Dr. Ashraf Z. Al-Hamdan

Clinical Associate Professor - Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, CEE

Contact

5000 Technology Drive NW
Olin B. King Technology Hall
Room S238
Huntsville, AL 35899
Campus Map

256.824.6117
ashraf.al-hamdan@uah.edu

Biography

Dr. Al-Hamdan is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002. He has taught several undergraduate and graduate level courses in the areas of geotechnical, structural, and environmental engineering. Prior to joining the faculty of The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Dr. Al-Hamdan worked as a postdoctoral research associate for three years in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. He has been conducting research over the past ten years in the area of environmental and water resources engineering, with an emphasis on the fate and transport of pollutants in aquatic and soil systems, soil-contaminant interaction, water systems modeling, water resources management, and impact of climate change on water quantity and quality.

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2002
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 1997
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 1994

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, College of Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2018.
  • Most Outstanding Professor of The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Award, Alabama Delta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi – The Engineering Honor Society, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2016.
  • Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, College of Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2014.
  • University Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2010, 2018, and 2019.

Expertise

  • Contaminant transport modeling
  • Soli-contaminant interaction
  • Subsurface remediation
  • Risk-based management of emerging wastes and subsurface contaminants
  • Water resources planning and management
  • Climate change effects on water quantity and quality
  • Erosion control

Recent Publications

  • Al-Hamdan, M.Z., Smith, R. A., Hoos, A., Schwarz, G.E., Alexander, R. B., Crosson, W.L., Srikishen, J., Estes, M., Cruise, J., Al-Hamdan, A.Z., Ellenburg, W.L., Flores A., Sanford, W.E., Zell, W., Reitz, M., Miller, M.P., Journey, C.A., Befus, K.M., Swann, R., Herder, T., Sherwood, E., Leverone, J., Shelton, M., Smith, E.T., Anastasiou, C.J., Seachrist, J., Hughes, A., and Graves, D. (2018). “Infusing NASA Remotely-Sensed Data into a Dynamic SPARROW Water Quality Modeling and Decision Support System for the Southeastern United States”, Session: Remote Sensing Applications for Water Resources Management, Including Droughts, Floods and Associated Water Cycle Extremes, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, Washington D.C 2018.
  • Estes, M., Al-Hamdan, A.Z., Ellenburg, W.L., Cruise, J.,, Smith, R. A., Hoos, A., Al-Hamdan, M.Z., and Crosson, W.L. (2018) “Deriving Disturbance Indices and Loading Factors Using Remote Sensing Data and Crop Models to Develop Derived Variables for SPARROW Water Quality Models in the Southeast USA”, Session: Remote Sensing Applications for Water Resources Management, Including Droughts, Floods and Associated Water Cycle Extremes, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, Washington D.C 2018.
  • Preetha, P.P., Al-Hamdan, A. Z, and Anderson, M. (2018). “Assessment of the Impact of Land Cover and Land Use Changes on the Water Quality of Sediments and Nutrients in Cahaba River Basin Using SWAT”, The 9th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2018, The American Academy of Sciences, Houston, Texas, June 25-29, 2018.
  • Al-Hamdan, M.Z., Smith, R. A., Hoos, A., Schwarz, G.E., Alexander, R. B., Crosson, W.L., Srikishen, J., Estes, M., Cruise, J., Al-Hamdan, A.Z., Ellenburg, W.L., Flores A., Sanford, W.E., Zell, W., Reitz, M., Miller, M.P., Journey, C.A., Befus, K.M., Swann, R., Herder, T., Sherwood, E., Leverone, J., Shelton, M., Smith, E.T., Anastasiou, C.J., Seachrist, J., Hughes, A., and Graves, D. (2017). Developing a Dynamic SPARROW Water Quality Decision Support System Using NASA Remotely-Sensed Products, Session: Impacts of Land Surface Dynamics on Water Quality: End-to-End Remote Sensing & Modeling Approach, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Dec 2017.
  • Al-Hamdan, M.Z., Smith, R. A., Hoos, A., Schwarz, G.E., Alexander, R. B., Crosson, W.L., Srikishen, J., Estes, M., Cruise, J., Al-Hamdan, A.Z., Ellenburg, W.L., Flores A., Sanford, W.E., Zell, W., Reitz, M., Miller, M.P., Journey, C.A., Befus, K.M., Swann, R., Herder, T., Sherwood, E., Leverone, J., Shelton, M., Smith, E.T., Anastasiou, C.J., Seachrist, J., Hughes, A., and Graves, D., (2017). Developing a Dynamic SPARROW Water Quality Decision Support System Using NASA Remotely-Sensed Products, Alabama Water Resources Conference, Orange Beach, AL, September 6-8, 2017.
  • Al-Hamdan, A. Z., and Reddy, K. R., (2011). “Modeling of Heavy Metals Transport in High Acid Buffering Soil During Electrokinetic Remediation”, Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers 2011, Dallas, Texas. [Peer-Reviewed]
  • Al-Hamdan, A. Z., and Reddy, K. R., (2008). “Transport and Speciation of Heavy Metals in Soils during Electrokinetic Remediation: Influence of Soil Type and Electric Potential”, Proceedings of the ASCE GeoCongress 2008: Geotechnics of Waste Management and Remediation, New Orleans, Louisiana. [Peer-Reviewed]
  • Gurr, E., Nnadi, F.N, and Al-Hamdan, A. Z., (2006). “City of Kissimmee Monitoring and Modeling Program”, AWRA 2006 Annual Water Resources Conference. November 6 – 9, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Nnadi, F. N., Al-Hamdan, A. Z., and Romah, S. M. (2005). “Side by Side Evaluation of Stormwater Proprietary BMPs”, ASCE/EWRI-World Water & Environmental Resources Congress: Applied Research in Water, Wastewater and Stormwater - Stormwater Issues III, Anchorage, Alaska. [Peer-Reviewed]
  • Nnadi, F. N., Al-Hamdan, A. Z., and Romah, S. M. (2004). “Effectiveness of Stormwater Proprietary BMPs”, Proceedings of the 1st Annual Stromwater Management Research Symposium, Orlando, Florida. [Peer-Reviewed]