Kori
Ditmeyer

M.Sc. Computational Engineering
Eng. Water and Environment

International Consultant

About Me

I’m a young French & Bolivian hydraulic and computational engineer | International Consultant speaking French, Spanish and English. I’m passionate about water and environmental issues as well as new technologies, especially data analysis and modelling.

My educational background and my professional experience in various continents brought me a wide range of competences in:

Planing, coordination, control y management of projects and teams;
Design/management/monitoring of major wash projects;
Automation and commisionning in water area;
Smart Cities Infrastructure: Digital twins elaboration, data collection and data analysis;
Water supply, water networks and sanitation;
Water and wastewater treatments;
Tenders and bidding process;

Moreover, my professional trajectory within different cultures and types of institutions allowed me to gain a wide versatility in the Hydraulic sector as well as a high capacity for adaptation.

Committed to my job, I worked as a Water & Computational Engineer for the public administration (Grenoble Municipal water supplier & French State) as well as in private consulting firms (French, Dutch, Uk based consulting firm & Spanish company) in various countries (France, DRC, The Netherlands, New-Caledonia, New-Zealand, Spain, Senegal, Algeria…) in rural and urban areas.

Smart cities

I have worked on and managed major projects of smart Infrastructure (water focused) for the city councils of Hamilton, Queenstown, Central Otago in New-Zealand within the Mott Macdonald consulting firm.

These projects were aimed at creating digital twins by combining field data (GIS and SCADA) and hydraulic modelling in a single database and a web-accessible tool.

Water and Sanitation

I have managed numerous projects covering a wide range of topics, including:

The creation of water master plans;
System performance analysis of networks;
Design studies for pipes, pumps, reservoirs;
Feasibility studies for the creation of new sectors, population growth, developers queries…
Design/management/monitoring of major WASH projects

Computational Engineering/ CFD

My experience at Dinotec has provided me with strong experience in PLC programming and SCADA design. I have programmed entire water/wastewater treat-
ment plants with advanced motors, valves, sequences, alarms, sms.

Moreover, my master´s thesis done on the capacity of CFD modelling to replicate the occurence of vortices, has provided me with an extensive knowledge regarding the possible use of CFD in engineering problems and the theory and settings of CFD´s models.

Water Treatment, Fluvial Hydraulics

My Engineering degree and experience working at Dinotec have provided me with a solid knowledge and understanding of modelling and design in the following areas:

Fluvial Hydraulics
Water/Wastewater Treatment and in particular tecnical/ build/ commissioning experience with the DINOTEC company, including in:
- Reverse osmosis for brackish water and sea water treatment
- Ultrafiltration of wastewater for irrigation
- Conventional lamellar sedimentation
- Iron/manganese removal
- Sand filtration
- activated wastewater treatment…

Professional Experiences

2023 - ..... DITMEYER CONSULTING - SELF EMPLOYED - Tokyo, Japan
International Consultant :
- Programme management officer
- WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), Emergency, Field Support Consultant
- Commissioner water and wastewater treatment plants
- Water and Environment Consultant
- Hydraulic modeller
- Specialized Translator
2023
2020 - 2023 DINOTEC - Sevilla, Spain
Water and sanitation commissioning Manager:
- Management of water/wastewater treatment plants projects (hydraulic assembly, electricity, commissioning) in:
  - Spain - Fuente de Piedra (R.O), Real de la Jarra (water filtration), Badolatosa/ Castillo de las guardas (conventional fluvial water treatment), Atlanterra (Wastewater ultrafiltration)...
  - Morocco (wastewater treatment);
- Design/management/monitoring of major wash projects in :
  - Emergency water supply projects in Dakar, Foundiougne and Kedougou in Senegal;
  - Water supply for several Sarahawi refugee camp in Algeria for UNHCR, Algeria;
  - Water and Wastewater treatment in Montero, Bolivia;
- In charge of the PLC/SCADA programming of R.O, ultrafiltration, conventional water treatment plants in Spain, Sahrawi refugee camps...
- Responsible of the operators training during commisioning (theory, operation, maintenance...).
- Training of Spanish firefighters without borders on emergency water treatment techniques and mobile water treatment devices.
2020
2020 - ..... SELF EMPLOYED - Sevilla, Spain
Enthusiast photographer. Check my portfolio :
- Shutterstock contributor
2020
2018 - 2019 Mott Macdonald - Auckland, New-Zealand
Engineer, member of the MOATA project in the Smart Infrastructure team:
- Management and creation of smart infrastructure solutions by the development of digital twins for various municipalities in the water sector:
- Utilization of the digital twin for:
2018
2016 - 2018 French Interior Ministry - Poindimié, New-Caledonia
Engineer at the Technical Assistance Service for Municipalities :
- Project management assistance (technical/financial) for city councils, including:
  water master planning, water safety plans, water network modelling, rehabilitation of an old municipal dumping ground (with water treatment of residual waters by constructed wetlands) and small civil engineering works (public buildings and roads).
- Elaboration of Drinking Water Safety Planning (risk management approaches) for several councils.
- In charge of tenders, from their elaboration to their analysis and presentation to the evaluation panel.
2016
2016 (6 Months) Deltares - Delft, Netherlands
Computational Master Thesis in the Industrial hydraulics unit:
- Determination of the performance of CFD simulation in modeling the occurence of vortices in industrial sump pumps based on the literature investigation, the discussions with experts, and CFD modelling.
  The simulations were performed at the limits of the possibilities of CFD, challenging with respect to topics as mesh, turbulence models and setting.
2016
2013 (1 Month) Alstom - Nseke, DR Congo
Engineering Apprenticeship in the Hydro Power unit:
- Field diagnosis and modeling of the water network and water treatment plant of the village of Nseke.
2013
2012 - 2015 SPL Eaux de Grenoble Alpes (Public water company) - Grenoble, France.
Engineering Apprenticeship in the Production and Distribution unit :
- Asset management of water networks with focus on hydraulic improvement including sectorization, leak detection, and creation of hydraulic models.
- Representation of the company in National and EU working Groups like ASTEE or Aqua Publica Europea.
- Implementation of the ISO 14001 standard.
2012

Academic Trainings

2023 - 2024 Fullstack Developer (In progress) - Remote
CoderHouse
- Web developper (HTML, CSS, SAAS, GIT, Bootstrap, SEO) -Finished 24/06/23
- JavaScript (JQuery, AJAX)
- React Js (JS, ES6, Firebase, Virtual DOM, SPA)
- Backend Developper (Node.js, Mongo DB, SQL, NoSQL)
2023
2015 - 2016 M.Sc. in Computational Engineering - Strasbourg, France
University of Strasbourg
- programming language and numerical techniques to solve equations governing physical processes
- use simulation tools (commercial solvers, research codes or free software) in industry
- Computational plasticy , compressible flows
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and mechanics
- Computational water treatment modelling
- Computational analysis for statistical methods
- Constituve laws for rheological fluids
- Multiscale modelling
2016
2012 - 2015 Eng. Water and Environment - Strasbourg, France
Strasbourg National Water and Environment Engineering School (ENGEES).
Apprenticeship with the company SPL Eaux de Grenoble Alpes
- Water and wastewater network Hydraulics and modelling
- Water chemistry & Microbiology
- Water and wastewater treatment
- Civil engineering
- Water and wastewater treatment
- Fluvial Hydraulics, river rehabilitation, solid transport, geomorphology
- Hydrology
- Hydrogeology
- Water management and Water law
- Waste management
- International standards
- Tender and public biddings
- CAD/SIG
2012
2010 - 2012 Engineering Preparatory School - Grenoble, France
Lycée Champollion
Intensive preparation in Mathematics, Physics and chemistry for the highly competitive national entrance examination to enter in Engineer Schools
- Advanced Mathematics
- Advanced Physics ( electronics, optics, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, electromagnetics...)
- Advanced chemistry (structure, organic chemistry, condensed materials, transformation...)
- Advanced Science for Engineers
2010

Kori
Ditmeyer