Branford Price MiIIar Award for F aculty Excellence Hamid MoradlzhanL Ph.D. PROFESSOR HAMID MORADKHANI, director of Remote Sensing and \fater Resources Lab is a professor ofcivil and environmental engineering and fellow of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions. He is a world-class expert with over 25 years of experience. He has made significant contributions on tackling the grand challenges faced by water resources planners, stakeholders and emergency managers here and around the world: how to be sure there is enough water ro meet demands and protect livelihoods and properties against extreme events as populations swell and weather patrerns shift due to climate variabiliry and change. Since joining PSU, he has developed and expanded a research program that is regionally, nationally and internationally significant and advances the mission of Portland State. Professor Moradkhani is a highly cited author ofover 130 publications, and a pioneer in stochastic modeling, data assimilation, cyber innovation and uncertainty quantifi cation methods used extensively in engineering, earth science and many other disciplines worldwide. In recognition ofhis outstanding works and significant contributions, he was elected to the Hall of Fame of Samueli College of Engineering at the Universiry of California, Irvine, and in 2075 he was awarded a fellow of Environmental and tVater Resources Institute, recognized and designated by the American Academy of \(ater Resources Engineers. He is a fellow of the American Society oF Civil Engineers (2014), and diplomate of\7ater Resources Engineering (201 1). He has chaired numerous technical committees, panels, conferences and workshops, and served on several advisory panels reiated to drought, flood, climate change and water policy issues. Professor Moradkhani has been on the editorial boards ofjournals, inclrding AGU Water Resources Research, Eheuier Journal of Hydrokgy and ASCE Jo u rn a 1 of Hyc/ ro I ogi c E n gi n eeri ng among others. The Millar Award is given annually to a faculty member in a tenure-track or tenured appointment who has demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, instruction, universiry service, and public service, and whose performance in the area of scholarship and research is judged to be exceptional. 1i
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