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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

• 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", in Agricultural Policies: New Developments", Edited by: Contreras L. M., Nova Science Publishers.
• Mirchi A., Watkins D. Jr., Madani K. (2010), "Modeling for Watershed Planning, Management, and Decision Making", in "Watersheds: Management, Restoration and Environmental Impact", Edited by: Vaughn J. C., Nova Science Publishers.

• 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 “Comparing Futures 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

• Mirchi A., Madani K., Watkins D. (in press), “Synthesis of System Dynamics Tools for Holistic Conceptualization of Water Resources Problems”, Water Resources Management, doi: 10.1007/s11269-012-0024-2.

• Madani K., Lund J. R. (2012), “California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conflict: from Cooperation to Chicken”, 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: 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 Journal Publications (Persian)

• 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.

 

Conference Proceedings

• 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.

 

Technical Reports

• 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)

• 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

• “Integrated Water Resources Management”, Interactive Integrated Water Resources Management Workshop, Tehran, Iran (November 11, 2010).
• “Climate Change: Implications for Reservoir Management and Hydroelectricity”, Northwest Hydroelectric Association’s (NWHA) Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon (March 19, 2009).
• “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).
• “Waterblogged: Water in the Blogosphere”, American Water Resources Association’s (AWRA) Annual Water Resources Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana (November 17, 2008).

 

Invited Talks

• “Climate Change and the High-Elevation Hydropower in California”, Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine (April 20, 2012).  

• “Different Decision Making Frameworks to Solve the Interior Alaska Energy Problem”, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks (January 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 (January 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 (August 31, 2011). 
• “Hydropower and Climate Change in California”, Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Pakdasht, Iran (July 5, 2011). 
• “Climate Warming Effects on California's Hydropower”, Department of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden (September 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 (September 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 (August 14, 2008).

 

 

Conference Presentations

• “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.

 

 

 

 

Proposal and Report Reviews

• Review Panel:
  Energy, Environment & Earth Sciences (EEE), University of California Laboratory (UC Lab) Fees Research Program, University of California.
  Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Program, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Science Foundation (NSF) (Panel assembled by the National Academies)
  Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) Program, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  
  

• Proposal Review:
  NSF’S Sustainable Energy Pathways (SEP) Program, University of Central Florida (internal review).
  
  Report Review:
  California Energy Commission
  
  

• Awards:
  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

• Editorial Board:
  

  British Journal of Environment and Climate Change (SCIENCEDOMAIN International (SDI))

  Irrigation and Drainage Systems Engineering (OMICS Publishing Group)
  Environment (Scientific and Academic Publishing)
  
  

• Reviewer:
  Advances in Water Resources (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 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-Blackwell)
  Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
  International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Elsevier)
  International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (Inderscience Publishers)
  Journal of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) (Wiley-Blackwell)
  Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering (University of Tabriz)
  Journal of Environmental Informatics (International Society for Environmental Information Sciences)
  Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier)
  Journal of Hydroinformatics (IWA)
  Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier)
  Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE)
  Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE)
  Natural Resources Forum (NRF) – A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal (Wiley-Blackwell)
  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)
  
  

• 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.

 

Other Scientific Media

• 2007- Present
  Project Leader, WaterSISWEB (Water resources Scientific Information Syndication WEBsite).
  
• 2007
  Founder, the Scientific Information Syndication WEBSites (SISWEBS)

 

Conferences

• 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
  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
  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, 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
• Affiliated Staff, Stormwater Management Academy, UCF
• Affiliated Faculty, Coastal Hydroscience Analysis, Modeling and Predictive Simulations (CHAMPS) Laboratory, UCF