Mahdis Fallahi                                                                     Click for PDF format 

 

 

1. EDUCATION                                                           

M.Sc. Civil Engineering (Water Engineering), Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran
 Title of Thesis: "Assessment of uncertainty in flood forecasting"
B. Sc.  Apply Mathematic, AmirKabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)
B. Sc.  Civil Engineering, Science and Culture University

2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
• Managing Director of Pishran Company, 2010-present.

• Expert of Research Projects of Tehran Polytechnic and Tehran University, 2004- present:

1.   "Model and Software Preparation for Long-term Rainfall Forecasting of Areas Impacted by Large Scale Climate Signals", Iranian Meteorological Organization, 2007-present.

2.   "Integrated Flood Control Management (Kajo and Kariani Rivers)", Ministry of Energy, 2005- 2007.

3.   "An Algorithm for Modification of Monthly and seasonal Stream-flow Forecasting Using Large Scale Climate Signals", Water Resources Management Company, 2004-2005

4.   "Long-lead rainfall forecasting using large scale climate signals", Iranian Meteorological Organization, 2004 -2005.

5.   "Design of On-line Monitoring System of the Karoon River", the World Bank and Iranian Department of Environmental Protection, 2004 -2005.

• Assistance of the supervisor in the following teaching courses, Department of Civil Engineering, of Civil and Environmental Engineering, AmirKabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 2005 – 2006.

System engineering (for B. S. students)

•Expert of Iran Water Resources Management (IWRM) Company, 2003- 2004

• Senior Engineer, Fahandej Company, 2000-2002.

3.  PUBLICATIONS

3.1. Book

Karamouz, M., Ahmadi, A. and Fallahi, M., System Engineering, Amirkabir University Press, 550 pages, 2006. (in Farsi)

Karamouz, M., Fallahi, M., Nazif, S., Hydrology and Hydroclimatology, Prentice Hall publisher, 700 pages, 2010 (in English) (submitted)

Karamouz, M., Ahmadi, A. and Fallahi, M., System Engineering and Management, Prentice Hall publisher, 650 pages, 2010. (in English) (submitted)

3.2. Papers

Karamouz. M., Fallahi, M., Nazif, S., Rahimi M.,"Long Lead Rainfall Prediction Using Statistical Downscaling and Artificial Neural Networks Modeling", 2009. Journal of Scientia Iranica, 16, pp. 165-172.

Karamouz. M., Fallahi, M., Nazif, S., Ahmadi, A.," Long Lead Flood Simulation Using Downscaled GCM Data in Arid and Semi-arid Regions: A Case Study", 2009. DESERT Journal, 14, pp 185-196.

Karamouz. M., Fallahi, M., Nazif, S.," Analysis of Spatial Variation of Precipitation: Comparison of Conventional and Kriging Methods", 2009. IRAN-Water Resource Research Journal, Vol.6- No.1, pp 1-14.

Karamouz. M., Fallahi, M., Nazif, S., Rahimi M.," Long Lead Runoff Simulation: Application of Downscaling Techniques", 2010. International Journal of Civil Engineering (in press).

Karamouz. M., Fallahi, M., Nazif, S., "Evaluation of Climate Change Impact on Regional Flood Characteristics", 2010, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology (in press).

Karamouz. M., Fallahi, M., Nazif, S., "Analysis of Spatial Variation of Precipitation Considering Virtual Stations: A Case Study", Proceedings of ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute Conference, New Dehli, India, December 2006.

Karamouz. M., Fallahi, M., Nazif, S., "Flood forecasting using downscaled long- lead precipitation forecast", The Second Korea-Iran Joint Workshop on Climate Modeling, South Korea, Nov 2006.

Karamouz. M., Nazif, S., Fallahi, M., Imen, S.,"Assessment of Uncertainty in flood forecasting using downscaled rainfall data", Proceedings of ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute Conference, Tampa, Florida, USA, 2007.

Karamouz. M., Nazif, S., Imen, S., Fallahi, M., "Evaluation of uncertainties in Downscaling precipitation due to Climate change scenarios", Proceedings of ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute Conference, Hawaii, USA, 2008.

Karamouz. M., Nazif, S., Fallahi, M., Imen, S.,"Rainfall prediction considering the climatic signals using hybrid KNN-ANN model" Proceedings of ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute Conference, Thailand, 2009.

Karamouz. M., Nazif, S., Fallahi, M., " Rainfall Downscaling Using Statistical Downscaling Model and Canonical Correlation Analysis: A Case Study" Proceedings of ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute Conference, Rhode Island, USA, 2010.

 

4. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Iranian Water Resource Association (IWRA)
• Iranian Society of Environmentalists(ISE)
• Institute of Professional Civil Engineers

5. RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Hydrology, and hydro-climate modeling
• Geostatistical Analysis
• Climate Change
• Water Quality Management in River- Reservoir Systems
• New Methods in Optimization and Simulation
• Sustainable Development and Environmental Assessment
• Application of Conflict Resolution and Multiple Criteria Decision Making Techniques in

• Water and Environmental Resources Management and Planning
• River Engineering
• Hydropower Reservoirs