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Malek M. Abu Rumman + 962-79-5406201
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Research Interests:
- Integrated decision support systems for groundwater and surface water basins, planning and management. Groundwater flow modeling, modeling and management of contaminants in groundwater aquifers. Assessment of uncertainty in surface and groundwater systems using statistical and geostatistical methods.
Education:
- Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental
- M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental
- B.S.,
Professional Appointments:
- Sustainable Development Advisor, Shell International Exploration and Production, July 2007 - present
- Assistant Professor at the
- Research Assistant, Georgia Water Resources Institute, Civil and Environmental
- Research Assistant at the United States Geological Survey (USGS), as part of the Coastal Georgia Sound Science Initiative Project (South Eastern United States), 1999- 2004.
- Consultant engineer in the “ Yaghmour Group Consultant Engineers”,
Awards/Honors/Service:
- Training scholarship award by University of Jordan at “ Parkeringsbolaget,” a transportation consulting company, Stockholm, Sweden, 1996.
- University of Jordan honor award for being one of the top 5 students in the Civil Engineering department, 1993 – 1996.
Leadership experience:
- Elected as the President of one of the graduate residential halls in Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. The apartment style dormitory has more than 300 graduate students.
- Chosen - among more than 100 applicants- to work with Georgia Institute of Technology Department of Housing as a Community Manager (CM) for one of the graduate residential halls on the campus, 2002. My work as a CM included leadership training, activity planning, diversity experience, dispute and confrontation management, and others.
Project Experience:
1. “Evaluation Of Water Supply Potential, Of Seepage Ponds In coastal Georgia, Phase I” Principal Investigator, 1999 -2001, as part of the Georgia sound science initiative, sponsored by state of Georgia, USGS, GaEPD and others.
Scope: The study was conducted at a seepage pond in Brunswick, Glynn county coastal Georgia, in an urbanized, well developed area, the soil type at the study area was characterized as a sandy soil with medium-high hydraulic conductivity. The seepage pond was embedded in an unconfined aquifer called “ Surficial aquifer” which feeds and controls the groundwater flow to the pond. The pond area was 3 acres with a maximum depth of 25 feet. The objectives of this project are: 1) to evaluate the behavior of the pond, under long term pumping test, and periods of low and high recharge, 2) to construct and calibrate steady state and transient groundwater models for the flow at the pond, using a 3 dimensional finite difference groundwater model (MODFLOW), also other related programs where used: 3-D particle tracking groundwater model (MODPATH) and a groundwater zonal fluxes/ water budget model (ZONEBUDGET) and , 3) to develop a hydrologic budget for the pond, and estimate groundwater fluxes to/from the pond. Verify this estimate using the simulated groundwater fluxes from the calibrated groundwater flow model.
2. “Evaluation Of Water Supply Potential, Of Seepage Ponds In coastal Georgia, Phase II” Principal Investigator, 2001 -2002, as part of the Georgia sound science initiative, sponsored by state of Georgia, USGS, GaEPD and others
Scope: The study was conducted at a seepage pond in Bulloch county coastal Georgia, in a rural, simply developed area, the soil type at the study area was characterized as a clayey soil with low hydraulic conductivity. The seepage pond was embedded in a confined aquifer, which underlies the clayey soil layer around the pond. The pond area was 3- 4 acres with a maximum depth of 10 feet. The objectives of this project are:1) To evaluate the behavior of the pond, under long term pumping test, and periods of low and high recharge, 2) to construct and calibrate steady state and transient groundwater models for the flow at the pond, using a 3 dimensional finite difference groundwater model (MODFLOW), also other related programs where used: 3-D particle tracking groundwater model (MODPATH) and a groundwater zonal fluxes / water budget model (ZONEBUDGET) and, 3) to develop a hydrologic budget for the pond, and estimate groundwater fluxes to/from the pond. Verify this estimate using the simulated groundwater fluxes from the calibrated groundwater flow model
3. “3 Dimensional Groundwater Flow Model For Coastal Georgia And Adjacent Parts Of Florida And South Carolina”, Co- Principal investigator with Dr. Dorothy Payne from the USGS, 2002- present, as part of the Georgia sound science initiative, sponsored by state of Georgia, USGS, GaEPD and others.
Scope: The objectives of this project are:1) to construct and calibrate 3 dimensional, steady and transient groundwater flow models for coastal Georgia and adjacent parts of Florida and South Carolina, the models include the following Lithological layers: Surficial aquifer, Upper Brunswick confining unit, Brunswick aquifer, Upper Floridan confining unit, Upper Floridan aquifer, lower Floridan confining unit and Lower Floridan aquifer. The simulation period is from 1980 until 2000, 2) to apply the calibrated models to test some management scenarios, and to provide some answers to questions related to drought effects, and increased pumping effects, and, 3) the calibrated models will provide necessary boundary conditions for some solute transport models constructed at locations of contamination by salt water intrusion, at Brunswick and Savannah areas, Solute transport models are going to be constructed using “ SUTRA-3D” a USGS solute transport model
4. “A Decision Support System for Jordan,” Co- Principal investigator with Prof. Aris Georgakakos, GA Tech, 2001, as part of a collaboration initiative between GA Tech and the Ministry of water and irrigation in Jordan
Scope: The objectives of this project are: 1) to provide a management software for the surface water system in Jordan that includes the existing dams and rivers, 2) to evaluate the effect of the proposed “Al Wehdah” dam, by including it as part of the surface water system in Jordan, the proposed “Al Wehdah” dam is to be shared by Jordan, Syria and Israel and, 3) to conduct some management scenarios on the water system in Jordan, like water transfers from the Disi aquifer to Amman, changes in Jordan quota from the peace process, and the Syrian-Jordanian water treaty from the Yarmouk River. The next phase of this project - in the process now- is to include the major groundwater aquifers that feed the big cities like Amman, Zarqa and others, in the decision support system for Jordan (Jordan- DSS).
Courses Taught
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"Advanced Hydraulics Engineering",
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"Hydrology",
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"Groundwater Hydraulics",
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"Technical Writing",
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" Engineering Economy",
Selected Publications
- Ahmad Jamrah, Malek Abu-Rumman, Najeeb Abdelhadi, and Omer Odeh, 2007, “Establishing the per capita wastewater pollutant loads and discharge rate in Jordan,” Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference: Technologies for Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in the Mediterranean Region, May 24-26, 2007, Jerba, Tunisia.
- Dorothy F. Payne, Alden M. Provost, Jaime A. Painter, Malek Abu Rumman, and Gregory S. Cherry, 2006, “Application of Ground-water Flow and Solute Transport Models to Simulate selected Ground-Water Management Scenarios in Coastal Georgia and adjacent Parts of South Carolina and Florida 2000- 2100,” Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5077, U.S. Geological Survey.
- Dorothy F. Payne, Abu Rumman, Malek, and John S. Clarke, 2005, “Simulation of Groundwater Flow in Coastal
- Abu Rumman, Malek, 2005, “Conjunctive Management of Surface Water and Groundwater Resources,” PhD Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology,
- John S. Clarke, and Abu Rumman, Malek, 2004, “Pond-Aquifer Flow and Water Availability in the Vicinity of Two Coastal Area Seepage Ponds, Glynn and Bulloch Counties,
- Abu Rumman, Malek, and Dorothy F. Payne, 2003, “Model Framework and Preliminary Results of the Regional MODFLOW Groundwater Flow Model Of Coastal
- Georgakakos, A., and Abu Rumman, M., 2001, “A Decision Support System for
- Abu Rumman, Malek, and John S. Clarke, 2001, “Preliminary simulation of pond-aquifer flow and water availability at a seepage pond near
- Michael F. Peck, John S. Clarke, and Michael T. Laitta, and Malek Abu-Ruman, 2001, “Hydrogeologic conditions at two seepage ponds in the coastal area of Georgia, August 1999 to February 2001, ” Proceedings of the 2001 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 26-27, 2001, University of Georgia.
Articles Being Submitted or in Review
- Abu Rumman, M., and A. Georgakakos, “Conjunctive Surface Water and Groundwater Management Part 1: Methods,” Water Resources Research, 2006
- Abu Rumman, M., and A. Georgakakos, “Conjunctive Surface Water and Groundwater Management Part 2: Assessments for the
- Abu Rumman, M., Alsmadi, B., Jamra A., and Alqam M., " A Surface Water Resources Management Model for the Integrated Southern
- Abu Rumman, M., Suweis G., and Suweis R., " Assessment of Droughts in
Software Packages
- Georgakakos, A., and M. Abu Ruman, 2001, “A Decision Support System For Jordan.” This decision support system has been developed for the Ministry of Water and Irrigation of Jordan and is designed to assess water use and hydrologic scenarios for Jordan. The Jordan DSS considers both surface and groundwater, and includes existing as well as planned development projects.
Engineering Consulting
Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport training to the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Agency (ASEZA), Department of Environment and Water Resources, September 2006. The training was held in