College of Design and Built Environment
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty Research Profile Bulletin
Name:
| Ahmed Al-Areeq |
Rank:
| Assistant Professor |
Specialization:
| ☐ | Structural Engineering | ☐ | Transportation Engineering |
| ☐ | Construction Materials | ☒ | Water Resources Engineering |
| ☐ | Geotechnical Engineering | ☐ | Environmental Engineering |
PhD:
| Institution: | King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Dissertation Title: | Development of a Hyper-resolution, Physically-based, Distributed Hydrologic and Water Quality Model for the Holly City of Makkah, Saudi Arabia |
Selected Research Projects: Titles Only
1. Effect of land use land cover change on the surface runoff; using SWAT and HEC-HMS, Makkah, Saudi Arabia 2. Delineation of Optimal Groundwater Recharge Zones in arid region using an Integrated Modelling Approach 3. Water Quality Assessment for Blue Flag Beaches which was funded by Sharqia Development Authority 4. Flood modeling using WMS software: A Case study of Hafer Al-Batin City, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. 5. Selecting dam locations for maximizing rainwater harvesting in Saudi Arabia. |
Selected Patents: Titles Only
| NA |
Research Publications:
| Scopus Link: | https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57192192216 |
| Google Scholar Link: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QAsdIjMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |
Selected Graduate Thesis Supervised: Titles Only
1. Assessment of Flood Susceptibility Using GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and HEC-RAS. 2. Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) for Groundwater Potential Mapping Using GIS and Remote Sensing 3. Effect of land use land cover changes on the surface runoff of Wadi Ibrahim Watershed, Saudi Arabia, using SWAT and HEC-HMS 4. Estimation of Water Requirements for Grain Corn Crops in A Central Valley bf Bolivia Using The Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (Sebal) 5. Estimating the changes in irrigation water use under shared socio-economic pathways using remote sensing data |
Research Interests (as per CEE Strategic Research Goals): Select all that apply
| ☐ | Develop Structural Health Monitoring Systems | ☐ | Renewable Energy |
| ☐ | Rehabilitation Materials and Techniques | ☒ | Sustainable Environment |
| ☐ | Carbon Utilization | ☒ | Climate Change Adaptation |
| Cycling of Waste Materials | Automation / Process Intensification | ||
| Develop Smart and Sustainable Materials | Novel Physical-Chemical Processes | ||
| ☒ | Novel Modeling / Testing Methods | ☒ | Exposure and Risk Analysis |
| ☒ | Natural Resources Management | Smart Mobility Systems | |