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Dr. Madani holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis, Master of Water Resources from the Lund University, and B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Tabriz. Before joining UCF, Dr. Madani was a post-doctoral research fellow in Environmental Economics and Policy at the Water Science and Policy Center at the University of California, Riverside. His core research interests and experiences include integrated water, environmental, and energy resources engineering and management. His work includes application of systems engineering, conflict resolution, system dynamics, economics, optimization, and simulation and modeling methods to water, environmental, and energy resource problems at different scales to derive policy and management insights. Dr. Madani is the founder of WaterSISWEB, the founding coordinator of the Hydro-Environmental and Energy Systems Analysis (HEESA) Research Group, and the Faculty Advisor of the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Chapter at UCF. Dr. Madani has been recently selected as one of the ten “New Faces of Civil Engineering in 2012” by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Post-Doctoral Studies, Environmental Economics and Policy, Water Science and Policy Center, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California-Riverside, 2009-2010.
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering. Minors: 1) Systems Analysis and Economics; 2) Game Theory and Conflict Resolution, University of California, Davis, 2006-2009
Master of Water Resources, Water Resources Engineering Dept., Lund University, 2004-2005.
B.Sc., Civil Engineering-Hydraulic Engineering (with honors), University of Tabriz. 2000-2003.
Research Interests
Application of systems engineering, economics, systems analysis, optimization, risk analysis, simulation and modeling methods to hydro-environmental and energy resource problems at different scales
Climate change impacts, mitigation, and adaptation
System of systems, system dynamics, and causal thinking
Water, environmental, and energy policy and governance
Socio-economic and political aspects of hydro-environmental and energy resource systems
Sustainable development and system’s sustainability/resiliency evaluation
Integrated hydro-environmental and energy resource planning and management
Dynamic interactions of climate, food, energy, water, land, ecological, and socio-economic systems
Footprints of energy resources and water-energy-land nexus
Human behavior, negotiations, conflict resolution, game theory, decision-making, and bargaining
Adaptive management and social learning
Ecosystem service valuation and Habitat Equivalency Analysis
Cyberinfrastructure, social media, and online community development
Research Grants
2013-2013
PI (single), Developing Plans for the Interim and Long Term Optimal Operation of the Fellsmere Water Management Area, St. Johns River Water Management District, $67,397.
2013-2013
PI, Optimal Response Strategies to Sedimentation Problems of Canal Calore in New Smyrna Beach, Florida: Preliminary Assessment, Canal Calore, LLC, $9,450.
2012-2013
PI, Systems Evaluation of the Cost and Effectiveness of Different Treatment Techniques for Removal of Total Phosphorus from Surface Waters in the Middle St. Johns River Basin, Florida, St. Johns River Water Management District, $241,197.
2012-2012
UCF-PI (single, subcontract from the University of Alaska Fairbanks), Multi-Objective Multi-Stakeholder Decision Making under Uncertainty: Application of Game Theory, Voting, and Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods to the Interior Alaska Energy Problem, United States Air Force, $125,538.
2012-2014
Co-PI, An Integrated Climate Change Impact Assessment Tool for Flooding of the Lower St. Johns River, Florida Sea Grant – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (PI: Dingbao Wang), $299,653 including $99,882 match.
2012-2012
PI (single), Low Impact Marking Paint Study, Sunshine State One-Call of Florida (SSOCOF) Inc., $15,000.
2011-2012
PI (single), Holistic Evaluation of St. Johns River Basin's Surface Water Restoration Projects, St. Johns River Water Management District, $100,000.
2011-2013
Co-PI, Investigation of the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Sea Turtle, Shorebird, Seabird, and Beach Mouse Nesting Distributions within the South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Region, US Fish and Wildlife Service (PI: Mary VonHolle), $161,845.
2011-2012
Co-PI, Early Investigation: Bridging the Gap between Climate Change, Extreme Events, and Electricity Infrastructure Design, In-House Seed Grants for New Interdisciplinary Collaborations, College of Engineering and Computer Sciences (CECS), University of Central Florida (PI: Petros Xanthopoulos), $15,000.
2011-2012
PI, Initiating the International Food-Water-Energy-Land (FWEL) Research Coordination Network (RCN), In-House Seed Grants for New Interdisciplinary Collaborations, College of Engineering and Computer Sciences (CECS), University of Central Florida, $10,000.
2010-2012
Co-PI, Integrating Sustainability into the Industrial Engineering Curriculum, National Science Foundation (NSF) (PI: Dima Nazzal), $149,824.
2010-2012
PI (single), Studying the Climate Change Effects on the High-Elevation Hydropower System in California with Consideration of Warming Impacts on Electricity Demand and Pricing, Climate Adaptability and Adaptation Study for California, Vulnerability Study, PIER program, California Energy Commission, $29,999.
2009-2009
PI (single), U.S. Hydropower Fact Sheet for the Pew Center's Online Climate TechBook, Pew Center on Global Change, Arlington, Virginia, $2,500.
2006-2006
Co-PI, Flood Management and Control in California, Environmental Infrastructure Policy Papers Grant Program, John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis (PI: Jay Lund), $13,300.
2004-2005
PI (single), Sustainable Water Resources Management in Iran's Zayandeh-Rud River Basin, Landshövdling Per Westlings Minnesfond Grant, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, $4,200.
Books
Madani K. (2010) "Hydropower Systems Modeling: Developing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for California", LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN 978-3-8383-6719-4.
Madani K. (2010) "Towards Sustainable Watershed Management: Using System Dynamics for Integrated Water Resources Planning", VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, Saarbrücken, Germany, ISBN 978-3-639-18118-0.
Book Chapters
Mirchi A., Madani K., Roos M., Watkins D. W. Jr. (in press), “Climate Change Impacts on California’s Water Resources”, Chapter 16 in “Drought in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments: A Multi-Disciplinary and Cross-Country Perspective”, Edited by: Schwabe K., J. Connor, R. Hassan, J. Albiac, and L. Meza-Gonzalez, Springer.
Madani K., Rheinheimer D., Elimam L., Connell-Buck C. (2011), “A Game Theory Approach to Understanding the Nile River Basin Conflict”, pp. 97-114, in “A Water Resource” Festschrift in honor of Professor Lars Bengtsson, Edited by: Person K. M., Division of Water Resources Engineering, No. 3253, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. ISBN 978-91-7473-221-4.
Medellin-Azuara J., Mirchi A., Madani K. (2011), “Water Supply for Agricultural, Environmental, and Urban Uses in California's Borderlands”, Chapter 8, pp. 201-212 in “Agricultural Policies: New Developments”, Edited by: Contreras L. M., Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, ISBN 978-1-61209-630-8.
Mirchi A., Watkins D. W. Jr., Madani K. (2010), “Modeling for Watershed Planning, Management, and Decision Making”, Chapter 6, pp. 1-25, in “Watersheds: Management, Restoration and Environmental Impact”, Edited by: Vaughn J. C., Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, ISBN 978-1-61668-667-3.
Tanaka S. K., Connell C. R., Madani K., Lund J. R., Hanak E., Medellin-Azuara J. (2008), “The Economic Costs and Adaptations for Alternative Delta Regulations”, Technical Appendix F. to “ComparingFutures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta” by Lund, J., Hanak E., Fleenor W., Bennett W., Howitt R., Mount J., Moyle P., Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), San Francisco, California.
Journals
Blasing T. J., Sullivan A., Madani K. (in press), “Response of California Summer Hydroelectricity Generation to Spring Temperature”, British Journal of Environment and Climate Change [to appear in the special issues in Honor of Distinguished Professor Miguel A. Mariño: Modeling Approaches to Study Climate Change Impacts on Water and Environmental Systems].
Gohari A., Eslamian S., Mirchi A., Abedi-Koupaei J., Massah Bavani A., Madani K. (in press) “A Fix that Backfired: Water Transfer as a Solution to Water Shortage”, Journal of Hydrology, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.021.
Madani K., Sheikhmohammady M., Mokhtari S., Moradi M., Xanthopoulos P. (in press) “Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis of the Caspian Sea conflict”, Group Decision and Negotiation, doi: 10.1007/s10726-013-9345-7.
Madani K. (in press) “Modeling International Climate Change Negotiations More Responsibly: Can Highly Simplified Game Theory Models Provide Reliable Policy Insights?”, Ecological Economics, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.02.011.
Jamali S, Abrishamchi A., Madani K. (in press) “Climate Change and Hydropower Planning in the Middle East: Implications for Iran’s Karkheh Hydropower Systems”, ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000115.
Rouhani O. M., Niemeier D., Knittel C. R., Madani K. (2013), “Integrated Modeling Framework to Lease Urban Roads: A Case Study of Fresno, California”, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Vol. 48, pp. 17-30, doi: 10.1016/j.trb.2012.10.005.
Gohari A., Eslamian S., Abedi-Koupaei J., Massah Bavani A., Wang D., Madani K. (2013), “Climate Change Impacts on Crop Productivity in Iran’s Zayandeh-Rud River Basin”, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 442, pp. 405-419, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.029.
Madani K., Dinar A. (2012), “Cooperative Institutions for Sustainable Common Pool Resource Management: Application to Groundwater”, Water Resources Research, Vol. 48 (9), W09553, doi:10.1029/2011WR010849.
Mirchi A., Madani K., Hadian S., Rouhani O. M., Rouhani A. M. (2012), “World Energy Balance Outlook and OPEC Production Capacity: Implications for Global Oil Security”, Energies, Vol. 5(8): 2626-2651, doi: 10.3390/en5082626.
Mirchi A., Madani K., Watkins D., Ahmad S. (2012), “Synthesis of System Dynamics Tools for Holistic Conceptualization of Water Resources Problems”, Water Resources Management, Vol. 26 (9), pp. 2421-2442, doi: 10.1007/s11269-012-0024-2.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2012), “California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conflict: from Cooperation to Chicken”, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 138 (2): 90-99, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000164.
Madani K., Dinar A. (2012), “Non-Cooperative Institutions for Sustainable Common Pool Resource Management: Application to Groundwater”, Ecological Economics, Vol. 74: 34-45, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.12.006.
Guégan M., Uvo C. B., Madani K. (2012), “Developing a Module for Estimating Climate Warming Effects on Hydropower Pricing in California”, Energy Policy, Vol. 42: 261–271, doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.083.
Connell-Buck C. R., Medellin-Azuara J., Lund J. R., Madani K., (2011), “Adapting California’s Water System to Warm vs. Dry Climates”, Climatic Change, Vol. 109 (Suppl 1): S133-S149, doi: 10.1007/s10584-011-0302-7.
Tanaka S. K., Buck-Connell C. R., Madani K., Medellin-Azuara J., Lund J. R., Hanak E. (2011), "Economic Costs and Adaptations for Alternative Regulations of California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta", San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, Vol. 9 (2): 1-28.
Madani K., Hipel K. W. (2011), "Non-Cooperative Stability Definitions for Strategic Analysis of Generic Water Resources Conflicts", Water Resources Management, Vol. 25 (8): 1949–1977, doi: 10.1007/s11269-011-9783-4.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2011), "A Monte-Carlo game theoretic approach for Multi-Criteria Decision Making under uncertainty ", Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 35 (5): 607-616, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.02.009.
Madani K. (2011), "Hydropower Licensing and Climate Change: Insights from Game Theory", Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 34 (2): 174-183, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.10.003.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2010), "Estimated Impacts of Climate Warming on California's High-Elevation Hydropower", Climatic Change, Vol. 102 (3-4): 521-538, doi: 10.1007/s10584-009-9750-8.
Madani K. (2010), "Game Theory and Water Resources", Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 381 (3-4): 225- 238, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.045.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2009), "Modeling California's High-Elevation Hydropower Systems in Energy Units", Water Resources Research, 45, W09413, doi:10.1029/2008WR007206.
Madani K., Mariño M. A. (2009), "System Dynamics Analysis for Managing Iran's Zayandeh-Rud River Basin", Water Resources Management, Vol. 23 (11): 2163-2187, doi: 10.1007/s11269-008-9376-z.
Medellin-Azuara J., Harou J. J., Olivares M. A., Madani K., Lund J. R., Howitt R. E., Tanaka S. K., Jenkins M. W., Zhu T. (2008), "Adaptability and Adaptations of California's Water Supply System to Dry Climate Warming", Climatic Change, Vol. 87 (Suppl 1): S75-S90, doi: 10.1007/s10584-007-9355-z.
Madani K. (2007), "A System Dynamics Approach to Integrated Watershed Management", Hydrological Science and Technology, Vol. 23 (1-4): 147-158.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2007), "Aggregated Modeling Alternatives for Modeling California's High-Elevation Hydropower with Climate Change in the Absence of Storage Capacity Data", Hydrological Science and Technology, Vol. 23 (1-4): 137-146.
Other Journals (Persian)
Zarezadeh M., Morid S., Salavitabar A., Madani K. (2012), “Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change and New Developments on Water Scarcity in Iran’s Qezelozan-Sefidrood River Basin”, Iranian Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, Vol. 6(2): 93-104.
Madani K. (2004), "Water Resources Management", Rah-va-Sakhteman, Journal of Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Urban Planning, Vol. 15, pp. 15-18.
Zavvareh M., Madani K. (2004), "The Mobile Dam Project of Delta", Rah-va-Sakhteman, Journal of Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Urban Planning, Vol. 9, pp. 3-5.
Madani K. (2003), "Reengineering or Redesigning", Editorial, Samaneh, Journal of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz, Vol. 3, pp. 2-3.
Madani K. (2002), "Legislation of Man Power Strategy: Unavoidable Urgency", Editorial, Samaneh, Journal of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz, Vol. 2, pp. 2-3.
Madani K. (2002), "Water Resources Management: A Solution to the Present Crisis", Samaneh, Journal of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz, Vol. 2, pp. 11-16.
Madani K., Saghebian M. (2002), "Efficiency of Modern and Excellent Materials in Natural and Artificial Earthquake Prevention", Samaneh, Journal of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz, Vol. 1, pp. 23-27.
Madani K. (2002), "A Glance at Value Engineering and its Application in Civil Engineering", Samaneh, Journal of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz, Vol. 1, pp. 4-7.
Magazines
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2012), “Innovative Modeling for Californian High Hydro”, International Water Power and Dam Construction, April 2012: 34-36.
Conference Proceedings
Elledge J., Vannah B., Madani K. (2012), “Planning and Building a Water Supply Project Near Leogane, Haiti: Experiences Of UCF-EWB Chapter”, Proceeding of the Tenth International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering (ICHE 2012), Orlando, Florida.
Elledge J., Madani K. (2012), “The Evolution of the Upper St. Johns River Restoration Project”, Proceeding of the Tenth International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering (ICHE 2012), Orlando, Florida.
Zarezadeh M., Morid S., Madani K., Salavitabar A., Hipel K. W. (2012), “Water Allocation under Climate Change in the Qezelozan-Sefidrood Watershed”, Proceeding of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), IEEE, Seoul, South Korea.
Hadian S., Madani K., Rowney C., Mokhtari S. (2012), “Toward More Efficient Global Warming Policy Solutions: The Necessity for Multi-Criteria Selection of Energy Sources”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 2884-2892, ASCE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Edited by: Loucks E. D.
Rastgoftar H., Imen S., Madani K. (2012), “Stochastic Fuzzy Assessment for Managing Hydro-environmental Systems under Uncertainty and Ambiguity”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 2413-2421, ASCE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Edited by: Loucks E. D.
Mokhtari S., Madani K., Chang N. B. (2012), “Multi-Criteria Decision Making under Uncertainty: Application to the California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problem”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 2339-2348, ASCE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Edited by: Loucks E. D.
Madani K., Zarezadeh M. (2012), “Bankruptcy Methods for Resolving Water Resources Conflicts”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 2247-2252, ASCE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Edited by: Loucks E. D.
Abrishamchi A., Jamali S., Madani K., Hadian S. (2012), “Climate Change and Hydropower in Iran’s Karkheh River Basin”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 3341-3349, ASCE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Edited by: Loucks E. D.
Imen S., Madani K., Chang N. B. (2012), “Bringing Environmental Benefits into Caspian Sea Negotiations for Resources Allocation: Cooperative Game Theory Insights”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 2264-2271, ASCE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Edited by: Loucks E. D.
Zarezadeh M., Madani K., Morid S. (2012), “Resolving Transboundary Water Conflicts: Lessons Learned from the Qezelozan-Sefidrood River Bankruptcy Problem”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 2406-2412, ASCE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Edited by: Loucks E. D.
Sheikhmohammady M., Madani K., Bahrini A., Tahmasebi A., Behmanesh I. (2011) “Modeling and Analysis of the Conflict over the Triple Islands in the Persian Gulf”, Proceeding of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), pp. 3046-3050, IEEE, Anchorage, Alaska.
Sheikhmohammady M., Madani K., Moradi M., Behmanesh I. (2011) “Finding the Best Legal Governance Regime for the Caspian Sea through Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods”, Proceeding of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), pp. 3029-3034, IEEE, Anchorage, Alaska.
Madani K., Rouhani O. M., Pournazeri S., Moradi M., Sheikhmohammady M. (2011) “Can We Rely on Renewable Energy Sources to Overcome Global Warming?”, Proceeding of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 3319-3326, ASCE, Palm Springs, California, Edited by: Beighley II R. E. and Kilgore M. W.
Shalikarian L., Madani K., Naeeni S.T.O. (2011) “Finding the Socially Optimal Solution for California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problem”, Proceeding of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 3190-3197, ASCE, Palm Springs, California, Edited by: Beighley II R. E. and Kilgore M. W.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2011) “Strategic Multi-Criteria Decision Making under Uncertainty”, Proceeding of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 3096-3102, ASCE, Palm Springs, California, Edited by: Beighley II R. E. and Kilgore M. W.
Madani K., Gholizadeh S. (2011) “Game Theory Insights for the Caspian Sea Conflict”, Proceeding of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 2815-2819, ASCE, Palm Springs, California, Edited by: Beighley II R. E. and Kilgore M. W.
Guégan M., Madani K., Uvo C. B. (2011) “Climate Warming Effects on Hydropower Demand and Pricing in California”, Proceeding of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 1298-1307, ASCE, Palm Springs, California, Edited by: Beighley II R. E. and Kilgore M. W.
Madani K., Dinar A. (2011) “Policy Implications of Institutional Arrangements for Sustainable Management of Common Pool Resources: The Case of Groundwater”, Proceeding of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 981-989, ASCE, Palm Springs, California, Edited by: Beighley II R. E. and Kilgore M. W.
Moazedi A., Taravat M., Nazarboland Jahromi H., Madani K., Rashedi A., Rahimian S. (2011) “Energy-Water Meter: A Novel Solution for Groundwater Monitoring and Management”, Proceeding of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 962-969, ASCE, Palm Springs, California, Edited by: Beighley II R. E. and Kilgore M. W.
Madani K., Shalikarian L., Naeeni S.T.O. (2011) " Resolving Hydro-Environmental Conflicts under Uncertainty Using Fallback Bargaining Procedure", Proceeding of the 2011 International Conference on Environment Science and Engineering (ICESE 2011), pp. 192-196, Bali Island, Indonesia.
Rouhani O. M., Madani K., Gholizadeh S. (2010) "Caspian Sea Negotiation Support System", Proceeding of the 2010 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 2694-2702, ASCE, Providence, Rhode Island, doi: 10.1061/41114(371)277.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2010) "The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conflict: Chicken or Prisoner's Dilemma?", Proceeding of the 2010 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, pp. 2513-2521, ASCE, Providence, Rhode Island, doi: 10.1061/41114(371)259.
Sheikhmohammady M., Madani K. (2008), "A Descriptive Model to Analyze Asymmetric Multilateral Negotiations", Proceeding of 2008 UCOWR/NIWR Annual Conference, International Water Resources: Challenges for the 21st Century & Water Resources Education, Durham, North Carolina.
Madani K., Vicuna S., Lund J., Dracup J., Dale L. (2008), "Different Approaches to Study the Adaptability of High-Elevation Hydropower Systems to Climate Change: The Case of SMUD's Upper American River Project", Proceeding of the 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, Edited by: Babcock R. W. and Walton R. , ASCE, doi: 10.1061/40976(316)372.
Elimam L., Rheinheimer D., Connell C., Madani K. (2008), "An Ancient Struggle: A Game Theory Approach to Resolving the Nile Conflict", Proceeding of the 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, Edited by: Babcock R. W. and Walton R. , ASCE, doi: 10.1061/40976(316)258.
Madani K. (2008), "Reasons behind Failure of Qanats in the 20th Century", Proceeding of the 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, Edited by: Babcock R. W. and Walton R. , ASCE, doi: 10.1061/40976(316)77.
Sheikhmohammady M., Madani K. (2008), "Bargaining over the Caspian Sea- The Largest Lake on the Earth", Proceeding of the 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, Edited by: Babcock R. W. and Walton R. , ASCE, doi: 10.1061/40976(316)262.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2008), "Climate Change Effects on Optimal High-Elevation Hydropower Generation in Sierra Nevada, California", Proceeding of the 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, Edited by: Babcock R. W. and Walton R., ASCE, 10.1061/40976(316)557.
Sheikhmohammady M., Madani K. (2008), "Sharing a Multi-National Resource through Bankruptcy Procedures", Proceeding of the 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, Edited by: Babcock R. W. and Walton R. , ASCE, 10.1061/40976(316)556.
Madani K., Rowan D., Lund J. (2007), "The Next Step in Central Valley Flood Management: Connecting Costs and Benefits", Proceeding of 2007 UCOWR/NIWR Annual Conference: Hazards in Water Resources, Boise, Idaho.
Madani K. (2007), "Improving Game Models by Considering Different Solution Concepts: A Case of an Interconnected Hydro-Conflict", Proceedings of the 7th Meeting on Game Theory and Practice Dedicated to Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, Montréal, Canada.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2007), "High-Elevation Hydropower and Climate Warming in California", Proceeding of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, Edited by: Kabbes K. C., ASCE, 10.1061/40927(243)68.
Madani K., Hipel K. W. (2007), "Strategic Insights into the Jordan River Conflict", Proceeding of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, Edited by: Kabbes K. C., ASCE, doi: 10.1061/40927(243)213.
Madani K. (2007), "Water Transfer and Watershed Development: A System Dynamics Approach", Proceeding of the 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, Edited by: Kabbes K. C., ASCE, 10.1061/40927(243)551.
Medellin J., Harou J., Olivares M., Lund J., Howitt R, Tanaka S., Jenkins M, Madani K., Zhu T. (2006), "Climate Warming and Water Supply Management in California", Proceeding of 2006 UCOWR/NIWR Annual Conference: Increasing Freshwater Supplies, July 18-20, 2006, Santa Fe, New México.
Madani K. (2005), "Iran's Water Crisis: Inducers, Challenges and Counter-Measures", Proceeding of the 45th Congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), August 23-27, 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Conference Proceedings (Persian)
Najafi H., Bagheri A., Madani K. (2012), “Evaluation of Different Natural Resources Operation Structures Using Game Theory”, Proceeding of the 6th national Conference on the World Environment Day. University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Madani K. (2003), “Water Resources Management: A Solution to the Current Crisis”, 10th Iranian Students Conference on Civil Engineering, Amirkabir (Tehran Polytechnic) University, Tehran, Iran.
Zavvareh M., Madani K. (2003), “The Mobile Dam Project of Delta”, 10th Iranian Students Conference on Civil Engineering, Amirkabir (Tehran Polytechnic) University, Tehran, Iran.
Technical Reports
Read L., Mokhtari S., Madani K., Maimoun M., Hanks C. (2013) “A Stochastic Multi-Attribute Assessment of Energy Options”, Chapter 9 in “Using Modeling to Assess CO2 Sequestration, Engineering, Environmental and Economic Issues Related to a Proposed Coal-toliquids Plant in Interior Alaska”, Edited by: Hanks, C., Holdmann, G., Geophysical Institute and the Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Zavichi A, Elledge J., Madani K. (2013) “Experimental Evaluation of Low Impact Marking Paints in Florida”, Sunshine State One-Call of Florida (SSOCOF), Inc.
Guégan M., Madani K., Uvo C. B. (2012) “Climate Change Effects on the High-Elevation Hydropower System with Consideration of Warming Impacts on Electricity Demand and Pricing”, California Energy Commission, CEC‐500‐2012‐020.
Madani K., Dinar A., (2011), "Cooperative Institutions for Sustainable Management of Common Pool Resources", Water Science and Policy Center, University of California, Riverside, Working Paper, 02-0311.
Madani K., Dinar A., (2011), "Exogenous Regulatory Institutions for Sustainable Management of Common Pool Resources", Water Science and Policy Center, University of California, Riverside, Working Paper, 01-0311.
Madani K., Dinar A., (2010), "Non-Cooperative Institutions for Sustainable Management of Common Pool Resources", Water Science and Policy Center, University of California, Riverside, Working Paper, 01-1210.
Madani K., Lund J. R., (2010), "FERC Relicensing and Climate Change", California Energy Commission, CEC-500-2005-195-SD.
Madani K. (2009), "Hydropower Fact Sheet", Pew Center's Online Climate TechBook, Strategies for the Global Environment, Pew Center for Global Climate Change.
Duffy P., Bartlett J., Dracup J., Freedman J., Madani K., Waight K. (2009), "Climate Change Impacts on Generation of Wind, Solar, and Hydropower in California", California Energy Commission.
Medellin-Azuara J., Connell C. R., Madani K., Lund J. R., Howitt R. E. (2009), "Water Management Adaptation with Climate Change", California Energy Commission.
Madani K., Lund J. R., (2008), "Climate Warming Impacts on High-Elevation Hydropower Generation in California", California Energy Commission.
Rheinheimer, D. E., Lund J. R., Jenkins M. W., Madani K. (2007), "Concepts and Options for Mitigation of Hydropower Dams In the Sierra Nevada: A Preliminary Review", report prepared for the California Hydropower Reform Coalition. Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California, Davis, California.
Madani K., Lund J. R., Jenkins M. W. (2007), "Sierra's High-Elevation Hydropower and Climate Change", report prepared for the California Hydropower Reform Coalition. Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California, Davis, California.
Rowan D., Madani K. (2007), "Flood Management in California: Bonds between Local, Regional, and State Decisions", John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis.
Madani K., Lund J. R., (2007), "Adaptability of California's High-Elevation Hydropower Generation to Climate Warming", California Energy Commission.
Medellin J., Harou J., Olivares M., Lund J., Howitt R, Tanaka S., Jenkins M, Madani K., Zhu T. (2006), "Climate Warming and Water Supply Management in California", California Energy Commission, CEC-500-2005-195-SF.
Conferences (Poster)
Hadian S., Kay T., Madani K. (2013), “How Much Water Goes to Future Thirsty Energy Sector?”, 22nd Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference, Fort Myers, Florida.
Hooshyar M., Madani K. (2013), “Reinforcement Learning-Linear Programming for Optimal Operational of Hydropower Systems”, 22nd Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference, Fort Myers, Florida.
Hadian S., Gonzalez J., Georgy G., Madani K. (2013), “State-wise Evaluation of Sustainable Energy Alternatives”, 22nd Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference, Fort Myers, Florida.
Read L., Mokhtari S., Madani K., Hanks C. L., Maimoun M. (2012), “A Stochastic Multi-Criteria Analysis of Energy Options for Fairbanks, Alaska”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2012, San Francisco, California.
Mirchi A., Watkins D., Madani K. (2011), “Water Resources System Archetypes: Towards a Holistic Understanding of Persistent Water Resources Problems”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2011, San Francisco, California.
Inanloo B., Madani K., Najafi H., Hadian S. (2011), “Stability vs. Optimality in Caspian Sea Conflict Resolution”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2011, San Francisco, California.
Najafi H., Madani K., Bagheri A. (2011), “Game Theory and Shared Water Resources Management”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2011, San Francisco, California.
Mirchi A., Rouhani O. M., Madani K. (2011), “Negotiation Support Systems for Facilitating International Water Conflicts: The Caspian Sea Case Study”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2011, San Francisco, California.
Madani K. (2011), “Evaluating Climate Change Effects on California’s High-Elevation Hydropower Systems”, DISCCRS VI Symposium, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Medellin-Azuara J., Madani K., Connell C., Sicke W., Bates M. (2010), "The Hydro 2.0 Social Calendar", California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum, Annual Meeting of 2010, "Modeling in the Eye of the Storm", Asilomar, California.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2008), "Using EBHOM to Study Climate Change Effects on High-Elevation Hydropower System in California", Fifth California Climate Change Conference, "Science for Managing Climate Change in California: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Adaptation", Sacramento, California.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2007), "Climate Warming and Adaptability of Sierra's High-Elevation Hydropower System", Fourth California Climate Change Conference, "Science for Managing Climate Change in California: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Adaptation", Sacramento, California.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2007), "Climate Warming and Adaptability of High-Elevation Hydropower Generation in California", First Western Forum on Energy and Water Sustainability, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.
Madani K., Lund J. R. (2006), "Adaptability of California's Hydropower System to Climate Warming", Third California Climate Change Conference, "Climate Scenarios, Impacts, and Adaptation Options in California: Status of Research Activities", Sacramento, California.
Panels
“Developing a Systems Perspective on Defense Energy Usage”, ACCO Climate Change Leadership Series—Defense, National Security and Climate Change: Building Resilience and Identifying Opportunities Related to Water, Energy and Extreme Events, Association of Climate Change Officers, Washington, DC (June 26, 2012) [invited].
“Engaging Young People to Become the Next Generation of Water Resources Professionals: An Introduction and Invitation to the Waterspectives Program”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources (EWRI) Congress, ASCE, Albuquerque, New Mexico (May 21, 2012).
“Integrated Water Resources Management”, Interactive Integrated Water Resources Management Workshop, Tehran, Iran (November 11, 2010) [invited].
“Climate Change: Implications for Reservoir Management and Hydroelectricity”, Northwest Hydroelectric Association’s (NWHA) Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon (March 19, 2009) [invited].
“Integrated Environmental Management of River Basins”, First Congress on Integrated Management of Zayandeh-Rud River Basin: Sustainable Development and the Effects on Iran’s Central Plateau, Isfahan, Iran (February 4, 2009) [invited].
“Waterblogged: Water in the Blogosphere”, American Water Resources Association’s (AWRA) Annual Water Resources Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (November 17, 2008) [invited].
Invited Talks
“Water Resources Allocation and Conflict Resolution in the Bankruptcy Framework”, Fondation des Treilles and the U.S.-France Academies of Sciences Workshop on U.S., Iranian, and European Experience in Assessing and Managing Water Resources, Tourtour, France (Mar, 2012).
“Integrated Systems Analysis: A Necessity for Sustainable Natural Resources Development”, EWB 2012 South East Regional Conference: Sustainability Defined, Orlando, FL (Nov. 10, 2012).
“Game Theory Insights for Water Resources Conflicts”, EWB 2012 South East Regional Conference: Sustainability Defined, Pufendorf Institute, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (Sep. 27, 2012).
“Developing a Systems Perspective on Defense Energy Usage”, ACCO Climate Change Leadership Series—Defense, National Security and Climate Change: Building Resilience and Identifying Opportunities Related to Water, Energy and Extreme Events, Association of Climate Change Officers, Washington, DC (Jun, 26, 2012).
“Climate Change and the High-Elevation Hydropower in California”, Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine (Apr. 20, 2012).
“Different Decision Making Frameworks to Solve the Interior Alaska Energy Problem”, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Jan, 27, 2012).
“Game Theory Analysis for Decision Making and Policy Development in Water, Environmental, and Energy Systems”, Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Jan, 27, 2012).
“Prisoners or Chickens? Insights for California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conflict”, Biology Seminar Series, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida (Aug, 31, 2011).
“Hydropower and Climate Change in California”, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Pakdasht, Iran (Jul. 5, 2011).
“Climate Warming Effects on California's Hydropower”, Department of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (Sep. 2, 2009).
“Statewide Impacts of Climate Change on Hydroelectric Generation and Revenues in California”, Fifth California Climate Change Conference, “New Scientific Findings on Impacts, Mitigation, and Adaptation”, Sacramento, California (Sep. 8, 2008).
“Analyses of California’s Water Problems”, Iranian Water Scholars Visit to University of California, Davis, International Visitor Leadership Program. Organized by U.S. Department of State (Aug. 14, 2008).
Conference Presentations
“The Caspian Sea Negotiation Support System 2.0”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2012, San Francisco, California, 2011. “Resolving Transboundary Water Conflicts: Lessons Learned from the Qezelozan-Sefidrood River Bankruptcy Problem”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2012.
“Stochastic Fuzzy Assessment for Managing Hydroenvironmental Systems under Uncertainty and Ambiguity”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2012.
“Climate Change and Hydropower in Iran’s Karkheh River Basin”, 2012 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2012.
“Bargaining over an International Water Body based on Cooperative Game Theory Concepts”, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2011, San Francisco, California, 2011.
“California, Hydropower, and Climate Change”, DISCCRS VI Symposium, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2011.
We Rely on Renewable Energy Sources to Overcome Global Warming?”, 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs, California, 2011.
“Can We Rely on Renewable Energy Sources to Overcome Global Warming?”, 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs, California, 2011.
“Finding the Socially Optimal Solution for California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problem”, 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs, California, 2011.
“Strategic Multi-Criteria Decision Making under Uncertainty”, 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs, California, 2011.
“Game Theory Insights for the Caspian Sea Conflict”, 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs, California, 2011.
“Climate Warming Effects on Hydropower Demand and Pricing in California”, 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs, California, 2011.
“Policy Implications of Institutional Arrangements for Sustainable Management of Common Pool Resources: The Case of Groundwater”, 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Palm Springs, California, 2011.
"Caspian Sea Negotiation Support System", 2010 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Providence, Rhode Island, 2010.
"The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conflict: Chicken or Prisoner's Dilemma?", 2010 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Providence, Rhode Island, 2010.
"Prisoners and Chickens – Game Theory Insights on the Delta Problem", California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum, Annual Meeting of 2010, "Modeling in the Eye of the Storm", Asilomar, California, 2010.
"The Hydro 2.0 Social Calendar", California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum, Annual Meeting of 2010, "Modeling in the Eye of the Storm", Asilomar, California (Poster), 2010.
"Using EBHOM to Study Climate Change Effects on High-Elevation Hydropower System in California", Fifth California Climate Change Conference, "Science for Managing Climate Change in California: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Adaptation", Sacramento, California (Poster), 2008.
"Different Approaches to Study the Adaptability of High-Elevation Hydropower Systems to Climate Change: The Case of SMUD's Upper American River Project", 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008.
"Bargaining over the Caspian Sea- The Largest Lake on the Earth", 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008.
"Climate Change Effects on Optimal High-Elevation Hydropower Generation in Sierra Nevada, California", 2008 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008.
"Indemnifying Hydropower Generation Against Climate Change", California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum, Annual Meeting of 2008, "Modeling for Decision Support under Changing Conditions", Asilomar, California, 2008.
"Climate Warming and Adaptability of Sierra's High-Elevation Hydropower System", Fourth California Climate Change Conference, "Science for Managing Climate Change in California: Vulnerability, Mitigation, and Adaptation", Sacramento, California (Poster), 2007.
"Climate Warming and Adaptability of High-Elevation Hydropower Generation in California", First Western Forum on Energy and Water Sustainability, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California (Poster), 2007.
"High-Elevation Hydropower and Climate Warming in California", 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, 2007.
"Strategic Insights into the Jordan River Conflict", 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, 2007.
"Water Transfer and Watershed Development: A System Dynamics Approach", 2007 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, 2007.
"Modeling California's High-Elevation Hydropower System to Study Climate Warming Effects in Absence of Storage Capacity Data", AIH Annual Meeting and International Conference, Integrated Watershed Management: Partnerships in Science, Technology, and Planning, Reno, Nevada, 2007.
"System Dynamics: a Framework for Integrated Water Resources Management Studies", AIH Annual Meeting and International Conference, Integrated Watershed Management: Partnerships in Science, Technology, and Planning, Reno, Nevada, 2007.
"Adaptability of California's Hydropower System to Climate Warming", Third California Climate Change Conference, "Climate Scenarios, Impacts, and Adaptation Options in California: Status of Research Activities", Sacramento, California (Poster), 2006.
"Climate Change, Hydropower and Reservoir Operation in California", ASEC Operations Management Conference: Operating Reservoirs in Changing Conditions, Sacramento, California, 2006.
"Water Resources Management; A Solution for the Present Crisis in Iran", 10th Iranian Students Conference on Civil Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic University, Tehran, Iran, 2003.
"Delta: the Mobile Dam Project", 10th Iranian Students Conference on Civil Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic University, Tehran, Iran, 2003.
Research and Teaching
2012-present
Alex Alexander Faculty Fellow, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
2011-present
Coordinator, Hydro-Environmental and Energy Systems Analysis (HEESA) Research Group, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
2011-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
2009-2010
Post-doctoral Researcher, Water Science and Policy Center, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA.
2008- 2009
Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, California State University, Sacramento, CA.
2006- 2009
Graduate Student Research Assistant, California Center for Watershed Sciences, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA.
Courses Taught
CWR 6938
Water Policy, Planning and Governance, Spring 2013, Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Department, University of Central Florida (Graduate Level).
CWR 6908
Advanced Water Resources Systems Analysis, Spring 2012, Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Department, University of Central Florida. (Graduate Level).
CWR 4633C
Water Resources Engineering II, Spring 2012, Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Department, University of Central Florida. (Undergraduate Level).
CWR 3201
Fluid Mechanics, Fall 2011, Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Department, University of Central Florida. (Undergraduate Level).
CWR 4203
Hydraulics, Spring 2011, Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Department, University of Central Florida. (Undergraduate Level).
CE 250
Systems Analysis of Resources Development, Fall 2008, Civil Engineering Department, California State University, Sacramento (Graduate Level).
ECI10
Surveying, Winter 2008, Instructor and Coordinator of Land Surveying, AutoCAD, and GIS Labs, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California (Undergraduate Level).
Industry
2007- 2008
Associate Engineer, Preparing proposals for Integrated Regional Water Management Plans (IRWMP) of Various California Water Basins and Debugging Grants Applications Review System (GARS) – a Feature of Integrated Water Resources Information System (IWRIS) of California, Water Resources and Information Management Engineering (WRIME), Inc., Sacramento, CA.
2003-2004
Site Project Manager, Implementing the National Integrated Online Banking System for Bank Mellat's Branches in Mazandaran Province, Ariana System Co, stationed in Mazandaran Province, Iran.
2003- 2003
Vice-Executive Manager, Development of the National Civil Engineering Businesses' Database, Omranian Information System Co., Tehran, Iran.
2002-2002
Construction Site Supervisor, Mamloo Dam Project, Sabir Co., Tehran, Iran.
Sep. 2009
Water Resources Engineering Dept., Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Sep. 2005- Dec. 2005
Conflict Analysis Group, Systems Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
2013
Best Policy-Oriented Paper Award, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE).
2012
New Face of Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE).
Alex Alexander Fellowship, University of Central Florida.
Samuel von Pufendorf Institute Visiting Research Fellowship, The Pufendorf Institute for Advances Studies, Lund University, Sweden. Advisor of the Year, Knights of the RoundTable (KoRT), Registered Student Organization (RSO) Awards, University of Central Florida.
Early Career Travel Grant for Participation in NSF EarthCube, NSF.
2011
Internationalization Award for activities of the Engineers Without Borders (EWB)-USA at UCF, International Services Center, University of Central Florida.
Elected as a DISCCRS (Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research) Scholar, Supported by NSF and NASA
Listed in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 11th Edition.
2008
California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum (CWEMF) Student Scholarship of CWEMF's 14th Annual Meeting.
2005
Lundabygdens Sparbanks Scholarship (Lund University Nation's Scholarships), Sweden.
Lund University Scholarship, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Sigfrid och Walborg Nordkvist Scholarship, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Landshövdling Per Westlings Minnesfond Scholarship, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
2003
Excellent Paper and Oral Presentation Award, 10th Iranian Students Conference on Civil Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic University, Tehran, Iran.
Ranked as the first undergraduate student of the class of 2003 in the Civil-Hydraulic Engineering Department of University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran (Ranking of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology).
2002
The Most Active Member of the Iranian Scientific Organization of Civil Engineering Students Award (for period 2001-2002).
Proposal, Report, and Award Reviews
Review Panels:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship Program, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, 2013.
SEES (Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability) Fellows Program, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2013.
Energy, Environment & Earth Sciences (EEE), University of California Laboratory (UC Lab) Fees Research Program, University of California, 2012.
Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Program, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012 (Panel assembled by the National Academies).
PIRE-SEES: Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) - Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Program, Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES), National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012.
Proposal Reviews: Hydrologic Sciences Program, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2013.
International Opportunities Fund, Fresh Water Security Theme, Belmont Forum, 2013 (invited by the NSF).
PIRE-PEER: Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) - Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Program, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012 (invited by by the National Academies).
PIRE-SEES: Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) - Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Program, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2012.
NSF’s Sustainable Energy Pathways (SEP) Program, University of Central Florida (internal review), 2011 and 2012.
Report Reviews:
California Energy Commission
Awards:
Judge, 2013 ASCE New Faces of Civil Engineering – College Edition.
Reviewer, 2012 DISCCRS (Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research) Scholars, Supported by NSF and NASA.
Reviewer, Thomas C. Evans Instructional Paper Award, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Southeastern Section, 2012.
Judge, Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE), University of Central Florida, 2012.
Judge, Outstanding Student Paper Awards, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, California.
Journals
Guest Editor: Special Issues in Honor of Distinguished Professor Miguel A. Mariño: Modeling Approaches to Study Climate Change Impacts on Water and Environmental Systems, British Journal of Environment and Climate Change ((SCIENCEDOMAIN International (SDI)), in progress.
Editorial Board: International Journal of Sustainable Energy and Environment (IJSEE)
Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering (Scientific Research Publishing)
British Journal of Environment and Climate Change (SCIENCEDOMAIN International (SDI))
Irrigation and Drainage Systems Engineering (OMICS Publishing Group)
World Environment (Scientific and Academic Publishing)
Reviewer:
Advances in Water Resources (Elsevier)
Ain Shams Engineering Journal (Elsevier)
Asian Security (Taylor & Francis Group)
Canadian Water Resources Journal (CWRA-ACRH)
Climatic Change (Springer)
Construction Innovation: Information, Process, Management (Emerald)
Ecological Economics (Elsevier)
Ecological Modeling (Elsevier)
Economics Bulletin
Energies (MDPI)
Energy Policy (Elsevier)
Environmental Earth Sciences (Springer)
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (Gheorghe Asachi Technical University)
Environmental Modeling and Assessment (Springer)
Environmental Modelling and Software (Elsevier)
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (Springer)
EOS (AGU)
European Journal of Operational Research (Elsevier)
Ground Water (Wiley)
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Elsevier)
International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (Inderscience Publishers)
Irrigation and Drainage (Wiley)
Journal of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) (Wiley)
Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering (University of Tabriz)
Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy (Taylor and Francis)
Journal of Environmental Informatics (International Society for Environmental Information Sciences)
Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier)
Journal of Flood Risk Management (Wiley)
Journal of Hydroinformatics (IWA)
Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier)
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE)
Journal of Water and Climate Change (IWA)
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE)
Natural Resources Forum (NRF) – A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal (Wiley)
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (Springer)
Sustainability (MDPI)
Water Management (Proceedings of the ICE)
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice (Elsevier)
Water Resources Management (Springer)
Water Resources Research (AGU)
Water SA (South Africa Water Research Commission)
2003-2005: Consulting Board Member, Samaneh, Journal of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz.
2003-2004: Member of Directorial Board and Executive Manager, Zirsakht, Journal of Iranian Scientific Organization of Civil Engineering Students.
2002-2003: Editor in Chief, Samaneh, Journal of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz.
[2007
Founder, the Scientific Information Syndication WEBSites (SISWEBS)
Conferences
2013
Scientific Steering Committee, 6th International Conference on Water and Environment Research (ICWRER 2013), Koblenz, Germany.
2012-Present
Session Chair, Lake Urmia Iran: History, Current Status and Future ChallengesSession, Fondation des Treilles and the U.S.-France Academies of Sciences Workshop on U.S., Iranian, and European Experience in Assessing and Managing Water Resources, Tourtour, France.
2012
Convener, Water Resources Management and Policy in a Changing World Sessions, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, California.
2012
Local Organizing Committee, Tenth International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering (ICHE 2012), The Water Cycle Under a Changing Climate: Using Hydroscience and Engineering for a Sustainable Future, Orlando, Florida.
2012
Moderator, Supply Chain Roundtable: Mitigating Risks Related to Mass Migration to Biofuels, ACCO Climate Change Leadership Series—Defense, National Security and Climate Change: Building Resilience and Identifying Opportunities Related to Water, Energy and Extreme Events, Association of Climate Change Officers, Washington, DC.
2012
Scientific Committee, The First International and Third National Conference on Dams and Hydropower in Iran, Tehran, Iran.
2011
Judge, Outstanding Student Paper Awards, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, California.
2011
Convener, Managing Scarce Water Resources: From Conflict to Cooperation Sessions, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, California.
2008
Moderator, Economics of Water Use Session, UCOWR/NIWR Annual Conference, International Water Resources: Challenges for the 21st Century & Water Resources Education, Durham, North Carolina.
2007
Session Chair, Institutions and Game Solutions Session, 7th Meeting on Game Theory and Practice Dedicated to Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, Montréal, Canada.
Service
2011- Present
Graduate Admission Committee, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida.
2012- Present
Faculty Adviser of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), UCF Chapter.
2007- 2008
Representative of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Students in Graduate Students Association (GSA), UC Davis
2002-2003
Representative of scientific student associations of University of Tabriz in Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.
2001- 2002
Member of Directorial Board and Financial Manager of the Iranian Scientific Organization of Civil Engineering Students.
2002- 2003
Member of Directorial Board and Vice-Chairman of Tourism Club of University of Tabriz.
2002- 2003
Chairman of the Scientific Association of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz.
2002
Co-founder of Tourism Club of University of Tabriz.
2001- 2003
Representative of Faculty of Engineering of University of Tabriz in the Iranian Scientific Organization of Civil Engineering Students.
2001- 2002
Inspector of the Iranian Scientific Organization of Civil Engineering Students.
2001- 2003
Member of Directorial board of the Scientific Association of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz.
2001- 2002
Financial Manager of the Scientific Association of Civil Engineering Students of University of Tabriz.
Committees
Member, International Council (ASCE/ EWRI)
Member, Planning and Management Council (ASCE/ EWRI)
Member, Environmental and Water Resources Systems Committee (ASCE/ EWRI)
Member, Water Resources and Environmental Planning and Management Committee (ASCE/EWRI)
Member, Water Systems Planning Under Climate Change Task Committee (ASCE/ EWRI)
Member, World Water Council Activities Committee (ASCE/ EWRI)
Memberships and Affiliations
Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member, Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Member, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
Member, International Water Resource Economics Consortium (IWREC)
Representative (UCF), Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)Affiliated Friend, Water Science and Policy Center, UC Riverside
Vahid Keshavarzi, Industrial Management - Operations Research, Islamic Azad University – Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran (Expected Graduation: 2012).
Undergraduate (Research Adviser/Mentor)
Angela Rodriguez, Goerge Goergy, Juan Gonzalez, Summer Carlson, Prabhjot Ahluwalia, Justin McKay, Carlos Fernandez, Matthew Bossick
Research Staff
Jeffrey Elledge, Research Information Coordinator (2011-present).
Former Students
M.Sc. (Adviser)
Soroush Mokhtari, “Developing a Group Decision Support System (GDSS) for Decision Making under Uncertainty”, Water Resources Engineering, University of Central Florida (2013).
M.Sc. (Co-adviser)
Husain Najafi, "Game Theory Insights into Shared Water Resource Management ", Water Resources Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2012) (Visiting Scholar at UCF [2011-2012]).
Amir Safaee, "Game Theoretic Analysis of the Urmia Lake Conflict", Environmental Planning, Management, and Education, University of Tehran, Iran (2012).
Amir Emadi, "Adding an Environmental Module to the Caspian Sea Negotiations Support System", Industrial Engineering, K. N. University of Technology, Iran (2011).
Mojtaba Moradi, "Analyzing the Caspian Sea Conflict through Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods", Industrial Engineering, K. N. University of Technology, Iran (2011).
Aram Bahrini, "Strategic Analysis of Interconnected Games", Industrial Engineering, K. N. University of Technology, Iran (2011).
Laleh Shalikarian, "Resolving Environmental Conflicts under Uncertainty Using Social Choice Rules and Fallback Bargaining Methods", Water Resources Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (2011).
Mahboubeh Zarezadeh-Mehrizi, "Water Allocation in the Ghezel-Ozan Basin under Climate Change Using Bankruptcy Approach for Conflict Resolution", Water Resources Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2011).
Sona Gholizadeh, "Cooperative Game Theory Resolutions to the Caspian Sea Conflict", Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2010)
Marion Guegan, "Climate Change Effects on Electricity Demand in California", Water Resources, Lund University, Sweden (2010, Best Master Thesis of the Year Award by Ramböll).
Mohammad Arashadi, "Dynamic Interactions of Agriculture and Energy", Water Resources Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2010).
Undergraduate (Research Adviser/Mentor)
Christopher Rowney, Kaitlyn Jeanis, Katherine Gee, Tonya Kay, Amanda Ferree
The HEESA (Hydro-Environmental and Energy Systems Analysis) research group at University of Central Florida (UCF) applies a range of systems engineering, systems analysis, system dynamics, simulation and optimization methods to provide interdisciplinary, collaborative, and sustainable solutions to water, environmental, and energy resource problems at different scales. Supported by an interdisciplinary group of researchers and educators with a diverse range of backgrounds, including engineers, policy analysts, and social scientists, HEESA seeks developing integrated approaches to:
Facilitate analysis of complex hydro-environmental & energy resource management problems;