Professor Čedo Maksimović, PhD after having worked for 25 years at the FCE (Faculty of Civil Engineering), University of Belgrade and joining the Section he created and heads the UWRG (Urban Water Research Group). His research fields include applied fluid mechanics in urban water systems: storm drainage, urban flooding water supply and interactions of urban water systems and infrastructure with the environment. In addition to lecturing on the MSc and UG courses, Prof. Maksimović serves as a project co-ordinator of EPSRC, EU and UNESCO projects in UK, and other projects in Europe and in other continents dealing with the above topics. His past and ongoing projects include the following: Sustainable Urban Runoff Management (development of a training module for CIRA); Monitoring, Modelling and Leakage Management in Water Distribution Networks; Inverse Transient Analysis in Pipe Networks for Leakage Detection Quantification and Roughness Calibration; Sustainable Rehabilitation of Urban Environmental Systems and Environmentally Sensitive system rehabilitation and management and implementation of EU WFD (Water Framework Directive (EU - LIFE project in RS (BiH)); Integrated Urban Water Management; Urban Stream Rehabilitation; Interaction of Urban Water Systems with RBM (River Basin Management), Urban Pluvial Flood Modelling and Forecasting, FRMRC (Flood Risk Management) and WINES on Smart infrastructure. In 1999 Prof. Maksimović and Dr David Butler launched the international URBAN WATER journal (www.urbanwater.net) that is now published bi-monthly by Taylor and Francis. The journal is included in the ISI - Science Citation Index Expanded. Professor Maksimović started the series of Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM) Conferences held every third year since 1986, with the last ones held in 2006 in Melbourne, Australia, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan, the next one will be held in Belgrade in 2012. In cooperation with the universities of Athens, Belgrade, Bucharest and Ljubljana he created and co-manages Internet based post graduate course (EDUCATE) on Water Resources and Environmental Management. He serves as an expert - professional consultant on urban water projects UK, ex-Yugoslavia's republics, Europe, Asia and Latin America.
He also served as a chief advisor to UNESCO IHPVI (International Hydrological Programme) on Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM). Within the IHPVI he conceived and coordinated preparations and management of the programme in which 9 major projects that have been carried out for a period of 6 years. The projects included: Data Management, UW Interactions with the Environment, Urban Ground Water Management, and Mutual Interactions of the UW Sub-systems, UW Management in Specific Climate Areas, Health and Safety Issues in UWM, Urban Aquatic Habitats, Socio-economical interactions and UWETTT - Urban Water Education, Training and Technology Transfer. A series of books (UW Series) has been generated through the project. The most recent of Prof. Maksimovic's projects deal with prediction of Urban Pluvial Flooding (FRMRC2 - EPSRC) and Decentralised Integrated Analysis and Enhancement of Awareness through Collaborative Modelling and Management of Flood Risk (DIANE-CM) which is a part of EU funded ERANET_CRUE programme. In the FRMRC project his team developed innovative method (AOFD) for advanced urban surface flood modelling. He published over 380 papers in journals and professional and scientific events and authored and edited 42 books.
He has created and coordinates UNESCO endorsed network of IRTCUD/CUW urban water centres with units in Banjaluka, Belgrade, Cairo, Kuala Lumpur, London, Porto Algre, Tehran and Trondheim.
He is recipient of the UNESCO/IAHR "Lecturer of the year 2001" Award. On 8th October 2010 he received ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) Premium Prize "Telford Gold Medal" for the paper on intelligent sensors and networks which is based on a joint research project carried out by himself and his fellow colleagues from Imperial College London and Cambridge University, UK.
