1.1      Personal

                        Date of Birth   :           28/11/62

                        Place of Birth  :           Damamm – Saudi Arabia

                        Status              :           Married

                        Nationality      :           Saudi

                        Address           :           P.O. Box 686, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia

                        Tel. (Office)     :           +966 3 860 2479

                        Mobile             :           0504806905

                        Fax                   :           +966 3 860 2879

                        e-mail              :           mzahrani@kfupm.edu.sa

                        web-site          :           http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/CE/mzahrani/

1.2      Education

Ph.D.: Water Resources Systems Planning & Management (Civil Engineering), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 1995.

M.S.: Water Resources & Environmental Engineering (Civil Engineering), King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1989. 

B.S.: Civil Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1986.

1.3      Specialization

1.      Water resources management and planning

2.      Hydraulic modelling of water distribution systems  

3.      System engineering applications in water resources and environmental systems

4.      Hydrological analysis

1.4      Employment          

1.      Graduate Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, KFUPM, 1987-1989.

2.      Lecturer, Civil Engineering Department, KFUPM, 1989-1995.

3.      Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, KFUPM, 1995-2005.

4.      Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, KFUPM, 2005-present.

1.5      Honours and Awards

1.      BS in Civil Engineering degree with Honour.

2.      Distinguished teaching and advising award, College of Engineering, 1423-1424 H (2002-2003).

3.      Distinguished teaching award, College of Engineering, 1426-1427 H (2005-2006).

4.      Distinguished teaching award, College of Engineering, 1431-1432 H (2010-2011).

1.6      Memberships

1.      WASTA (Water Science and Technology Association)

2.      Saudi Civil Engineering Society

3.      Saudi Council of Engineers

2.        Teaching

2.1       Courses Taught

            Undergraduate Courses

                        MATH 001       Preparatory Mathematics I

                        CE 101             Engineering Graphics

                        CE 201             Statics

                        CE 230             Engineering Fluid Mechanics

                        ME311             Fluid Mechanics

                        CE 317             Computer Methods in Civil Engineering

                        CE 330             Engineering Hydrology I

                        CE 350             Cooperative Field Work (Instructor / Coordinator)

                        CE 351             Cooperative Field Work (Instructor / Coordinator)

                        CE 410             Senior Design Project Preparation (Instructor/Coordinator)

                        CE 411             Senior Design Project (Instructor / Coordinator)

                        CE 438             Hydraulic Systems Analysis

                        CE 439             Civil Engineering Systems Analysis

                        CE 475             Water Distribution & Wastewater Collection System

Graduate Courses

                        CE 531             Advanced Engineering Hydrology

                        CE 533             Groundwater Flow & Contaminant Transport

                        CE 537                         Water Resources and Environmental Systems Analysis

                        CE 538             Advanced Open Channel Flow

                        CE 610             MS Thesis (Advisor / Member)

                        CE 635             Water Resources Planning

                        CE 636             Hydraulics of Closed Conduits

                        CE 701                         Directed Research I

                        CE 702             Directed Research II

                        CE 710             PhD (Advisor)

2.2      M.Sc. Thesis & Ph.D Dissertation Advising

            As supervisor

1. “Multi-objective water resources planning under demand, supply and quantity uncertainties,”  M.S. Thesis by Mujtaba Shareef, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, March 1998.
2. “Locating optimum water quality monitoring stations in water distribution network,” M.S. Thesis by Khuram Moied, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, September 2001.
3. “The production of activated carbon from local palm-date pits for pollution removal process,” M.S. Thesis by Omar Al-Attas, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, June 2003.
4. “Risk and reliability analysis in water distribution system,” M.S. Thesis by Juned Laiq, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, March 2004.
5. “Optimal location of booster disinfection stations in Al-Khobar water distribution system,” M.S. Thesis by Naem Akhtar, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, September 2004.
6. “Domestic water demand forecasting using artificial neural networks and time series,” M.S. Thesis by Amin Abo-Monasar, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, May 2010.
7. “Water Hammer modelling and analysis for Khobar-Dammam water transmission ring line,” M.S. Thesis by Hussain Taleb Ammar, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, December 2013.
8. “Decision support system for risk and water quality management in water distribution network,” Ph. D. Dissertation by Amin Abo-Monasar, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, July 2014.

            As member

9.      “Performance evaluation of slow sand filters: A probabilistic approach,” M.S. Thesis by Rehan Sadiq, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, June 1997.

10.  “Quality changes of secondary effluent as it passes through amended sand column,” M.S. Thesis by Abdur-Rauf Mahsood, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, December 1998.

11.  “Effect of rate of water table rise on LNAPL entrapment in a uniform well-graded sand,” M.S. Thesis by Muazu Nuhu Dalhat, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2005.

12. “Implications of climate change on crop water requirements in Saudi Arabia ,” M.S. Thesis by Abdullah Abbas, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, October 2013.

13.  “Multi-objective optimization model for water resources management in Saudi Arabia,” M.S. Thesis by Ammar Mussa, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, December 2014.

3.     Research

3.1    Publications

(i)      Papers in Refereed Journals     

1.      Gates, T.K., and Al-Zahrani, M.A., “Spatiotemporal Stochastic Open-channel Flow. I: Model and Parameter Data,” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 11 (1996), pp. 641-651.

2.      Gates, T.K., and Al-Zahrani, M.A., “Spatiotemporal Stochastic Open-channel Flow. II: Simulation Experiments,” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 11 (1996), pp. 652-661.

3.      Al-Zahrani, M., and Husain, T., “An Algorithm for Designing a Precipitation Network in South-Western Region of Saudi Arabia,” Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 205 (1998), pp. 205-216.

4.      Al-Zahrani, M., and Moied, K., “Optimizing Water Quality Monitoring Stations Using Genetic Algorithm,” The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE), Vol. 28 (2003), pp. 57-75.

5.      Sadiq, R., Husain, T., Al-Zahrani, M.A., Sheikh, A.K., and Farooq, S., “Secondary Effluent Treatment by Sand Filters: Performance and Risk Analysis,” Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 143 (2003), pp. 41-63.

6.      Sadiq, R., Al-Zahrani, M.A., Sheikh, A.K., Husain, T., and Farooq, S., “Performance Evaluation of Slow Sand Filters Using Fuzzy Rule-based Modelling,” Environmental Modelling &  Software, Vol. 19 (2004), pp. 507-515.

7.      Al-Zahrani, M.A., and Syed, J. Laiq, “Hydraulic Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution System,” Journal of The Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES), 1 (2004), pp. 76-92. (www.ies.org.sg/journal)

8.      Al-Zahrani, M., “Identifying Water Quality Sampling Stations in Al-Khobar Water Distribution System,” Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 22, No. 2 (2004), pp. 60-65.

9.      Al-Zahrani, M., and Abid, A. “Stochastic Goal Programming Model for Optimal Blending of Desalinated Water with Groundwater,” Water Resources Management, 18(4) (2004), pp. 339-352.

10.  Al-Zahrani, M., and Laiq, J., “Evaluation of Municipal Water Distribution System Reliability Using Minimum Cut-set Method,” Journal of King Saud University, Vol. 18, Eng. Sci. (1), 2005, pp. 67-82.

11.  Al-Zahrani, M.A, Nesaratnam, S.T, Essa, M.H (2005), Preparation of phosphoric acid-activated carbon using palm date pits: physio-chemical and adsorptive properties; the journal of the institution of engineers, Singapore, vol. 46 (2), pp. 24-41.

12.  Essa, M.H, Al-Zahrani, M.A (2009), Date pits as potential raw materials for the production of active carbons in Saudi Arabia, International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, 4(1): 47-58.

13.  Shakhawat Chowdhury and Muhammad Al-Zahrani, “Implications of climate change on water resources in Saudi Arabia,” The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE), Vol. xx (2013), pp. xx-xx.

14.  Al-Zahrani, M., "Modelling and simulation of water distribution system: a case study", Submitted to the The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (AJSE). In Press.

15.  Shakhawat Chowdhury and Muhammad Al-Zahrani, (2013), “Reuse of treated wastewater in Saudi Arabia: an assessment framework,” Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination (JWRD), 297-314.

16.  Shakhawat Chowdhury and Muhammad Al-Zahrani, “Characterizing water resources and trends of sector wise water consumptions in Saudi Arabia,” Journal of King Saud University, Feburary 2013.

17.  Furl, Chad, H. O. Sharif, M. Alzahrani. A. Elhassan, and N. Mazari, 2012: Precipitation Amount and Intensity Trends Across Southwest Saudi Arabia. J. of American Water Resources Association. In Press.

18.  Essa, M.H., Al-Zahrani, M.A. and Nesaratnam, S. (2013) “Optimization of activated carbon production from date pits”, Int. J. Environment Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 325-338.

19. Amin, A. and Al-Zahrani, M. "Estimation of rainfall distribution for the south-western region of Saudi Arabia", Hydrological Science, In Press.

20.  Shakhawat Chowdhury and Muhammad Al-Zahrani, “Fuzzy synthesis of treated wastewater reuse for agriculture,” Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2013.

21.  Shakhawat Chowdhury Muhammad Al-Zahrani and Abdullah Abbas, “Implications of climate change on crop water requirments in arid region: an example of Al-Jouf, Saudi Arabia”, Journal of King Saud University, 2013.  

(ii)        Papers in Conference Proceedings

1.      Gates, T.K., and Al-Zahrani, M.A., “Field Data on Parameters of Stochastic Open-channel Flow,” Proceedings of the 1^st Int.Conf. on Water Resources Engineering, ASCE, San Antonio, Texas, (1995), pp. 603-607.

2.      Gates, T.K., and Al‑Zahrani, M., “Spatiotemporal Stochastic Open‑channel Flow,” Proceedings of the ASCE North American Water and Environment Congress, Anaheim, California, (1996), pp. 346-351.

3.      Al-Zahrani, M., Shareef, M., and Husain, T., “Water Resources Planning Under Uncertainties,” The Fourth Gulf Water Conference, Bahrain, (1999), pp. 77-92.

4.      Al-Tawabini, B., and Al-Zahrani, M., “Forecasting Domestic Water Consumption Using Time Series Model,” in Arabic, First Water Conference, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture & Water, (2000).

5.      Al-Zahrani, M., and Moied, K., “Locating Optimum Water Quality Monitoring Stations in Water Distribution System,” World Water & Environ. Resources Congress, EWRI, Orlando, Florida, May 20-24, (2001).

6.      Ismail, A.M., Ahmad, S., and Al-Zahrani, M., “Statutory Regulations for Water Conservation and Water Reuse,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Regions (WaRMAR), Kuwait, March 23-27, (2002), pp. 71-82.

7.      Al-Zahrani M., and Syed, J. Laiq, “Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution System”, ASEAN Australian Engineering Congress 2004 (AAEC 2004), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, May 26-28, (2004).

8.      Al-Zahrani, M.A., “Uncertainty in Water Distribution System Modeling,” Al-Azhar Engineering Eighth International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, December 24-27, (2004). 

9.      Essa, M.H., Al-Zahrani, M.A., and Nesaratnam, S., “A Step Towards National Reliance Using Locally Produced Activated Carbon from Dates,” Third Saudi Technical Conference and Exhibition (STCEX-3), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (2004).

10.  Essa, M.H., Al-Zahrani, M.A., Nesaratnam, S. (2004), Investigation on the adsorption characteristics of activated carbon from date pits, accepted and presented in Al-Azhar Engineering Eighth Int. Conf., Dec. 24-27, Cairo, Egypt.

11.  MuhituRahman Mohammed, Al-Zahrani, M.A, and Essa, M.H. (2008), Water quality Factors of Storm Runoff at Two watersheds in Saudi Arabia: A comparative Evaluation, the 3^rd International Conference for Water Resources and Arid Environment 2008, Riyadh 16-19 November.

12.  Al-Zahrani, M. and Akhtar, N. (2008), "Optimal scheduling of chlorine in water distribution network", Proceeding of the 7^th Saudi Engineering Conference, Riyadh 16-19 November.

13.  Essa, M.H, Al-Zahrani Mohammed (2009), Reuse of wastewater for industrial demands: a petrochemical industry case, accepted for presentation at the WHSC-2009 conference at IIT Kanpur, India, 23-25 November 2009.

14.  M.S. Vohra, M.A. Al-Zahrani, M.H., Essa (2010), Granular activated carbon from date palm tree branches: Production & Use, 4^th Saudi Science Conference, Al-Medina Al-Munawara, 12-16 March 2010.

15.  Vohra, M.S; Al-Zahrani, Muhammad, Essa, M.H. (2010), 'Synthetic industrial wastewater treatment using GAC produced from date palm tree branches' , presented at the 8th International Conference and Exhibition on Chemistry in Industry (CHEMINDIX 2010), 18-20 October, Bahrain.

16.  H. O. Sharif, Chad Furl, and M. Al-Zahran, "Rainfall Climatology over Asir Region, Saudi Arabia", presented at the 2012 European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2012

17.  Amin, A. and Al-Zahrani, M. (2012), “Domestic water forecasting using artificial neural networks”, The 26^th Arab Water Conference, Jeddah 7-9 January.

18.  Shakhawat Chowdhury and Muhammad Al-Zahrani, “Water resources and water consumption pattern in Saudi Arabia,” WASTA 10^th Gulf Water Conference, Doha, Qatar, April 22-24, 2012.

(iii)       Technical Reports

1.      “Water Utilization for Desert Greening Along the Gulf Coastal Belt of Saudi Arabia”, Final Report, KFUPM/RI PN-24152, Prepared for IDEMITSU KOSAN CO. Ltd., Water Resources and Environment Division, The Research Institute, March 1997, 49 pp.

2.      Ishaq, A.M., and Al-Zahrani, M., “Recharging of Aquifers in Saudi Arabia Through Amended Soils,” Final Report, KACST, LGP-02-57, May 2000.  (Refereed)

3.      “Stormwater Drainage Study for Dammam First Industrial City,” Final Report, Center for Engineering Research, The Research Institute (KFUPM/RI), June 2000.

4.      Al-Zahrani, M., “Locating Optimum Water Quality Monitoring Stations in Water Distribution Network,” Revised Final Report, KACST LGP-4-016, May 2002. (Refereed)

5.      Al-Zahrani, M., and Syed, J. Laiq, “Risk and Reliability Analysis of Water Distribution System,” Revised Final Report, Project no. SABIC 2003-01, October 2004. (Refereed)

6.      Al-Zahrani, M., Essa, M., and Al-Attas, O., “Industrial Pollutant Removal Using Locally Produced Activated Carbon Amended Sand,” Final Report, Project no. SABIC 2003-09, Oct. 2004. (Refereed)

7.      Al-Zahrani, M., and Al-Ghamdi, A., “Hydraulic Analysis of Al-Khobar Water Distribution System,” Revised Final Report, KACST Research no. (APR-22-003), 2008.

3.2      Sponsored Research Projects

1.      “Recharging of aquifers in Saudi Arabia through amended soils,” Co-Investigator, sponsored by KACST under the Limited Grants Program (LGP-02-57), (Sept. 1998-Sept. 1999).

2.      “Locating optimum water quality monitoring stations in water distribution network,” Principal Investigator, sponsored by KACST under the Limited Grants Program (LGP-4-016), (Jan. 2000-Jan. 2001).

3.      “Risk and reliability analysis of water distribution system,” Principal Investigator, sponsored by SABIC (Project no. SABIC 2003-01), (April 2003-March 2004).

4.      “Industrial pollutant removal using locally produced activated carbon amended sand,” Principal Investigator, sponsored by SABIC (Project no. SABIC 2003-09), (April 2003-Sept. 2004).

5.      “Hydraulic analysis of Al-Khobar water distribution system,” Principal Investigator, sponsored by KACST (Research no. APR-22-003), (Jan. 2004-Dec. 2005).

6.       “Production of granular activated carbon from date palm tree branches.” Co-Investigator, sponsored by KACST, 2010.

7.      “Environmental effects of wastewater treatment plants: Evaluation and guidelines,” Co-Investigator, sponsored by KACST, 2010.

8.      “Multi-Criteria Decision-Making for the Selection of Drinking Water Treatment Technology.” Co-Investigator, Project # 10-WAT1398-04, NSTIP,(March 2012 – March 2014).

9.      “Risk-Based prioritization of water mains in a distributed network: A Soft-Computing Approach”, Principle Investigator, sponsored by DSR, KFUPM, Project no. RG 1004-1 and RG 1004-2, (May 2011- May 2014).

10.  “Management of water resources for sustainable development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, Co-Investigator, sponsored by DSR, KFUPM, Project n. RG 1110-1 and RG 1110-2, (May 2011-Apr 2014).

11.  “Effect of climate change on water resources in Saudi Arabia”, Co-Investigator, sponsored by DSR, KFUPM, Project no. RG 1118-1 and RG 1118-2, (Sep 2011-Sep 2014).

12.  “Selecting dam locations for maximizing rainwater harvesting in Saudi Arabia”, Co-Investigator, sponsored by DSR, KFUPM, Project no. RG1302-1 & RG1302-2, (April 2013 – March 2016).

13.  “Flood Assessment in the City of Hafar Al-Baten Using Watershed Modelling System”, Principle Investigator, sponsored by DSR, KFUPM, Project no. RG1305-1 & RG1305-2, (September 2013 – August 2016).

14.  “Model-based exposure and risk analysis for disinfection byproducts in swimming pool”, Co-Investigator, Submitted under the 6^th cycle of the 1^st Five-year National Science, Technology & Innovation Plan (NSTIP).

15.  “Contaminant intrusion, fate and transport in drinking water distribution systems: A comprehensive study for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, Co-Investigator, Submitted under the 6^th cycle of the 1^st Five-year National Science, Technology & Innovation Plan (NSTIP).