NAZIFE ORUC BACI

Responsible and motivated research assistant graduate student ready to apply science in the workplace. Offers excellent technical abilities with software and applications, ability to handle challenging work, and excellent time management skills.

• Fluid transport techniques
• 2D- flood inundation models
• Flood risk maps and calibration
• Hydrologic Modeling
• Hydrologic Modeling and Data Assimilation
• Uncertainty and Risk Analysis
• Drought

Inland Litter Hydrodynamics: Characterizing the Litter Transport during Wet Weather Events in Communities which is supported by Bantam Materials UK Ltd., the supplier of Prevented Ocean Plastic™

Refereed Journal Article

• Oruc Baci, N., Santiago Collazo, F., Woodson, C., Jambeck, J., 2025. Advancing Numerical Models for Land-to-Ocean Litter Transport: A Review of Hydrodynamic Processes and Inland Contributions. Science of the Total Environment. 41C60A54-86E1-4BF1-90FF-C86B42BF4BAA
• Oruc Baci, N., Jafarzadegan, K., Moradkhani, H., 2023. Improving flood inundation modeling skill: interconnection between model parameters and boundary conditions. Model. Earth Syst. Environ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-023-01768-5,
• GUMUS, V , YENIGUN, K , TOPRAK, Z , ORUC BACI, N . (2018)." Sanlıurfa ve Diyarbakır istasyonlarında sıcaklık tabanlı buharla¸sma tahmininde YSA, ANFIS ve GEP yontemlerinin karsılastırılması". DUMF Muhendislik Dergisi, 9 (1), 553-562.,
• GUMUS, V., BASAK, A. ve ORUC, N. (2016). Standartlastırılmıs Yagıs Indeksi (SYI) Yontemi ile Sanlıurfa Istasyonunun Kuraklık Analizi. Harran Universitesi Muhendislik Dergisi, 1(1): 36-44.

Conference Proceedings

• Oruc Baci, N., Santiago Collazo, F., Bayer, L., Jambeck, J., 2025. A Multi-faceted Approach for Understanding Plastic Transport in Overland Systems: From Physical to Numerical Modeling. AGU24,
• Oruc Baci, N., Santiago Collazo, F., Jambeck, J., 2024. Integrating Numerical Modeling and Fieldwork for Understanding Land-to-Ocean Litter Transport: A Comprehensive Review. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 6714,
• Oruc Baci, N., Santiago Collazo. F. 2023. Advancements in Hydrodynamic Models for Analyzing Land-to-Ocean Litter Transport: A Review. UGA Water Science & Policy Poster Symposium
• Jafarzadegan, K., Oruc Baci, N., Moradkhani, H., (2022, Dec). Advanced flood inundation modeling skills: Improved boundary conditioning and its interconnection with model parameters. AGU Fall Meeting,
• ORUC¸ BACI N., BACANLI U.G. (2017), "Standartlastırılmıs Yagıs Indeksi kullanılarak Meteorolojik Kuraklık: Sanlıurfa Calısması." IMCOFE 2017 / Rome Tam Metin Bildiri Kitabı Cilt-1,310, ORUC¸ BACI N., BACANLI U. G. (2017)," Evaluation Of Drought in Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey", IMCOFE 2017 / Rome Tam Metin Bildiri Kitabı Cilt-1,328.,
• GUMUS, V., YENIGUN K., TOPRAK Z.F. ve ORUC¸ BACI N. (2017) "Comparison of YSA, ANFIS and GEP Methods in Temperature-Based Evaporation Estimation in Sanlıurfa and Diyarbakır Stations". IX. National Hydrological Congress, Diyarbakır-Turkey.

Projects

• BACANLI U.G., ORUC¸ BACI N. (2017), "Drought Analysis in the Southeast Anatolia Region" BAP Project, No: 2016FEBE021., -VIII. National Hydrology Congress (08-10 October 2015) Congress Officer, -International VI. Gap Engineering Congress (23- 25 October 2018) Congress Officer

Thesis/Dissertation

• Oruc Baci, Nazife (2023), "Impacts of Lateral Flows on the Calibration of 2D- Flood Inundation Models." M.S. Thesis, Universtiy of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
• Oruc, Nazife (2017). "Guneydogu Anadolu Bolgrsinde kuraklik Analizi." M.S. Thesis, Universtiy of Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkiye

• Hydraulic Laboratory Experiments and Analysis
• Water Resources Engineering I
• Computer Aided Water Structures Design
• Hydraulic
• Water Structures I
• Introduction to Civil Engineering
• Multidisciplinary Integrated Project
• Final project

• Graduation Commission
• Student Vertical Transfer Commission
• Student Transfer Commission
• Exam Program Preparation Committee
• Internship Commission
• Erasmus Commission
• Exemption Commission
• Student Counseling

• Awarded the Charles James Moore Prize for Outstanding Research on Plastic Pollution (2025)
• Selection and placement of students to be sent for graduate education abroad (YLSY)- Turkish Ministry of National Education Fellowship 2017-2022
• Graduated as Honor Student in accordance with the revelant article of the Regulation (2013)

• The University of Georgia Turkish Student Association 2025-
• The University of Alabama Turkish Student Association 2020-2022
• Contemporary Life Support Association 2009-2013 (Awarded scholarship)
• TEMA Youth Member

• Traveling to different countries and experiencing different cultures
• Photography
• Extreme sports
• Painting
• Hiking