Email: aedib at ucdavis.edu
EDUCATION
2017: Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering – Water Resources, University of California, Davis
2012: Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
2010: Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon
WORK EXPERIENCE
2012 – 2017: Graduate Student Researcher, Hydrologic Research Laboratory, University of California, Davis
2009: Intern, Dubai Contracting Company, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
RESEARCH AREAS
Watershed hydrology modeling
Stochastic modeling of unsteady open-channel flow
Modeling effects of climate change on soil carbon
COMPUTER SKILLS
Engineering Software: Watershed Environmental Hydrology (WEHY) model, ArcGIS, H2OMAP Water, GPS-X, WinTR-55, SGeMS, SAP2000, Robot Millennium, Autodesk Land Desktop, Autodesk Civil 3D, Plaxis, Primavera, AutoCAD, Mathematica
Computer Languages: FORTRAN, MATLAB, Excel VBA, Java
Office Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
AWARDS & HONORS
2011: Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Syracuse University Chapter
2010: Recipient of the Yabroudi & Al-Bitar Fellowship for graduate studies at Syracuse University
2010: Valedictorian of the 2010 graduating class at the Lebanese American University
2006 – 2010: Member of the Lebanese American University Student Honor Society
2006: Recipient of a Lebanese American University merit scholarship for undergraduate studies
Peer-reviewed Publications
Dib, A., & Kavvas, M. L. (2018). Ensemble Modeling of stochastic unsteady open-channel flow in terms of its time-space evolutionary probability distribution – Part 1: theoretical development. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(3), 1993-2005. doi:10.5194/hess-22-1993-2018
Dib, A., & Kavvas, M. L. (2018). Ensemble Modeling of stochastic unsteady open-channel flow in terms of its time-space evolutionary probability distribution – Part 2: numerical application. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(3), 2007-2021. doi:10.5194/hess-22-2007-2018
Mure-Ravaud, M., Dib, A., Kavvas, M. L., & Yegorova, E. (2018). Maximization of the precipitation from tropical cyclones over a target area through physically based storm transposition. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussion, 1-39. doi:10.5194/hess-2017-665
Ishida, K., Kavvas, M. L., Chen, Z. Q. R., Dib, A., Diaz, A. J., Anderson, M. L., & Trinh, T. (2018). Physically based maximum precipitation estimation under future climate change conditions. Hydrological Processes, 32(20), 3188-3201. doi:10.1002/hyp.13253
Ishida, K., Ercan, A., Trinh, T., Jang, S., Kavvas, M. L., Ohara, N., Chen, Z. Q., Kure, S., & Dib, A. (2018). Trend analysis of watershed-scale annual and seasonal precipitation in Northern California based on dynamically downscaled future climate projections. Journal of Water and Climate Change. doi:10.2166/wcc.2018.241
Dib, A. E., Johnson, C. E., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., & Hayhoe, K. (2014). Simulating effects of changing climate and CO2 emissions on soil carbon pools at the Hubbard Brook experimental forest. Global Change Biology, 20(5), 1643-1656. doi:10.1111/gcb.12436
Conference Proceedings
Dib, A., Ishida, K., Kavvas, M. L., Yegorova, E., & Kanney, J. (2018). Reconstruction of a Mesoscale Convective System in the Midwestern United States Using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018 (pp. 216-221). Minneapolis: American Society of Civil Engineers. doi:10.1061/9780784481417.020
Dib, A., Ishida, K., Kavvas, M. L., Ceyhan, M. S., Ohara, N., & Chen, Z. Q. R. (2017). Analysis of Reservoir Operation Under the Uncertainties of Future Projections Based on Fine-Scale Dynamical Downscaling over a Sparsely-Gauged Small Watershed. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2017 (pp. 595-604). Sacramento: American Society of Civil Engineers. doi:10.1061/9780784480618.060
Ceyhan, M. S., Dib, A., Ishida, K., Kavvas, M. L., Ohara, N., & Chen, Z. Q. R. (2017). Effects of Climate Change on the Stream Flows in Upper Middle Fork Feather River Watershed and on the Groundwater Stresses in Sierra Valley Aquifer Based on Long-Term Dynamical Downscaling. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2017 (pp. 572-579). Sacramento: American Society of Civil Engineers. doi:10.1061/9780784480618.057
Dib, A., & Kavvas, M. L. (2017). Ensemble Modeling of Saint-Venant Open-Channel Flow in One Shot under Uncertain Channel Properties. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2017 (pp. 580-587). Sacramento: American Society of Civil Engineers. doi:10.1061/9780784480618.058
Dib, A., Ishida, K., Kavvas, M. L., Jang, S., & Chen, Z. Q. R. (2015). Analysis of Precipitation Using Fine-Scale Dynamical Downscaling over a Sparsely-Gauged Small Watershed. Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015 (pp. 928-936). Austin: American Society of Civil Engineers. doi:10.1061/9780784479162.088