Intern at Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Resume:
Elaheh Esfahanian
********@***.*** 517-***-**** 1512 Cahill Dr., East Lansing, MI 48823
Summary of Qualifications
Environmental Engineer with 5 years of extended experience in modeling, designing, and optimizing environmental engineering projects such as water and waste water treatment, hydrological modeling, and drought assessment
Strong technical writing skills, verbal and written communication skills, and analytical and problem solving skills
Education
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI May 2016 Doctor of Philosophy, Biosystems Engineering GPA: 4.0/4.0 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI May 2012 Master of Science, Environmental Engineering GPA: 3.94/4.0 University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran August 2009
Bachelor of Science, Mining Engineering
Experience
Research Assistant, Michigan State University
Developed novel approaches to model drought early warning systems, study the impacts of climate change on water resources (3 years)
Developed a new system for removal of recalcitrant organic chemicals through understanding the role of sorption in the efficacy of hybrid ozonation-ceramic membrane filtration systems (3 years) Internship
Intern at Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Jun 2016 - present Investigating different vertical engineered barriers for groundwater containment
Trainee in Zamin Sakht Azma Consulting Engineers Jun 2009 - Aug 2009 Performed geotechnical analysis on different soil regions
Trainee in Tehran industrial and mining organization Jun 2008 - Aug 2008 Analyzed the efficiency and economics of different mining techniques Award & Honors
Dissertation Completion Fellowship from Michigan State University Spring 2016 Travel grant from Michigan State University Graduate School Spring 2015 Fellowship from Michigan State University Graduate school Summer 2013 Poster winner in Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, Michigan State University Fall 2012 Fellowship from Michigan State University Graduate school Summer 2012 Fellowship from American Water works Association Spring 2012 Scholarship from West Michigan Chapter of the air & Waste Management Association Spring 2012 Scholarship from International Ozone Association Pan American Group Fall 2011 Fellowship from Michigan State University Graduate school Summer 2011 Scholarship from East Michigan Chapter Air & Waste Management Association Spring 2011 Music certificate for performing in ISME2009 live concert May 2009 Professional Presentations
1. Elaheh Esfahanian, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Mohammad Abouali, Fariborz Daneshvar, Alireza Ameli. Poster Presentation. “Drought impacts and stream ecosystem functions”. Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, Michigan State University, March 2016. 2. Elaheh Esfahanian, Susan J. Masten, and Simon H. Davies. Poster Presentation. “Construction of a chemical kinetic model to capture atrazine removal using parameter estimation”. Inverse Problem Symposium, Michigan State University, June 2015.
3. Elaheh Esfahanian, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Mohammd Abouali, Fariborz Daneshvar, Alireza Ameli, and Sean Woznicki. Poster Presentation. “Defining drought in the context of stream health”. ASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium: Adaptation and Mitigation, Chicago, Illinois, May, 2015. 4. Elaheh Esfahanian and A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi. Poster Presentation. “Assessing Vulnerability of Fish to Extreme Dry Periods”. Environmental Science and policy program 2nd Annual Research Symposium, Michigan State University, October 2014. 5. Elaheh Esfahanian, Susan J. Masten, and Simon H. Davies. Oral Presentation. “Adsorption Followed by Ozonation-Membrane Filtration for the Removal of Atrazine”. MSU Strategic Partnership grant 71- 1624, Michigan State University, Spring 2013.
6. Elaheh Esfahanian, Susan J. Masten, and Simon H. Davies. Poster Presentation. “Adsorption Followed by Ozonation-Membrane Filtration for the Removal of Atrazine”. Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, Michigan State University, November 2012. 7. Elaheh Esfahanian, Susan J. Masten, and Simon H. Davies. Oral Presentation. “Ozonation-Membrane Filtration”. MSU Strategic Partnership grant 71-1624, Michigan State University, March 2012. 8. Elaheh Esfahanian. Oral Presentation. “Ceramic Membrane Filtration”. American Society of Civil Engineers, Michigan State University, February 2012. Technical Skills
Programming: SWAT, ArcGIS, BASINS, MATLAB, R, AutoCAD, Excel Laboratory: SEM, TEM, HPLC, Spectrophotometry
Engineering: Hydrological modeling, Water and waste water treatment, Soil remediation, Air pollution Professional Leaderships & Memberships
Council of Graduate Student representative Fall 2015 – Spring 2016 Second-Vice Chair Biosystems Engineering Graduate Student Advisory Fall 2014 - Fall 2015 Member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers May 2015 – present Member of Iranian Society of Rock Mechanics (IRSRM) 2007 – 2009 Member of Students Scientific Society of Mining Engineering 2005 – 2008 Teaching/Mentoring Experience
Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University
EGR102, Introduction to Engineering Modeling Spring 2016 CE271, Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Fall 2012 – Fall 2013 Professional Developments
Esri course, Going Places with Spatial Analysis (Certificate provided) Oct 2015 NASA webinar. Water Resource Management Oct 2015
NASA webinar. Global Precipitation Measurement (Certificate provided) Mar 2015 NASA webinar: Introduction to Water Quality Monitoring Nov 2014 Volunteer Work
Environmental Engineering Student Society workshop Supervised six high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in water quality research projects Projects Experience
1. Research author of Adsorption Followed by Ozonation-Membrane Filtration for the Removal of Atrazine paper for Michigan American Water Works Association (AWWA). 2. Designing a water and waste water treatment plant 3. Providing solution for problems in “Environmental Engineering and Science” book, second edition by Mackenzie L. Davis and Susan J. Masten.
4. Draft author of vertical engineered barriers white paper for MDEQ/U.S. EPA technical workgroup 5. Estimating the silica pollution related to mining industry 6. Estimating the toughness of Limestone in Asmari formation 7. Surveying the campus of University of Tehran
8. Specifying the type of soils of Miduk and Tochal region in Geotechnical laboratory Publications
1. Elaheh Esfahanian, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Mohammad Abouali, Fariborz Daneshvar, Alireza Ameli, Matthew Herman, Ying Tang, 2016. “Defining Drought in the context of Stream Health”, Journal of Ecological Engineering, 94: 668-681.
2. Elaheh Esfahanian, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Mohammad Abouali, Umesh Adhikari, Zhen Zhang, Fariborz Daneshvar, Matthew Herman, 2016. “Development and evaluation of a comprehensive drought index”. Journal of Environmental Management (in review). 3. Elaheh Esfahanian, Susan J. Masten, and Simon H. Davies, “Atrazine removal by using natural zeolite tuffs as a heterogeneous catalyst” (in preparation). 4. Sean Woznicki, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Mohammad Abouali, Matthew Herman, Elaheh Esfahanian, Yaseen A. Hamaamin, Zhen Zhang, 2016. “Ecohydrological Modeling for Large- scale Environmental Impact Assessment”. Science of the Total Environment, 543: 274-286.
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