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JagathJ.Kaluarachchi,PhD CurriculumVitae1625North1640EastLogan,UT84341|435.881.5954|[email protected]

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CONTACTINFORMATIONCollegeofEngineeringUtahStateUniversity4100OldMainHillLogan,[email protected](T)435797-3918EDUCATION1988 VIRGINIATECH,Blacksburg,VA

PhD,EnvironmentalSciencesandEngineeringEmphasis:ContaminantHydrogeology 1984 UNIVERSITYOFHONGKONG

MPhil,CivilEngineering,Emphasis:Hydrology 1980 UNIVERSITYOFMORATUWA,SriLanka

BSc,Engineering,Major:CivilEngineeringPROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE2016-Present UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITY,CollegeofEngineering

InterimDean2014-2016 UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITY,BiologicalEngineering

DepartmentHead 2007-2016 UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITY,CollegeofEngineering

SeniorAssociateDean(2012-2016)AssociateDean(2007-2012)

2004-2007 UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITY,WaterEngineeringProgram

Head 2001-Present UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITY,CivilandEnvironmentalEngineering

Professor EARLIERCAREER1995-2001 CIVILANDENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING,UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITY

AssociateProfessor1997-1998 ROYALINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGY(KTH),Stockholm,Sweden

VisitingProfessor(onsabbaticalleave)1991-1995 CIVILANDENVIRONMENTALENGINEERING,UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITY

AssistantProfessor1990-1991 SWISSFEDERALINSTITUTEOFTECHNOLOGY(ETH),Zurich,Switzerland

VisitingScientist 1981-1984 UNIVERSITYOFHONGKONG

CommonwealthFellowshipRecipient

JagathJ.Kaluarachchi CurriculumVitae

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1980-1981 STATEENGINEERINGCORPORATION,SriLankaCivilEngineer

HONORSANDRECOGNITIONS2015-Present WesternGlobeMember,AssociationofGlobalGroundWaterScientists 2013-Present Editor,SustainabilityScience 2014 Fellow,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute 2012 InvitedKeynoteSpeaker,5thInternationalGroundwaterConference(IGWC-2012),Associationof

GeologistsandHydrogeologists,India,December May2010 EWRIExpressionofAppreciationastheChairoftheWatershedCouncil,Environmentaland

WaterResourcesInstitute,AnnualCongress,RhodeIsland April2009 InvitedKeynoteSpeaker,SecondInternationalConferenceonWater:ValuesandRights.

PalestinianAcademyforScienceandTechnology,Jericho,Palestine January2009 InvitedKeynoteSpeaker,InternationalConferenceonWater,EnvironmentEnergyandSociety

(WEES),NationalInstituteofHydrology,India 2008 Diplomate,WaterResourcesEngineer(D.WRE),AmericanAcademyofWaterResources

Engineers 2007-2008 RobinsAwardforFacultyResearcheroftheYear,UtahStateUniversity 2007-2008 OutstandingResearcher,CollegeofEngineering 2006-2013 AssociateEditor,JournalofHydrologicEngineering 2006-2007 OutstandingResearcher,CollegeofEngineering 2006-2007 OutstandingResearcher,CivilandEnvironmentalEngineering May2006 EWRIExpressionofAppreciation,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,AnnualCongress,

Omaha,NE 2005-2006 OutstandingResearcher,CivilandEnvironmentalEngineering 2004 Fellow,AmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers 1996-1997 OutstandingResearcher,CivilandEnvironmentalEngineering 1996 RegisteredProfessionalEngineer(PE),StateofUtah,RegistrationNumber96-295746-2202PROFESSIONALSOCIETIESANDOUTREACH 1996-1998 Chair

Sub-CommitteeonMultiphaseFlowandTransport,DivisionofEnvironmentalEngineering,ASCE


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November1996

MemberOrganizingCommittee,Specialtyconferenceon“Non-AqueousPhaseLiquids(NAPLs)inSubsurfaceEnvironment:AssessmentandRemediation”,ASCENationalConference,Washington,D.C.

April1998 ExternalPhDdissertationsupervisorofJerkerJarsjo,WaterResources,Program,RoyalInstituteof

Technology,Stockholm,Sweden,MajorProfessor,GhiaDestouni 1998-2000 Secretary

GroundWaterQualityCommittee,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute 1998-2000 Secretary

AnimalWastemanagementTaskCommittee,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute 2000 Editor

GroundwaterContaminationbyOrganicPollutants;AnalysisandRemediation,ASCEManualandReportsonEngineeringPractice,No.100

2000-2002 Chair

NationalCommitteeofGroundWaterQuality,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute 2000-2002 Member

ResidentAdvisoryBoardforTooeleArmyDepot,Utah 2000-2004 Co-majorprofessortoChampikaWettasinghe

PhDgraduatestudentDepartmentofCivilEngineering,UniversityofMelbourne,Australia

May2001 Member

OrganizingCommittee,Symposiumon“IntegratedSurfaceandGroundWaterManagement”,WorldWaterandEnvironmentalResourcesCongress,Orlando,FL

2001-2005 Member

CurriculumDevelopmentCommittee,SubsurfaceScienceGraduateProgram,InlandNorthwestResearchAlliance,andUSDOE,IdahoFalls,Idaho

June2003 Member

OrganizingCommittee,Symposiumon“ProbabilisticApproachesandGroundwaterModeling”,WorldWaterandEnvironmentalResourcesCongress,Philadelphia,PA

2003-2006 Vice-Chair

WatershedCouncil,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute 2005-2006 Member

TaskCommitteeonGroundwaterHydrologyMonographPreparation,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute

2005 Member

GroundWaterQualityScientificPanelofNationalScienceFoundation(NSF)forTsunamiaffectedSriLanka

2006-2009 Member

TechnicalExecutiveCommittee,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute January2009 ExternalPhDdissertationsupervisorofMeththikaVithanage

GeologicalInstitute,UniversityofCopenhagen,Denmark.MajorProfessor,KarstenH.Jensen


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2011 Member/Contributor

GroundWaterHydrologyManual,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute March2013 Member,EPA-STARReviewPanelRESEARCHINTERESTS • Subsurfaceandwatershedhydrology

• Groundwaterqualityassessmentandmodeling• Waterresourcesplanningandmanagement• Engineeringeconomicsinwatershedplanningandmanagement• Environmentalriskassessmentanddecision-analysis

BOOKSANDCHAPTERS • J.KeumandJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Salinizationandsalinitymanagementinwatersheds.In

HandbookofAppliedHydrology,2ndEdition,June2015.• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,FateandTransportofGroundWaterContaminants.In

GroundWaterHydrologyManual,AmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers,ISBN978-07-7844-1176-6,2011.

• Shaqadan,A.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Assessmentofsocialwelfareimpactsinwaterresources

management:SelectedApplications–Groundwatercontamination,NPSpollution,andsocialequity.VDMVerlagPublishing,Germany.ISBN:978-3-639-14199-3,2009.

• Al-Juaidy,A.,U.Kim,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Decisionanalysistominimizeagricultural

groundwaterdemandandsaltwaterintrusionusingtreatedwastewater,IAHS-GQ10Book,2011.

• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Groundwaterflowandtransportprocesses,GW–411,The

EncyclopediaofWater,JohnWileyandSons,NY,2004.• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Bestmanagementpractices,WR–5,TheEncyclopediaof

Water,JohnWileyandSons,NY,2004.INTERNATIONALRESEARCHREPORTS KimU.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andV.U.Smakhtin,ClimateChangeImpactsonWaterResourcesofthe

UpperBlueNileRiverBasin,Ethiopia.2008.ResearchReport126,InternationalWatermanagementInstitute,Colombo,SriLanka.

JOURNALPUBLICATIONS • Jayawardena,A.W.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Infiltrationintodecomposedgranitesoils;numerical

modeling,applicationsandsomelaboratoryobservations,J.Hydrology,84:231-260,1986.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Finiteelementanalysisofwaterflowinvariablysaturated

soils,J.Hydrology,90:269-291,1987.


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• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Effectsofhysteresiswithairentrapmentonwaterflowinthe

unsaturatedzone,WaterResourcesResearch,23:1967-1976,1987.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Finiteelementsimulationofnitrogentransformationand

transportduringhystereticflowwithairentrapment,InDevelopmentsinWaterScience,36,Ed.M.A.Celia,L.A.Ferrand,C.A.Brebbia,W.G.Gray,andG.F.Pinder,ElsevierPublishers,466pp.1988.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Finiteelementmodelofnitrogenspeciestransformationand

transportintheunsaturatedzone,J.Hydrology,103:249-274,1988.• Lenhard,R.J.,J.Dane,J.C.Parker,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Measurementandsimulationofone-

dimensionaltransientthreephaseflowformonotonicliquiddrainage,WaterResourcesResearch,24:853-863,1988.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Improvingtheefficiencyoffiniteelementmethodinmodeling

multiphaseflow,WaterResourcesResearch,25:43-54,1989.• Lenhard,R.J.,J.C.Parker,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Amodelforhystereticrelationsgoverning

multiphaseflow;Refinementsandnumericalsimulations,WaterResourcesResearch,25:1727-1736,1989.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,J.C.Parker,andR.J.Lenhard,Anumericalmodelforarealmigrationofwater

andlighthydrocarboninunconfinedaquifers,AdvancesinWaterResources,13:29-40,1990.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Modelingofmulticomponentorganicchemicaltransportin

threephaseporousmedia,J.ofContaminantHydrology,5:349-374,1990.• Lenhard,R.J.,J.C.Parker,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Comparingsimulatedandexperimental

hysteretictwo-phasetransientfluidflowphenomena,WaterResourcesResearch,27;2113-2124,1991.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,R.Schulin,andU.Fischer,Modelingsoilventingasanoptiontoremovedense

hydrocarbonfromanair-watersystem,Mitteilungend.Dt.BodenkundlichenGesellschaft,63:115-118,1991.

• Fischer,U.,R.Schulin,F.Stauffer,J.J.KaluarachchiandM.Keller,Experimentelle

UntersuchungenzurMobilitatvonleichtfluchtigenCKWinderBodenzone,Mitteilungend.Dt.BodenkundlichenGesellschaft,63:95-98,1991.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Multiphaseflowwithasimplifiedmodelforoilentrapment,

TransportinPorousMedia,7:1-14,1992.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andA.H.Wijedasa,OptimalsoilventingdesignusingBayesianDecision

analysis,J.ofHydrology,163,325-346,1994.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Correctionto"Anefficientfiniteelementmethodformodeling

multiphaseflow",WaterResourcesResearch,30(8):2485-2486,1994.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,Analyticalsolutiontotwo-dimensionalaxisymmetricgasflowwith

Klinkenbergeffect,J.ofEnvironmentalEngineering,ASCE,121(5),417-420,1995.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andK.M.Islam,Thermalventingtorecoverless-volatilehydrocarbonsfrom


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theunsaturatedzone:1.Theory,J.ofContaminantHydrology,17,293-311,1995.• Islam,K.M.,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Thermalventingtorecoverless-volatilehydrocarbonsfrom

theunsaturatedzone:2.Modelapplications,J.ofContaminantHydrology,17,313-331,1995.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,andJ.Morshed,Criticalassessmentoftheoperator-splittingtechniquein

solvingtheadvection-dispersion-reactionequation:1.First-orderreaction,AdvancesinWaterResources,18(2),89-100,1995.

• Morshed,J.,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Criticalassessmentoftheoperator-splittingtechniquein

solvingtheadvection-dispersion-reactionequation:2.Monodkineticsandcoupledtransport,AdvancesinWaterResources,18(2),101-110,1995.

• Chang,C-M,M.W.Kemblowski,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andA.Abdin,Stochasticanalysisoftwo-phase

waterandoilflow:I.Spectralperturbationanalysis,TransportinPorousMedia,19(3),233-259,1995.

• Abdin,A.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,C-M.Chang,andM.W.Kemblowski,Stochasticanalysisoftwo-phase

waterandoilflow:II.ComparisonbetweenperturbationandMonteCarloresults,TransportinPorousMedia,19(3),261-280,1995.

• Chang,C-M,M.W.Kemblowski,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andA.Abdin,Stochasticanalysisofmultiphase

flowinporousmedia:I.Spectral/perturbationapproach,StochasticHydrologyandHydraulics,9,239-267,1995.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andR.Elliott,Designfactorsforimprovingtheefficiencyoffree-product

recoverysystemsinunconfinedaquifers,GroundWater,33(6),909-916,1995.• Abdin,A.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,M.W.Kemblowski,andC-M.Chang,Stochasticanalysisofmultiphase

flowinporousmedia:II.Numericalsimulations,StochasticHydrologyandHydraulics,10:231-251,1996.

• Cooper,G.S.,R.C.Peralta,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Stepwisepumpingapproachtoimprovefree

phaselighthydrocarbonrecoveryfromunconfinedaquifers,J.ContaminantHydrology,18,141-159,1996.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,Effectofsubsurfaceheterogeneityonfree-productrecoveryfromunconfined

aquifers,J.ofContaminantHydrology,22,19-37,1996.• Abdin,A.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Stochasticanalysisofthree-phaseflowinheterogeneousporous

media:I.Spectral/perturbationanalysis,WaterResourcesResearch,33(7),1549-1558,1997.• Abdin,A.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Stochasticanalysisofthree-phaseflowinheterogeneousporous

media:II.Numericalsimulations,WaterResourcesResearch,33(7),1559-1566,1997.• MorshedJ.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Applicationofartificialneuralnetworkinflowandtransport

simulations,AdvancesinWaterResources,22(2),145-158,1998.• Cooper,G.S.,R.C.Peralta,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Optimizingseparatephaselighthydrocarbon

recoveryfromcontaminatedunconfinedaquifers,AdvancesinWaterResources,21(5),339-350,1998.

• MorshedJ.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Parameterestimationusingartificialneuralnetworkand

geneticalgorithmforfree-productmigrationandrecovery,WaterResourcesResearch,34(5),


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1101-1114,1998.• Rashid,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,ASimplifiedalgorithmforoxygen-andnitrate-based

biodegradationofhydrocarbons,JournalofContaminantHydrology,40(1):53-77,1999.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,V.Cvetkovic,andS.Berglund.Stochasticanalysisofoxygen-andnitrate-based

biodegradationoforganicsinaquifers,JournalofContaminantHydrology,August,41,335-365,2001.

• MorshedJ.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Potentialenhancementstoapplicationofgeneticalgorithmin

optimalgroundwatermanagement,J.HydrologicEngineering,5(1),67-73,2001.• Zhao,Q.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Riskassessmentathazardouswaste-contaminatedsiteswith

variabilityofpopulationcharacteristics,EnvironmentInternational,27:1-13,2002.• Khadam,I.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.Applicabilityofrisk-basedmanagementandtheneedforrisk-

basedeconomicdecisionanalysisathazardouswastecontaminatedsites,EnvironmentInternational,29(4),503-519,2003.

• Khadam,I.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.Multi-criteriadecisionanalysiswithprobabilisticrisk

assessmentforthemanagementofcontaminatedgroundwater,EnvironmentalImpactAssessmentReview,23:683-721,2003.

• Almasri,M.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Assessmentandmanagementoflong-termnitratepollutionof

groundwaterinagriculture-dominatedwatershed,JournalofHydrology,295,225-245,2004.• Almasri,M.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Implicationsofon-groundnitrogenloadingandsoil

transformationsongroundwaterqualitymanagement,JournalAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,40(1),165-186,2004.

• Khadam,I.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Useofsoftdatatodescribetherelativeuncertaintyofcalibration

datainhydrologicmodels,WaterResourcesResearch,40(11),W11505,2004.• Tesfamichael,A.A.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Uncertaintyanalysisinpesticideresiduerisk

assessmentindrinkingwater,HumanEcologyandRiskAssessment,10(6),1129-1135,2004.• Almasri,M.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Modularneuralnetworktopredictthedistributionofnitratein

groundwaterusingon-groundnitrogenloadingandrechargedata,EnvironmentalModellingandSoftware,20(7),851-871,2005.

• Twarakavi,N.K.C.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Assessmentofaquifervulnerabilityduetoheavymetals

usingordinallogisticregressionanalysis,GroundWater,43(2),200-214,2005.• Almasri,M.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Multi-criteriadecisionanalysisfortheoptimalmanagementof

nitratecontaminationofaquifers,JournalofEnvironmentalManagement,74:365-381,2005.• Tesfamichael,A.A.,A.Caplan,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Risk-cost-benefitanalysisofatrazinein

drinkingwaterfromagriculturalactivitiesandpolicyimplications,WaterResourcesResearch,41,W05010,doi:10.1029/2005.

• AbedalrazqK.,M.N.Almasri,M.McKee,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Applicabilityofstatisticallearning

algorithmsingroundwaterqualitymodeling,WaterResourcesResearch,41,W05010,doi:10.1029/2005.


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• Tesfamichael,A.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Amethodologytoassesstheriskofanexistingpesticideandpotentialfuturepesticidesinregulatorydecision-making,EnvironmentalScienceandPolicy,9:275-290,2006.

• Wethasinghe,C.,S.T.S.Yuen,J.Kaluarachchi,andR.Hughes.Uncertaintyinbiokinetic

parametersonbioremediation,EnvironmentalInternational,32(3),312-3232,2005.• Khadam,I.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Waterqualitymodelingunderhydrologicvariabilityand

parameteruncertaintyusingexportcoefficients,J.ofHydrology,doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.03.033,2006.

• Twarakavi,N.K.C.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Sustainabilityofgroundwaterqualityconsideringland

usechangesandpublichealthrisks,JournalofEnvironmentalManagement,81:405-419,2006.• Twarakavi,N.K.C.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,ArsenicingroundwatersofconterminousUnited

States:Assessment,healthrisk,andcost,JournalAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,42(2):275-294,2006.

• Khadam,I.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.Analysisoftrade-offsbetweencostminimizationandequityin

waterqualitymanagementinagriculturalwatersheds.WaterResourcesResearch,42,W10404,doi:10.1029/2005WR004434,2006.

• Illangasekare,T.,S.W.Tyler,T.P.Clement,K.G.Villholth,A.P.G.R.L.Perera,J.Obeysekera,A.

Gunatilaka,C.RPanabokke,D.W.Hyndman,K.J.Cunningham,W-G.Yeh,J.J.Kaluarachchi,M-RienVanGenuchten,andK.Jensen,Impactsofthe2004TsunamiongroundwaterinSriLanka,WaterResourcesResearch,42,W05201,doi:10.1029/2006WR004876,2006.

• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Integratedmodelingofnitratecontaminationofgroundwater

inagriculture-dominatedwatersheds,JournalofHydrology,343:211-229,2007.• KhalilA.,K.Abedalrazq,M.McKee,andJ.Kaluarachchi,Ambientgroundwaterquality

monitoringnetworkdesignusingRelevanceVectorMachines,WaterResourcesResearch,44,W08412,doi:10.1029/2006WR005616.

• Kim,U.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Applicationofparameterestimationandregionalization

methodologiestoungaugedbasinsoftheUpperBlueNileRiverBasin,Ethiopia,JournalofHydrology,362:39-56,10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.08.016,2008.

• Kim,U.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Assessmentofclimatechangeimpactsonwaterresourcesofthe

UpperBlueNileRiverBasin,Ethiopia,JournalofAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,10.1111⁄j.1752-1688.2009.00369.x,2009.

• Kim,U.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andV.Smakhtin,Generationofmonthlyprecipitationunderlimited

dataandclimatechange:AnexamplefromtheUpperBlueNileRiverBasin.JournalofAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,44(5),1231-1247,2008.

• Kim,U.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Hydrologicmodelcalibrationusingincompletedata:Anexample

fromtheUpperBlueNileRiverBasinofEthiopia,HydrologicProcesses,23(26),3705-3717,2009.• Al-Juaidy,A.E.,J.J.KaluarachchiandU.Kim,Treatedwastewateruseinwaterdeficitregionsfor

agriculture:economic,environmental,andpublichealthissues,JournalofAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,46(2),395-411,2010.

• Jayasekera,D.J.J.Kaluarachchi,andK.Villholth.Groundwaterstressandvulnerabilityinrural


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coastalaquifersoftheKalpitiyaPeninsula,SriLanka.EnvironmentalMonitoringandAssessment.DOI10.1007/s10661-010-1563-8,2010.

• Al-Juaidy,A.E.,D.Rosenberg,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.Watermanagementwithwastewater

treatmentandreuse,desalination,andconveyancetocounteractfuturewatershortagesintheGazaStrip,InternationalJournalofWaterResourcesandEnvironmentalEngineering,3(11),2011.

• KhalilA.,M.McKee,J.Kaluarachchi,H.Moe,M.Almasri,andA.Khalil,Bayesianmethodfor

groundwaterqualitymonitoringnetwrok,J.WaterResour.Plann.Manage.137,51(2011);http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000043.

• Anayah,F.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.Improvingthecomplementarymethodstoestimate

evapotranspirationunderdifferentclimaticandphysicalconditions.HydrologyandEarthSystemsSciences,18,2049-2064,2014.

• Anayah,F.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.Predictingregionalevapotranspirationandgroundwater

recharge:Acountry-widestudyfromGhana.WaterInternational,38(4),408-432,2013.• Ashraf,S.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.NewframeworkforquantifyingWTPtoconsiderequityincost

allocationofNPSpollutionabatementinTMDLframework.WaterResourcesDevelopment:EconomicandLegalAspects,40,No.2,pp.217–231,2013.

• Kim,D.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Predictingnaturalstreamflowsinsnowmelt-drivenwatersheds:

Applicabilitybetweentheflowdurationcurveandlumpedmodeling,accepted,HydrologyandEarthSystemSciences,18,1679-1693,2014.

• Al-JuaidyA.E.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.Ahydrologic-economicmodelforsustainablewater

resourcesintheGazaStrip,Palestine,DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000960.,JournalofHydrologicEngineering,2014.

• Keum.J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,PredictingsalinitygenerationintheUpperColoradoRiverBasin:

Modeling,uncertainty,andmonitoringissues,JournalofAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,51(5):1192-1210.DOI:10.1111/1752-1688.12302.

• Kim,D.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,ASimplifiedApproachforValidatingFAOAquaCropusingLandsat

imagesandregionalcropinformation,AgriculturalWaterManagement,149,143-155,2014.

• Keum.J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Developmentofadecision-makingmethodologytodesignawaterqualitymonitoringnetwork.EnvironmentalMonitoringandAssessment,187(7),2015.466.doi:10.1007/s10661-015-4687-z.

• Kim,D.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Arisk-basedhydro-economicanalysistomanagesalinityaffected

agriculturallands,AgriculturalWaterManagement,inpress,2015.• Anayah,F.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Estimatingglobaldistributionofevapotranspirationandwater

surplusunderclimatechangeusingthecomplementarymethods,J.ofHydrology,inreview,July,2016.

• Kim,H.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Evapotranspirationusingthecomplementaryrelationshipandthe

Budykoframework,HydrologicProcesses,inreview,July2016.• Moursi,H.,D.Kim,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Aprobabilisticassessmentofagriculturalwater

scarcityinasemi-aridandsnowmelt-dominatedriverbasinunderclimatechange,Agricultural


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WaterManagement,inreview,2016.REFEREEDCONFERENCEPROCEEDINGS • Parker,J.C.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andR.J.Lenhard,Calibrationandvalidationofmultiphase

contaminanttransportmodels,ProceedingsoftheConferenceonValidationofFlowandTransportModelsfortheUnsaturatedZone,Ruidoso,NM,May,1988.

• Parker,J.C.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andA.K.Katyal,Arealsimulationofmultiphaseorganicflowina

gasolineleakagesite,ProceedingsofthePetroleumHydrocarbonsandOrganicChemicalsinGroundwater;Prevention,DetectionandRestoration,NWWA,Houston,TX,November,1988.

• Parker,J.C.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Anumericalmodelfordesignoffreeproductrecoverysystems

forhydrocarbonleakageorspillsites,VIInternationalConferenceonSolvingGroundWaterProblemswithModels,IGWMCandNWWA,Indianapolis,IN,February,1989.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,J.C.Parker,andR.J.Lenhard,Modelingflowinthreefluidphaseporous

mediawithnonwettingfluidentrapment,ProceedingsoftheConferenceonSubsurfaceContaminationbyImmiscibleFluids,IAHS,Calgary,Canada,April,1990.

• Parker,J.C.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Modelingmulticomponentorganicchemicaltransport,

ProceedingsoftheConferenceonSubsurfaceContaminationbyImmiscibleFluids,IAHS,Calgary,Canada,April,1990.

• Katyal,A.K.,J.C.Parker,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Evaluationofmethodsforimprovingthe

efficiencyandrobustnessofmultiphaseflowequations,ProceedingsoftheConferenceonSubsurfaceContaminationbyImmiscibleFluids,,IAHS,Calgary,Canada,April,1990.

• Parker,J.C.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,V.J.Kremesec,andE.L.Hockman,Modelingfreeproductrecovery

athydrocarbonspillsites,ProceedingsofthePetroleumHydrocarbonsandOrganicChemicalsinGroundwater;Prevention,DetectionandRestoration,NWWA,Houston,TX,November,1990.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,S.Rainer,andA.W.Jayawardena,Modelingsoilventinginathreefluidphase

porousmediumforhydrocarbonrecovery,ProceedingsoftheInternationalSymposiumonEnvironmentalHydraulics,UniversityofHongKong,HongKong,2:1297-1302,December,1991.

• IslamK.M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Modelingofsoilvaporextractionunderinducedheatthermal

gradients,Proceedingsofthe1993JointCSCE-ASCENationalConferenceonEnvironmentalEngineering,Montreal,Canada,July12-14,1993.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,AnalysisofhydrocarbonrecoveryfromunconfinedaquifersusingBayesian

decisiontheory,ProceedingsoftheConferenceonGroundWaterModeling,TheInternationalGroundWaterModelingCenter,Golden,CO,June,1993.

• Cooper,G.Jr.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andR.C.Peralta,Simulation-optimizationmodelingtechnique

foroptimalcontainmentoflighthydrocarbonsincontaminatedunconfinedaquifers,ProceedingsofthePetroleumHydrocarbonsandOrganicChemicalsinGroundwater;Prevention,DetectionandRestoration,NWWA,Houston,TX,November1993.

• Abdin,A.E.,C.M.Chang,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andM.W.Kemblowski,Behavioroftwo-phaseflowin

heterogeneousporousmedia,ProceedingsoftheInternationalSymposiumonTransportandReactiveProcessesinAquifers,ETHZurich,Switzerland,April,1994.


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• KaluarachchiJ.J.,andA.Abdin,Stochasticanalysisoftwo-phaseflowusingMonteCarlotechnique,Proceedingsofthe8thInternationalConferenceoftheAssociationforComputerMethodsandAdvancesinGeomechanics,WestVirginiaUniversity,Morgantown,WV,May,1994.

• KaluarachchiJ.J.,A.AbdinandA.Barakat,MonteCarloanalysisoftwo-phase(waterandoil)

flowinheterogeneousporousmedia,ProceedingsoftheIAHSConferenceinBoulder,CO,May,1995.

• Morshed,J.andJagathJ.Kaluarachchi,ApplicabilityofGeneticAlgorithmingroundwater

simulationandoptimization,ProceedingsofModelCARE96,InternationalConferenceonCalibrationandReliabilityinGroundWaterModelingtobeheldinGolden,CO,September,1996.

• KaluarachchiJ.J.andA.Abdin,Three-fluidphaseflowinheterogeneoussubsurface:Spectraland

numericalanalyses,ProceedingsoftheNon-AqueousPhaseLiquidsintheSubsurfaceEnvironment:AssessmentandRemediation,AmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers,Washington,DC,November,1996.

• Rashid,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,RemediationofaTCE-contaminatedheterogeneousaquifer

usingpump-and-treat:Modelapplicationsandsystemlimitations,ProceedingsoftheConferenceonMeasurementandModelingofEnvironmentalPollution,Madrid,Spain,April,1997.

• Abdin,A.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,R.Brown,A.Howe,L.Mattson,andC.Reed.Assessingeffectsofcoal

miningongroundwaterwithinManti/LaSalNationalforest,Utah,ProceedingsofJointASCE-CSCEEnvironmentalConference,Edmonton,Canada,July,1997.

• Morshed,J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Parameterestimationusingartificialneuralnetworkand

geneticalgorithm,ProceedingsofJointASCE-CSCEEnvironmentalConference,Edmonton,Canada,July,1997.

• Rashid,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Oxygen-andnitrate-basedbiodegradationofaromatic

hydrocarbonsusingMonod-kinetics:Applicationofasimplifiednumericalalgorithm,ProceedingsoftheConferenceonComputationalMethodsinWaterResources,Crete,Greece,June,1998.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andQ.Zhao,Humanhealthriskassessmentathazardouswastesiteswith

populationheterogeneity,ProceedingsoftheThirdInternationalConferenceonEcosystemsandSustainableDevelopment,June2001,Alicante,Spain.

• Wethasinghe,C.,S.T.S.Yuen,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andR.Hughes,Impactofuncertaintyof

biokineticparametersonbioremediationincontaminatedaquifersandhumanhealthrisk–anoverview.Proceedingsofthe2ndAustraliaandNewZealandConferenceonEnvironmentalGeotechnical-GeoEnvironment2001,NewCastle,NewSouthWales,Australia,28-30.EditedbyDavidSmith,StephenFityusandMarkAllman.November2001.

• Khadam,I.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Healthrisk-baseddecisionanalysisathazardouswaste

contaminatedsites:Currentunderstandingandfuturedirections.ProceedingsoftheXIVInternationalConferenceonComputationalMethodsinWaterResources,Delft,Netherlands.June2002.

• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Predictingstream-aquiferinteractionusingartificialneural

networks:Methodology,application,andreliability.Proceedingsofthe4thInternationalConferenceonCalibrationandReliabilityinGroundwaterModeling:AfewstepsclosertorealityPrague,CzechRepublic,17-20June2002.


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• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Modelingofnitrogenfateandtransportatwatershed-scaleformanagementdecision-making.Proceedingsofthe4thInternationalConferenceonCalibrationandReliabilityinGroundwaterModeling:AfewstepsclosertorealityPrague,CzechRepublic,17-20June2002.

• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Regionalvariabilityofon-groundnitrogenloadingdueto

multiplelandusesinagriculture-dominatedwatersheds,Proceedingsofthe7thInternationalConferenceonDiffusePollutionandBasinManagement,Dublin,Ireland,2003.

• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Regional-scalemodelingofnitratecontaminationofground

waterinagriculture-dominatedwatersheds,ProceedingsoftheInternationalConferenceonMODFLOWandMore2003:UnderstandingthroughModeling,Golden,CO,2003.

• Khadam,I.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Probabilisticriskassessmentandmulti-criteriadecision

analysisforthemanagementofcontaminatedsubsurface,ProceedingsoftheXIIVInternationalConferenceonComputationalMethodsinWaterResources,Raleigh,NC.June2003.

• Khadam,I.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Modelcalibrationusingdatawithvaryinglevelsof

uncertainty,ProceedingsoftheXIIVInternationalConferenceonComputationalMethodsinWaterResources,Raleigh,NC.June2003.

• Twarakavi,N.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Predictingtheprobabilityofoccurrenceofheavymetalsin

groundwaterusingordinallogisticregression,ProceedingsoftheAnnualConferenceofEnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,SaltLakeCity,UT,June2004.

• McKee,M.,A.Jayyousi,A.Jarrar,andJ.Kaluarachchi,WillPalestinianwaterdevelopmentbe

possible?,ProceedingsoftheAnnualConferenceofEnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,SaltLakeCity,UT,June2004.

• Kaluarachchi,J.,A.Jarrar,M.McKee,andA.Jayyousi,Developmentofwatersupplyanddemandin

Palestine.ProceedingsoftheAnnualConferenceofEnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,SaltLakeCity,UT,June2004.

• Jarrar,A.,A.Jayyousi,H.Shaheen,M.McKee,andJ.Kaluarachchi,Anoverviewofthetwoseas

canalanditsimplication.ProceedingsoftheAnnualConferenceofEnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,SaltLakeCity,UT,June2004.

• Almasri,M.N,S.Ghabayen,J.J.Kaluarachchi,A.Jarrar,A.Jayyousi,andM.McKee,Aconceptual

frameworkformanagingnitratecontaminationoftheGazacoastalaquifer,Palestine.ProceedingsoftheAnnualConferenceofEnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,Fairbanks,Alaska,May2005.

• Almasri,M.N.,N.Qamheyeh,J.J.Kaluarachchi,A.Jayyousi,A.Jarrar,M.McKee,andA.Aliewi,

AssessmentofgroundwatervulnerabilitytonitratecontaminationintheWestBank,Palestine.ProceedingsoftheAnnualConferenceofEnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,Fairbanks,Alaska,May2005.

• Jarrar,J.,N.Jayasuriya,M.Othman,M.N.Almasri,A.Jayyousi,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andM.McKee,

DecisionSupportSystemforintegratedwaterandlandmanagementinagriculture-dominatedwatersheds:AconceptualstudytoFariaWatershed,Palestine,ProceedingsoftheAnnualConferenceofEnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,Fairbanks,Alaska,May2005.

• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Calibrationandverificationofanintegratednitrogenfateand

transportforanagriculture-dominatedwatershedunderdatalimitationsanduncertainty,


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ProceedingsoftheFifthInternationalConferenceonCalibrationandReliabilityofGroundwaterModelingfromUncertaintytoDecision-Making,Amsterdam,Netherlands,June6-9,2005.

• Twarakavi,N.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Groundwaterqualityvulnerabilityanduncertainty

assessmentunderchanginglandusescenarios.ProceedingsoftheFifthInternationalConferenceonCalibrationandReliabilityofGroundwaterModelingfromUncertaintytoDecision-Making,Amsterdam,Netherlands,June6-9,2005.

• Hassan,W.H.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Impactsoflandusechangesandpopulationgrowthin

waterresourcesmanagement:AcasestudyinSaltLakeValley,Utah.ProceedingsoftheAnnualConferenceofEnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,Omaha,Nebraska,May2006.

• KhalilA.,A.Khalil,M.McKee,andJ.Kaluarachchi,Multi-objectivegroundwaterquality

monitoringnetworkdesign,SummerSpecialtyConferenceonAdaptiveManagementofWaterResources,AmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,Missoula,MT,June26-28,2006.

• Shaqadan,A.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Benefit-costanalysisforgroundwaterremediation

consideringsocio-economicmeasures.ProceedingsoftheAnnualConferenceofEnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,Tampa,Florida,May2007.

• Weragala,N.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andV.Smakhtin,Waterresourcesmanagementunder

competingdemandsintheWalaweRiverBasin,SriLanka.SubmittedtotheConferenceonInternationalWaterResources:Challengestothe21stcentury.OrganizedbytheUniversitiesCouncilonWaterResources,Durham,NC,July22-24,2007.

• Jayasekera,D.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andK.G.Villholth,Groundwaterqualityimpactsdueto

populationgrowthinthecoastalzonesofSriLanka.SubmittedtotheConferenceonInternationalWaterResources:Challengestothe21stcentury.OrganizedbytheUniversitiesCouncilonWaterResources,Durham,NC,July22-24,2007.

• Kim,U.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,AnalysisofhydrologyandwaterresourcesoftheUpperNileRiver

Basinunderclimatechange.ProceedingoftheNileRegionalWorkshop,AddisAbaba,Ethiopia,June15-19,2008.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andI.Khadam,Analysisofwaterqualityatwatershedscaleandequity

considerationspollutioncontrolandmanagement.KeynoteAddressandinProceedingoftheWater,Environmental,Energy,andSociety(WEES-2009),NationalInstituteofHydrology,Pusa,NewDelhi,India,January12-15,2009.

• Kim,U.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,ClimatechangeimpactsonwaterresourcesoftheUpperBlueNile

RiverBasinofEthiopia,ProceedingoftheSecondInternationalConferenceonWater:ValuesandRights,Jericho,Palestine.April13-15,2009.

• Aljuaidi,A.E.,D.E.Rosenberg,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Watermanagementwithreuseoftreated

wastewater,desalination,andconveyanceintheGazaStrip,Palestine,AWRAAnnualMeetings,Anchorage,AK,December2009.

• Aljuaidi,A.E.,U.Kim,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Decisionanalysistominimizeagricultural

groundwaterdemandandsaltwaterintrusionusingtreatedwastewater,ProceedingsoftheGroundwaterQualityManagementinaRapidlyChangingWorld(GQ10),the7thInternationalIAHSGroundwaterQualityConference,Zurich,Switzerland,13-18June2010.

• Weragala,N.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andV.Smakhtin.ImprovingWaterResourcesManagementin

RuralRiverBasinsUnderCompetingDemands:ACaseStudyfromtheWalaweRiverBasin,Sri


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Lanka.4thInternationalPerspectiveonWaterResourcesandtheEnvironment,EWRI,Singapore,January,2011.

• Jayasekera,D.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andU.Kim.Generationofmultisiteweeklyprecipitationunder

climatechangeformoderatescalebasins:comparisonofbias-correctionandperturbationmethods.EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,AnnualCongress,PalmSprings,CA,May2011.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,F.Anayah,P.Pavelic,andV.Smakhtin,Useofcomplementaryrelationshipsin

estimatingevapotranspirationindiverseclimaticandphysicalconditions,5thInternationalGroundwaterConference(IGWC-2012),AssociationofGeologistsandHydrogeologists,India,2012.

• Keum,J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Cost-equityconsiderationsinsalinitycontrolintheUpper

ColoradoRiverBasin,ConferenceonWaterandEnvironmentalDynamics,6thInternationalConferenceonWaterResourcesandEnvironmentalResearch,June3-7,Koblenz,Germany,2013.

• Jayasekara,D.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,ClimatechangeimpactsonwatersustainabilityintheNam

NgumRiverBasinofLaos,Proceedingsofthe8thInternationalConferenceonSustainableWaterResourcesManagement,ACoruna,Spain,June15-18,2015.

• WeragalaN.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,ClimateChangeImpactsonRuralRiverBasins:ACaseStudy

fromtheWalaweRiverBasin,SriLanka.8thInternationalPerspectiveonWaterResourcesandtheEnvironment,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,Colombo,SriLanka,January4-6,2016.

• Jayasekera,D.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andH.C.Thai,WaterAvailabilityandAllocationChallenges

UnderClimateChange:ACaseStudyfromtheNamNgumRiverBasin,Laos.8thInternationalPerspectiveonWaterResourcesandtheEnvironment,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,Colombo,SriLanka,January4-6,2016.

• Jayasekera,D.,J.J.Kaluarachchi,andH.C.Thai,Climatechangeadaptationstrategiesforthe

NamNgumRiverBasin,Laos.8thInternationalPerspectiveonWaterResourcesandtheEnvironment,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,Colombo,SriLanka,January4-6,2016.

SCIENTIFICPRESENTATIONS • Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Finiteelementanalysisofwaterflowintheunsaturatedzone,

Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,67,No.16,1986.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Numericalsimulationofhystereticflowintheunsaturated

zone,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,67,No.44,1986.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Analysisofmultispeciestransformationandtransportof

nitrogenintheunsaturatedzone,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,68,No.50,1987.• Parker,J.C.,R.J.Lenhard,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Hystereticflowinthreephaseporousmedia

systems,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,68,No.50,1987.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Modelingmultiphaseflowwithimprovedtechniquesfor

efficiencyandmassconservation,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,69,No.16,1988.


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• Lenhard,R.J.,J.C.Parker,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Simulationofapulseinjectionofnonaqueousphaseliquidintothevadosezonewithafluctuatingwatertable,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,69,No.16,1988.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andJ.C.Parker,Modelingmultiphaseorganictransportwithgasphase

convection,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,69,No.44,1988.• Katyal,A.K.,J.C.Parker,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Modelingofthreephaseflowwithnon-zerogas

phasepressuregradients,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,69,No.44,1988.• Mishra,S.,J.C.Parker,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Analysisofuncertaintyinpredictionsof

hydrocarbonrecoveryfromspillsites,Trans.Amer.GeophysicalUnion,69,No.44,1988.• Lenhard,R.J.,J.C.Parker,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Validatingpermeability-saturation-pressure

relationsforair-oil-waterflow,ProceedingsoftheSoilScienceSocietyMeetings,Anaheim,California,December,1988.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,J.C.Parker,andR.J.Lenhard,Effectsoffluidentrapmentandhysteresison

transportoforganicsinmultiphasemedia,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,Vol.70,1989.• Morshed,J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Timelagerrorofoperatorsplittingtechniqueinsolvingthe

convective-dispersive-reactionequation,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,Vol.72,Fall1992.• Kaluarachchi,J.J.andK.M.Islam,Modelingofthermalventingtoremediatehydrocarbon

contaminatedsoils,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,Vol.73,Fall1992.• Cooper,G.S.,R.C.Peralta,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Computermodelingapproachtooptimize

pumpingforcontainmentofLNAPLcontaminationinunconfinedaquifers,ASCENationalConferenceonIrrigationandDrainage,ParkCity,Utah,July,1993.

• Cooper,G.S.,R.C.Peralta,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Modelingtechniqueforoptimalrecoveryoflight

hydrocarbonsfromcontaminatedunconfinedaquifers,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,Vol.74,Fall,1993.

• Morshed,J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Geneticalgorithmforgroundwatersimulationand

optimization,Trans.Amer.Geophys.Union,Vol.78,Fall1995.• Kaluarachchi,J.andA.Abdin,Stochasticanalysisofthree-phaseflowinheterogeneousporous

media,WesternPacificGeophysicalMeeting,Brisbane,Australia,July,1996.• Zhao,Q.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Impactofgroundwatercontaminationonhumanhealth:

Assessmentofriskduetopopulationheterogeneity,WesternPacificGeophysicalMeeting,Tokyo,Japan,June,2000.

• Kaluarachchi,J.J.,V.Cvetkovic,andS.Berglund,Oxygen-andnitrate-basedbiodegradationof

hydrocarbonsinheterogeneousaquifers,EuropeanGeophysicalSocietyMeeting,Nice,France,April,2000.

• Khadam,I.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Risk-baseddecisionanalysisathazardouswastecontaminated

sites:Currentunderstandingandfuturedirections,SubsurfaceScienceSymposium,InlandNorthwestResearchAlliance,IdahoFalls,Idaho,September6,2001.

• Khadam,I.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Theneedandpotentialapproachesfordecisionanalysisfor

environmentalmanagement,SubsurfaceScienceSymposium,InlandNorthwestResearch


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Alliance,IdahoFalls,Idaho,October13,2002.• Khadam,I.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Probabilisticriskassessmentandmulti-criteriadecisionanalysis

forthemanagementofcontaminatedsubsurface,SubsurfaceScienceSymposium,InlandNorthwestResearchAlliance,SaltLakeCity,UT,2003.

• Tesfamichael,A.A.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Aregressionmethodtoestimatethedistributionof

atrazineinsurfacewater,ProceedingsoftheAnnualMeetingsoftheAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,SanDiego,CA,2003.

• Twarakavi,N.K.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,ModelingarsenicoccurrenceinwesternUnitedStates

usingordinallogisticregressionanalysis,PresentedattheSpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,March25-26,2004.

• Almasri,M.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Managementofnitratecontaminationofgroundwaterdueto

agriculturalactivities,PresentedattheSpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,March25-26,2004.

• Tesfamichael,A.A.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Uncertaintypropagationindrinkingwaterrisk

assessment,SubsurfaceScienceSymposium,InlandNorthwestResearchAlliance,Spokane,WA,2004.

• Twarakavi,N.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Assessmentoffuturelandusechangesongroundwater

qualityusingaprobabilisticmulti-objectiveframework,SubsurfaceScienceSymposium,InlandNorthwestResearchAlliance,Spokane,WA,2004.

• Khalil,A.,M.N.Almasri,M.McKee,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Simulationofnitratecontaminationin

groundwaterusinglearningmachines,ProceedingsoftheAnnualMeetingsoftheAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,Orlando,FL,November,2004.

• Twarakavi,N.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Aquifervulnerabilitytoarseniccontaminationinthe

ConterminousUnitedStates:Healthrisksandeconomicimplications,FallMeetings,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December13-18,2004.

• Tesfamichael,A.A.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Cross-sectionalandlongitudinaluncertainty

propagationindrinkingwaterriskassessment,FallMeetings,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December13-18,2004.

• Tesfamichael,A.A.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Risk-cost-benefitanalysisofatrazineindrinkingwater

fromagriculturalactivities,FallMeetings,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December13-18,2004.

• Hassan,W.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Sustainablewaterresourcemanagementconsidering

populationgrowthandlandusechanges.FallMeetings,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December5-9,2005.

• Lenhard,R.J.,P.Mekins,H.Huang,A.M.Tartakovsky,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Evaluationofa

modelingapproachforwatermovementthroughfracturedporousmediausingmesoscaleexperiments.AnnualMeetingoftheSoilScienceSocietyofAmerica,SaltLakeCity,November,2005.

• Kim,U.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Conditionalgenerationofmonthlyprecipitation.FallMeetings,

AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December11-15,2006.


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• Shaqadan,A.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Integrationofsocio-economicmeasuresinbenefit-costanalysisforgroundwaterremediation.FallMeetings,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December11-15,2006.

• Kim,U.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Regionalaquiferassessmentusinglinearprogramming,Subsurface

ScienceSymposium,InlandNorthwestResearchAlliance,Moscow,ID,2006.• Kaluarachchi,J.M.McKee,W.Walker,C.Fawson,M.Whitaker,E.Price,andC.A.Jones,Human

capacitybuildinginthewatersectorofMiddleEastusingDistanceEducationTechnology,Presentedatthe3rdArabWaterConference,Cairo,Egypt,Dec9-11,2006.

• Hasan,W.andJ.Kaluarachchi,Economicvalueofwaterinplanningandmanagement.Fall

Meetings,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December11-15,2006.• Kim,U.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Parameterestimationusingregionalizationforungagedbasins:

AnexamplefromtheUpperBlueNileRiverBasin.PresentedattheSpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,April5-6,2007.

• Al-Juaidy,A.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Optimalagriculturalwatermanagementunderwaterdeficit

conditions,PresentedattheSpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,April5-6,2007.

• Kim,U.andJ.Kaluarachchi,PredictingmonthlyrunoffoftheUpperBlueNileRiverbasinof

EthiopiausingRegionalizationMethods.AnnualConferenceoftheAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,Albuquerque,NM,November12-15,2007.

• Kim,U.andJ.Kaluarachchi,ApplicabilityofPartiallyObservedRunoffDatainParameter

Calibration.FallMeetings,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December15-19,2008.

• Weragala,N.andJ.Kaluarachchi,UseofOptimizationModelinginAdaptiveManagementof

WaterResources:ACaseStudyfromWalaweRiverBasin,SriLanka.SummerSpecialtyConferenceoftheAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,Snowbird,UT,June29–July1,2009.

• Al-Juaidy,A.,D.Rosenberg,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Watermanagementwithwastewater

treatmentandreuse,desalination,andconveyancetocounteractclimatechangeintheGazaStrip.PresentedattheSpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,April1-3,2009.

• Rosenberg,D.,A.Al-Juaidy,andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.Managingwaterandsalinitywithdesalination,

conveyance,conservation,waste-watertreatmentandreusetocounteractclimatevariabilityinGaza.FallMeetings,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December15-19,2009.

• Anayah,F.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.Cancomplementarymethodsreliablyestimate

evapotranspirationinsemi-aridregions?FallMeetings,AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December13-17,2010.

• Anayah,F.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Cancomplementarymethodsreliablyestimate

evapotranspirationinsemi-aridregions?PresentedattheSpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,April,2011.

• Anayah,F.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Cancomplementarymethodsreliablyestimate

evapotranspirationinsemi-aridregions?PresentedattheIntermountainGraduateResearchSymposium,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,March31,2011.


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• Jayasekara,D.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Modelingthehydrologyandwaterallocationunderclimate

changeinruralriverbasins:AcasestudyfromNamNgumRiverBasin,Laos.AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December5-9,2011.

• Anayah,F.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Isthereaglobalmodeltoreliablypredicting

evapotranspiration?PresentedattheSpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,April3-4,2012.http://wetwater.usu.edu/htm/conference

• Anayah,F.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Areactualandcropevapotranspirationequivalent??Presented

attheIntermountainGraduateResearchSymposium,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,April5-6,2012.http://www.igr-symposium.org/

• Keum,J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,CosteffectiveAllocationstrategiesforsalinityremovalinthe

upperColoradoRiverBasin.PresentedattheSpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,April3-4,2012.http://wetwater.usu.edu/htm/conference

• MurphyK.,E.Price,K.Whitney,R.Smith,S.Waage,J.Lillywhite,J.Hill,L.Ferguson,J.

Kaluarachchi,C.Pannkuk,BuildingcapacityoftheIraqextensionsystem:Anend-of-projectevaluationofthe2007-2011IraqAgriculturalExtensionRevitalizationproject,ASA,CCSA,andSSSAInternationalAnnualMeeting,October21-24,Cincinnati,OH.

• Kim,D.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Characterizationofriverbasinswithirrigationdiversionsusing

regionalizationmethods.AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December3-7,2012.• Keum,J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Cost-equityconsiderationsinsalinitycontrolintheUpper

ColoradoRiverBasin.AmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA,December3-7,2012.• Keum,J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,PredictingannualVariationofsalinityproductionfromtheUpper

ColoradoRiverBasinUsingSPARROW.PresentedattheSpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,UT,April9-10,2013.http://wetwater.usu.edu/htm/conference

• Keum,J.andJ.J.KaluarachchiSalinitygenerationintheUpperColoradoRiverBasin:Model

predictionsandmanagementissues,Presentationatthe6thInternationalConferenceonWaterResourcesandEnvironmentalResearch:Water&EnvironmentalDynamics,June3-7,2013.

• Keum,J.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi.PredictingsalinitygenerationintheColoradoRiverBasinand

costandequityconsiderationsinsalinityreduction,Presentationatthe6thInternationalConferenceonWaterResourcesandEnvironmentalResearch:Water&EnvironmentalDynamics,June3-7,2013.

• KeumJ.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,AnalysisofmonitoringneedsandredundanciesoftheUpper

ColoradoRiverBasinforsalinitypredictionusingSPARROW,AnnualConferenceoftheAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,Portland,OR,November4-7,2013.

• KimD.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Predicatingwaterresourcesinsnowmelt-drivenwatershedsusing

theflowdurationcurvemethod,2014AnnualSummerSpecialtyConferenceoftheAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,Reno,NV,June30-July2,2014.

• KimD.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Hydro-economicoptimizationforagriculturalproductivityusing

Bayesianestimates,2014AnnualSummerSpecialtyConferenceoftheAmericanWaterResourcesAssociation,Reno,NV,June30-July2,2014.

• KimD.andJ.J.Kaluarachchi,Ariskbasedagro-economicanalysistomaximizeincomeofsalinity-


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affectedagriculturallandswithlimitedwater.8thInternationalPerspectiveonWaterResourcesandtheEnvironment,EnvironmentalandWaterResourcesInstitute,Colombo,SriLanka,January4-6,2016.

INTERNATIONALDEVELOPMENTMay2014 PrincipalInvestigator

WorkshoponWaterResourcesDevelopmentinEgyptNationalScienceFoundation

October2012 TechnicalLead

WorkshoponProposalPlanningandWritingFurtherAdvancingtheBlueRevolutionInitiative(FABRI)USAIDandDAIMiddleEastDesalinationResearchCenter,Muscat,Oman

April2011 Member

ResearchDevelopmentCommittee,InternationalWaterManagementInstitute,Colombo,SriLanka 20092013 PrincipalInvestigator

WaterresourcesandhydropowerassessmentintheNamNgumRiverBasinofLaosunderclimatechange;JointprojectwithInternationalWaterManagementInstitute,SriLanka

2009-2011 PrincipalInvestigator

NaturalgroundwaterrechargeassessmentinNorthernGhanaunderclimatechange,Ghana;JointprojectwithInternationalWaterManagementInstitute,SriLanka

July2008 USULead

InaugurationoftheArabWaterAcademy,AbuDhabi,UAE February2007 Organizer

ExtensionNeedsAssessmentForumforIraqiMinistriesofWaterResources,Agriculture,Environment,andHigherEducation,Amman,Jordan,FundedbytheUSDepartmentofAgriculture


WaterandIrrigation,IraqiAgricultureExtensionRevitalization(IAER)Program,FundedbyUSDepartmentofAgriculture

2000-2005 ProjectDirector

AcademicExchangeProgramwithAn-NajahNationalUniversity,Nablus,Palestine.FundedbytheUSStateDepartment


WaterresourcesmanagementintheWalaweRiverBasin,SriLanka,JointprojectwithInternationalWaterManagementInstitute,SriLanka


HydrologicanalysisandwaterresourcesassessmentintheBlueNileRiverBasin,Ethiopia;JointprojectwithInternationalWaterManagementInstitute,SriLanka.


AquifervulnerabilityassessmentofeasterncoastalaquiferzoneofSriLanka;JointprojectwithInternationalWaterManagementInstitute,SriLanka


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August1998 ConsultantTOKTENConsultanttoGovernmentofSriLankaongroundwaterpollutionandmanagement,FundedbyUNDP

August1997 Consultant

TOKTENConsultanttoGovernmentofSriLankaondevelopinggroundwatermodelingcapacity,FundedbyUNDP

INVITEDSHORTCOURSES • ShortcourseonMultiphaseOrganicTransportModelingwithEmphasisonPollutionby

Hydrocarbons,InternationalGroundWaterModelingCenter,HolcombResearchInstitute,ButlerUniversity,Indianapolis,Indiana,October,1988.

• ShortcourseonMultiphaseOrganicTransportModelingwithEmphasisonPollutionby

Hydrocarbons,InternationalGroundWaterModelingCenter,HolcombResearchInstitute,ButlerUniversity,Indianapolis,Indiana,October,1989.

• ShortcourseonPetroleumHydrocarbonsandOrganicChemicalsinGroundWater;Useof

ModelsforSiteAssessmentandRemediation,LosAngeles,California,May,1990.• ShortcourseonMultiphaseOrganicTransportModelingforSiteAssessmentandRemedial

Design,InternationalGroundWaterModelingCenter,Delft,Netherlands,September,1990.• ShortcourseonNumericalMethodsonModelingMultiphaseFlowandTransportinPorous

Media,SwissFederalInstituteofTechnology,Zurich,Switzerland,March,1991.• CourseonFateandTransportofChemicalsintheSubsurface,EnvironmentalEngineering

Directorate,HillAirForceBase,Ogden,Utah,March,1995.• CourseonGroundwaterHydrologyandModeling,UtahDepartmentofEnvironmentalQuality,

SaltLakeCity,Utah,March-July,1997.• CourseonSurfaceWaterManagementandModeling,NationalBuildingResearchOrganization,

Colombo,SriLanka,September1998.• CourseonTerrestrialSubsurfaceProcessesII,FlowandTransportProcesses,Long-distance

courseforInlandNorthwestResearchAlliance,SubsurfaceScienceProgram,March-May,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,and2007.

• ShortCourseonWaterandIrrigationtoIraqiMinistryofAgriculture,DesertDevelopment

Center,TheAmericanUniversityofCairo,Egypt,July8-26,2007.

• ShortCourseonWaterandIrrigationtoIraqiMinistryofAgriculture,AmmanMarriott,Amman,Jordan,Egypt,October28-November2,2007.

• ShortCourseonWaterandHydrologytoIraqiMinistryofAgriculture,AmmanMarriott,

Amman,Jordan,Egypt,January12-17,2008.• ShortCourseonWaterandHydrologytoIraqiMinistryofAgriculture,AmmanMarriott,

Amman,Jordan,Egypt,April27-May1,2008.

• ShortCourseonLandandWaterResourcesManagement:IrrigatedAgriculture–Groundwater


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Hydraulicsandmanagement,InternationalCenterforAdvancedMediterraneanAgronomicStudies(CIHEAM),Bari,Italy,December6-11,2010.

• Pre-TrainingShortCourseonWaterandIrrigationtoIraqiMinistryofAgriculture,Erbil,

Kurdistan,Iraq,June1-3,2009.• ShortCourseonWater,HydrologyandIrrigationtoIraqiMinistryofAgriculture,UtahState

University,Logan,Utah,September27-November9,2009.• ShortCourseonIrrigationWaterManagementtoIraqiMinistryofAgriculture,Agricultural

ResearchCenter,Erbil,Kurdistan,Iraq,March27-April7,2011.• ShortCourseonLandandWaterResourcesManagement:IrrigatedAgriculture–Groundwater


• ShortCourseonProposalPlanningandWriting,ParticipantsfromtheFurtherAdvancingthe

BlueRevolutionInitiative(FABRI)andPartnershipsforEnhancedEngagementinResearch(PEER),USAID,Muscat,Oman,October7-10,2012.




Hydraulicsandmanagement,InternationalCenterforAdvancedMediterraneanAgronomicStudies(CIHEAM),Bari,Italy,November11-15,2013.





INVITEDPRESENTATIONS • ModelingFlowandMulticomponentTransportinPorousMedia,DepartmentofSoilPhysics,

SwissFederalInstituteofTechnology,Zurich,Switzerland,January,1990.• ModelingFlowandMulticomponentTransportinPorousMedia,ShellDevelopmentCompany,

WesthollowResearchCenter,Houston,Texas,February,1991.• ApplicationsofModelsinHydrocarbonContaminatedSitesforRemediationPurposes,Lawrence

BerkeleyLaboratory,Berkeley,California,May,1991.• ModelingFlowandMulticomponentTransportinPorousMedia,SouthwestResearchInstitute,

SanAntonio,Texas,July,1991.• ApplicationsofMathematicalModelinginGroundwaterContaminationProblems,Woodward-

ClydeConsultants,SantaAna,California,May,1991.


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• ApplicationofThermalVentingtoRecoverLess-VolatileContaminantsfromtheUnsaturatedZone,R.S.KerrLaboratories,USEPA,Ada,Oklahoma,June,1993.

• CurrentResearchTrendsinMultiphaseFlowandTransport,TyndallAirForceBase,Panama

City,Florida,February,1995.• Free-ProductRecoveryfromUnconfinedAquifers,DivisionofEnvironmentalResponseand

Remediation,UtahDepartmentofEnvironmentalQuality,SaltLakeCity,Utah,February,1995.• ApplicationofThermalVentingTechnology,USArmyWaterwaysExperimentalStation,

Vicksburg,Mississippi,April,1995.• CurrentResearchActivitiesinContaminantHydrology,PublicWorkResearchInstitute,Ministry

ofConstruction,TsukubaCity,Japan,February,1996.• CurrentResearchActivitiesinContaminantHydrology,NipponKoeiCo.Ltd.,Tokyo,Japan,

February,1996.• ResearchActivitiesinContaminantHydrology,DisasterPreventionInstitute,KyotoUniversity,

Kyoto,Japan,February,1996.• Free-productrecoveryfromunconfinedaquifers,DepartmentofGeology,UniversityofAuckland,

NewZealand,July,1996.• GroundWaterContaminationbyOrganicPollutants,NationalBuildingResearchOrganization,

Colombo,SriLanka,October,1996.• Free-ProductMigrationandRecovery:SystemOperationsandLimitations,DepartmentofCivil

Engineering,RoyalInstituteofTechnology,Stockholm,Sweden,March,1997.• Dual-PhasePumpingforGasolinerecoveryfromunconfinedaquifers,DepartmentofCivil

Engineering,TsinghuaUniversity,Beijing,China,June,1997.• Dual-PhasePumpingforGasolinerecoveryfromunconfinedaquifers,DepartmentofUrbanand

EnvironmentalSciences,BeijingUniversity,Beijing,China,June,1997.• GroundwaterContaminationandRemediation,DepartmentofCivilEngineering,SeoulNational

University,Seoul,Korea,September,1997.• GroundWaterManagementinResourceAllocation,NationalBuildingResearchOrganization,

Colombo,SriLanka,October,1998.• GroundWaterManagementinResourceAllocation,DrainageandReclamationBoard,Colombo,

SriLanka,October,1998.• AConceptualFrameworkfortheOptimalManagementofNitrateinGroundwater,IDS-Water

Americas,2004,VirtualWaterConference,organizedbyIDS,May18-24.• GroundWaterQualityManagementthroughRisk-BasedDecisionAnalysis,PresentedattheNSF

ResearchPanelmeetingonPost-TsunamiImpactsinSriLanka,Colombo,SriLanka,Sept22,2005.

• Groundwaterinsub-SaharanAfricaImplicationsforfoodsecurityandlivelihoods:Acasestudy

fromGhana.WorkshopofSub-Saharangroundwater,Internationalwatermanagement


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Institute,Accra,Ghana,March8-11,2010.• WaterResourcesPlanningandManagementStudies:ExamplesfromNileRiverBasin,Ethiopia

andGazaStrip,Palestine.InternationalCenterforAdvancedMediterraneanAgronomicStudies(CIHEAM),Bari,Italy,December15,2011.

• WaterResourcesPlanningandManagementintheNileRiverBasin,Ethiopia.Waterand

EnvironmentalEngineeringProgram,MasdarInstitute,AbuDhabi,April10,2012.GRADUATESTUDENTMENTORING PhDStudents(asmajorprofessor)

• AlaaAbdin(1996)

Dissertationtitle:“Stochasticanalysisofmultiphaseflowinheterogeneousporousmedia”• JahangirMorshed(1997)

Dissertationtitle:“Optimalgroundwatermanagementandinverseanalysisusinggeneticalgorithmsandartificialneuralnetworks”

• MamunRashid(2003)

Dissertationtitle:“Biodegradationofhydrocarbonsusingalternateelectronacceptors:Theoreticaldevelopmentandmodelapplications”

• MohammadAlmasri(2004)

Dissertationtitle:“Optimalmanagementofnitratecontaminationofgroundwater”• NavinTwarakavi(2006)

Dissertationtitle:“Assessmentofaquifervulnerabilitytoheavymetalcontaminationandimplicationsonwaterpolicyissues”

• IbrahimKhadam(2006)

Dissertationtitle:“Sustainablemanagementofwatershedsconsideringhydrology,waterquality,andeconomicequity”

• AkliluTestafamicheal(2006)

Dissertationtitle:”Pesticideriskbenefitanalysisindrinkingwaterandmanagementimplications”

• ChampikaWethasinghe(2006)

Dissertationtitle:“Impactsofuncertaintyinbiokineticparametersonbioremediationofcontaminatedaquifersandhumanhealthrisk”

• WafaHassan(2007)

Dissertationtitle:“Waterresourcesmanagementconsideringdemand,supply,landusechanges,andeconomicaspects:AcasestudyfromSaltLakeCounty,Utah”

• UngtaeKim(2007)Dissertationtitle:“ImpactsofclimatechangeonwaterresourcesoftheUpperBlueNileRiverBasin,Ethiopia

• AshrafShaqadan(2008)Dissertationtitle:“Decisionanalysisconsideringwelfareimpactsinwaterresourcesusingthe


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benefittransferapproach”

• AhmedAl-Juaidy(2009)Dissertationtitle:“Waterallocationforagriculturaluseconsideringtreatedwastewater,publichealthrisk,andeconomicissues”

• NeelangaWeragala(2010)Dissertationtitle:“Waterallocationchallengesinruralriverbasins:AcasestudyfromtheWalaweRiverBasin,SriLanka”

• FathiAnayah(2012)Dissertationtitle:“Improvingcomplementarymethodstopredictevapotranspirationfordatadeficitconditionsandglobalapplicationsunderclimatechange”

• DuminduJayasekera(2013)Dissertationtitle:“ImpactsofclimatechangeonwaterresourcesandcorrespondingadaptationstrategiesoftheNamNgumRiverBasin,Laos”

• JonghoKeum(2014)Dissertationtitle:“SalinitymanagementintheupperColoradoRiverBasin:Modeling,monitoring,andcost-equitychallenges”

• DaehaKim(2015)Researchemphasis:“WatermanagementforagriculturalproductionintheSevierRiverBasin,Utah:Amulti-disciplinaryapproach”

• HominKim(in-progress)Researchemphasis:Waterresources

• SoniaMurshed(in-progress)Researchemphasis:Waterresources

• NohaMoghazy(in-progress)Researchemphasis:Waterresources

MSStudents(asmajorprofessor)

• JahangirMorshed(1994)Dissertationtitle:“Criticalassessmentoftheoperator-splittingtechniqueinsolvingtheadvection-dispersion-reactionproblems”

• MesbahIslam(1993)Dissertationtitle:“Theoreticalanalysisofthermalventingtoremediatehydrocarboncontaminatedsoils”

• LiLi(1994)Dissertationtitle:“Nonlineartransportsimulationofsolutesingroundwater”

• YiCao(1992)Dissertationtitle:“Adsorptionofsolutesduringcontaminanttransportingroundwater”

• AbidithPendse(1996)Dissertationtitle:“Groundwatermodelingincomplexaquifersystems”


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• AlanSpilker(1997)Dissertationtitle:“CriticalevaluationofthesitecharacterizationprogramatTooeleArmyDepot,Tooele,Utah”

• HatimMustafa(1997)Dissertationtitle:“Humanhealthriskassessmentforhazardouswastecontaminatedsites”

• QianZhao(2000)Dissertationtitle:“Humanhealthriskassessmentconsideringageandgendervariability”

• SomoodhAbraham(2003)Dissertationtitle:“Impactofparameteruncertaintyonpesticiderunoffandeconomiccostinsmallwatersheds

• IbrahimKhadam(2003)Dissertationtitle:“Healthrisk-baseddecisionanalysisathazardouswastecontaminatedsites”

• NavinTwarakavi(2003)Dissertationtitle:“GroundwaterqualityassessmentinWaterResourcesInventoryArea1,WhatcomCounty,Washington”

• RituGupta(2005)Dissertationtitle:“Investigationofelevationrelatedcontrolsonsemi-aridmountainfronthydrologybyonedimensionalmodelingofwaterbalanceattwositesinBoiseFoothills”

• AjayKarla(2005)Dissertationtitle:“Verticalandlateralflowcomponentsofsoilwaterfluxesfollowingspringrainfallinasemi-aridcatchment”

• KarthikKumaraswamy(2007)Dissertationtitle:“VulnerabilityofshallowaquifersoftheconterminousUnitedStatestonitrate:Assessmentofmethodologies”

• DuminduJayasekera(2007)Dissertationtitle:“Impactsonwaterqualityofruralcoastalaquifersduetopopulationgrowthandlanduseexploitation:AcasestudyfromKalpitiyaPeninsula,SriLanka”

• HossamMoursi(2014)Waterresources(in-progress)

POST-DOCTORALRESEARCHASSOCIATES • AlaaE.Abdin,1996-98

• UngtaeKim,2007-2008• YasserNazzal,2007-2008• AhmedAl-Juaidy,2009

NeelangaWeragala,2010SELECTEDUNIVERSITY-WIDEASSIGNMENTS • UtahWaterResearchLaboratory(UWRL)LeadershipManagementCommittee,1994-1995

• GraduateCouncil,1999-2002


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• Provost’sPromotionandTenureAdvisoryCommittee,2002-2005• President’sCommitteeonSelectiveInvestments,2004• EducationalPoliciesCommittee,2007-2009• ResearchCouncil,2007–present• VicePresident’sSeedGrantProposalReviewCommittee,2007-present• ElectricalandComputerEngineeringHeadSearchCommitteeChair,2008• SearchCommittee,AssociateVicePresidentandAssociateDean,RGS,2012

EPSCoRResearchTeam,2009-2010PROFESSIONALCONSULTING • AmericanPetroleumInstitute,Washington,D.C.

• MobilOilCorporation,Paulsboro,NewJersey• AmocoOil,ResearchandDevelopment,Naperville,Illinois• HillAirForceBase,Ogden,Utah• MontgomeryWatson,SaltLakeCity,Utah• EnvironmentalSystemsandTechnologies,Inc.Blacksburg,Virginia• JBRConsultants,Midvale,Utah• CH2MHill,SaltLakeCity,Utah• Hansen,Allen&Luce,Inc.,Midvale,Utah

StratusConsulting,Boulder,ColoradoandtheUSDepartmentofJustice,PhiladelphiaENVIRONMENTALMODELINGSOFTWAREDEVELOPMENT ARMOS

Principalauthor,Two-dimensionalfiniteelementmodeltopredictarealflowofwaterandmigrationoflighthydrocarbonasafreephaseinathreefluidphaseunconfinedaquiferforremediationanddesignpurposes.AmericanPetroleumInstitute,Washington,D.C.,1988.MOFAT Principalauthor,Two-dimensionalfiniteelementmodeltopredictmultiphaseflowandtransportofmulti-componentorganicsinaverticalthreefluidphaseporousmedium.USEnvironmentalProtectionAgency,R.S.KerrLaboratory,Ada,OK,1991.

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