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Mazdak Arabi

Borland Chair of Water Resources and Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Director, One Water Solutions Institute

Dr. Arabi is the Borland Endowed Professor of Water Resources in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Colorado State University (CSU). His research, education, and engagement activities focus on the development of scientific approaches and analysis tools that enable integrated water resource management in a changing world. His primary expertise includes hydrologic assessment, watershed modeling, water quality control, and system identification and optimization. 

He is the founder and director of the One Water Solutions Institute (OWSI) at CSU. The mission of the institute is to solve real-world water challenges via cutting-edge research and innovation. OWSI coordinates synergistic activities and products of several research consortiums, including: Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN), CLEAN Nutrient Center, and Water & Climate Center.

Contact Information

  • 1372 Campus Delivery (Engr. 207F) Fort Collins, CO 80523-1372
  • CSU Spur Hydro: 4777 National Western Drive, Denver, CO 80216
  • 970-491-4639
  • mazdak.arabi@colostate.edu
  • He/him

Resources

Research Interests

Dr. Arabi is the lead developer of the open-source software called environmental Resource Assessment and Management System (eRAMS, see erams.com). Funded by numerous projects from NSF, USEPA, USDA as well as local and state agencies, eRAMS enables development of computationally scalable and accessible online tools for sustainable management of land, water, and energy resources. eRAMS and its cloud services implantation platform (CSIP) currently host to more than 400 data, analytic, and modeling web services that are used by researchers, U.S. federal government agencies, state, and local governments. Additionally, eRAMS offers platform services for development of scalable and accessible online tools by app developers. A unique strength of the eRAMS technology is the capacity to develop collaborative projects with geospatial and mapping capacities. All eRAMS tools are deployed as web services. More information about the eRAMS technology is available at erams.com.

Strategic Focus Areas

  • Hydrologic / Water Quality Modeling
  • Data Assimilation and System Analysis
  • GIS and Remote Sensing in Watershed Management
  • Nonpoint Source Pollution / Soil and Water Conservation
  • Environmental monitoring

Education

  • B.S. 1998, University of Tehran – Civil Engineering
  • M.S. 2000, University of Tehran – Civil Engineering, Hydraulics
  • Ph.D. 2005, Purdue University – Civil Engineering, Water Resources
  • Postdoctoral Associate, 2005-2007, Purdue University

Honors & Awards

  • 2020 – Wesley W. Horner Award, Outstanding Paper, Environmental and Water Resources Institute, ASCE-EWRI, Reston, VA
  • 2020 – Outstanding Faculty Performance Award, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
  • 2018 – Borland Endowment Chair of Water Resources, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
  • Link to all honors and awards