Dr. Ashraf Z. Al-Hamdan Clinical Associate Professor - Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, CEE Contact 5000 Technology Drive NWOlin B. King Technology HallRoom S238Huntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.6117ashraf.al-hamdan@uah.edu Biography Dr. Al-Hamdan is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at 草榴社区. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002. He has taught several undergraduate and graduate level courses in the areas of geotechnical, structural, and environmental engineering. Prior to joining the faculty of 草榴社区, Dr. Al-Hamdan worked as a postdoctoral research associate for three years in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. He has been conducting research over the past ten years in the area of environmental and water resources engineering, with an emphasis on the fate and transport of pollutants in aquatic and soil systems, soil-contaminant interaction, water systems modeling, water resources management, and impact of climate change on water quantity and quality. Education Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2002 M.S., Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 1997 B.S., Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 1994 Honors & Awards Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, College of Engineering, 草榴社区, 2018. Most Outstanding Professor of The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Award, Alabama Delta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi 鈥� The Engineering Honor Society, 草榴社区, 2016. Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, College of Engineering, 草榴社区, 2014. University Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, 草榴社区, 2010, 2018, and 2019. Expertise Contaminant transport modeling Soli-contaminant interaction Subsurface remediation Risk-based management of emerging wastes and subsurface contaminants Water resources planning and management Climate change effects on water quantity and quality Erosion control Recent Publications Al-Hamdan, M.Z., Smith, R. A., Hoos, A., Schwarz, G.E., Alexander, R. B., Crosson, W.L., Srikishen, J., Estes, M., Cruise, J., Al-Hamdan, A.Z., Ellenburg, W.L., Flores A., Sanford, W.E., Zell, W., Reitz, M., Miller, M.P., Journey, C.A., Befus, K.M., Swann, R., Herder, T., Sherwood, E., Leverone, J., Shelton, M., Smith, E.T., Anastasiou, C.J., Seachrist, J., Hughes, A., and Graves, D. (2018). 鈥淚nfusing NASA Remotely-Sensed Data into a Dynamic SPARROW Water Quality Modeling and Decision Support System for the Southeastern United States鈥�, Session: Remote Sensing Applications for Water Resources Management, Including Droughts, Floods and Associated Water Cycle Extremes, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, Washington D.C 2018. Estes, M., Al-Hamdan, A.Z., Ellenburg, W.L., Cruise, J.,, Smith, R. A., Hoos, A., Al-Hamdan, M.Z., and Crosson, W.L. (2018) 鈥淒eriving Disturbance Indices and Loading Factors Using Remote Sensing Data and Crop Models to Develop Derived Variables for SPARROW Water Quality Models in the Southeast USA鈥�, Session: Remote Sensing Applications for Water Resources Management, Including Droughts, Floods and Associated Water Cycle Extremes, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, Washington D.C 2018. Preetha, P.P., Al-Hamdan, A. Z, and Anderson, M. (2018). 鈥淎ssessment of the Impact of Land Cover and Land Use Changes on the Water Quality of Sediments and Nutrients in Cahaba River Basin Using SWAT鈥�, The 9th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2018, The American Academy of Sciences, Houston, Texas, June 25-29, 2018. Al-Hamdan, M.Z., Smith, R. A., Hoos, A., Schwarz, G.E., Alexander, R. B., Crosson, W.L., Srikishen, J., Estes, M., Cruise, J., Al-Hamdan, A.Z., Ellenburg, W.L., Flores A., Sanford, W.E., Zell, W., Reitz, M., Miller, M.P., Journey, C.A., Befus, K.M., Swann, R., Herder, T., Sherwood, E., Leverone, J., Shelton, M., Smith, E.T., Anastasiou, C.J., Seachrist, J., Hughes, A., and Graves, D. (2017). Developing a Dynamic SPARROW Water Quality Decision Support System Using NASA Remotely-Sensed Products, Session: Impacts of Land Surface Dynamics on Water Quality: End-to-End Remote Sensing & Modeling Approach, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Dec 2017. Al-Hamdan, M.Z., Smith, R. A., Hoos, A., Schwarz, G.E., Alexander, R. B., Crosson, W.L., Srikishen, J., Estes, M., Cruise, J., Al-Hamdan, A.Z., Ellenburg, W.L., Flores A., Sanford, W.E., Zell, W., Reitz, M., Miller, M.P., Journey, C.A., Befus, K.M., Swann, R., Herder, T., Sherwood, E., Leverone, J., Shelton, M., Smith, E.T., Anastasiou, C.J., Seachrist, J., Hughes, A., and Graves, D., (2017). Developing a Dynamic SPARROW Water Quality Decision Support System Using NASA Remotely-Sensed Products, Alabama Water Resources Conference, Orange Beach, AL, September 6-8, 2017. Al-Hamdan, A. Z., and Reddy, K. R., (2011). 鈥淢odeling of Heavy Metals Transport in High Acid Buffering Soil During Electrokinetic Remediation鈥�, Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2011, Dallas, Texas. [Peer-Reviewed] Al-Hamdan, A. Z., and Reddy, K. R., (2008). 鈥淭ransport and Speciation of Heavy Metals in Soils during Electrokinetic Remediation: Influence of Soil Type and Electric Potential鈥�, Proceedings of the ASCE GeoCongress 2008: Geotechnics of Waste Management and Remediation, New Orleans, Louisiana. [Peer-Reviewed] Gurr, E., Nnadi, F.N, and Al-Hamdan, A. Z., (2006). 鈥淐ity of Kissimmee Monitoring and Modeling Program鈥�, AWRA 2006 Annual Water Resources Conference. November 6 鈥� 9, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland. Nnadi, F. N., Al-Hamdan, A. Z., and Romah, S. M. (2005). 鈥淪ide by Side Evaluation of Stormwater Proprietary BMPs鈥�, ASCE/EWRI-World Water & Environmental Resources Congress: Applied Research in Water, Wastewater and Stormwater - Stormwater Issues III, Anchorage, Alaska. [Peer-Reviewed] Nnadi, F. N., Al-Hamdan, A. Z., and Romah, S. M. (2004). 鈥淓ffectiveness of Stormwater Proprietary BMPs鈥�, Proceedings of the 1st Annual Stromwater Management Research Symposium, Orlando, Florida. [Peer-Reviewed]