Ripendra Awal , PhD

Watershed Hydrology Laboratory

University of Hawai`i at Manoa

1910 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822

Tel. (808) 956-7518, Fax. (808) 956-6539

E-mail: ripendra@hawaii.edu

 

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Education:

  • PhD, 2008, Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Kyoto University , Japan
  • MSc, 2003, Water Resources Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
  • BE, 1997, Civil Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Professional Appointments:
  • 2011 - To date: Research Associate at Watershed Hydrology Laboratory, University of Hawaii-Manoa.
  • 2009 – 2011: JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan.
  • 2008 – 2009: Research Associate at Research Center for Fluvial and Costal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan.
  • 2003 – 2005: Hydropower Engineer, Nepal Electricity Authority, Nepal
  • 1997 – 2003: Engineer, Mahalaxmi Construction Concern Pvt. Ltd.

Awards/Scholarships:
  1. JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers , 2009 - 2011, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
  2. Young Researchers Award – 2009, IS-Kyoto 2009 (International Symposium on Prediction and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation), The Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS).
  3. Hydraulic Engineering Best Paper Award – 2009, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE).
  4. Excellent Research Presentation Award – 2008, 27 th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science (JSNDS).
  5. Monbukagakusho Scholarship , 2005 – 2008, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
  6. ProVention Consortium Disaster Risk Grants , The World Bank, Disaster Management Facility, 2003-2004.

 

 

 

 

 

Samira Fares

Laboratory Technician

Hometown: Soussse, Tunisia

Nationality: Tunisian/American

Languages: Arabic, French, English

Education: Undergraduate Student (Junior)

Major: NREM

E-mail: sfares@hawaii.edu

website: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/nrem/staff/sfares.html
 

Matthew Miyakawa

Watershed Hydro Research Assistant

Languages: English, Japanese

Education: B.Sc. in Computer Science, UH Manoa

E-mail: mgmiyaka@hawaii.edu

 

 

 

Past Visiting Faculty and Researchers

 

Farhat Abbas, PhD

E-mail: farhat@hawaii.edu

 

Ahmet Dogan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

Suleyman Demirel University

Isparta, 32260 TURKEY

Phone: (90) 246 211 1211

Fax:      (90) 246 237 0859

E-mail:  dogan@mmf.sdu.edu.tr

 

Denie Augustijn, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

University of Twente

Faculty of Engineering Technology Civil Engineering

Department of Water Engineering & Management

P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede

Phone: (31)-53-489 4510

Fax:      (31)-53-489 5377

E-mail: d.c.m.augustijn@utwente.nl

 

Theodore J. K. Radovich, Ph.D.

Sustainable Farming Systems Laboratory

Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Science

The University of Hawaii

3190 Maile Way, St. John 102

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

E-mail:  theodore@hawaii.edu

 

Akitsu Kimoto, Ph.D.

Southwest Watershed Research Center,

Agricultural Research Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Tucson, Arizona, USA

E-mail:   akitsufree@yahoo.co.jp

 

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Victor Polyakov, Ph.D.

E-mail: vpol1@yahoo.com

 

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Mustapha Hajji

E-mail: hajji@hawaii.edu