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Mojtaba Ardestani

Mojtaba Ardestani

Irvine,CA

Summary

Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Moulton Water District position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

University Professor

University of Tehran
03.1994 - 03.2022
  • Teaching and research in the School of Environment, College of Engineering
  • Served on university committees, advocating for faculty interests and promoting academic excellence across all disciplines.
  • Developed semester outlines and instructional plans for each class session to comply with stated course objectives.
  • Designed and implemented various educational activities and programs to meet student needs.
  • Guided students in researching, structuring and presenting debate case.
  • Created syllabus and instructional plans for each class session in accord with stated course objectives.
  • Assessed students' progress and provided feedback to enhance learning.
  • Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.
  • Researched and selected course texts and supplemental learning materials.
  • Worked with dean to assess and evaluate courses and programs in appropriate discipline.

Dean

University of Tehran
08.2014 - 08.2021
  • Dean of the School of Environment, College of Engineering
  • Served as an advocate for departmental needs by effectively communicating with upper-level administration, securing resources necessary for continuous growth and improvement.
  • Implemented initiatives to drive curriculum quality and target learning outcomes.
  • Boosted program rankings through strategic marketing initiatives, showcasing the department''s strengths to prospective students and stakeholders.
  • Enhanced department performance by implementing innovative teaching strategies and curriculum development methods.
  • Recruited, hired and trained academic faculty and staff members.
  • Coordinated interdisciplinary events such as conferences or guest lectures that showcased the expertise of both internal and external scholars.
  • Collaborated with faculty, staff and students to identify and address institutional challenges.
  • Guided and supported faculty and staff in development of new programs.

Dean

Department of Environment
01.2000 - 01.2006
  • Dean of the School of Environment affiliated to the Department of Environment IRI

General Manager

Environmental Management Support Project
01.2000 - 01.2003
  • General Manager of the Environmental Management Support Project funded by the World Bank

Director General

Ministry of Energy
01.1999 - 01.2000
  • Director General of Applied Research and Technology

Technical Consultant

World Bank Project
01.1996 - 01.1999
  • Technical Consultant to the World Bank Project in the Ministry of Energy

Technical Consultant

National Petrochemical Company of Iran
01.1994 - 01.1996
  • Technical Consultant to HSEQ in the National Petrochemical Company of Iran

Adjoint Faculty

University of Arizona
05.1994 - 03.1995
  • Teaching position in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department

Research Assistant

University of Arizona
08.1990 - 08.1993
  • Research Assistant in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Arizonz
  • Maintained open lines of communication with project leads and team members for effective collaboration on common goals.
  • Contributed to the publication of research articles in peer-reviewed journals, showcasing expertise in various topics.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop innovative research methodologies and strategies.
  • Developed research protocols and procedures to produce accurate results.
  • Utilized advanced analytical software to analyze data sets.

Teaching Position

University of Kentucky
08.1989 - 08.1990
  • Lab Teaching position for undergraduate and Graduate Students
  • Contributed to curriculum development by suggesting new experiments or improvements to existing procedures.
  • Promoted active learning through hands-on laboratory experiences that reinforced theoretical concepts taught in lectures.
  • Managed inventory of lab supplies and equipment, ensuring availability for planned activities and reducing downtime.
  • Expanded practical knowledge by attending workshops on teaching methods and laboratory best practices.
  • Coordinated scheduling of laboratory sections with other Teaching Assistants to ensure efficient use of resources and facilities.
  • Enhanced student understanding of lab concepts by demonstrating experiments and providing clear explanations.
  • Evaluated student work with fairness and consistency, offering constructive feedback to promote growth.
  • Improved lab safety by conducting thorough equipment inspections and implementing proper protocols.
  • Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals, and objectives.
  • Completed daily reports on attendance and disciplinary performance.
  • Built and maintained professional relationships with students and faculty members.

Education

Ph.D. - Civil and Environmental Engineering (Water Resources Engineering)

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
01.1994

M.S. - Civil and Environmental Engineering (Water Resources Engineering)

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
01.1989

B.S. - Agricultural Engineering (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering)

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
01.1987

Skills

  • Ability to work with high quality and well developed models such as HEC1, HEC2, HEC6, TR20, TR55, KONIKO, MODFLOW, MT3D, VISUAL MODFLOW, GRAPHIC G W, SMS, GMS, SEDIMATE II, KYPIPE, KYSURGE, Water net, WASP, etc
  • Mentoring abilities
  • Schedule Management
  • Curriculum Development
  • Project Management
  • Workshops and Seminars

Courses Taught

  • Water Distribution Network Modeling
  • Computer Application in Environment
  • Hydrology
  • Advance Hydrology
  • Open Channel Hydraulic
  • Ground Water Hydraulic
  • Surface and Ground Water Pollution Modeling
  • Stream Sediment Transport
  • Advance Surface Water Hydraulic
  • Storm Water Modeling
  • Water Resources Development and Management
  • Floodplain and Urban Flood Management

Teachingarea

  • Water Resources
  • Hydrology
  • Hydraulics
  • Open Channel Hydraulic
  • Stream Sediment Transport
  • Urban Storm Water Engineering
  • Storm Water Modeling
  • Surface and Ground Water Pollution Modeling
  • Water Resources Planning and Management
  • Floodplain Management
  • Computer Application in Environmental Engineering
  • Water Distribution Network
  • Water Transfer Pipeline Design
  • Environmental Impact Assessment of Water Projects

Researchareas

  • Hydrologic Modeling of Surface Waters
  • Hydraulic Modeling of Open Channel Flow
  • Sediment Transport Modeling
  • Ground Water Pollution Modeling
  • Urban Storm Water Management
  • Policy and Regulation Development
  • Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
  • Site Selection for Water Projects
  • Surface Water Pollution Monitoring and Modeling
  • Site Selection for Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring
  • Storm Water Modeling
  • Pipe Network Design and Modeling
  • Pipe Network Hydraulic Analysis

Researchpapers

  • A new index for assessing heavy metals contamination in sediments: a case study, Ecological indicators, 58, 365-373, javascript:void(0)
  • A game theoretic approach for inter basin water resources allocation considering the water quality issues, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 167 (1-4), 527-544, javascript:void(0)
  • Application of cooperative and non-cooperative games in large-scale water quantity and quality management: a case study, Environmental monitoring and assessment, 172 (1-4), 157-169, javascript:void(0)
  • Investigation of trihalomethanes formation potential in Karoon River water, Iran, Environmental monitoring and assessment, 178 (1-4), 63-71, javascript:void(0)
  • Environmental damage costs in Iran by the energy sector, Energy Policy, 35 (9), 4413-4423, javascript:void(0)
  • Development and application of reduced‐order neural network model based on proper orthogonal decomposition for BOD 5 monitoring: Active and online prediction, Environmental progress & sustainable energy, 32 (1), 120-127, javascript:void(0)
  • Active and online prediction of BOD5 in river systems using reduced-order support vector machine, Environmental Earth Sciences, 67 (1), 141-149, javascript:void(0)
  • Water quality assessment of Gheshlagh river using water quality indices, Environmental sciences, 6 (4), 19-28, javascript:void(0)
  • Fractionation of heavy metals in sediments and assessment of their availability risk: A case study in the northwestern of Persian Gulf, Marine pollution bulletin, 114 (2), 881-887, javascript:void(0)
  • Soil washing of chromium-and cadmium-contaminated sludge using acids and ethylenediaminetetra acetic acid chelating agent, Environmental technology, 37 (1), 145-151, javascript:void(0)
  • Surface water quality management using an integrated discharge permit and the reclaimed water market, Water Science and Technology, 70 (5), 917-924, javascript:void(0)
  • A quantity-quality model for inter-basin water transfer system using game theoretic and virtual water approaches, Water resources management, 29 (13), 4573-4588, javascript:void(0)
  • Flocculation of Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn during Estuarine Mixing (Caspian Sea), International Journal of Environmental Research, 7 (4), 917-924, javascript:void(0)
  • Association of trace metals with various sedimentary phases in dam reservoirs, International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, 8 (4), 841-852, javascript:void(0)
  • Multi-objective Waste Load Allocation in River System by MOPSO Algorithm, International Journal of Environmental Research, 9 (1), 69-76, javascript:void(0)
  • Determination of air pollution monitoring stations, Int. J. Environ. Res, 2 (3), 313-318, javascript:void(0)
  • A seasonal waste load allocation policy in an integrated discharge permit and reclaimed water market, Water Policy, 18 (1), 235-250, javascript:void(0)
  • Enhancement of surface water quality using trading discharge permits and artificial aeration, Environmental earth sciences, 74 (9), 6613-6623, javascript:void(0)
  • Upgrading wastewater treatment plants based on reuse demand, technical and environmental policies (a case study), Environmental Energy and Economic Research, 1, 101-112, javascript:void(0)
  • Assessment of Gheshlagh river water quality using water quality indices, Environ Sci, 6 (4), 19-28, javascript:void(0)
  • Management of unregulated agricultural nonpoint sources through water quality trading market, Water Science and Technology, 74 (9), 2162-2176, javascript:void(0)
  • Contamination of ground water in heavy metals concentration of Tabriz industrial zone, J. appl. Sci, 6, 1652-1658, javascript:void(0)
  • Environmentally compatible energy resource production—consumption pattern (case study: Iran), Environment, development and sustainability, 11 (2), 277-291, javascript:void(0)
  • Simulation of wind field in Tehran using hybrid diagnostic and prognostic models, American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 4 (5), 512, javascript:void(0)
  • Fuels Price Structuring; A Tool for Integration of Environmental Concerns into Energy Sector, Int. J. Environ. Res, 1 (4), 358-367, javascript:void(0)
  • Role of estuarine natural flocculation process in removal of Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn, Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 3 (2), 187, javascript:void(0)
  • Wastewater reuse, an opportunity to expand nitrogen discharge permit markets, 211-227, (1) 42 Environmental Studies, javascript:void(0)
  • Finite Analytic Methods for Simulation of Advection-Dominated and Pure Advection Solute Transport with Reaction in Porous Media, International Journal of Environmental Research, 9 (1), 197-204, javascript:void(0)
  • Assessment of mineralogical composition and heavy metal pollution in the surface sediment of North West Persian Gulf, International Journal of Environmental Research, 8 (4), 1067-1074, javascript:void(0)
  • Groundwater quantity and quality management: a case study of Kashan aquifer, central Iran, Impacts of Global Climate Change, 1-10, javascript:void(0)
  • Operation-based uncertainties in river waste load allocation and their impacts on controlling discharges, Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 35 (1-4), 223-240, javascript:void(0)
  • Sea surface temperature and salinity reconstruction from geochemical tracers of a massive coral in the Persian Gulf, International Journal of Environmental Research, 8 (4), 1135-1144, javascript:void(0)
  • Inverse Method to Estimate the Mass of Contamination Source by Comparing Analytical with Numerical Results, International Journal of Environmental Research, 3 (2), 317-326, javascript:void(0)
  • Integration of Green Economy concept into Fossil Fuels (Production and Consumption: Iran), Environmental Energy and Economic Research, 1 (1), 1-14, javascript:void(0)
  • Practical finite analytic methods for simulation of advection-dominated solute transport, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 60 (12), 2204-2213, javascript:void(0)
  • Optimization of Water Allocation using Cooperative Game Theory Case study; Zayandehrud Basin, Journal of Environmental Studies, 40 (4), 10-12
  • Modeling the Consequences of Potential Accidents in One of the Gasoline Storage Tanks at Oil Storage of Yazd, in Terms of Explosion, IJEIR, 5, 55-560, javascript:void(0)
  • Water allocation in inter-basin water transfer with the virtual water approach, World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2013: Showcasing the Future, javascript:void(0)
  • Estimating the Available Water in the Watershed using System Dynamics Hydrological Model (Case Study: Ilam Watershed), Environmental Energy and Economic Research, 2 (4), 265-280, javascript:void(0)
  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Separation from Oil-Contaminated Soil Using Supercritical and Subcritical Water, Journal of Environmental Pollution and Control, 1 (1), 1, javascript:void(0)
  • Estimation of Black Porous Polyethylene Shade Covers Effect on Evaporation Rate in Dam Reservoirs, Iranian Journal of Soil and Water Research, 49 (500441), 1017-1029, javascript:void(0)
  • Benzene and MTBE removal by Fenton’s process using stabilized Nano Zero-Valent Iron particles, Journal of Applied Research in Water and Wastewater, 4 (2), 343-348, javascript:void(0)
  • Analysis of innovative environmental planning strategy by HSE approach in the petrochemical industry, Organizational Resources Management Researches, 6 (2), 27-47, javascript:void(0)
  • Eutrophication Modeling using Variable Chlorophyll Approach, International Journal of Environmental Research, 10 (2), 273-290, javascript:void(0)
  • Intelligent optimization of common water treatment plant for the removal of organic carbon, Environmental Sciences, 14 (1), 1-8, javascript:void(0)
  • Feasibility of Discharge permit Market in Rivers, Iranian Journal of Geology, 9 (36), 57-67, javascript:void(0)
  • Water Quality Trading with Equitable Total Maximum Daily Loads, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal, javascript:void(0)
  • Modeling the Consequences of Potential Accidents in One of the Gasoline Storage Tanks at Oil Storage of Yazd, in Terms of Ignition, Spectrum, 3 (9), javascript:void(0)
  • Simulation of Thermal Stratification and Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations Using Ce-Qual-W2 Model (Case Study: Shahid Rajaee Dam), Journal of Environmental Studies, 39 (468), 171-180, javascript:void(0)
  • Investigation of In-situ Remediation of Benzene and MTBE-contaminated Groundwater by Chemical Oxidation Using Stabilized Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles (Case Study: Southern, Journal of Environmental Studies, 40 (2), 261-275, javascript:void(0)
  • Estimating Potential of Virtual Water in an Inter-basin Water Transfer, Water Engineering, 6 (19), 101-114, javascript:void(0)
  • 3D Open Channel Flow Modeling by Applying 1D Adjustment, (IJER), 5 (2), 381-39, javascript:void(0)
  • Effects of arsenic-bearing deposits on groundwater resources along Zagros Orogen in Iran, Geochemical Cosmochimica Acta, 74 (12), A327-A327, javascript:void(0)
  • Molybdenum and chromium pollution around Mobarakeh steel manufacturing, Esfahan province, Iran, Journal of Science-Al-Zahra University, 23, 1-12
  • Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Waste Water., Journal of Applied Sciences, 6 (8), javascript:void(0)
  • Numerical Solution of Advection Dispersion Mass Transport Equation using Fourier and Analytical Method. Regional Water Resources Management Conference Esfahan, Iran. Sept. 1995.
  • Numerical Solution of Advection Dispersion Mass Transport using Finite Element Method. 4th International Civil Engineering Sharif University of Technology, Feb. 1997.
  • Sensitivity Analysis on Earth Dam Break. 1st Seminar on Earth Dam, Tehran Iran, Sept. 1997.
  • Accurate Solution of Groundwater Mass Transport Equation using the Adjoint Petrov-Galerkin Method. Journal of Environmental Studies, Sept, 1998 Vol.24, page 11.
  • Guideline of Environmental Impact Assessment for River Engineering, Vol. 1 1999. Management and Planning Organization, Office of Technical Issue.
  • Guideline of Environmental Impact Assessment for River Engineering, Vol. 2 2000. Management and Planning Organization, Office of Technical Issue.
  • Guideline of Environmental Impact Assessment for River Engineering, Vol. 3 2001. Management and Planning Organization, Office of Technical Issue.
  • Groundwater Quantity and Quality Management: A Case Study of Kashan Aquifer, Central Iran, World Water and Environment Resources ASCE 05-2005.
  • Application of Genetic algorithm and Artificial Noral Network in Management of Quality and Quantity of Groundwater resources, 7th International Civil Engineering Congress, 02-2006.
  • Contamination of Groundwater in Heavy Metals Concentration of Tabriz Industrial Zone, Journal of Applied Sciences 6(8): 1652-1658, 2006.

Scientificmembership

  • Chief Editor of International Journal of Environmental Research (IJER)
  • Chief Editor and Director in Charge of Pollution Journal
  • Chief Editor of Environmental, Energy and Economic Research (EEER)
  • Director in Charge of Journal of Environmental Study
  • Secretariat of Recycling High Council
  • Secretariat of Environmental Committees in Iranian Large Dam (IRCOLD)
  • Member of High Council in Environmental Engineering Planning in Ministry of Science, Research and Technology
  • Member of High Research Council in the Department of Environment
  • Member of Iranian Hydraulic Society – Groundwater Section
  • Member of Science and Engineering Water Resources Society
  • Member of ASCE from 1986 -1995
  • Member of ASCE from 1990 -1995

Personal Information

  • Place of Birth: Ardestan
  • Date of Birth: 1957
  • Marital Status: Married

Languages

English

Farsi

Languages

Persian
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Work Availability

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Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].
  • Achieved [Result] by introducing [Software] for [Type] tasks.
  • Achieved [Result] by completing [Task] with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Supervised team of [Number] staff members.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Documented and resolved [Issue] which led to [Results].
  • Achieved [Result] through effectively helping with [Task].

Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimePart Time

Work Location

On-Site

Important To Me

Company CultureTeam Building / Company Retreats

Timeline

Dean - University of Tehran
08.2014 - 08.2021
Dean - Department of Environment
01.2000 - 01.2006
General Manager - Environmental Management Support Project
01.2000 - 01.2003
Director General - Ministry of Energy
01.1999 - 01.2000
Technical Consultant - World Bank Project
01.1996 - 01.1999
Adjoint Faculty - University of Arizona
05.1994 - 03.1995
University Professor - University of Tehran
03.1994 - 03.2022
Technical Consultant - National Petrochemical Company of Iran
01.1994 - 01.1996
Research Assistant - University of Arizona
08.1990 - 08.1993
Teaching Position - University of Kentucky
08.1989 - 08.1990
University of Arizona - Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering (Water Resources Engineering)
University of Tennessee - M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering (Water Resources Engineering)
University of Tennessee - B.S., Agricultural Engineering (Soil and Water Conservation Engineering)
Mojtaba Ardestani