CV

M.Sc.

The University of Alabama

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Multi-source Remote Sensing Approach for Advanced Flood Mapping

Ph.D.

The University of Alabama

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Advanced Flood Simulation Techniques
• Remote Sensing Data and Geospatial Analysis for Natural Hazards Assessment
• High-Performance Computing for Environmental Applications

M.Sc.

Shiraz University

Civil and Environmental Engineering (Hydraulic Structures)

• Numerical Modeling of Water Waves Propagation and Transformation Using Localized Differential Quadrature Method
• Advanced Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics

B.Sc.

Persian Gulf University

Civil and Structural Engineering

• Structural Analysis
• Hydraulic Engineering
• Steel and Concrete Design

Course Coordinator

National Water Center Program Summer Institute

Planned and organized the Summer Institute, collaborating with leaders and fellows to facilitate impactful research.

• Working with theme leaders, CUAHSI, NWC, and UA staff to plan, prepare, and organize the SI and assist the research fellows.

Research Fellow

National Water Center Program Summer Institute

Developed a coastal-inland coupled BMI for the Next-Gen National Water Model.

• Collaborated with research teams and coastal-coupling theme leads.
• Prepared weekly research progress presentations and final reports.
• Contributed to the development of the Next-Gen National Water Model.

Research and Teaching Assistant

Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, University of Alabama

Conducting advanced research on multi-hazard risk analysis of coastal compound flooding.

• Developed hybrid approaches combining remote sensing and geosparial data and hydrodynamic simulations for compound coastal flood hazard assessment.
• Collaborated with NSF and USACE on high-impact research projects addressing coastal flood risks.
• Taught CE 378 (Water Resources Engineering) and hands-on 2D HEC-RAS modeling.

Lead Engineer and Designer

Pars Padab Sanaat Consulting Engineers Company

Led engineering projects and design of municipal and industrial structures, including hydraulic structures and flood control systems.

• Designed industrial structures and urban hydraulic systems.
• Conducted site assessments and feasibility studies for industrial structures.
• Supervised multidisciplinary large-scale engineering projects.

Instructor

Kavar Scientific Applied School, IKavar, Fars, ran

Instructor

Pars Institute of Higher Education, Mohr, Fars, Iran

Enhancing Compound Flood Simulation Accuracy and Efficiency in Urbanized Coastal Areas

Sustainable Cities and Society

Explores hybrid meshes and modified DEMs for improving urbanized coastal flood simulation accuracy and efficiency.

Coupling Coastal and Hydrologic Models Through Next Generation National Water Model Framework

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Develops coupling inland-coastal coupling model in NWM frameworks for enhancing coastal and hydrologic flood modeling in low-gradient regions.

Fast Flood Monitoring Tool (FFMT)

Data Publication at HydroShare

Fast Flood Extent Monitoring with SAR Change Detection Using Google Earth Engine

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Introduces a rapid approach for flood monitoring.

SAR-Based Coastal Flood Extent Estimation

Data Publication at Harvard Dataverse

ArcGIS Script Tool for Flood Extraction

Data Publication at GitHub

Numerical Modelling of the Mild Slope Equation using Localised Differential Quadrature Method.

Ocean Engineering

Hydroinformatics Innovation Fellowship Award

CUAHSI

Development of Google Earth Engine Fast Flood Monitoring Tool – FFMT

The National Water Center Innovators Program Award

CUAHSI