Dr. Farhad Jazaei
UMRF Ventures Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Office
112D Engineering Science Building
Office Hours
Open Door Policy or By Appointment
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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
- 2024, National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- 2024, UMRF Venturs Professorship, University of Memphis
- 2024, Dintinguished Research Award, Herff Colledge of Engineering, The University of Memphis
- 2024, Tennessee Governor's Environmental Stewardship Award (Group award to CAESER, University of Memphis)
- 2021, University of Memphis Private Investigator Award
- 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
- Emerging soil and water contamination (Microplastics and PFAS)
- Microplastic pollution
- Soil-water-plant hydrological dynamics
- 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
Publications
- Ahmed Shakir Ali Ali, Farhad Jazaei, Peyman Babakhani, Muhammad Masood Ashiq, Alireza Bakhshaee, Brian Waldron. " An Overview of Deep Learning Applications in Groundwater Level Modeling: Bridging the Gap between Academic Research and Industry Applications." Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing (2024). Volume 2024, Article ID 9480522, 23 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9480522
- Ibn Salam, Mahade, Brian Waldron, Scott Schoefernacker, and Farhad Jazaei. "Determination of contaminant transport parameters for a local aquifer by numerical modeling of two plumes: Trichloroethylene and Hexavalent Chromium." Hydrology 11, no. 7 (2024): 88.
- Ali, Ahmed Shakir Ali, Farhad Jazaei, T. Prabhakar Clement, and Brian Waldron. "Physics-informed neural networks in groundwater flow modeling: Advantages and future directions." Groundwater for Sustainable Development 25 (2024): 101172.
- Alqusaireen, Eatedal, Claudio Meier, and Farhad Jazaei. "High-Resolution Sensor System to Investigate Solute Transport in Saturated Sediments." Journal of the ASABE (2024): 0.
- Paul, S., Waldron, B., Jazaei, F., & Larsen, D., 2023. Wellfield optimization to minimize contaminant migration from a surficial to a semi‐confined aquifer using numerical modeling. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Paper No. JAWR-22-0064-P. https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13150
- Giglou, A. N., Nazari, R. R., Jazaei, F., & Karimi, M. (2023). Numerical analysis of surface hydrogeological water budget to estimate unconfined aquifers recharge.Journal of Environmental Management,346, 118892. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118892
- Bhattacharjee, L., Jazaei, F., & Salehi, M. (2023). Insights into the mechanism of plastics’ fragmentation under abrasive mechanical forces: An implication for agricultural soil health. CLEAN–Soil, Air, Water, 51(8), 2200395. https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202200395
- Pierce, J.; Waldron, B.; Jazaei, F., 2023 . Manual Sensitivity Analysis to Enhance a Previously PEST-Calibrated Shallow Aquifer and Aquitard Breach Model. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 28(12), https://doi.org/10.1061/JHYEFF.HEENG-5829
- Ashiq, M.; Jazaei, F; 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
- Alireza Bakhsaee, Farhad Jazaei, Mahammad Masood Ashiq. Investigating the occurrence of Microplastic pollution within the biosolids of wastewater treatment plants, AGU Fall Meeting 2023
- Mahammad Masood Ashiq, Farhad Jazaei, Alireza Bakhsaee. Unraveling Spatial Variability of Microplastics Distribution in Stormwater Ponds, AGU Fall Meeting 2023
- Maryam Salehi, Gholamreza Bonyadinejad, Linkon Bhattacharjee, Farhad Jazaei. Studying the Environmental Weathering of Agricultural Plastic Products in Farmlands. ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting 2023
- 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
- (G) Applied groundwater modeling (Developed Course)
- (G) Computational methods in hydraulics and hydrology (Developed Course)
- (G) Engineering Analysis
- (U&G) Water Resources Management and Planning
- (U) Statics
- (U) Hydrology
- (U) Hydraulics and Hydrology Lab
- (U) Engineering Problem Solving (ENGR 1009/1010)
Current and graduated Master's Students
- Tareq Jamal Chy (2021)
- Bisesh Joshi (2022) (Co-advisor)
Current and graduated Ph.D. Students
- Sohail Tufail (TBD)
- Faraz Ul Haq (TBD)
- Fahim Aslam (TBD)
- Alireza Bakhshaee (TBD)
- Ahmed Shakir Ali (2024)
- Muhammad Masood Ashiq (2024)
- Linkon Bhattacharjee (2024)
- Babak Azari (2023) (Co-advisor)
- Nazli Aghashahi (2023) (Co-advisor)
- Eatedal Alqusaireen (2021) (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 (2023)
- Reza Bonyadi, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (2023)
- Md Hadiuzzaman, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (2022)
- Khairul Hassan, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (2023)
- S. Mohamad Hossein, Ph.D. student, Department of Earth Sciences (2023)
- Aashis Sapkota, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (2021)
- Angel Alberto Jimenez, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (2023)
- Saman Ebrahimi, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
- Mahdis Khorram, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
- April Bonner, Ph.D. student, Department of Mechanical Engineering (TBD)
- Juan Pablo Jimenez-Gonzalez, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
- Mahmudul Hasan, Ph.D. student, Department of Civil Engineering (TBD)
Laboratory Development
- Microplastic Research Lab, Herff College of Engineering
Grants and contracts
- CAREER: Determining the mechanism and significance of microplastic pollution impacts on soil hydrology, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2023 (PI), ~$550K
- MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Micro-Computer Tomography System, National Science Foundation (NSF), 2023 (PI)- ~$450K
- Memphis Aquifer Conservation (Multi-Projects), Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Division & City of Memphis, 2023 (Co-PI)- ~$10M
- Shelby County Stormwater Management guideline, Christian Brother University & USGS, 2023 (PI)- ~3K
- 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
- Ad hoc/panel reviewer of National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Environmental science & technology
- Water Resources Research (WRR)
- Reviewing book proposals for Weily
- 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
- Editorial board member of Frontiers in Water- Research Topic Coordinator
- Invited speaker- Science Café at Overton Park Conservancy, Memphis, TN
- Invited speaker, NSF EPSCor Track-2 IGM Meeting: A Framework for Harnessing Big Hydrological Datasets for Integrated Groundwater Management. The University of Alabama (2023)
- The University of Memphis STEM Pipeline- 2023 (Campus School)
- Herff Engineering Day 2023 - present
- 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
Media Coverage and News Mentions
- https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-announces-national-science-foundation-grant-12
- https://www.memphis.edu/mediaroom/releases/2023/september/uofm-wins-instrumentation-investment.php
Service Activities
- Vertically Integrated Projects, NSF-University of Memphis (2024-Present)
- University HS dual enrollment/shadowing in the lab (2024-Present)
- Member of Strategic Planning of the Herff College of Engineering (2024-Present)
- College Laboratory Space committee member of the Herff College of Engineering (2023)
- Prospective student and parent preview day (2022-Present)
- CIVL 4199: Civil Engineering Senior Design Mentor (2020-Present)
- Civil Engineering Undergraduate Student Advisor (2019-Present)
- Member of Computing Committee (2019-Present)
- Member of Scholarship Committee (2019-Present)
- Member of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2019-Present)
- Member of Undergraduate Recruiting and Retention Committee (2019-Present)
- Member of Graduate Curriculum and Policies Committee (2019-Present)
- Member of Laboratory and Facilities Committee (2019-Present)
- New faculty search committee (2022-Present)