{"id":166,"date":"2015-01-29T00:17:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T08:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/hrl\/?p=166"},"modified":"2018-10-27T22:24:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T06:24:32","slug":"alain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/hrl\/alain\/","title":{"rendered":"Alain Dib"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alain<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Email: aedib at ucdavis.edu<\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2017: Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering – Water Resources, University of California, Davis
\n2012: Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
\n2010: Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon<\/p>\n

WORK EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2012 – 2017: Graduate Student Researcher, Hydrologic Research Laboratory, University of California, Davis
\n2009: Intern, Dubai Contracting Company, Dubai, United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n

RESEARCH AREAS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Watershed hydrology modeling
\nStochastic modeling of unsteady open-channel flow
\nModeling effects of climate change on soil carbon<\/p>\n

COMPUTER SKILLS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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
\nComputer Languages: FORTRAN, MATLAB, Excel VBA, Java
\nOffice Software: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
\nOperating Systems: Windows, Linux<\/p>\n

AWARDS & HONORS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2011: Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Syracuse University Chapter
\n2010: Recipient of the Yabroudi & Al-Bitar Fellowship for graduate studies at Syracuse University
\n2010: Valedictorian of the 2010 graduating class at the Lebanese American University
\n2006 – 2010: Member of the Lebanese American University Student Honor Society
\n2006: Recipient of a Lebanese American University merit scholarship for undergraduate studies<\/p>\n

Peer-reviewed Publications<\/strong><\/span>
\nDib, A.<\/strong>, & Kavvas, M. L. (2018). Ensemble Modeling of stochastic unsteady open-channel flow in terms of its time-space evolutionary probability distribution \u2013 Part 1: theoretical development. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(3), 1993-2005. doi:10.5194\/hess-22-1993-2018<\/p>\n

Dib, A.<\/strong>, & Kavvas, M. L. (2018). Ensemble Modeling of stochastic unsteady open-channel flow in terms of its time-space evolutionary probability distribution \u2013 Part 2: numerical application. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(3), 2007-2021. doi:10.5194\/hess-22-2007-2018<\/p>\n

Mure-Ravaud, M., Dib, A.<\/strong>, 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<\/p>\n

Ishida, K., Kavvas, M. L., Chen, Z. Q. R., Dib, A.<\/strong>, 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<\/p>\n

Ishida, K., Ercan, A., Trinh, T., Jang, S., Kavvas, M. L., Ohara, N., Chen, Z. Q., Kure, S., & Dib, A.<\/strong> (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<\/p>\n

Dib, A. E.<\/strong>, 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<\/p>\n

Conference Proceedings<\/strong><\/span>
\nDib, A.<\/strong>, 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<\/p>\n

Dib, A.<\/strong>, 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<\/p>\n

Ceyhan, M. S., Dib, A.<\/strong>, 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<\/p>\n

Dib, A.<\/strong>, & 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<\/p>\n

Dib, A.<\/strong>, 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Alain<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Email: aedib at ucdavis.edu<\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

2017: Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering – Water Resources, University of California, Davis
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