SAADM.ALAYYASH
0777227435, 0797404499
Keywords
CivilEngineer,Rain WaterHarvesting,GeographicInformationSystem(GIS), HydrologicModeling,Storm WaterBest Management Practice (BMP), EnvironmentalPlanning,AridLandHydrology,Waterqualitycontrol,Water Reuse, Research Plans, Technical Reports, PhD DegreeinCivil and Environmental Engineering.
Education
2002Ph.D.in CivilEngineering(WaterResources),Universityof CentralFlorida,Orlando, FL.Researchtopic:"ModelingAridLandHydrologyUsingGIS"
1993M.Sc.in CivilEngineering(WaterResources),JordanUniversityofScienceand Technology, Irbid, Jordan. Thesis title: "Developing water harvesting systems at SafawiareainnorthernJordanBadia"
1989B.Sc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jordan University of Science andTechnology,Irbid,Jordan.
Training Courses
08/97EnvironmentalManagementSystemSeminar(ISO14000),ByQualityManagement Institute–QMI(Canada)andInternational EngineeringManagement Consultants- TEAM(Jordan),Amman,Jordan,25 August.
12/95Hydrological Measurements, By Inter-Islamic Network on Water ResourcesDevelopmentandManagement–INWRDAM,Amman,Jordan,2-7December.
12/03“ReclaimedWater andBiosolid Reuse Technical Study Tour”,the University ofArizona,Tucson,Arizona.
05/04“Numerical 3D GroundwaterFlow and Solute Transport Modeling Using MODFLOW andMT3D”,UNESCO’s IHPNetworkonGroundwater Protectionin theArabRegion,Muscat,Oman.
06/04“International SeminaronWatershedManagement”, theUniversityofWisconsin–StevensPointandtheUSDAForestServicesInternationalProgram,Wisconsin,USA
10/04“Developmentof regional guidelines for wastewater treatment and reuse trainingcourse”,Alal-BaytUniversity,Jordan,
03/06“ImplementationofAnaerobicSewageTreatmentintheMiddleEastwithafocuson Jordanand Egypt:Alow-cost,low-energyalternative”, National Research Centre (NRC),Cairo,Egypt
06/06“ArtificialRechargeofGroundwatertrainingcourse”,RegionalCenterforTraining and WaterStudies(RCTWS),Egypt,UNESCO-IHPand ItalianMinistryof Environment,Cairo,Egypt
WorkExperience:
02/09–nowAl Al-BaytUniversity,Mafraq,Jordan,
1)Assistantprofessor,CivilEngineeringDepts.,FacultyofEngineering,from 05/2012
2)Director,Water, Environment and Arid Region Research Centerfrom 09/2013 – 09/2014
3)Head,CivilandSurveyingEngineeringDepts.,FacultyofEngineering,10/2010–10/2012
4)Director, Consultation,TechnicalServicesandCommunityDevelopment Center,02/2010–10/2010
5)Lecturer, InstituteofArchitectureandIslamicArts,02/2009–09/2010
6)Preparedcurricula for new CivilEngineering andSurveying Engineeringprograms 2010
03/08–02/09WaterResourcesExpert,theHashemiteFundfortheDevelopmentofJordanBadia,Amman,Jordan. DutiescoverworkingonstrategicplanningfortheHashemiteFundworkin theBadia development,managing national projectforfoddercultivationimplemented bythe HashemiteFund.
06/03–02/08VicePresident,HeadofResearchandDevelopment DivisionandProjects Coordinator,JordanBadiaResearchandDevelopmentCenter,Safawi,Jordan. Working inprojects coverthefieldsof watershed management, Reclaimedwater reuseandSustainableDevelopmentofDrylands.Dutiesincludeprojectmanagement andcoordination, writingperiodical andprogressreports,writingproposals and workingondatacollectionandanalysisintheareaofhydrologyfortheseprojects.
10/05–01/06Part-timeLecturer,JordanUniversityofScienceandTechnology, EnvironmentalScienceDept,Irbid,Jordan. Teachingundergraduatecourseinenvironmentaleducation.
02/05–06/05Part-timeLecturer,UniversityofJordan, AppliedandEnvironmentalGeologyDept,Amman,Jordan. DevelopedandtaughtGraduatelevelcourseinRemoteSensing(RS)andGeographicInformationSystem(GIS).
12/02–05/03Post-doctoralFellow,UniversityofCentralFlorida,CivilandEnvironmentalEngineeringDept,Orlando,FL. Writingproposalfor fundintheareaofstormwatermanagementandwaterquality assessmentandworkingwithresearchinstormwatertreatmentoption.
01/98–12/02ResearchandTeaching Assistant,UniversityofCentralFlorida, CivilandEnvironmentalEngineeringDept,Orlando,FL. Developedand taught graduatelevel coursein GeographicalInformation System(CGN 5320),Developed water modeling andmanagementtool withGIS forarid lands of Jordan.Worked in water quality project, such as BMP for storm water treatment, fateandtransport ofairports deicingfluidsandMicroscopic Particulate Analysis,workincludedwatersampling,literaturereviewandreportswriting.
01/94–12/97DirectorAssistant, Jordan Badia Research and Development Program, Safawi,Jordan.Dutiesincluded:runninga technical unit of 12 technical staff withdifferent backgroundsthatarrangesfieldworkanddatacollectionformorethan100 researcher fromnationalandinternationalinstitutes,workingwithresearchesin hydrology andwaterresourcesfield,preparingprogressreportsfor thetechnicalandresearch activities,reviewingproposalsandreportspresentedto theprogramin thewater resourcesfield,working inpreparationoftheprogramresearchplanforthe years1996-2000,representingthePrograminnationalactivities.
06/95–06/96Owner and SeniorEngineer, Quasr Al-Fdayn for EngineeringandArchitecture,Mafraq,Jordan.Runningengineeringfirmthatdesignssmallconcretehousesandpreparethepermit plans and document. Duties were reviewing the building plansand designsand approvethem.
01/90–07/93ResearchandTeachingAssistant,Jordan university ofScienceandTechnology,Irbid,Jordan. Modelingthesurface runoff for aridlands catchments, teachingundergraduate hydraulicandwaterqualitylabsandhelpingin waterresourcesandenvironmental courses.
Publications
Refereed Journals:
R.S. Shatnawi, S.M. AlAyyash and A. Abdellhadi, (2014) “Rainy Season Assessment of Azraq Basin in Eastern Jordan” Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, volume 8, number 1, Maxwell Science Publications, UK.
S.M.AlAyyash, Rida Al-Adamat and Odeh Al-Meshan,(2012) “Application of Geo- informatics inMappingSitesAppropriate fortheCultivation ofForageinJordan'sBadia (Desert)Region”JournalofSurveyingandLandInformationScience(SaLIS),Vol.72No.2, pp.79-85
S.M.AlAyyash,R.Al-Adamat,H.Al-Amoush,O.Al-Meshan,Z.Rawajfih,A.Shdeifat,A. Al-Harahsheh andM.Al-Farajat,,(2012)“RunoffEstimationforSuggestedWaterHarvestingSitesintheNorthernJordanianBadia”JournalofWaterResourceandProtection,Vol.4No.3, pp.127-132.doi:10.4236/jwarp.2012.43015
S.M.AlAyyash,R.Al-Adamat,H.Al-Amoush,O.Al-Meshan,Z.Rawajfih,A.Shdeifat,A. Al-Harahsheh andM.Al-Farajat,(2012),“WaterResourcesManagementatMarabHassan-NE Badia/Jordan”, Asian Journal of Agricultural Sciences,volume 4, number 1, Maxwell SciencePublications,UK.
R.Al-Adamat,S.M.AlAyyash,H.Al-Amoush,O.Al-Meshan,Z.Rawajfih,A.Shdeifat,A. Al-Harahsheh andM.Al-Farajat,(2012)“TheCombination ofIndigenousKnowledgeand Geo-InformaticsforWaterHarvestingSittingin theJordanianBadia”JournalofGeographic InformationSystem,Vol.4No.4,pp.366-376.doi:10.4236/jgis.2012.44042.
Hani Al-Amoush,Rida Al-Adamat, S.M.AlAyyash,Odeh Al-Meshan,Zahir Rawjefih, Akram Shdeifat,Adnan Al-Harahsheh andMohammedAl-Farajat,(2012).“Preliminary Geophysical InvestigationforSuggestedWaterHarvestingSitesintheNorthernJordanian Badia” ResearchJournalofEnvironmentalandEarthSciences,4(5):560-569.
Akram Shdeifat,RidaAl-Adamat, S.M.Al-Ayyash,Adnan Al-Salihi,and Adnan Al- Harahsheh(2011),“TheUseofGISto SelecttheOptimumRoutefor JordanNationalWater Carrier”, International Journal of Information Technology andNetworkApplication (IJITNA),volume1,number2.
Taqieddin S.,A. Al-Homoud, A. Awad andS.Ayyash,(1995) "Geological and hydrological investigationof a watercollection system in arid Jordanianlands", EnvironmentalGeology,volume26,number4,Springer-VerlagGmbH,Berlin,Germany.
Chapter in a book
S.M.AlAyyash,F.N.NnadiandR.S.Shatnawi(2008),“Asurfacewatermanagementtool foraridlandsusingGIS– aJordanBadiacasestudy”,In “Jordan’saridBadia:deepeningour understanding”editors:R.W.DuttonandM.I.Shahbaz,Smith-GordonandCompany,U.K.
R.S.Shatnawi, S.M.AlAyyash,C.R.CratchleyandJ.A.Kay (2008),“Waterresources management forrain-fed agriculture innorth-east BadiaJordan”, In“Jordan’s aridBadia: deepening ourunderstanding” editors:R.W.DuttonandM.I.Shahbaz,Smith-Gordon and Company,U.K.
S.M.AlAyyash, andR.A.Al-Adamat(2001), “WaterHarvestingintheNorth Badia of Jordan”,In “LivingWithWaterScarcity–WaterResourcesintheJordanBadiaRegion,The WayForward”editors:SarwanM.J.Babanand NadhirA.Al-Ansari,Alal-BaytUniversity Publication,Mafraq,Jordan.
Refereed conference proceeding:
S.M.AlAyyash,R.Shatnawi,andR.Al-Tabini(2005),“ReclaimedWaterReuseinJordan– TheBedouinExperience inWadiMousa”, Proceedings of“Promoting Community-driven Conservationand Sustainable Use of Dryland Agrobiodiversity Conference”, ICARDA, Aleppo,Syria,April18-21.
S.M.AlAyyash,andF.N. Nnadi(2001), “Surface WaterManagement inArid Landsof JordanWithGIS Application”, Proceedingsof American WaterResourcesAssociation SummerSpecialtyConference,DecisionSupportSystemsfor WaterResourcesManagement, Snowbird,Utah,Jun27-30.
F.N.NnadiandS.M.AlAyyash, (1999),"Evaluating WaterResourcesinBadiaRegion - JordanDesert", ProceedingsofUniversities Council onWaterResources annualmeeting, Water:WorldLessons,andInternational WaterandResourcesEconomicsConsortium6th Biennialmeeting,Kamuela,Hawaii,June29-July2.
TaqieddinS. and S. AlAyyash,(1993)"Hydrological and Geological Investigation on SurfaceWater Collection System onArid-JordanianLands",Proceedings of33rdScience Week,AleppoUniversity,Aleppo,Syria,6-11November.
Conference proceeding:
S.M.AlAyyash,R.Shatnawi,andA.Al-Kharabsheh (2004),“RainwaterHarvestinginthe NorthernBadiaofJordan”,Proceedingsof “WaterCrisesManagementin Aridregions Workshop”,Balqa’AppliedUniversity,Salt,Jordan,Dec15-16
A. Al-Kharabsheh andS.M.AlAyyash (2004), “Impact of Water Harvesting on Water QuantityandQualityattheCentralPartofJordanValley”,Proceedings of“WaterCrises ManagementinAridregionsWorkshop”,Balqa’AppliedUniversity,Salt,Jordan,Dec15-16
S.M.AlAyyash,andO.Al-Meshan(2003),“Geo-Database ForAridLandsSurfaceWater Simulation”, Proceedings of“TheSecond International Conference onWadiHydrology”, Amman,Jordan,July1-4
Thesis and Report:
AlAyyashS.M.,(2002)“SurfaceWaterManagementToolforAridLandsofJordanUsing GIS”,Ph.D.thesis,CivilEngineering Department,UniversityofCentralFlorida,Orlando, Florida,USA.
AlAyyash S.M.,(1993)"Development ofwaterharvesting systematSafawiareainnorthern JordanBadia",M.Sc.thesis,CivilEngineeringDepartment,Universityof Scienceand Technology,Irbid,Jordan.
ConferencesandWorkshopsPresentations
(2007),“BadiaCenterActivitiesinWaterHarvestingintheBadia”presentedattheScienceDayofEnvironmentandGeologyInstitute– Alal-BaytUniversity,Mafraq,Jordan,May8.
(1997),ScientificResearchanditsRoleinSavingArabicWaterResourcesfromPollutionWorkshop,HigherCouncilforScienceandTechnology–HCST,RoyalScientificSociety–RSSandTheUnionofArabicScientificResearchCouncils,Amman,Jordan,July28-30.
(1996), “Jordan Badia Research andDevelopment Program –Towards SustainableDevelopmentforJordanian Badia”,PresentedinTowards Planningfor Jordan2020Workshop,GreatAmmanMunicipality,Amman,Jordan,May19-21.
(1996), “Jordan Badia Research and Development ProgramandWater Harvesting”, Presentedin EffectofWaterHarvestingon theRangeLandsin theBadiaWorkshop,Jordan SocietyforCombating DesertificationandBadiaDevelopment andUniversity ofJordan/ WaterResearchandStudyCenter,Amman,Jordan,May6.
(1996),Past, Present and Future for Desert in theMiddleEast Conference,Yarmouk University/UNISCOChairforDesertStudiesandCombatingDesertification,Irbid,Jordan, July30,31andAugust1.
(1995), “RainWater Harvesting”,Presented in Environmental Problems in the Northern Badiaand SuggestedSolutionWorkshop,FredrichNaomanOrganizationand Jordan EnvironmentSociety,Safawi,JordanDecember3.
Funded ResearchProjects
Co-PI,“FloodwavePropagationandInfiltrationinDesertRegions:TheAzraqBasin,Jordan”,started2012,fundedbyPEER–USAID.
PI,“Community WaterHarvesting System”,a1yearcommunitybasedproject,startedin2010,fundedby theUSDAJordanEconomicDevelopmentProgram(SABEQ)toevaluate simpletechniqueforwaterharvesting.
Co-PIand ProjectManager,“MiddleEast WatershedMonitoringandEvaluatingProject”, 5 yearsmulti-nationalproject,startedin2001,fundedbytheUSDAandUSStateDepartment, Itstudiedthevariouswatershedmanagementpracticesandmonitoringtechniques.
Project Manager,“SustainableDevelopmentofDrylandsProject inAsia andthe Middle East”,a5 yearsmulti-nationalproject,startedin2003,fundedbyUSAIDthroughthe InternationalAridLandsConsortium(IALC),Universityof Arizona,Theprojectstudiesand evaluatethevariousmethodsofreclaimedwaterandbio-solidreuseand othersustainable activitiesinthefieldofwateranddroughtsinthearidlands.
Co-PI,“SittingCriteriaforWaterHarvestingintheJordanBadia”,3 yearsresearchproject, startedin2010,fundedby theJordanianScientificResearchSupportFundtoinvestigatethe sittingcriteriaforwaterharvesting anddevelopawaterharvesting potentialareasinThe JordanBadia.
Co-PI,“DesertoftheWorldDocumentation”, a1yearmultinationalprojectfundedbythe InternationalAridLandsConsortium(IALC),theprojectwilldocumenttheresourcesofthe aridlandsfortheinvolvedcountriesusingGISenvironment.
Co-PI, “Agro-business andwatereconomic in agriculture”, a2 year project with New MexicoStateUniversity(NMSU)fundedbyUSAIDthroughtheInternational AridLands Consortium(IALC),theprojectaimsintodevelopingbusinessplansforsmallenterprisesin theBadiaandstudytheeconomicfeasibilityofgroundwaterinputintothefarmingbusiness intheBadiaregion.
PI,“Developmentofdemonstrationplantomonitorandevaluatetheuseofbio-solidinthe range landwatersheds”, part of thesustainable Dryland Development project to developafieldscaledemonstrationexperimenttomonitorandevaluatetheuseofbio-solidin thearidlandswatershed.
ProfessionalCommittees
MemberinthenationalcommitteeforrainwaterharvestingattheHashemiteFundfortheBadiaDevelopment,
Memberintheadhoccommitteeforbio-solidreuseattheRoyalScientificSociety(RSS),
MemberintheTechnicalAdvisoryCommitteeforthe“OutreachandTechnologyTransferfortheReclaimedWaterandBio-solidReuseProject”withtheJordanUniversityofScienceandTechnology(JUST),
Member in the international Technical Advisory Committee for the Sustainable DrylandDevelopmentProjectwiththeInternationalAridLandConsortium(IALC),
Member intheAdvisory committee forGreywaterreuse project attheRoyal ScientificSociety(RSS),
OtherProfessionalActivities
Teammember ofspecialtaskforcethatreviewedandupdatedthefirstdraftoftheJordan NationalStrategyandActionPlantoCombatDesertification2006andputitin itsfinal publishedversion.
Lead Authorforthe Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) sub-global assessmentreportfortheBureauof InternationalAssessmentof AgriculturalScienceand TechnologyforDevelopment(IAASTD).TheIAASTDiscomprisedofaglobalassessment andfivesub-globalassessments.TheroleoftheIAASTD-CWANAsub-globalassessmentis toassessthescientific,technicalandsocio-economicliterature,experienceandknowledgeon the CWANAregionwiththeaimofunderstandingthewaysin whichagriculturescienceand technology (AST)canreducehungerandpoverty,improverurallivelihoods andfacilitate equitable,environmentally,sociallyandeconomicallysustainabledevelopment.
Consultantfor JCP Srl Consultant, Italy,aninternational consultant developedAStrategicMasterPlanforPetraRegion2011.
TeachingExperience
Graduate Thesis’,
1)External Examiner for MSc Thesis, “Surface Water Modeling for Humret Es-Sahin Area”, by Maha Al-Hoot, Jordan University, 2005.
2)External Examiner for MSc Thesis, “Introducing the Blue Flag Eco-Label in the Gulf of Aqaba”, by Hotaf Yassien, Jordan Universiy, 2010.
3)External Examiner for MSc Thesis, “Integrated Watershed Management of Al-Qantara Spring in Ajlun”, by Rana Ali Alsabah, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2011.
4)External Examiner for MSc Thesis, “Alternative Financing Mechanisms of Development Projects in The Water Sector - Potentials of Crowdfunding in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Morocco”, by Liesa Sauerhammer, Jordan University, 2011.
5)Co-advisorfor MSc Thesis: “Hydrological study of burqu' dam project”, by Ay’yat Musa Rabi’, Al al-Bayt University, 2008.
6)Co-advisor for MSc Thesis: “Evaluating Water Demand Management in Al-Mafraq Governorate: Options to Meet Growing Demand” by Fatima Ali Bany Khaled, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2012.
Course Tought
Al al-Bayt University, Sep2009 – now:
Civil 241, Statics, Civil 371, Hydrology; Civil 362, Hydraulic; Civil 231, Engineering Geology; Civil 372, Water Resources Engineering; Arch 483, Specifications, Costs and Quantities; Arch 281, Fundamentals of Surveying; Arch 336, Construction Mechanics; Arch 336, Introduction to Structural Design; Arch 232, Building construction 2.
Jordan University of Science and Technology, 1990 - 1993
TeachingAssistantfor:CIV451,SanitaryEngineering; CIV261,MaterialsofConstructionI
Labinstructorfor:CIV 453, Sanitary Engineering Laboratory; CIV 354,FluidMechanicsandHydraulicsLaboratory
University of Central Florida, 1998 - 2002
DevelopedandtaughtCGN5320,GeographicInformationSystem(GIS)graduate course
University of Jordan, 2005
DevelopedandtaughtGraduatelevelcourseinRemoteSensing(RS)andGeographicInformationSystem(GIS)forGeologyDepartment.
Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2005
ES335,EnvironmentalEducation
ProfessionalOrganizations
AmericanSocietyforCivilEngineering(ASCE)
AmericanWaterResourcesAssociation(AWRA)
WaterEnvironmentFederation(WEF)
InternationalWaterAssociation(IWA)
JordanianEngineeringAssociation,JORDAN
JordanianSocietyforCombatingDesertandBadiaDevelopment,JORDAN
ComputerSkills
WaterModels(HEC-HMS,HEC-RAS,SMADA,BasicWMS),
GISSoftware(ArcView,PCArc/Info,Idrisi,basicERDAS),
ComputerProgramming(VisualBasic,Fortran,HTML,ArcViewGISAvenue),
MicrosoftOffice(Excel,Word,PowerPoint,Access),
AutoCAD.
HonorsandScholarships
CollegeofEngineeringHonorlist(1985,1986),
Royalscholarship(1985-1989),
CivilEngineeringDeptFellowship(1990-1993),
FrankHubbardEngineeringScholarship(1999),
UCFAssistantshipEnhancementforAcademicOutstanding(2000),
FESWaldronM.McLellonScholarship(2001).
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