CURRICULUM VITAE
Dusan M. Sakulski
P.O.Box 3245, The Reeds 0154, Republic of South
Africa
Tel/Fax: (++ 27 12) 661 49 49
E-mail: dsakulski@yahoo.com
E-mail: manirsa@icon.co.za
Date of Birth:
March 12, 1957.
Married:
3 children.
Civil status:
Citizen of the Republic of South Africa
EDUCATION
Postgraduate studies:
1996 -
Ph.D. studies at WITS - Civil and
Environmental Engineering, South Africa (Multi-dimensional visualization of the
climatological/meteorological/hydrological parameters - Introduction of the Standardized
Precipitation Index (SPI) as
a drought indicator for South African environment).
1992-1994
M.Sc. studies at Environmental Engineering, TEMPUS Center. University of Novi Sad,
Yugoslavia, Graduation expected in 1996/97 - postponed.
University studies:
1976-1982
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade. Yugoslavia.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1998 -
National Disaster Management Center, South Africa, System Integration and
Co-ordination, Math's modeling and GIS simulations.
1998 -
Lecturer assistant at GIS Lab, WITS University, Civil and Environmental Eng.
1995-1997
GIS coordinator at Department of Water Affairs and Forestry - Community Water
Supply and Sanitation Project.
1992-1994
Research assistant and designer. Environmental Engineering, GIS section, TEMPUS
Center, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (GIS lecturing).
1988-1992
Managing director, "MANIR" Consulting Co., Ruma, Yugoslavia. Also,
co-owner of the company.
1985-1988
Junior researcher, "Highway Institute", Department of Pavement. Belgrade,
Yugoslavia.
1984-1988
Design engineer, "Vojvodinaput - Sremput". Consulting, Design and
Construction, Ruma. Yugoslavia.
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHS
In my previous work I have extensively used many
professional software packages (listed below). My knowledge of all of these is excellent.
I also have experience with a comprehensive list of other software packages on both PC and
Macintosh platforms. I also worked on workstations (SUN, HP, Silicon Graphics) and
mainframes.
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:
Mathematica, AML, Avenue, FORTRAN, Basic, Pascal,
Java Script, VB Script, Perl, UNIX-Shell, MathLab, IDL, PHP/PHP3/PHP4.
PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE:
Modeling:
- Mathematica
Mathematical analysis
- MathLab Mathematical
analysis
- Statistica
Statistical analysis
- Splus Statistical
analysis
- IDL
Modeling software, Statistical analysis, Visualization
- Stella Modeling
software
- LINDO
Optimization software
GIS:
- ARC/INFO
(All modules) GIS
- COGO
Analytical geometry
- ArcView
Including Avenue (All modules) GIS
- SURFER
2D and 3D terrain analysis
Visualisation and Animation:
- AVS
Advanced Visual Systems
- 3D STUDIO
Animation
Internet/Intranet:
- ArcView IMS GIS
on the Web
- ArcIMS GIS
on the Web
- PERL and CGI
Web pages design
- Front Page Web
pages design
- ASP Active
Server Pages Technology (Web pages design)
- PHP / PHP3/PHP4 Embedded
Web language
- Cool 3D Web
animation (animated GIF)
Data Base Products:
- MS SQL Server
- ORACLE
- MS Access
Graphics:
Adobe Photo Shop
Paint Shop Pro
Corel Draw
DTP and Electronic Publishing:
- Adobe Acrobat
- VENTURA
- PAGE MAKER
- Arts and Letters
Civil Engineering Software:
- HDM III
Road design technical and economical analysis
- FEM
Finite Element Method
- BISAR
Multi-layer stress analysis
- POEL, PONOS
Bitumen modules analysis
- STRESS
Static analysis of constructions
- ACAD
Computer Aided Design
- HIDES
Road geometrical design
- MicroTRIMS
Transportation demand analysis
- HEC family
Hydrology and hydraulics
"Office" software:
- MS OFFICE
Integrated software
- LOTUS 123
Spreadsheet calculations
- QUATRO PRO
Spreadsheet calculations
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND AWARDS
Professional Societies:
From 1996
SAICE, South Africa
From 1996
CITSA, South Africa
From 1992
Ecological Association of Vojvodina.
From 1992
Yugoslav Society of Water Pollution Control.
From 1988
Transportation Research Board. National Research Council. USA. Individual
Associate.
From 1985
Serbian Society of Roads and Pavements
From 1984
Yugoslav Society of Roads and Pavements.
Awards:
1981
Student Annual Research Award. Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
IMPORTANT RESEARCH AND OTHER PROJECTS
Integrated Information Systems:
- MUNIWATER – Web-enabled Municipal Water
Infrastructure Management System development co-ordination (as a part of the new
e-Government initiative)
- NASA
– National Disaster Management Centre data distribution centre
- ORNL-NDMC Global Monthly
Precipitation Management System
- International
Distributed Active Archive Centre for Africa (IDAACA)
- Cholera
epidemic in South Africa
- Database driven, web-enabled integrated
air quality management
- UNIQUE CALCULATION, ANALYSIS
AND GRAPHING e-SERVICES
- Rainfall analysis and rainfall animation for South
African region
- Groundwater mapping for South Africa
- Population distribution as a technical
support for the Y2K management.
- Multi software solutions for the integrated
modeling and management of the hydrological and meteorological indices - (drought, flood)
- Integration of the GIS and applied mathematical
modeling tools for the spatial and network analysis (Water resources management,
Environmental management, Disaster
modeling and management), South Africa
- DWAF Web pages authoring: database driven,
web-enabled application development, including GIS
- El-Nino and drought task team - monitoring and
visualization of the spatial drought indexes
- Design of the GIS-Multimedia approach for the
Community Water Supply and Sanitation (CWSS) RDP projects, Republic of South Africa
- Coverage conversion from/to ARC/Info platform
- Methodology for the integral cadastre of
polluters in Yugoslavia using GIS (Development of methodology and pilot implementation
using Arc Info
- Integrated inventory of the national parks in
Yugoslavia (System development and implementation using Arc Info)
- Management of the air quality and level of noise
in the city of Novi Sad
- GIS system for management of used motor oils in
urban area of Vojvodina (Development and implementation using Arc Info)
- GIS system for management of point sources of
pollution for the Danube river basin (Development and implementation using Arc Info)
- GIS system for management of point sources of
pollution along the Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia (Development and implementation using Arc
Info)
- GIS as a basis for the notes of property-value
evaluation for the city Ruma: Data collection, Data base design and Arc Info
implementation
- GIS as a basis for the roads management in Serbia
(Development of Information System using Arc Info)
- GIS and management of the high voltage network in
Vojvodina (Development of Information System using Arc Info)
- GIS as an aid in the maintenance of the
transformer stations network in Vojvodina (Development and implementation of Information
System using Arc Info
- Agricultural resources management and GIS
(Development and implementation of Information System using Arc Info)
- Introducing GIS as a basis for the property
cadastre for Serbia: System development and implementation using Arc Info
- GIS system for management of the gasoline
stations network in Vojvodina - System development and implementation using Arc Info
"Highway Institute". Belgrade, Yugoslavia:
- Design and supervision of the runway pavement
reconstruction. Belgrade Airport (cooperated with NPC Netherlands)
- Member of the expert team for the Royal Jordan
airport pavements project.
- Road geometrical design using computer programs
(HIDES, COGO). - Pavement optimization of the Serbian highway
- Pavement optimization of the road Novi Sad -
Zrenjanin
- Design of the nonstandard pavements for the line
loaded streets in Belgrade and Novi Sad
- Pavements for the roads with high longitudinal
slope
- Using polymer modified bitumen for better asphalt
mix characteristics
- Discontinuous granulometric lines - decreasing of
the plastic deformations. - Space designed asphalt mixes - RAMPEIN method
- Using computer programs (BISAR, POEL, PONOS) for
the multi-layer stress, strain and displacements calculations
- Introduction of the non-destructive methods for
the data collection on the condition of pavements (FWD - SHELL method)
- Lab methods for the pavement analysis (creep
test, dynamic analysis,...)
- Finite Element Method (FEM) for the calculation
of the condition of concrete pavements
- Reconstruction of the road Novi Sad - Ruma,
evaluation of alternatives
- Stopping distance analysis as the function of the
reference vehicle. Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
"M A N I R" Ruma, Yugoslavia (Pty LTD)
- Computer project management
- Computer sales and support
- Computer assembling and testing
- Computer network management
- Printers, Plotters, Scanners, Digitizers sales
and installations
- Software project management
- Software sales and support
- Customers education and training
IMPORTANT PAPERS
Sakulski D., The development and
implementation of a database driven web-enabled integrated system for air quality
observation and analysis. AIR POLLUTION 2001, 12-14 September 2001, Ancona, Italy.
Sakulski D.,: Implementation of the
multi-software solution for the on-the-fly calculation of the Standardized Precipitation
Index (SPI) as a drought indicator for South African environment. ENVIROSOFT 2000,
28-30 June 2000, Bilbao, Spain.
Marjanovic P., Miloradov M., Cukic Z., Sakulski
D., Bogdanovic S.: Integrated cadastre (Inventory System) for pollution sources in the
Danube Basin in Yugoslavia. International Specialized Conference River Basin Management
for Sustainable Development, Kruger National Park, 15-17 May 1995, South Africa
Miloradov M., Marjanovic P., Sakulski D.:
Water Resources Information Systems. Computer Graphics '95 Conference, SAPGIS/TAGIS,
1995, South Africa.
Miloradov M., Bogdanovic S.. Sakulski D.:
Methodology for the integrated cadastre of polluters in Yugoslavia and GIS. October
1994, Herceg Novi. Yugoslavia
Marjanovic P.. Miloradov M. Sakulski D.:
Water resource information system which way to go - can GIS be the best answer ?. 14
annual SA computer aided design symposium and annual SAPGIS-TAGIS conference,
September 1994. Johannesburg, SA.
Sokolovic S. Sakulski D., Culum R. Popovic
D. (1994): Identification of used oils in a urban area by GIS. Second international
symposium and exhibition on environmental contamination in Central and Eastern Europe
1994.. Budapest. Hungary.
Marjanovic P., Miloradov M., Cukic Z., Sakulski
D. (1994): Strategies for environmental management in Eastern and Central Europe transboundary problem require international
co-operation, Water quality international 1994. Budapest. Hungary.
Sakulski D. Katic Z. (1987): Pavement design
and overlay using FWD measurement and dynamically lab analysis. Serbian symposium on
Pavement design and overlay.
Peric D., Sakulski D. (1987): Optimization
of the granulometric lines in the asphalt mixes - new algorithm and computer program. Road
and Traffic, 1987.
Sakulski D. (1986):Classification of the
highway damage. Road and Traffic. 1986.
Sakulski D. (1985):Pavement overlay using
Falling Weight Deflectometer. Road and Traffic. 1985.
Sakulski D. (1984): Stopping distance analysis
as the function of the reference vehicle. Road and Traffic, 1984.