# Water Resources Directory/People/Sandbox

Mehdi Mirzaee
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### Background

Water Resources Engineering
Water Resources Policy and Management
Hydraulic Engineering

### Education

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering - Hydraulic Eng., Khajeh Nasir Al Din Toosi University of Technology, 1989-1994
M.Sc. in Civil Engineering - Hydraulic Eng., Amir Kabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic),Tehran, 1994-1996
Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources Eng., Azad Islamic University (Science and Technology Branch),Tehran, 2000-2006
Certificate in Web-Based Collaborative Engineering in Hydro-science(4 ECTS Credits), IAHR, summer 2003
Certificate in Spatial Decision Support Systems and Multi-Criteria Evaluation Techniques, ITC, the Netherlands, April 2004

### Associations

Associated Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member of Institute of Water Resources and Environment (ASCE)
Member of Hydraulic Structures and Physical Modelling Committee of Iranian Hydraulic Society 1994-Now
Member of Iranian Committee on Large Dams (IRCOLD), Hydraulic Committee, 1998-Now

### Current projects

Tigris and Euphrates Modeling
Water Policy and Management Research

### Past projects

Urban Storm water collection networks
Integrated Flood Management and Early Warning in Gorganrood River Basin, as Project Manager
Integrated Flood Management and Early Warning in Karkheh River Basin, as Project Manager
Integrated Water Resources Management in Sirvan Basin. A Transboundary Water Resource Managemaent.
Integrated Water Resources Management in Urmia Lake Basin. An interior Basin with Environmental, Agricultutral and Potable Water conflicts.
* Water Research Institute, Faculty of Water Resources Department, Director of “Integrated Water Resources Management of Lake Urmia Basin” project. 2002-2004. The Lake Urmia is one the national park in Iran and there are 7 Ramsar site around it. In this basin agricultural activity and population growing affected to ecological conditions of those Ramsar site and an IWRM approach was applied for solving this problem.
* Water Research Institute, Head, Developing and Planning Office, 2002-2004
* Sazian Consulting Engineers, Water Resources Engineer, Supervisor of Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics Department, 1999-2003. Work on Urban Storm Runoff in district No.1 and 17 of Tehran Municipality
* Sad Azma Tiva Consulting Engineers, Head of Directorate and Water Resources Engineering Department, 2003-2005. Optimizing Kohrang hydropower dam
* Former Islamic Republic of Iran Plan and Budget Organization (Management and Planning Organization, MPO), Water Resources Expert projects 1998-2002. I Worked on Water Resources Development projects in Khuzestan and Zanjan
* Azad Islamic University, Tehran Central Campus, Faculty, 1998-Now
* Ghodss Niroo Consulting Engineers (affiliated to Ministry of Energy), Hydraulic Engineer, Hydraulic Design of Dams and related structures and Irrigation Networks 1994-1996
* Water Research Center (Affiliated to Ministry of Energy) Engineer and Researcher, Building, Testing and Analyzing Physical Modeling, 1992-1994
* Head of Scientific staff of Third Civil Engineering Student Conferences, 1995
* Editor-in-Chief of "ABANGAN" magazine (Water Resources Engineering Student’s Magazine of Khajeh Nasir Al Din Toosi University of Technology), 1992-1993. Now, I am member of scientific staff.
* Member of Scientific staff of the Second Iranian Hydraulic Conference, 1999

### External links

http://www.iwrm.ir