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Ismail

HALTAS,

Ph.D.,

P.E.

Water

Resources

Engineer

e- mail:

acws6h@r.postjobfree.com,

Phone:

+90

(0539)

260

0249 Eğitim

B.S.

Civil

Engineering,

Middle

East Technical

University,

Ankara,

2002

M.S.

Civil

and

Environmental

Engineering,/Water

Resources,

University

of

California,

Davis,

CA 2004

Ph.D.

Civil

and

Environmental

Engineering,/Water

Resources,

University

of

California,

Davis,

CA 2006

Licenses

Professional

Engineer

CA,

2010

Experience

14

years

Expertise

River

Hydraulics,

Watershed

Hydrology,

Flood

Hydrologic

and

Hydraulic

Modeling,

Flood

Hazard

and

Risk

Modeling

and

Mapping,

Dambreak

Flood

Modeling,

Flood

Early

Warning

Systems,

Numerical

and

Physical

Modeling,

Statistical

Analyses,

Geographic

Information

Systems.

Dr.

Ismail

Haltas

has

14

years

of

experience

in

hydraulic

and water

resources

engineering.

His

expertise

covers

watershed hydrology,

open

channel

hydraulics,

1D

and

2D

flood

routing and

flood

hazard

mapping

in

GIS.

He

also

has

experience

on flood

risk

modeling,

mapping

and

early

warning

systems.

Dr. Haltas

is

expert

in

statistical

analysis

and

Geographic Information

Systems.

He

has

working

experience

on

hydrologic and

hydraulic

modeling

and

GIS

software

such

as

HEC- RAS, HEC- GeoRAS,

HEC- HMS,

FLO- 2D,

ArcGIS.

Dr.

Haltas

authored

a book

chapter,

several

journal

papers

and

dozens

of

conference proceedings

on

theoretical

hydrology

and

flood

modeling. Selected

Project

Experience

HydroInfo,

Gaziantep

Techopark

(PI,

2014- 2015)

Turkey

Hazard

Risk

Management

System

TAFRİSK

– Developing

the

Flood

Risk

Modeling

Algorithms, Application

to

a

Pilot

Study

Area,

Trend

Analysis

for

Flood Early

Warning

Systems

and

Sensors.

TÜBİTAK

BİLGEM

- AFAD,

2014- 2015.

Zirve

University,

Gaziantep

(PI/Researcher,

2010- 2016)

Preparation

of

a

Manual

and

Specifications

Document

for Flood

Hazard

Modeling

and

Mapping

Studies

and Developing

a

GeoPortal

for

sharing

Online

Flood

Hazard Maps.

TÜBİTAK

3501

Career

Program

Project

No:

111Y281, 2012- 2015

(PI),

Budget:

221,791

TL 2

Calculating

the

2D

Flow

Velocity

Vector

Field

in

Porous

Media

Using

Particle

Image

Velocity Meter

Techniques

and

Verification

of

Solute

Transport

Models.

TÜBİTAK

1001

Project

No: 112M410,

2012- 2014

(Researcher),

Budget:

314,500

TL.

Investigation

of

Dambreak

Flood

Propagation

through

Physical

and

Numerical

Modeling, Application

to

a

Real

Dam

Site

and

Mapping

in

GIS.

TÜBİTAK

1001

Project

No:

110M240,

2010- 2013

(Researcher)

Investigation

of

Scale

Effect

in

Hydrological

Processes,

EU

FP7

People

Marie

Curie

Actions

CIG.

(passed

the

threshold

with

a

score

of

80.4,

not

funded

due

to

insufficient

budget) Northwest

Hydraulic

Consultants,

Sacramento

CA

(Water

Resources

Engineer,

2006- 2010)

Isabella

Dam

Break

Inundation

Mapping,

USACE

Sacramento

District,

Bakersfield,

CA:

Modeled the

inundation

of

620

sq

mi

alluvial

fan

after

four

different

dam

break

scenarios

using

two- dimensional

numerical

model,

Flo- 2D.

Developed

maps

for

maximum

flow

depth,

maximum

flow velocity,

time

to

one- foot

inundation,

time

to

peak

inundation,

time

to

one- foot

recession. Evaluated

the

existing

HEC- RAS

model

for

the

Kern

River

from

Isabella

Dam

to

the

alluvial

fan, corrected

and

modified

the

existing

HEC- RAS

model,

calculated

the

appropriate

dambreak parameters

for

additional

dam

break

scenarios.

Mapped

the

flooding

along

the

Kern

River

due

to nine

different

dam

break

scenarios

using

the

modified

HEC- RAS

model

results

from

downstream of

the

dam

to

the

alluvial

fan.

Zone

7

Hydrology

Update,

Zone

7

Water

Agency,

Alameda

County,

CA:

A

set

of

nested

HEC- 1 Models

of

a

335

sq

mi

highly

urbanized

area

converted

into

a

nested

HEC- HMS

Model

Set. Impervious

area

percentages

were

also

updated

in

those

models

based

on

the

Aerial Photography

and

City/County

Land

Use

Maps

for

both

existing

and

future

Land

Use

conditions.

Pioneer

Diversion

on

Truckee

River,

ECO:LOGIC,

Glendale,

NV:

A

diversion

structure

on

Truckee River

is

modeled

by

HEC- RAS.

10- year

and

100- year

floodplains

were

mapped

for

the

upstream of

diversion

structure.

Pajaro

River

Hydraulic

Model,

Santa

Cruz

County,

Santa

Cruz

County,

CA:

Pajaro

River,

six

storage areas

along

the

Pajaro

River

and

the

interactions

between

the

river

and

the

storage

areas

are modeled

by

HEC- RAS

for

10-

25-

and

100- year

events.

Foss

Creek

Hydraulic

Model,

City

of

Healdsburg,

Healdsburg,

CA:

FEMA

100- year

flood

hazard map

of

Foss

Creek

floodplain

area

was

updated

to

reflect

the

recent

hydraulic

changes

along

the Foss

Creek.

A

LOMR

was

prepared.

Tahoe

Pollutant

Load

Reduction

Model

Phase

II,

California

Regional

Water

Quality

Control

Board, Lake

Tahoe,

CA:

Participated

in

building

a

MS

Access

database

for

the

Tahoe

region

in

order

to incorporate

the

available

data

for

the

Tahoe

watershed

into

the

Tahoe

PLRM

model

software. Implemented

queries

to

create

input

tables

for

the

Tahoe

PLRM

GUI.

Tested

sensitivities

of

the parameters

commonly

used

in

the

Tahoe

PLRM

model.

Alder

Creek

Watershed

Assessment

and

Management

Plan,

EDAW

Inc.,

Folsom,

CA:

Evaluated the

hydrology

and

hydro- modifications

in

the

Alder

Creek

Watershed.

Developed

flow- duration curves

at

geomorphic

index

points

for

existing

and

proposed

conditions

in

the

absence

of continuous

simulation

or

measured

data. 3

South

San

Francisco

Bay

Shoreline

Study,

USACE,

San

Francisco

District,

Santa

Clara

and

Alameda Counties,

CA:

Developed

Flo- 2D

Models

for

11

highly

urbanized

areas.

Flooding

source

was

the levee

overtoppings

along

the

local

creeks

during

10-

25-

50-

100-

250-

and

500- year

flow

events. Developed

the

inundation

maps

for

each

study

area

and

flooding

event.

South

Madera

FLO- 2D

modeling,

ICF

J&S,

Madera

County,

CA:

Developed

nine

FLO- 2D

models

for seven

drainage

basins.

Each

FLO- 2D

model

included

multiple

constant

inflow

and

constant infiltration

loss.

FLO- 2D

models

were

run

to

reach

steady

state

condition.

Also

developed

the inundation

depth

maps

for

each

basin.

Coastal

Studies-

S.F

Bay

North

Phase

II,

FEMA,

Del

Norte

County,

CA:

Retrieved

and

analyzed

the tidal

data

from

several

reference

and

sub- ordinate

tide

stations.

Developed

a

methodology

to reproduce

the

missing

data

at

sub- ordinate

stations

using

the

available

data

from

reference stations

using

the

Artificial

Neural

Networks

technology.

Calculated

the

still- water

elevations

for 2-

5-

10-

50-

100-

200-

and

500- year

events.

Honolulu

High

Capacity

Transit

Corridor

Project,

Parson

Brinckerhoff

Inc,

Honolulu,

HI:

Developed two

FLO- 2D

Models

of

the

study

area

with

highly

complex

(tidal

boundary,

multiple

channels, multiple

inflows,

variable

roughness

and

land

use,

and

levee

systems)

hydraulic

elements

at different

scales.

The

purpose

of

the

model

was

performing

a

preliminary

hydraulic

evaluation

of the

Waipahu

floodplain

system

in

the

vicinity

of

the

proposed

Waipahu

Transit

Station; determining

effect

of

the

proposed

project

on

the

100- year

flooding

characteristics;

and evaluating

different

mitigation

alternatives. University

of

California

J.

Amorocho

Hydraulic

Laboratory

(Research

Assistant,

2002- 2006)

Fish

Treadmill

Study,

CDFG- DWR- WRCBCALFED,

Sacramento- San

Joaquin

Delta,

CA:

The

Fish Treadmill

Project

was

a

multi- agency

effort

to

quantitatively

measure

the

performance,

behavior, and

physiology

of

small

Delta

and

stream

fishes

in

multi- vector

flows

near

fish

screens

for

the purpose

of

developing

fish

screen

design

and

operational

criteria

that

improve

fish

protection and

passage.

Debris

Racks

for

Delta

Fish

Facility,

DWR,

Tracy,

CA:

Testing

and

evaluating

new

designs

and handling

procedures

that

will

minimize

the

negative

impact

of

debris

and

sediment

on

the operation

of

the

components

of

a

fish

salvage

facility

in

Tracy,

while

minimizing

fish

injury

and fatality;

accordingly,

the

new

trash

rack

designs

and

handling

procedures

were

tested

on

a physical

model.

Through- Delta

Facility

White

Sturgeon

Passage

Study,

DWR,

Sacramento

-

San

Joaquin

Delta,

CA: To

research,

evaluate,

design,

and

implement

sturgeon

passage

by

observing

and

quantifying baffles

for

use

in

a

DCC/TDF

Facility.

Willow

Slough

Watershed

Study,

CALFED,

Yolo

County,

California:

Management

of

Pollutant Loads

from

Major

Agricultural

Land

Uses

and

Development

of

Best

Management

Practices

in

the Willow

Slough

Watershed.

References

4

M.

Levent

Kavvas,

Professor

of

Civil

&

Environmental

Engineering

Department,

University

of California,

Davis,

CA

95616

2001

Engineering

III acws6h@r.postjobfree.com

+1

(530)

752- 2518 Brad

Hall,

Principal

of

Northwest

Hydraulic

Consultants,

Sacramento,

CA acws6h@r.postjobfree.com

+1

(916)

371- 7400

Gökmen

Tayfur,

Professor

of

Civil

Engineering

Department,

IYTE,

İzmir,

Turkey.

Gulbahce

Campus, Urla,

Izmir,

35430

Turkey

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