
Dr. Farhad Jazaei
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Office
112D Engineering Science Building
Office Hours
Open Door Policy or By Appointment
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Students Courses GFCT Lab CV(PDF)
Education
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA, 2017
- M. Sc. Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2008
- B. Sc. Civil Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2006
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Memphis (8/2019-Present)
- Research Associate, Center for Applied Earth Sciences and Engineering Research (CAESER), The University of Memphis (8/2017-7/2019)
- Research Assistant, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Auburn University (8/2012-7/2017)
Honors and Awards
- 2015, Farvolden Award, National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
- 2015, Outstanding International Student, Auburn University
- 2013, Feagin graduate fellowship, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University
- 2013, Outstanding research from Civil Engineering Department, Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, Auburn University
- 2012, Full Ph.D. scholarship, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University
Research Interest
- Water resources and environmental management
- Fate and transport of contaminants in the environment
- Surface water and groundwater interaction
- Groundwater hydraulics and hydrology
- Numerical simulation of (groundwater/surface water) flow and contaminant transport
- Computational modeling of engineering system
- Water-smart city / Water security
- Groundwater remediation
Publications
- L. Battacharjee, F. Jazaei, M. Salehi. Insights into the mechanism of plastics’ fragmentation under abrasive mechanical forces: an implication for agricultural soil health. Journal of Clear Air Water and Soil. 2023 (Accepted for publication)
- Pierce Joel, Waldron Brian; Jazaei Farhad. A Methodology to Enhance a Previously PEST-Calibrated Shallow Aquifer and Aquitard Breach Model. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 2023 (Accepted for publication)
- Ashiq, Muhammad Masood, et al. "Abundance, spatial distribution, and physical characteristics of microplastics in stormwater detention ponds." Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 17.10 (2023): 124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-023-1724-y
- Giglou, A. N., Nazari, R., Jazaei, F., & Karimi, M., 2023. Assessing the effects of increased impervious surface on the aquifer recharge through river flow network, case study of Jackson, Tennessee, USA. Science of The Total Environment, 872, 162203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162203
- Jazaei, F.; Chy, T.; Salehi,M., 2022. Can Microplastic Pollution Change Soil-Water Dynamics? Results from Controlled Laboratory Experiments. Water, 14(21), P.3430. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14213430.
- Azizi, K., Kashani, A.R., Ebrahimi, S. and Jazaei, F., 2022. Application of a multi-objective optimization model for the design of piano key weirs with a fixed dam height. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 49(11), 1764-1778. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2022-0096
- Sondipon Paul, Waldron, B., Jazaei, F., Schoefernacker, S., Larsen, D, 2022. Groundwater Well Optimization to Minimize Contaminant Movement from a Surficial Shallow Aquifer to a Lower Water Supply Aquifer Using Stochastic Simulation-Optimization Modeling Techniques: Strategy Formulation. MethodsX 101765. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016122001455
- Mahmoudi, D., Rezaei, M., Ashjari, J., Salehghamari, E., Jazaei, F. and Babakhani, P., 2020. Impacts of stratigraphic heterogeneity and release pathway on the transport of bacterial cells in porous media. Science of The Total Environment, p.138804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138804
- Jazaei, F., Waldron, B., Schoefernacker, S., Larsen, D, 2019. Application of numerical tools to investigate a leaky aquitard beneath urban well Fields. Water, 11(1), p.5. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w11010005.
- Jazaei, F., Simpson, M.J., Clement, 2017. Understanding time scales of diffusive fluxes and the implication for steady state and steady shape conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(1), 174-180. doi:10.1002/2016GL071914
- Jazaei, F., Clement, T.P., Simpson, M.J., 2016. Spatial analysis of aquifer response times for radial flow processes: Nondimensional analysis and laboratory-scale tests. Journal of Hydrology, 532, 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.11.024
- Jazaei, F., Simpson, M.J., Clement, T.P., 2014. An analytical framework for quantifying aquifer response time scales associated with transient boundary conditions. Journal of Hydrology 519, 1642–1648. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.018
- Simpson, M.J., Jazaei, F., Clement, T.P., 2013. How long does it take for aquifer recharge or aquifer discharge processes to reach steady state? Journal of Hydrology 501, 241-248. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.08.005
Conference Proceedings
- Mahammad Masood Ashiq, Farhad Jazaei, Alireza Bakhsaee. Investigation and Identification of the Microplastics Presence in the Soil. AGU Fall Meeting 2022
- Bisesh Joshi, Claudio I. Meier, Farhad Jazaei. Estimating Streambed Hydraulic Conductivity Using Mini-Piezometers with Drilled-Holes Screens. AGU Fall Meeting 2022
- Nazli Aghashahi, Brian Waldron, Farhad Jazaei. Evaluation of Groundwater Age Distributions due to Leakage through an Aquitard Breach. AGU Fall Meeting 2022
- Babak Azari, Farhad Jazaei, Brian Waldron. Evaluating the impact of low permeability zones’ shapes and groundwater head gradient on the contaminant back diffusion. AGU Fall Meeting 2022
- Alireza Bakhsaee, Farhad Jazaei, Mahammad Masood Ashiq, Ahmed Shakir Ali,. The Impact of Land and Water Use Changes on Climate-Land-Energy-Water (CLEW) Nexus in the Bakhtegan Basin, Iran. AGU Fall Meeting 2022
- Ahmed Shakir Ali, Farhad Jazaei, Mahammad Masood Ashiq. Numerical Model For Simulation of Scour Around Bridge Abutment. AGU Fall Meeting 2022
- Algusaireen, E., Dell’Aira, F., Lendesma, B., Jazaei, F., Meier, C. A methodology for depicting hyperheic travel times at high temporal and spatial resolutions. 2022 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress (EWRI)
- Ahmed Shakir Ali, Farhad Jazaei, Mahammad Masood Ashiq. Estimation of Equilibrium Local Scour Depth Around Piers Using Artificial Neural Network. 2022 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress (EWRI)
- Gholamreza Bonyadinejad, Maryam Salehi Esfandarani*, Farhad Jazaei. Investigate the factors influencing photodegradation of microplastics (MPs): An implication for water resources protection. 2021 Kentucky/Tennessee Water Professionals Conference
- Linkon Bhattacharjee, Maryam Salehi, Farhad Jazaei. Investigate the Factors that Influence the Microplastics Fragmentation: An Implication for Water Resources Protection. 2021 Kentucky/Tennessee Water Professionals Conference
- Alqusaireen, E., Meier, C., Argerich, A., Jazaei, F. 3D High-Resolution Description of Hyporheic Exchange Flow in Gravel Bars. 2019 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Jazaei, F., Waldron, B. A., Schoefernacker, O., & Larsen, D. (2018, December). Numerical tools for identifying confining unit breaches impacting semi-confined water-supply aquifers. In AGU Fall Meeting (Vol. 2018, pp. H41J-2212).
- Meier, Claudio I., Farhad Jazaei, and Alba Argerich. "What Happens under a Gravel Bar, Really? Estimating Travel Times of Hyporheic Exchange Flow at Very-High Spatial Resolution." AGU Fall Meeting. Vol. 2018. 2018. (Including Oral presentation)
- Jazaei, F., Clement, T.P., Simpson, M.J., 2016. Response-time analysis of groundwater flows perturbed by pumping wells. AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA, (Oral presentation)
- Jazaei, F., Clement, T.P., Simpson, M.J., 2015. Predicting the time scales of groundwater response to surface-water variations. NGWA Groundwater Summit, San Antonio, Texas
- Jazaei, F., Abrishamchi, A., Tajrishy, M., Abrishamchi, Ali, 2008. “Urban groundwater level forecasting applying Artificial Neural Network (ANN),” International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes and Groundwater Management Responses, University of California, Irvine
Teaching Courses (Undergraduate (U), Graduate (G))
- (G) Groundwater Hydraulics, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Memphis
- (G) Applied groundwater modeling (Developed Course), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Memphis
- (G) Computational methods in hydraulics and hydrology (Developed Course), Department of Civil Engineering & Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis
- (U) Statics, Herff College of Engineering, University of Memphis
- (U) Civil Engineering Hydraulics and Hydrology, University of Memphis
- (U) Hydraulics and Hydrology Lab, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Memphis
- (U) Civil Engineering Analysis, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University
Current and graduated Master's Students
- Tareq Jamal Chy (2021), MSc (Advisor)
- Bisesh Joshi (2022), MSc (Co-advisor)
- Linkon Bhattacharjee (2023), MSc (Co-advisor)
Current and graduated Ph.D. Students
- Eatedal Alqusaireen (2021), Department of Civil Engineering (Co-advisor)
- Alireza Bakhshaee (TBD), Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor)
- Ahmed Shakir Ali (TBD), Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor)
- Muhammad Masood Ashiq (TBD), Department of Civil Engineering (Advisor)
- Babak Azari (TBD), Department of Civil Engineering (Co-advisor)
- Nazli Aghashahi (TBD), Department of Civil Engineering (Co-advisor)
Member of UoM Graduate Student Committees
- Kushal Regmi, MSc student, Department of Civil Engineering (2019)
- Haley Grace Gallo, MSc student, Department of Civil Engineering (2021)
- Joel Pierce, MSc student, Department of Civil Engineering (2022)
- Benja Ledesma, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
- Reza Bonyadi, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
- Md Hadiuzzaman, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
- Khairul Hassan, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
- S. Mohamad Hossein, Ph.D. student, Department of Earth Sciences (TBD)
- Aashis Sapkota, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (2021)
- Angel Alberto Jimenez, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
- Saman Ebrahimi, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
- Mahdis Khorram, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
Laboratory Development
- Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Laboratory (GFCT Lab), Department of Civil Engineering (Being developed...)
Grants and contracts
- Investigating the Occurrence of Microplastic Pollution within the Biosolids of Wastewater Treatment Plants, Great Lakes Water Authority & Brown and Caldwell, 2022 (PI)- ~$85K
- Occurrence of Microplastics Pollution in Agricultural Farms, Brown and Caldwell, 2022 (PI)- ~35K
- Developing a framework to quantify Microplastic load transported by urban stormwater, Brown and Caldwell, 2021 (PI)- ~$33K
- ITESO-Memphis Engineering Exchange, US Department of State, 2021 (co-PI)- ~$83K
- Pre- and post-restoration assessment of Loan Oak basin, West Tennessee River Basin Authority, 2021 (Co-PI)- ~$163K
- Microplastics Fate and Transport in Agricultural Soil: Interrelation of Hydrodynamics, Chemistry, and Material sciences, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA-NIFA), 2020 (PI) - ~$590K
- Toward a Water Smart Campus- Green Fee, University of Memphis, 2020 (PI)- ~$34K
- Investigating contaminant storage and release mechanisms at low permeability zones, Herff College of Engineering Faculty Research Grants- UoM, 2020 (PI)- ~$15K
- West TN Dept of Agriculture, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, 2019 (Co-PI) ~$430K
- MLGW Aquitard, Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Division, 2019 (Co-PI)- ~$5M
- Community of Research Scholars grant (CoRS), University of Memphis, 2019 (PI) -$2K
- Allen Wellfield Evaluation, Memphis Light, Gas, and Water (MLGW) Division, 2017 (Co-PI)- $1.2M
Reviewer for Journals and Funding Agencies
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Water Resources Research (WRR)
- Advances in Water Resources
- Journal of Environmental Earth Sciences
- Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection (GEP)
- Water- MDPI
- Water Environment Research and International Journal of Environmental Engineering (IJEE)
- Journal of Ecology & Natural Resources (JENR)
- Environmental Earth Science
- Applied Sciences- MDPI
Education and outreach
- Herff Engineering Day 2023
- Invited Speaker, NSF Groundwater Security Workshop, University of Alabama (2022)
- Collaborating with the City of Memphis and Christian Brothers University on reviewing and preparing the Storm Water Management Manual for the City of Memphis and Shelby County.
- Hosting member of "Your Water, Your Research (2021)" public forum, University of Memphis
- Herff Scholars Day 2021
- Resident member of Engineers' Club of Memphis
General Department Service Activities
- CIVL 4199: Civil Engineering Senior Design Mentor (1/2020-Present)
- Civil Engineering Undergraduate Student Advisor (8/2019-Present)
- Member of Computing Committee (8/2019-Present)
- Member of Scholarship Committee (8/2019-Present)
- Member of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (8/2019-Present)
- Member of Undergraduate Recruiting and Retention Committee (8/2019-Present)
- Member of Graduate Curriculum and Policies Committee (8/2019-Present)
- Member of Laboratory and Facilities Committee (8/2019-Present)