Present | Endowed Professor, Prairie View A&M University ‐ College of Agriculture & Human Sciences | |
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2013 - 2020 | Professor of Water Security, Prairie View A&M University ‐ College of Agriculture & Human Sciences | |
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2009 - 2013 | Affiliated faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ Water Resources Research Center and Center for Teaching Excellence. | |
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2008 - 2013 | Cooperating Graduate Faculty, University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ Civil and Environ. Engineering; Biological Engineering Program; Geology and Geophysics | |
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2004 - 2013 | Professor of Watershed Hydrology, University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ NREM-CTAHR | |
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2005 - 2009 | Associate Professor of Watershed Hydrology, University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ NREM-CTAHR | |
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2002 - 2005 | Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology, University of Hawaii at Manoa ‐ NREM-CTAHR | |
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2002 - 2002 | Adjunct Faculty, Warner Southern College, Lake Wales, FL. | |
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2001 - 2002 | Research Associate, University of Florida | |
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2000 - 2000 | Research Scientist, Sentek, Pty, Ltd., Adelaide, South Australia | |
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1996 - 1999 | Research Associate, University of Florida | |
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1991 - 1996 | Graduate Research Assistant, University of Florida | |
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1984 - 1987 | Agricultural Engineer, Ministry of Agriculture, Tunis, Tunisia ‐ Agricultural Engineering | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
(1) Water, Food and Energy Security, (2) Water Food Energy Nexus, (3) Water Allocation, (4) Sustainable Water Resources Management Climate change effects on watershed hydrology, (5) Adaptation to and Mitigation of Extreme Hydrological Events (Flood and Drought), and (6) Numerical Modeling at multi spatial and temporal scales (Watershed, field, and other relevant scales).
Grants
2021 - 2024 | GetAgSmart: Building Capacity in Smart Agricultural Technologies for Underserved Communities. |
USDA NIFA | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): R.Awal; A. Ahmad; R.L, Ray | |
$750,000 | |
2019 - 2023 | Reuse Water Quality Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates |
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture | |
USDA Undergraduate Research and Extension Experiential Learning Fellowships | |
Colleague(s): Jantrania, A., A. Fares, P. Smith, T. Gentry, R. Awal, and R. Gerlich | |
$475,591 | |
2018 - 2023 | Food Security, Agriculture, Climate and Environmental Sciences Center for Research. Texas A&M University System Chancellor Research Initiative |
Food Security, Agriculture, Climate and Environmental Sciences Center for Research | |
Colleague(s): Myers, D., A. Fares, G.R. Newton, G. Osuji, R. Awal, and A. Parks. | |
$5,300,000 | |
2018 - 2023 | Graduate education: Reducing Energy Barriers for Novel Water |
INFEWS Project | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Charles J Werth (PI), A. Fares (Co-PI) | |
$3,020,324 | |
2019 - 2022 | An Integrated Approach to Study and Disseminate the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Water Quality |
USDA NIFA | |
Role: CO PI | |
Colleague(s): R.Awal; R.L, Ray | |
2019 - 2022 | Management of Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environment using Innovative Approaches |
USDA NIFA | |
Role: CO PI | |
Colleague(s): R. Awal | |
$1,555,764 | |
2019 - 2022 | Research on High Pressure Combustion in Microgravity. |
Research on High Pressure Combustion in Microgravity. | |
Role: CO PI | |
Colleague(s): Ziaul H; Y. Xu | |
$2,999,568 | |
2017 - 2022 | Real-time site specific irrigation scheduling tools for agricultural crops and urban landscape in Texas using mobile web app |
USDA NIFA | |
Role: CO PI | |
Colleague(s): R. Awal | |
$591,622 | |
2016 - 2019 | Scaling Micro-irrigation Technologies to Address the Global Water Challenge, PVAMU. |
USDA NIFA | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): R.Awal; R.L, Ray | |
$100,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2021 - 2023 | Author of the Southern Great Plains chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assess, Author | 2021 - 2021 | Chair of the 2021 Soil Science Society of America Graduate Student Committee, Chair | 2021 | Affiliate Member, the Department of the Interior South Central Climate Adaptatio, Affiliate Member | 2021 | Member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Standing Committee, Consortium of, Member of Diversity | 2018 - 2019 | Member of the APLU-Board on Natural Resources-Working on Group Forest Heath, Member of the APLU-Board | 2015 | Member of the Diversity Catalyst Committee of the Experiment Station Committee, Member of Diversity |
Honors and Awards
- The 2021 Fellow of the Soil Science Society of American (SSSA) Award (aka Hall of Fame Award)
- The 2020 Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy Award (aka Hall of Fame award)
- Endowed Professor of Water Security and Water Energy and Food Nexus, CAHS-Prairie View A&M University. Sep 2020.
- The National Water and Energy Conservation Award of the Irrigation Association for the USDA-NIFA Multistate Project W-3128, “Scaling Micro-irrigation Technologies to Address the Global Water Challenge.” Orlando, Florida, November 9, 2017
- The National Water and Energy Conservation Award of the Irrigation Association for the USDA-NIFA Multistate Project W-3128, “Scaling Micro-irrigation Technologies to Address the Global Water Challenge.” Orlando, Florida, November 9, 2017
- The 2016 Most Read Peer-Reviewed Article for the International Water Association Journal of Water and Climate Change article: "Irrigation water requirements for seed corn and coffee under potential climate change scenarios."
- Excellence in Research Award of the Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors Excellence. Lake Tahoe, CA July 10, 2014.
- Excellence in Multistate Research Award from the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP), the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU). APLU Annual Meeting, Orlando, Fla. Nov. 3, 2014
- University of Hawaii Team of the Year Award (2012). This Award an acknowledgment of the exceptional and superior performance NREM-Department.
- 2010, 2011 Essay/Video Contest: Student and their Faculty Representative Award. Irrigation Foundation at the Irrigation Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA November 2010.
- Best and Most Meritorious Paper in the Citrus Section Award of the 2004 Florida State Horticulture Society Annual Meeting, Orlando, Fla, June 6-8 2004.
- 2002 Outstanding Academic Service Recognition, Keiser University, Lakeland-Florida Campus.
- Student Award, Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society of Agriculture, 1995
- Student Scholarship, Tunisian Minister of Agriculture, 1980-1984.
Courses
- Smart Agriculture
- Crop Modeling; Nitrogen Cycle and CO2 Emission
- Irrigation Management System Model (IManSys)
- Introduction to Water Food Energy Nexus
- Fundamentals of Agricultural Engineering
1996 | Ph.D., The University of Florida ‐ Hydrologic Science Cluster | |
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1990 | M.S., The University of Florida ‐ Agronomy/ Computer Science | |
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1984 | B.S., College of Horticultural Engineering Sousse, Tunisia. | |
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Links
Contact Information
P. O. Box 519, Mail Stop 2800, Prairie View, TX 77446
Phone: +1 936-261-5095
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