Department
of
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. WALID ELSHORBAGY
1.
Personal Information
a. Education (Include degrees, university studies and dates)
****-**** **.*., ***** Engineering, Univ. of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, USA. "Design of Irrigation System of Canals Using Stochastic
Optimization Approach".
1989-1990 M.S. Hydraulics, Civil Engineering, Univ. of
Utah, Logan, Utah, USA. "Fixed
Gate-Crest Dual Control of the Ogee Crest Spillway Operation".
1986-1987 Preliminary year of graduate study for M.S. in
Structural Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
1980-1985 B.S. Civil Engineering, College of Engineering,
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Emphasis in Structure.
b. Professional experience (include positions held in reverse
chronological order)
09/11-Now Director of the Water Resources Master
Program, United Arab Emirates University.
09/07-02/10 Director of the Civil Engineering Master
Program, Civil Engineering Department, United Arab Emirates University.
01/02-Now Associate Professor, Civil and
Environmental Engineering Dept., United
Arab Emirates University.
09/96-12/01 Assistant professor, Civil Engineering Dept.,
United Arab Emirates University, Teaching undergraduate courses in environmental
engineering, water resources, and math and engineering applications and graduate
courses in environmental engineering, water resources in addition to supervising
many undergraduate graduation projects and M.Sc research thesis.
02/96-09/96
Head of water distribution section in the Water Distribution and
Irrigation Systems Institute, National Water Research Center, Egypt.
Numerical and experimental modeling in national hydraulic and irrigation
problems related to the water distribution, delivery, and management of
irrigation water.
07/95-12/95
Faculty Adjunct., Civil Eng. Dept., Teaching Fluid Mechanics, Water
Resources, and Hydrology classes, Civil Eng.,Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Spring '95 Teaching Assistant, Fluid
Mechanics Lab Class, Civil Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Fall '94
Teaching Assistant, Fluid Mechanics
Lab Class, Civil Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Summer '94 Instructor, Fluid Mechanics Class, Civil
Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ,
USA.
1/94-9/94 Research Assistant,
Watershed Research Center (WRC),
ARS, USDA, Tucson, Az, USA.
Spring '93 Teaching Assistant, Fluid
Mechanics Class, Civil Eng. Dept., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Fall '1992 Instructor, Fluid Mechanics
Class, Civil Eng. Dept., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Summer '92 Instructor, Fluid Mechanics Class, Civil Eng.
Dept., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Spring '92 Teaching Assistant,
Engineering Graphics Class, Civil Eng. Dept., Univ. Of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
7/87-12/88
Research Assistant, Drainage Water Research Institute (DWRI), Water
Research Center (WRC), Ministry of Irrigation, Cairo, Egypt.
Reuse of Drainage Water National Project; flow measurements in surface
and subsurface drains, water salinity measurements and analysis, pump stations
calibration, and preparation of
annual report.
6/86-6/87 Construction design and
executive engineer, Private Construction Companies, Cairo, Egypt.
2.
Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities (all items in subsections to
be given in chronological order)
a. Books
i.
Books authored.
None
ii.
Books edited
In the Water Quality Area
1.
Walid El-Shorbagy and Rezaul K. Chowdhury (2013).
Water Treatment
InTech Publisher, in press.
In the Coastal Environment Area
1.
Mohamed AlAzab, Walid Elshorbagy, and Seif
AlGhais Editors (2005) Oil pollution and its impact on the Arabian Gulf
Countries, Development in Earth and Environmental Sciences Series, Published by
Elsevier.
In Other Research Areas
1.
Essam Abdel-Hafeez, Walid Elshorbagy, and
Essam Khalifa Editors (1999) "Sustainability of Water Resources in Arid
Regions." Proceedings of the Second International Conference of Sustainability
on Desert Regions, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates University.
iii. Chapters in Books
In the Water Quality Area
1.
Rezaul K. Chowdhury and Walid El-Shorbagy
(2012). Chapter 1: Informatics, Logistics
and Governance in Water Treatment Technologies . In Water Treatment Handbook,
edited by
Walid El-Shorbagy and Rezaul K. Chowdhury,
InTech Publisher, in press.
2.
Walid Elshorbagy (2003),
Chapter 5: Fate and transport of haloforms in water distribution systems, The
Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5, Springer Publisher.
In Other Research Areas
3.
Kevin Lansey and
Walid Elshorbagy (2002) Chapter 12: Design of Pumps and Pump Facilities in
AWWA Handbok Storm-Water Drainage Systems Design Handbook, Larry W. Mays,
Editor-in-chief, McGrew Hill Pub. Co., 12-1 to 2-41.
b. Articles
Published in Refereed Journals
In the Coastal
Environment Area
1.
Walid Elshorbagy and Abu-Bakr Elhakeem (2008).
Risk assessment maps of oil spill for major desalination plants in United Arab
Emirates. Elsevier J. of
Desalination, Vol. 228, pp. 200-216.
2.
Walid Elshorbagy, Mir Hammadul Azam, Kisaburo
Nakata, and Tomohiko Terasawa (2008). Temperature-Salinity field of the shallow
shelf of southern Arabian Gulf. Far East Journal of Ocean Research, Vol. 1,
Issues 2-3, pp 99-126.
3.
A.A. Elhakeem, W. Elshorbagy, and R.Chebbi
(2007). Oil spill simulation and validation in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf: with
special reference to the UAE coast, Springer Journal of Soil, Water, and Air
Pollution, DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9413-1,
Volume 184, No 1-4., pp 243-254.
4.
Walid Elshorbagy, Mir Hammadul Azam, and Koichi
Taguchi (2006). Hydrodynamic Characterization and Modeling of the Arabian Gulf.
ASCE/J. Water Way, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 132, No. 1,
pp. 47-56.
5.
Mir Hammadul Azzam, Walid Elshorbagy, Tetsuya
Ichikawa, Tomohiko Terasawa, and Koichi Taguchi (2006). 3D application to study
the residual flow in the Arabian Gulf. ASCE/J. Water Way, Port, Coastal and
Ocean Engineering, Vol.132, No. 5, pp. 388-400.
6.
Mir Hammadul Azam, Walid Elshorbagy, Kisaburo
Nakata (2006). Three-dimensional modeling of the Ruwais Coastal Area of United
Arab Emirates. ASCE/J. Water Way, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol.132,
No. 6, pp. 487-495.
In the Water
Quality Area
7.
Walid
El Shorbagy, Nawras Nabil,
and Ronald L. Droste. (2012). Optimization of A2O BNR Processes
Using ASM and EAWAG Bio-P Models: Model Performance . Accepted for publication
in the Journal of Water and Environment Federation Research.
8.
Naglaa
Eid and Walid Elshorbagy (2012).
Remediation of Brackish Ground Water in United Arab Emirates Using
Electro-Dialysis Technique . Elsevier Journal of Desalination, in press.
9.
Walid
El Shorbagy, Nawras Nabil,
and Ronald L. Droste. (2011). Optimization of A2O BNR Processes
Using ASM and EAWAG Bio-P Models: Model Formulation . Water Quality Research
Journal of Canada, DOI:10.2166/wqrjc.2011.005, Vol. 46 No 1, 13-27.
10.
Elshorbagy, W.
Arwani, A., and Droste, R. (2011). Optimal Sizing of Activated Sludge Process
Considering ASM3 Model . International Journal of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 11 Issue: 01 ISSN: 2077-1258, 19-55.
11.
Kevin Lansey, Fayzul
Pasha, Sheina Pool, Walid Elshorbagy, and James Uber (2007). Locating
Satellite Booster Disinfectant Stations. ASCE/Water Resources Planning and
Management Journal, Vol. 133, Issue 4, 372-376.
12.
Walid Elshorbagy
and Mohamed Abdulkarim (2006). Chlorination ByProducts in Drinking Water
Produced from Thermal Desalination in United Arab Emirates.
Springer Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 123/1-3,
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9199-4.
13.
Mohamed Al Zarooni and
Walid Elshorbagy (2006). Characterization and Assessment of Al Ruwais
Refinery Wastewater. Elsevier Journal of Hazardous Materials, A136 (2006) 398-
405.
14.
Eid, N., Elshorbagy,
W., Larson, D., Slack, D. (2000). Nitrate Electromigration in Sandy Soil."
J. Hazardous Materials, Vol. 79 (1-2), 133-149.
15.
Elshorbagy, W.A
(2000). "Kinetics of THM species in drinking water."
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 126, No.
1, 21-28.
16.
Walid E. Elshorbagy,
Hany Abu-Qdais, and Mohammed K. Elsheamy. (2000) "Simulation of THM species in
water distribution systems." Water Research Journal, Vol. 34, No. 13, 3431-3439.
In Other
Research Areas
17.
Elshorbagy, W.E
and Al Maamari, M.S (2011). Integration of Water
Transmission and Distribution Systems via Bypassing Storage Reservoirs.
International Journal of Civil &
Environmental Engineering IJCEE-IJENS Vol.11, Issue: 05 ISSN: 2077-1258.
18.
Walid Elshorbagy
and Abdulkader Alkamaly (2005). Solid Waste Generation from Oil and Gas
Industries in United Arab Emirates . Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 120,
Issue 1, No.3, pp. 89-99.
19.
K. E. Lansey, I. Ahmed,
and W. El-Shorbagy (2002). "Closure to Calibration Assessment and Data
Collection for Water Distribution Networks By K. E. Lansey, W. El-Shorbagy, I.
Ahmed, J. Araujo, and C. T. Haan."
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 128, No. 12, 1106-1107.
20.
Walid Elshorbagy,
Kevin Lansey, and Donald Slack, (2001). "Effect of Uncertainty on the Optimal
Sizing of Irrigation Delivery Systems." Journal of Civil Engineering and
Environmental Systems, Vol. 18, pp. 331-362.
21.
K. E. Lansey, W.
El-Shorbagy, I. Ahmed, J. Araujo, and C. T. Haan. (2001). "Calibration
Assessment and Data Collection for Water Distribution Networks."
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 127, No. 4, 270-279.
22.
Elshorbagy, Walid.
(2000), "Impact Assessment of an Irrigation Improvement Project in Egypt."
Journal of Water Resources Management, Vol. 14 (3), 229-246.
23.
Elshorbagy, W.A.,
and Mohamed, A.M.O. (2000). "Evaluation of the Potential Use of Municipal Solid
Waste Compost in Landfill Closure Caps in Arid Lands." Waste Management Journal,
Vol. 20, No. 7, 499-507.
24.
Elshorbagy, W.,
Yakowitz, D., and Lansey, K. (March 1997) Design of Engineering Systems Using a
Stochastic Decomposition Approach, Journal of Engineering Optimization, Vol.
27, No 4, 279-302.
c. Journal Articles in Review
In the Coastal
Environment Area
1.
Walid
Elshorbagy, Mir Hammadul Azam,
and Abubaker Al Hakeem (2012). Temperature- Salinity Modeling for Ruwais Coast,
United Arab Emirates. Submitted to
the Journal of Coastal Research.
2.
Walid
Elshorbagy, Shahid Mustafa,
Mir Hammadul Azam, Koichi Taguchi, and Samer AlNahal (2012). Ecological
characterization of an industrial coastal basin in the United Arab Emirates,
Submitted to Springer Journal of Environmental Management.
In the Water
Quality Area
3.
W. E.
Elshorbagy and M. Shawaqfah
(2012). Development of an ASM1 Dynamic Simulation Model for an Activated Sludge
Process in United Arab Emirates .
Submitted to IWA Journal of Water Science and Technology.
4.
Imad Juma
Mohammed, Walid Elshorbagy, and Esam Abdel Gawad (2012). Removal of
selected heavy metals from wash water generated from ready-mix concrete trucks,
Dubai, U.A.E. Submitted to J. Env. Monitoring and Asssessment.
In Other Research
Areas
5.
Abubakr
Awad Elhakeem, Walid Elsayed Elshorbagy, Hazem Bakri AlNaser, and
Francina Dominguez (2012). Downscaling Global Circulation Model Projections of
Climate for the UAE . International Journal of Climatology. In review.
d.
Research
Technical Reports
In the Coastal Environment Area
1.
Final Annual Report of
Externally-Funded Research Project Impact Assessment of Refinery-Wastes
on Desalinated Water in UAE . Elshorbagy, W.A. and Abd-elkareem, M.
Supported by Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP). (2005).
2.
Fourth Annual Report of
Externally-Funded Research Project Impact Assessment of Refinery-Wastes
on Desalinated Water in UAE .
Elshorbagy, W.A. and Abd-elkareem, M. Supported by Japan Cooperation Center,
Petroleum (JCCP). (2005).
3.
Third Annual Report of
Externally-Funded Research Project Impact Assessment of Refinery-Wastes
on Desalinated Water in UAE .
Elshorbagy, W.A. and Abd-elkareem, M.
Supported by Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP). (2004).
4.
Second Annual Report of
Externally-Funded Research Project Impact Assessment of Refinery-Wastes
on Desalinated Water in UAE . Elshorbagy, W.A. and Abd-elkareem, M.
Supported by Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP).
(2003).
5.
First Annual Report of
Externally-Funded Research Project Impact Assessment of Refinery-Wastes
on Desalinated Water in UAE .
Elshorbagy, W.A. and Abd-elkareem, M. Supported by Japan Cooperation Center,
Petroleum (JCCP). (2002).
In Water Quality Area
6.
Final Report of Individual
Research Project Remediation of Brackish Ground Water in United Arab
Emirates Using Electro-Dialysis Technique . Elshorbagy, W.A. (P.I), Eid,
N. M. Supported by Research Council,
United Arab Emirates.(2011).
7.
Final Report of Individual
Research Project Development of a Novel Electrochemically Controlled
Drip Irrigation System for Moisture and Nutrient Management in Arid Lands .
Elshorbagy, W.A. (P.I), Galal, A.M.
Supported by Research Council, United Arab Emirates.(2002).
8.
Final Report of Individual
Research Project Innovative Design and Modeling of Landfill Closure Cap
in Arid Areas. Elshorbagy, W.A., Mohamed, A.M.O, Kamaly, A.M. Supported
by Research Council, United Arab Emirates, (1999).
9.
Final Report of Individual
Research Project Integrated Quality Modeling and Management in Drinking
Water Distribution Systems. Elshorbagy, W.A., Radwan, J.M, Qdais, H. A.
Research Council, United Arab Emirates. (1998).
10.
Final Report "Mahmoudia Canal Improvement Project
Elquosy Diaa, Elshorbagy, Walid. Water Distribution and Irrigation
Systems Institute", Strategic Research Project, Water Research Center, Egypt.
(1996).
e.
Other
Professional Papers and Talks, Abstracts, Presented at Conferences
i.
Refereed conference proceedings
In the Coastal Environment Area
1.
Walid Elshorbagy
and Abu Bakr Elhakeem (July 2012). Forecasting
the Oil Spill Impacts on Coastal Desalination Plants in United Arab Emirates .
11th International Conference on Modeling, Monitoring
and Management of Water Pollution, New forest, UK.
2.
Walid Elshorbagy
and Abu Bakr Elhakeem (June 2009). "Use of Reverse Numerical Modeling in
Forecasting the Contamination Hazard of Oil Spill against Coastal Facilities .
4th SCACR International Short Conference on APPLIED COASTAL RESEARCH in
Barcelona, Spain.
3.
Walid Elshorbagy and Ahmed Basioni
(February 2009). "Locating the
intakes and outlets of coastal thermal desalination plants considering the
coastal physical conditions". Third
International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE-2009), Madras, India.
4.
Walid Elshorbagy. (May 2008). Fate Transport of
Organic Pollutants in the Coastal Water of United Arab Emirates .
World Environmental & Water Resources Congress
2008, Hawai, USA.
5.
Walid Elshorbagy. (February 2008). Overview of
Arabian Gulf Hydrodynamics and Its Circulation Conditions .
7th International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering
in Developing Countries COPEDC, Dubai, UAE.
6.
Ahmed Bassioni and Walid Elshorbagy (December
2006). "Impact of Coastal Physical Conditions on
Selecting the Inlet-Outlet Structures of Coastal Desalination Plants". Offshore
Arabia 2006 Conference organized by the Regional Clean Sea Organization (RECSO),
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
7.
AbuBakr Elhakeem and Walid Elshorbagy (December
2006). "Mapping the Impact of Oil Spill Events on
Desalination Plants in United Arab Emirates".
Accepted for publication and
presentation in the Offshore Arabia 2006 Conference organized by the Regional
Clean Sea Organization (RECSO), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
8.
Walid Elshorbagy, Mir Hammadul Azzam, and Koichi
Taguchi, Tetsuya
Ichikawa and Tomohiko Terasawa(June 2006).
"Recent Hydrodynamic and Recirculation Findings of the Arabian
(Persian) Gulf". 113th
Annual ASEE Conference, Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Division.
Chicago, USA.
9.
W. Elshorbagy, M. Azam, and S. Mustafa (April
2005) Ecological characterization and simulation of a coastal industrial
area in United Arab Emirates .
Invited paper presented and published in the proceedings of the 7th
Int. Conference on Modelling, Measurements, Engineering and Management of Seas
and Coastal Regions (Coastal Engineering VII, 2005), Organized by WESSEX
Institute of Technology, Portugal.
10.
Elshorbagy, W., Azam, M., AbdulKareem, M. (June
2003) Three dimensional modeling of an industrial
coastal area in United Arab Emirates, Invited paper presented and
published in the proceedings of the 6th Int. Conf. on Comp. Modeling and
Experimental. Measurements of Seas and Coastal Regions (Coastal Engineering
2003), WESSEX Institute of Techn., Cadiz, Spain.
11.
Elshorbagy, W., Azam, M., AbdulKareem, M. (May
2002) Hydrodynamic Modeling of the Southern Arabian Gulf, Proceedings
of the Ninth International Conference on Hydraulic Information Management
HYDROSOFT 2002, Organized by WESSEX Institute of Technology, Montreal, Canada.
In the Water Quality Area
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