Professional/Adminstrative

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Dr. T has served as Technical Session Organizer, Member, Moderator, Convener, Facilitator and Chair for over 100 national, international conferences, workshops, technical sessions.

  • Co-Convener, Moderator, Recent Advances in the Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling of Extreme Flood Events, April 25, 2023. (Oral (virtual and onsite): 8:30 am – 10:15 am)
  • Co-Convener, Moderator, Recent Advances in the Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling of Extreme Flood Events, April 25, 2023. (Posters (virtual and onsite): 14:00 – 15:45 pm)
  • Co-Convener, Moderator, Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change,  April 25, 2023. (Oral (virtual and onsite): 16:15 pm – 18:00 pm)
  • Co-Convener, Moderator, Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change,  April 25, 2023. (Oral (virtual and onsite): 10:45 am – 12:30 pm)
  • Panelist, Climate change and Adaptation, Water Stress & Management and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the session on Water Stress and Security under Evolving Climate: Emerging Issues and Resolutions, September 12, 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • International Expert, Invited, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE). Government of Kerala, India, June 17, 2022.
  • Member of Technical Committee, International Conference on Water and Environmental Engineering (iCWEE-2022), 2022, Australia. 27-30 November 2022.
  • Member, Advisory Committee, HYDRO2022 International Conference, December 2022. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India.
  • Member, International Scientific Committee, 14th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Izmir, Turkey, May 2022.
  • Co-Convenor, Advances in the hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling and Design for Extreme Floods, EGU, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23-27, May 2022.
  • Chair, technical session, Water-related Disasters and Climate Change, April 6, 2022, Emerging Water Challenges since COVID-19, online Conference, Youth Congress, Conference sponsored by UNESCO and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
  • Chair, technical session, HYDRO2021 International Conference, December 24, 2021.
  • Chair of the technical session, IAHR, Climate Change Sensitive Water Resources Management, Online, July 1, 2021.
  • Co-Convener, Emerging Approaches: Hydrologic-Hydraulics Modeling for Urban Floods and Thresholds in Hydrology, EGU, General Assembly, 19-30 April 2021, Conference.
  • Programme Committee Member, IEEE TALE 2020: Embarking on a New Era of Learning with Transformative Technologies. December 8-11, 2020, Takamatsu, Japan.
  • International Scientific Committee member, 14th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, September 2020, Turkey. Canceled due to Covid19.
  • Panel Member, Sustainable Water Resources Management under Climate Change, VBio-system engineering workshop – web 5.0 – Knowledge Hub in environmental management, November 5, 2019, UFF, Brazil.
  • Organizer and co-moderator (co-chair) of a session on Robust, Climate-Change Sensitive and Adaptive Water Resources Management, IAHR 2019, Panama. September 3, 2019.
  • Moderator(Chair) of a session on Water Management and Hydro-Informatics: Computational Hydrodynamics and Hydrology, Sept 5, 2019. IAHR 2019, Panama.
  • International Technical Committee Member, Conference on Water Security and Management (WSM 2020), Tokyo, Japan, May 30-June 2, 2020.
  • Expert Panel Member, Advancing new methods for the treatment of climate change and extreme events, May 22, 2019. EWRI International Conference.
  • Moderator of a session on: Statistical Modeling and Risk of Nonstationary Extreme Floods and Sea Levels, EWRI International Conference, May 23, 2019.
  • Organizer and Moderator of a session on: Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change – I, Hydroclimate Symposium, ASCE-EWRI International Conference, May 22, 2019.
  • Organizer and Moderator of a session on: Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change – II, Hydroclimate Symposium, ASCE-EWRI International Conference, May 22, 2019.
  • Organizer and Moderator of a session on: Hydroanalytics: Methods for Investigating Hydrological Data, ASCE-EWRI International Conference, May 23, 2019.
  • International Technical Committee Member, Water Security and Management (WSM 2019) Conference, Guilin, China, June 27-29, 2019.
  • KGC-2019, International Conference on Sustainable Development, 18-20 December 2019. International Advisory Committee Member.
  • Co-organizer, Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management Under Climate Change Workshop/Short Course, IAHR 2019 Panama. To be organized.
  • Co-organizer, Session on Robust, Climate-Change Sensitive and Adaptive Water Resources Management, IAHR 2019 Panama. To be moderated.
  • Member, International Scientific Committee for IWA YWP Technoscape 2020. The First Trans-Asia Conference on Smart Technologies for Waste Water Treatment, December 16-19, 2020.
  • Co-Chair, Session on Innovation in Conservation Practices, ASABE/ISAE Global Water Security Conference, Hyderabad, India, Oct 3-Oct 6, 2018.
  • Member, Program Committee, IEEE TALE (Teaching Assessment and Learning for Engineering) Conference, Wollongong, Australia. 2018.
  • Member, International Scientific Advisory Committee, IAHR World Congress 2019, Panama City, Panama.
  • Co-Organizer and co-moderator of special session on Time Series Analysis for Climate Change Detection, Special session # 16, International Conference on Hydroinformatics, HIC2018, Palermo, 2018. July 3, 2018.
  • Organizer (only), Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change, EWRI International Conference, June 2018.
  • Organizer (only), Hydroanalytics: Methods for Investigating Hydrologic Data for Predictions, Patterns and Anomalies, EWRI International Conference, June 2018. Not moderated.
  • Organizer and Moderator of a session on: Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change – I, Hydroclimate Symposium, ASCE-EWRI International Conference, May 2017.
  • Organizer of a session on: Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change – II, Watershed track, ASCE-EWRI International Conference, May 2017.
  • Moderator, Session on: Risk, Uncertainty & Probabilistic Approaches Symposium: Advances in Hydrologic Data Assimilation and Uncertainty Analysis, EWRI International Conference, May 23, 2017.
  • Member, Technical Advisory Committee, 1st International Conference on Water and Environmental Engineering (iCWEE 2017), 20-22, November, Sydney, Australia, 2017.
  • Co-organizer (or part of the organizing team) for Special Session: Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management under Climate Change, IAHR 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • International Technical Committee Member, Weather Radar and Hydrology (WRaH) 2017. April 2017. Hana Square of the Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
  • Moderator, Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change-II, EWRI 2016, West Palm Beach, May 23, 2016.
  • Moderator, Trends and Variations in Hydroclimatic Variables: Links to Climate Variability and Change-I, EWRI 2016, West Palm Beach, May 25, 2016.
  • Co-Convener, Hydroanalytics: Data-based Methods for Descriptive and Prescriptive Modeling in Hydrology, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 2015. Merged with another session.
  • Co-Convener, Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP): Issues, Methods and Applications, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 2015. Merged with another session.
  • Convener and Moderator, Trends in Hydroclimatic Variables and their Links to Climate Variability and Change – I, EWRI Water Congress, ASCE, Austin, Texas, May 21, 2015.
  • Convener and Moderator, Trends in Hydroclimatic Variables and their Links to Climate Variability and Change – II, EWRI Water Congress, ASCE, Austin, Texas, May 21, 2015.
  • Co-Convener and moderator, one-day workshop on South Florida Water Resources: Observations, Modeling and Management in the Context of Regional Environmental Change, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, May 12, 2015.
  • Co-Chair, Session, Adaptation to Global Changes in Water Resources Management, IAHR Congress, Hague, June 2015.
  • Technical Committee Program Member, 2015 International Conference on Water Resource and Environment (WRE2015), July 2015. Beijing, China.
  • Moderator, two sessions, South Florida Water Resources Workshop: Observations, Modeling and Management in the Context of Regional Environmental Changes, March 12, 2015. Florida Atlantic University.
  • General Co-Chair, Weather Radar and Hydrology (WRaH) International Symposium, April Washington, D.C.
  • Moderator, Hydrologic Modeling, Weather Radar and Hydrology International Symposium, April 7, 2014, Washington D.C.
  • Convener, Radar-Based Precipitation Data for Hydrologic Modeling and Design: Emerging Issues, Methodologies and AGU Fall Meeting, December 2013.
  • Convener, Best Practices in Model Verification and Uncertainty Analysis across Earth’s Dynamic Systems, AGU Fall Meeting, and December Two oral sessions and one poster session.
  • Moderator, Rainfall Data Analysis Session. ASCE-EWRI World Water Resources and Environmental Congress, May 22, 2013. Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Convener and Chair Use of Radar-Based Precipitation Data for Hydrologic Modeling: Emerging Issues, Methodologies, Concepts and Applications, AGU Fall Meeting, 2012.
  • Chair and Convener, Advances in Uncertainty Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis Methods for Hydrological Modeling, AGU Fall Meeting, 2012. Oral Session.
  • Convener, Advances in Uncertainty Assessment and Sensitivity Analysis Methods for Hydrological Modeling, AGU Fall Meeting, 2012. Poster Session.
  • Panel member, Climate Change Research Needs in Water Resources Management, EWRI-ASCE Conference, 2012. Albuquerque.
  • Steering Committee Member, Hydrology of the Everglades in the Context of Climate Change USGS, CES, Sea Grant Sponsored Workshop March 29 & 30, 2012, Florida Atlantic University.
  • Convener, Theory and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Hydrometeorology, American Meteorological Society Conference, January 2012 (not attended).
  • Convener, H41G. High-Resolution Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimation and Evaluation: Recent Advances and User Perspectives I Posters, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2011.
  • Convener, H34D. Uncertainty Assessment, Optimization, and Sensitivity Analysis in Integrated Hydrologic Modeling as Applications of HydroInformatics III, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2011.
  • Chair/Moderator, Uncertainty Assessment Methods in Hydrologic Modeling Session, ASCE, EWRI, World Water Congress, 2011.
  • Chair/Moderator, Uncertainty Assessment Methods in Hydrologic Modeling Session, ASCE, EWRI, World Water Congress, 2011.
  • Chair/Moderator, NEXRAD Rain Data Application, ASCE, EWRI, World Water Congress, 2011.
  • Convener, H32B. Changing Dynamics of Complex Eco-hydrological Systems I AGU Fall Meeting, 2010, San Francisco.
  • Convener, H21F. Uncertainty Analysis Approaches in Hydrologic Modeling II Posters AGU Fall Meeting, 2010, San Francisco.
  • Convener and Chair, H12C. Precipitation Measurement, Validation, and Applications: From Watershed to Global Scales II AGU Fall Meeting, 2010, San Francisco.
  • Convener and Chair, H21E. Precipitation Measurement, Validation, and Applications: From Watershed to Global Scales III Posters. AGU Fall Meeting, 2010, San Francisco.
  • Convener and Chair, H14E. Uncertainty Analysis Approaches in Hydrologic Modeling I, AGU Fall Meeting, 2010, San Francisco.
  • Scientific Advisory Committee Member, HydroPredict, Prague, 2010.
  • Moderator, Approaches for Decision Making under Uncertainty, ASCE/EWRI World Water Congress, 2010
  • Moderator, NEXRAD Rainfall Data Applications in Hydrology, ASCE/EWRI, World Water Congress, 2010
  • Moderator, Hydrologic Model Structures and Formulations: Uncertainty Assessments, ASCE/EWRI World Water Congress, 2010.
  • Chair, Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE/EWRI International Conference on Water Resources, January 5, 2010.
  • Chair, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling, ASCE/EWRI International Conference on Water Resources, January 6, 2010.
  • Convener & Chair, Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface and Hydrological Modeling, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2009, Oral Session
  • Convener, Precipitation Processes and Observations for Atmospheric, Land Surface and Hydrological Modeling, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2009, Poster Session.
  • Convener, Computational Paradigms and Emerging Issues in Hydrologic Modeling and Hydrosystems Management, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2009. Oral Session.
  • Convener & Chair, Computational Paradigms and Emerging Issues in Hydrologic Modeling and Hydrosystems Management, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2009. Poster Session.
  • Convener, Uncertainty Analysis Approaches in Hydrologic Modeling, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2009. Oral Session.
  • Convener, Uncertainty Analysis Approaches in Hydrologic Modeling, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2009. Poster Session.
  • Committee, Member, Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), HYDRO-PREDICT, 2010, September, Prague.
  • Moderator, NEXRAD Data Analysis and Application session, ASCE/EWRI International Conference, Kansas City, 2009.
  • Moderator, Hydrologic Monitoring Network session, ASCE/EWRI International Conference, Kansas City, 2009.
  • Conference Technical Chair, Water Resources Area ASCE/EWRI International Conference on Water Resources, January
  • Faculty Learning Communities (FLC), Facilitator, Inquiry Based Learning in Class Room Teaching, Florida Atlantic University, 2009-2010.
  • Task Committee, Vice-Chair, Uncertainty Modeling Approaches in Hydrology, Surface Water Hydrology Technical Committee (SWHTC), ASCE, 2008, 2009.
  • Task Committee Co-Chair, Manual of Standard Practice of Radar Rainfall Data Sets, Surface Water Hydrology Technical Committee (SWHTC), ASCE, 2008, 2009.
  • Convener, Use of Rain Gage-Radar (NEXRAD) Rainfall Data Relationships for Hydrologic Modeling and Water Resources Management: Emerging Issues, Concepts and Applications, AGU Fall Meeting, 2008, 2009.
  • Convener, Artificial Intelligence for Hydrological modeling and Hydrosystems Management, AGU Fall Meeting, 2008.
  • Task Committee Member, Statistical Distributions in Hydrology, Surface Water Hydrology Technical Committee, ASCE, 2008.
  • Task Committee Member, NWS-WSR88D NEXRAD Committee, ASCE, 2008.
  • Technical Committee Member, Surface Water Hydrology Technical Committee, ASCE, 2008.
  • Chair for the session: Ecohydrology: Ecohydrological Modeling, September 14, 2008, Hydro-Predict International Conference, 2008, Prague.
  • Chair for the session: Linking Atmospheric and Hydrological Processes, Hydro-Predict International Conference, 2008, Prague September 16, 2008.
  • Convener & Chair for the Session: Weather and Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and the Environment, American Geophysical Union, Joint Assembly, 27-30 May 2008, Fort Lauderdale, USA. Oral Session, H51B.
  • Convener & Chair for the Session: Weather and Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and the Environment, American Geophysical Union, Joint Assembly, 27-30 May 2008, Fort Lauderdale, USA. Poster Session: H43C.
  • Chair for the Session: Radar/NEXRAD Rainfall Data Applications in Hydrology. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008 May 13-16, 2008 Honolulu, Hawaii, Oral session.
  • Convener and Chair for the Session: Information Infrastructure, Soft Computing and Knowledge Discovery Methods for Monitoring, Modeling and Data Management in Hydrology, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2007, December 10-14th, 2007, California, USA, oral session.
  • Convener and Chair for the Session: Information Infrastructure, Soft Computing and Knowledge Discovery Methods for Monitoring, Modeling and Data Management in Hydrology, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2007, December 10-14th, 2007, California, USA, poster session.
  • Convener and Chair for the Session: Rain Gage- Radar (NEXRAD) Rainfall Data Relationships: Emerging Data Quality Issues, Concepts and Applications for Hydrologic Modeling, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2007, December 10-14th, 2007, California, USA, Oral session.
  • Convener and Chair for the Session: Rain Gage- Radar (NEXRAD) Rainfall Data Relationships: Emerging Data Quality Issues, Concepts and Applications for Hydrologic Modeling, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2007, December 10-14th, 2007, California, USA, Poster session.
  • Committee Member, Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), HYDRO-PREDICT, 2008, 15-18 September, Prague.
  • Moderator, for two sessions, Ninth Water Information Summit; Water Information Dissemination- (WIS-9) for two sessions. June 5-7, 2007.
  • Convener and Chair for the Session: Soft Computing Tools for Hydrologic Modeling, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2006, December 11th, 2006, California, USA.
  • Convener and Chair for the Session: Soft Computing Tools for Hydrologic Modeling-I, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2005, December 9th, 2005, California, USA.
  • Convener and Chair for the Session: Soft Computing Tools for Hydrologic Modeling-II, Poster Session, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting 2005, December 9th, 2005, California, USA.
  • Chair, for the Session: Water Resources Risk Management, International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management, April 9-12th, 2000, University of California, Davis, California, USA.

 Academic and Administrative Search Committees

  • Member, Graduate Committee, College of Engineering and Computer Science, FAU.
    • Assisted in the development of Ph.D. degree requirements.
    • Assisted the committee in developing several guidelines for graduate student admission requirements.
    • Developed guidelines poster presentation evaluation criteria for college level graduate student poster presentation awards.
  • Chair, Graduate Program Committee (GPC) & Graduate Program Director, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, FAU.
    • Designed and developed the graduate thesis announcement template.
  • Member, University Research Committee (URC), 2017- 2018
    • Evaluation/selection of Researcher of the Year, Scholar of the Year award applications/awards, 2018.
    • Evaluation/selection of sabbatical applications/awards.
  • Member, Sustainable Performance Evaluation (SPE) Ad Hoc committee, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. 2016.
  • Chair, Research Committee, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, 2016-2018.
    • Represented COECS at the university research committee
    • Coordinated the selection of Researcher and Scholar of the Year Awards
  • Member, Research Committee, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, 2016-2018.
    • Evaluate Researcher of the year, Scholar of the year award applications
  • Member, Graduate Committee, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, 2012-2015.
  • Chair and Member, Resource Committee, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, FAU, 2013-till date.
    • Created electronic (fillable) travel support request form and equipment funding support form.
    • Created electronic (fillable) travel authorization request (TAR) form for the department.
    • Evaluated and approved over 30 travel support requests from the faculty members.
  • Member, Search Committee (Environmental Engineering Faculty Position), Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, FAU, 2019.
  • Member, Civil Engineering Chair Search (Interim) Committee, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, FAU, 2013.
  • Member, Dean Search Committee, College of Engineering and Computer Science, FAU, 2012-2013.
  • Member, Interim Dean Search Committee, College of Engineering and Computer Science, FAU, 2011.
  • Member, Search Committee for Faculty, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, 2009.
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