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Candidates information for the election of TC members of IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Marine Outfall Systems

IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Marine Outfall Systems is organizing an election for committee members. There are three candidates for the leadership team members. 

Elections run from 30 August to 14 September 2022.

Candidate information

1. Abrey Ryan

I am a professionally registered engineer with more than a decade of experience in the civil and coastal disciplines. I have a master’s in coastal engineering and experience in design, contract documentation, project management, and implementation.

After spending time in civil construction in Zambia, I have specialised in the design of hydraulic structures for with a PRDW Port and Coastal Engineers in Cape Town. Highlights included the construction of a LNG import pipeline, the design/implementation of temporary diversion pipeline of the V&A waterfront canal, and especially the seawater intake/brine discharge of the temporary desalination plants in Cape Town to address the “Day Zero”.

Since joining the Stantec Water team in Wellington, New Zealand, I have been involved in a variety of projects such in coastal protection, ports, marine outfalls, as well as some more unconventional projects such as the Wellington Water Cross Harbour Bulk Water Pipeline. I have assisted the Hastings District Council on the monitoring and condition assessments of their WWTP outfall, an options study for the Palmerston North WWTP discharge as well as a feasibility design of the Seaview WWTP temporary overflow outfall.

I also have a sound working knowledge of the multi-faceted approach to marine outfall investigations and permitting in New Zealand which includes the special position of New Zealand indigenous Māori peoples cultural position.

I am heavily involved in the New Zealand Coastal Society serving on the committee with multiple portfolios as well as an avid trail runner, and volunteering at my church.

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2. Hossein Kheirkkhah Gildeh

Mr. Hossein Kheirkhah Gildeh is a registered professional engineer in Calgary, Canada with more than 10 years experience in water resources engineering projects. Hossein graduated in Bachelor's of Civil Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology in 2011. He immediately started his Master's program in Water Resources Engineering at the University of Ottawa where he researched on  effluent discharges from outfall systems. He developed a three-dimensional model to assess the mixing  characteristics of effluent discharges into stagnant waters in the near-field region. He expanded his master’s research into his PhD where he studied effluent discharge modelling in shallow and deep waters. Hossein published several papers related to outfall systems in well-reviewed journals from his research in this field (please see enclosed CV for more details). Hossein also has worked on several outfall design projects in Canada and internationally.

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3. Jian Mingtao

Jiang Mingtao is an assistant professor (Special-term associate professor) at the school of mechanics and engineering science of Shanghai University. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Tongji University in Shanghai, China. In 2014, he entered Nanyang Technological University in Singapore as a Ph.D. candidate. In 2018, he obtained his doctor's degree. After graduation, he worked as a research fellow at the Environmental Process Modeling Center of Nanyang Water Environment Research Institute in Singapore, mainly engaged in experimental and large eddy simulation (LES) study for the mixing and turbulent characteristics of negative buoyant inclined dense jets, as well as the study on high-efficiency oxygen enriched waste incineration schemes. In 2020, he left Singapore and came to Shanghai University, where he carried out research work on coastal engineering and duckbill inclined dense jet. Combined with the deep learning method, he studied and optimized the scalar field velocimetry. Jiang Mingtao is committed to the study of environmental hydrodynamics, turbulence and submerged dense jets. He has published more than twenty papers in international journals such as the Journal of Hydro-environment Research, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Coastal Research, Wave Motion, Energy Reports, and so on. Jiang is not only professional in various hydrodynamic models, but also has rich experience in experiment design and operation, as well as programming with c++\python languages.

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4. Kaushal  Kumandur

I am an experienced water resources professional who has worked on different aspects of water resources engineering, all of which have contributed to improving waterways and promoting sustainable human development in the water sector. I developed a special interest in the water sector when I studied Water and Sanitation as a part of my Civil Engineering Bachelor’s degree in 2009. This prompted me to pursue a Master’s degree in Water Resources Engineering at the University of Melbourne, where I developed a niche skillset such as numerical modelling, environmental statistics and hydrology.

From the time I started my Master’s degree in 2014 till date, I have worked in key roles in projects pertaining to impact assessment of large waterway systems. I worked for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of  India (CSIR India) in which I was leading a team of young researchers in a national project which looked at the impact of wastewater releases into the Ganges, on its self-rejuvenating properties. In Australia, I have been with Sydney Water for the last 5 years and have been the principal modeller for the Hawkesbury-Nepean waterway – a major river within Greater Sydney.  More recently, I have taken up projects on Parramatta and Georges Rivers – other important rivers within Sydney Water’s area of operations.

My expertise is in numerical modelling, and is focused on Sydney Water’s – one of the world’s largest water utility’s impacts on the waterway. I am an advanced user of software such as TUFLOW, MIKE+ and CORMIX. I develop, maintain and upgrade numerical models, which are used to simulate accurately, the discharge of wastewater into the ocean and into our rivers. These simulations are central to Sydney Water maintaining its licence to operate, in upholding its commitment to the environment and the people of Sydney, and in the business making data-driven decisions for the future of Sydney.

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5. Xiaohui Yan

Xiaohui Yan is an associate professor in the Faculty of Infrastructure at Dalian University of Technology (DLUT). He has been working on multidisciplinary applied research projects and therefore, has significant experiences in various aspects of water resources engineering, especially in the field of marine outfall systems.

Dr. Yan has extensive expertise in the area of environmental fluid mechanics, numerical modeling techniques, and machine learning algorithms for water-related applications. He has developed sophisticated and large C++, Fortran, and MATLAB codes for water flows over variable topographies as well as environmental problems related to mixing and transport processes of pollutants in water bodies. He is also proficient with many other programming languages and software such as Fortran and advanced Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) programming for high-performance parallel computing.

Dr. Yan has published more than 20 papers in prestigious journals, such as the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Journal of Hydrology, and Environmental Fluid Mechanics. The topics of the papers include mixing and transport processes of pollutants in water bodies, sediment transport, numerical modeling techniques, artificial intelligence, and evapotranspiration estimations, which are all very important topics in the field of water resources engineering.

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