Civil Engineering

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Dec. 7, 2025, 9:51 a.m.
Ali Abduljabbar Yousif
Ali Abduljabbar Yousif (PhD)
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor in Hydraulic Engineering

Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Duhok
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  • Ph.D., Hydraulic Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Duhok, Duhok, Kurdistan of Iraq, Iraq, 2020-2024
  • M. Sc., Water resources Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq, 2000-2002
  • B.Sc., Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq, 1996-2000

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, followed by a Master’s degree in Water Resources Engineering from the University of Mosul. Building on this foundation, I completed my PhD in Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Duhok, where my research deepened my understanding of fluid mechanics, flood dynamics, and hydraulic structures.
My future academic focus centers on advancing knowledge of water quantity and quality, with particular interest in the challenges facing river systems and extreme hydrological events. I aim to develop and apply advanced numerical simulation techniques—especially finite volume methods—to improve the modelling of flash floods and river flows. Additionally, my research will contribute to enhancing design procedures for hydraulic structures to support more resilient and efficient water management systems.

  1. Fluid Mechanics (Undergraduate).
  2. Fluid Kinematics (Undergraduate).
  3. Design of Hydraulic structures (Undergraduate).
  4. Hydraulics of pipeline systems (Undergraduate).
  5. Open channel hydraulics (Undergraduate).

Professional Associations

  1. Kurdistan Engineering Union, Duhok.
  2. Iraqi Engineering Union, Iraq.

Professional Development

  1. Training course on the design and analysis of water supply system, Nineveh water directorate, 2021. Funded by PCPM.
  2. Training course on AutoCAD Civil3D, Nineveh directorate of Municipality, 2022. Funded by PCPM.
  3. Training course on Sewer system design using AutoCAD Civil3D, Nineveh directorate of sewage, 2022. Funded by PCPM.
  4. Training course of on job training on the resilient water network, Nineveh water directorate, 2022. Funded by PCPM.
  5. Training course on GIS, Nineveh directorate of Municipality, 2024. Funded by VNG.
  6. Training course on WaterGEMS (basic, intermediate, advanced) levels, Nineveh directorate of Municipality, 2025. Funded by ICRC.

Research

Full list of publications on Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=MUirQsIAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Selected Publications

  1. A Robust Well- Balanced Finite Volume Scheme for the One- Dimensional Shallow Water Equations, Misan Journal of Engineering Sciences, 25/12/2024.
  2. A robust unstructured finite volume scheme for urban flash flood simulation: Duhok city as a case study, ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 14/12/2023.
  3. The influence of inlet to outlet width ratio on the hydraulic performance of piano key weir (PKW-type A), Water Practice & Technology, 01/06/2022.
  4. Viability of the advanced adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system model on reservoir evaporation process simulation: case study of Nasser Lake in Egypt, Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 08/08/2019.
  5. Non-tuned machine learning approach for hydrological time series forecasting, Neural Computing and Applications, 09/2018.

Numerical simulations, Finite Volume method, Urban flash Floods, Hydraulic structures, Ground water quality and quantity, Resilient pipe network design