Madjid Delkash

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OVERVIEW

• Research experience modeling methane and water flow in soils to solve remediation and climate change problems

• Hands-on experiences with landfill field works including digester bioreactors, gas collection systems

• Efficient leader skilled at defining expectations, distributing workload, and coordinating diverse team members

• Comfortable communicating complex data to lay and technical audiences in written, verbal and visual formats

• Public speaker with ability to make coherent presentations EDUCATION

University of Delaware, Newark, DE

PhD, Environmental Engineering, (October 2017)

GPA: 3.81/4.00

Relevant Course Work: Groundwater flow and contaminant transport; Groundwater modeling; Processing, Recycling, Management of Solid Wastes; Soil chemistry; Soil physics

E.I.T. Environmental Engineering

HAZWOPER 40 Hour Plus GHS Hazardous Communication

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, (2011-2013)

B.Sc., Civil Engineering, (2007-2011)

WORK & LEADERSHIP

County of Yolo, Department of Environmental Services, Division of Integrated Waste Management, CA. (Summer 2017) Internship

• Field and lab experiments about a landfill: Working with bioreactors, gas collection systems University of Delaware, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2013-Present Research Assistant

• Analyze the tracer dilution method and eddy covariance tower data for quantifying landfill methane emissions obtained from Waste Management Inc.

• Model flow in soils: Impacts of wind speed on methane emissions from landfills using TOUGH2 code (Lawrence Berkeley Lab).

• Utilize iTOUGH to understand impacts of bioswales in water resource management. Develop own code to study impacts of a permeable pavement.

• Utilized traffic data to study impacts of transportation on ambient air quality of metropolitan areas.

• Lead two undergraduate students during these researches for five months. TEACHING & OUTREACH

University of Delaware, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, fall 2015 – spring 2017 Teaching Assistant (Groundwater flow and contaminant Transport & Processing, Recycling, Management of Solid Wastes)

• Instructed some sessions, helped with groundwater flow modeling project, graded homework, set and designed homework problems, and held office hours

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Solid waste management, life cycle assessment, mitigating gas emissions from landfills

• Groundwater and gas flow modeling (TOUGH code and MODFLOW)

• Physical and chemical hazardous material remediation from soils

• ArcGIS software, SWAT model for surface water quality modeling

• Programming (MATLAB, Fortran, R)

• Stormwater management

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• M. Kamali, M. Delkash, M. Tajrishy, 2017. Evaluation of permeable pavement responses to urban surface runoff. Journal of environmental management 187, 43-53.

• D. M. Taylor, F.K.Chow, M. Delkash, P.T. Imhoff, P.T., 2016. Numerical simulations to assess the tracer dilution method for measurement of landfill methane emissions. Waste Management 56, 298-309.

• M. Delkash, M. H, Mir. Examining Some Potential Actions in Mitigating Gaseous Emissions from Vehicles, Case Study: Tehran, Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 1-13.

• M. Delkash, B. Zhou, B. Han, F.K. Chow, C.W. Rella, P.T. Imhoff, 2016. Short-term landfill methane emissions dependency on wind. Waste Management 55, 288-298.

• M. Delkash, F. Faraj, M. Scholz, 2014. Comparing the Export Coefficient Approach with the Soil and Water Assessment Tool to Predict Phosphorous Pollution: The Kan Watershed Case Study. Water, Air & Pollution 225:2122. Honor and Awards

• Air & Waste Management scholarship (APERG, 2014)

• 2nd place in the Chesapeake Water Environment Association Student Paper Competition, 2014