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Dr. Mahmood H. Nachabe, PhD, PE
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ENB 118
Tampa, FL 33620-5350
Phone: (813) 974-5837
Fax: (813) 974-2957
E-mail: nachabe@usf.edu

 

Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, 1993
M.E., Civil Engineering, Auburn University, 1988
B.E., Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut, 1987

 

Professional History

1998 - Present University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2005 - 2006 Fulbright Fellow (on sabbatical), University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
1997 - 1998 Visiting Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
1994 - 1997 Scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, CO
1993 - 1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO

 

Areas of Expertise: Hydraulics and Water Supply Systems; Soil and Ecosystem Hydrology; Flow and Contaminant Transport in Porous Media; Stochastic Hydrology.

 

Fellowships and Awards        
Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Outstanding Faculty Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, USF Chapter
Fulbright Fellowship Award
NASA/ASEE National Faculty Fellow
Faculty of the Year Award, Professional Engineering Societies of Tampa Bay Area
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of South Florida (2001)
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society (1988)

 

Selected Publications

  • Paynter, S., M. Nachabe, and G. Yanev..  Statistical Changes of Lake Stages in Two Rapidly Urbanizing Watersheds, Water Resources Management.  In press (DOI 10.1007/s11269-010-9685) , 2010.
  • Paynter, S., and M. Nachabe.  Use of Generalized Extreme Value Covariates to Improve
    Estimation of Trends and Return Frequencies for Lake Levels, Journal of Hydroinformatics.  In press (DOI 10.2166/hydro.2010.077, 2010.
  • De Silva, M., M. Nachabe, J. Simunek, and B. Carnahan.  Simulating Variable Root Water Uptake from a Heterogeneous Vegetative Cover, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, vol. 134 No. 2 pp. 167-174, 2008..
  • Shah, N., M. Nachabe, and M. Ross. Extinction Depth and Evapotranspiration from Ground Water under Selected Land Covers, Ground Water Journal, 45 (3): 329-338, 2007.
  • Nachabe, M. H., N. Shah, M. Ross, and J. Vomacka.  Evapotranspiration of Two Vegetation Covers in Humid Shallow Water Table Environment, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 69:492-499, 2005.