Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Prairie View A&M University
Phone: (936) 261-1659, Fax: (936) 261-1662 E-mail: [email protected]
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
• Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Water Resources with Minor in Systems Engineering), 2001, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
• M.S., Civil Engineering (Computational Hydraulics), 1997, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ • B.S., Civil Engineering, 1995, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, July 2009 - Present
• Project Engineer, Stantec Consulting, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, January 2007 – November 2008 • Sr. Water Resources Engineer, WEST Consultants, Inc., Tempe, AZ, July 2002 – July 2006 • Research Assistant, University of Arizona, August 1998 – August 2001
• Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, January 1996 – August 1997 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Stochastic Modeling, Risk Management & Scale Issues
• Stable Isotope Applications in Soil Carbon Loss Monitoring and Sequestration • Computational & Applied Hydraulics
• Water Resources Systems
• River Restoration & Flood Control
• Applied Sedimentation Engineering & Geomorphology • Pipe Network Modeling and Optimization
• Surface Water Quality Modeling
• Groundwater Modeling & Solute Transport
• GIS and Computer Applications in Water Resources Engineering GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): “Hydrologic Influences on Soil Organic Carbon Loss Monitoring Using Stable Isotopes.” 500k, PD in collaboration with Texas A&M University, and University of Houston, 2011-2014.
• U.S. Department of Education (USDOE): Title III Grant to enhance and upgrade Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Laboratories, 1.7M, Co-PI and Activity Coordinator with Dr. Kommalapati (PI/Supervisor), 2010-2015.
• U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT): Garrett A. Morgan Transportation Program. In collaboration with the Hempstead ISD, 2-year Summer Camps, 126k, Co-PI with Dr. Judy Perkins (PI), 2010-2012.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
• Ahmed, I. (2013). “Review of Methods in Vertical Channel Stability Analyses of Desert River Beds in Central Arizona, USA: A Case Study in Flood Control.” (In preparation)
• Gerlach, R.M., Ahmed, I., and Beckman, N. (2012). “Lumped Parameter Hydrologic Modeling of Large Watershed in Semiarid Climate: Pros and Cons.” (In preparation)
• Lansey, K.E., El-Shorbagy, Ahmed, I., Araujo, J, and Haan, C.T. (2001). “Calibration Assessment and Data Collection for Water Distribution Networks.” J. of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 127(4), pp. 270-279.
• Closure to “Calibration Assessment and Data Collection for Water Distribution Networks.” By K.E. Lansey, W. El-Shorbagy, I.Ahmed, J.Araujo, and C.T. Haan, J. of Hydraulic
Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 128(12), pp. 1106-7, 2002.
• Mallick, K.N., Ahmed, I., and Lansey, K.E. (2002). “Determining Pipe Groupings for Water Distribution Networks.” J. of Water Resour. Plng. & Mgmt, ASCE, Vol. 128(2), pp. 130-139. • Shinstine, D.S., Ahmed, I., and Lansey, K.E. (2002). “Reliability/Availability Analysis of
Municipal Water Distribution Networks: Case Studies.” J. of Water Resour. Plng. & Mgmt, ASCE, Vol. 128(2), pp. 140-151.
Conference Proceedings and Presentations
• Ahmed, I., Karim, A., Boutton, T.W., and Strom, K.B. (2013). “Spatial Distribution of Soil Organic Carbon in Urbanized Texas Gulf Coast: An Outlook on the Future of Carbon Management.” Abstract submitted to the Soil Carbon Sequestration Conference of the European Commission – Joint Research Center, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 26-29.
• Ahmed, I., and Gerlach, R.M. (2012). “Distributed Flow Guided Hydraulic Modeling of a Desert River System for Flood Control.” Proc., River Flow 2012, September, San Jose, Costa Rica. Peer Reviewed.
• Ahmed, I., and Freeman, G.E. (2012). “Historic Changes in the Salt River Bed Stability and its Implications on a Flood Control Levee Design.” Proc., River Flow 2012, September, San Jose, Costa Rica. Peer Reviewed.
• Patience, O., Kommalapati, R. R., and Ahmed, I. (2010). “Impact of Various Forms of Energy on Ozone Concentration Levels using Computer.” Proc., 8th Annual TAMUS Pathways Student Research Symposium, October 22-23, West Texas A&M University.
• Holmes, J., and Ahmed, I. (2008). “Comparison of 1-D and 2-D Modeling of Rivers: Upper New River ADMP Study.” Arizona Floodplain Management Association (AFMA), Spring Conference, Tucson, AZ.
• Ahmed, I., and Freeman, G.E. (2004). “Estimating Stage-Discharge Uncertainty for Flood Damage Assessment.” Arid Lands Symposium, Proc., World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE/EWRI, June, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Ahmed, I., and Lansey, K.E. (2006). “Mean-Variance Model for Reservoir Operations.” Proc., IAHR 7th Hydroinformatics Conference, September, Nice, France. Peer Reviewed. • Ahmed, I., and Lansey, K.E. (2005). “Reservoir Operations Under Hydroclimatic
Uncertainty.” Proc., IAHR 9th International Symposium on Stochastic Hydraulics, May, TU Delft, The Netherlands. Peer Reviewed.
• Ahmed, I., Lansey, K.E., and Araujo, J. (1999). “Data Collection for Water Distribution Network Calibration.” Proc., International Conference on Computing and
Control for the Water Industry, CCWI’99, September, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devonshire, England, UK. Peer Reviewed.
• Ahmed, I., and Lansey, K.E. (1999). “Analysis of Unsteady Flow in Networks Using a Gradient Algorithm Based Method.” Proc., 26th Annual ASCE Specialty Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management, June, Tempe, AZ.
Posters:
• Karim, A., Ahmed, I., Boutton, T.W., and Strom, K.B. (2013). Bayesian Simulation of Soil Organic Carbon Source Monitoring: A Case Study in Watershed Hydrology and Soil Erosion.” Abstract submitted to the Soil Carbon Sequestration Conference of the European Commission – Joint Research Center, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 26-29.
• Ahmed, I., Boutton, T.W., Strom, K.B., Karim, A., and Irvin-Smith, N. (2013). “Soil Carbon Distribution and Loss Monitoring in the Urbanized Buffalo Bayou Watershed, Houston, TX.” Proc., 4th Annual All-Investigator’s Meeting of North American Carbon Program (NACP), February 4-7, Albuquerque, NM.
• Ahmed, I., Boutton, T.W., and Strom, K.B. (2012). “Hydrologic Influences on Soil Organic Carbon Loss Monitoring using Stable Isotopes: Implementation and Operations.” Proc., USDA/NIFA 1890 Capacity Building Grants Program Project Directors’ Meeting, Huntsville, AL, September 16-19. (Also presented to the CBG Program NPL on PV campus in July, 2012). • Irvin-Smith, N., Chatman, T., and Ahmed, I. (2012). “Rainfall Trend Assessment for the Buffalo Bayou Watershed.” Proc., Texas A&M University System 10th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9-10. (Also presented to the CBG Program NPL on PV campus in July, 2012).
• Ahmed, I. (2009) “GIS Applications in Water Resources Engineering.” CAHS-GIS Day, November, First Prairie View A&M GIS Day, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences. TEACHING REALTED ACTIVITIES
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
• CVEG 1021: Introduction to Civil Engineering Lab • CVEG 2043: Statics
• CVEG 2454: Statics & Dynamics • CVEG 3063: Hydraulics
• CVEG 4063: Water Resources Engineering • CVEG 4473: Sr. Design & Professionalism – I • CVEG 4483: Sr. Design & Professionalism – II
• GNEG 1121: Engineering Lab for Math II (Calculus I)
• GNEG 3051: Professional Engineering (FE Exam Preparatory Course) Graduate/Special Topics Courses Taught:
• Seepage and Earth Dams • Environmental Modeling • Stochastic Modeling
SERVICE REALTED ACTIVITIES
• Department ABET Coordinator, 2010-Present
• Activity Coordinator, Department Laboratory Upgrades, 2010-Present
• Instructor and Laboratory Module Developer, Freshman Engineering Laboratory for Math II (Calculus I), College of Engineering, 2009-2012
• Chair, Assessment Committee, CEE, 2012-Present
• Chair, Committee on Online Course Transfer, CEE, Fall 2012
• Chair, Search Committee for Research Professor, CAHS, Spring 2013
• Search Committee Member, Structures Faculty Search, Fall 2012-Spring 2013 • Search Committee Member, Senior Research Associate Search, CEE, Spring 2012
• Co-Director, G.A. Morgan Transportation Summer Camp, Sponsor: USDA, Summers of 2012 and 2013
• ASCE Chapter, Primary Faculty Advisor, 2010 - Present • ASCE Chapter, Secondary Faculty Advisor, 2009-2010
• Texas Science Festival: Represented the Department in Austin, November 2011 • CAHS-GIS Day, November 18, 2009, Poster: GIS Applications in Water Resources
Engineering, 1st Prairie View A&M GIS Day, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences • Pantherland Day 2009 & 2010: Faculty advisor/moderator at the Department Desk, College of
Engineering
• Department IAC Luncheon Services 2010-Present HONORS AND AWARDS
• Outstanding Service Award: Garrett A. Morgan Transportation Summer Camp, Co-Director, August 10, 2012
• NSF-CCLI/TUES Grant Proposal Writing Workshop Travel Funds from the Dean’s Office, February 2010
• AEESP Stipend to attend CAREER Workshop in Florida, July 2011
• University of Arizona Foundation 10x10 Project recognition for philanthropic activities in Engineering Education, Spring/Summer 2011
• PVAMU College of Engineering Spring 2012 Newsletter: Civil, Environmental Engineering Thriving on Collaboration, Recognition of the USDA-CBG Project and self.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) • Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society (Initiation Year: 1993) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Prairie View A&M University:
• Soil Carbon Sequestration Conference of the European Commission – Joint Research Center, May 26-29, 2013, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• 4th Annual All-Investigator’s Meeting of North American Carbon Program (NACP), February 4-7, 2013, Albuquerque, NM.
• TAMU Pathways Symposium, Galveston, TX, November 9-10, 2012 (Under USDA Grant) • USDA-CBG Project Directors’ Meeting, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, AL,
September 17-19, 2012.
• River Flow 2012: International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, San Jose, Costa Rica, September 4-7, 2012.
• ASCE/EWRI Hydraulic Measurements Conference, Snowbird, UT, August 2012. • ASCE Annual Meeting, Memphis TN, October 2011.
• NSF-CCLI/TUES Grant Proposal Writing Workshop, February 21-23, 2010, Arlington, VA. • Various trainings at PVAMU for Service, Research, and Personnel Management.
Industry:
• RMA2, SED2D & SMS: Hands-on project related training at WEST Consultants, Inc. • Unsteady HEC-RAS: Computer Workshop for Unsteady Flow Applications, ASCE Sponsored 3-Day Course, January 2008, Phoenix, AZ.
• HEC-RAS: River Analysis System, ASCE Sponsored 3-Day Course, December 11-13, 2002, Tucson, AZ.
• HEC-6T: Sedimentation in Stream Networks, USACE-Omaha District, NE, August 27-29, 2002. Instructors: William (Tony) Thomas, P.E., Dr. David Williams, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE. • FLO-2D: 2-day Short Course, Bellevue, WA, March 25-27, 2004. Instructor: Jimmy O’Brien,
Ph.D., P.E.
• Toe Scour Course: ASCE 2-day Short Course, Phoenix, AZ, June 2-3, 2005.
• RiverWare – I & II: River-Reservoir Simulation Modeling, CADSWES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Summer, 2005.
