Azizi
18:00 Social Event
Tuesday, 31.03.2009
09:00 - 12:00 Open Discussion Forum: Problems of Engineering Education in Afghanistan, Experience of Partners in Developed Countries, Possibilities for International Cooperation
12:50 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:00 Seminar on Heat Transfer and Energy Analysis of Buildings
Juma Haydary, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia Mohammad
Omar Temori, TEMORYAN – H, L.t.d., Herat, Afghanistan

Parallel Event: Visit of Kabul Museum for Guests from Abroad
Wednesday, 1.4.2009
09:00 - 11:30 Seminar: Norms and Standards in Civil Engineering, a Focus on Steel Constructions
Ivan Baláž and Jozef Dický, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
11:30 - 12:00 Conclusions and Official Closing of the Conference

Euro-Asia Partnership for Development Human Resource Capacity of Engineering Education in Afghanistan