Director and Professor
National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering/University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS
Dr. Mohammad Al-Hamdan is the Director of the National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering (NCCHE) and a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Mississippi (UM). Before joining the UM in 2020, Dr. Al-Hamdan was a principal research scientist with the Universities Space Research Association at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center/National Space Science and Technology Center, where he worked for 21 years. His research expertise includes remote sensing and GIS applications to environmental modeling and assessment for water, air quality, urban heat island, ecological, and public health applications. Throughout his career, he has conceived, led, and worked on numerous research projects funded and supported by NASA, EPA, NIH, USDA, USDHS, FEMA, DOD, USGS, CDC, NOAA, and USDOT with total grants of over $29 million, which resulted in numerous peer-reviewed journal, conference and technical report publications, and several national and international scientific achievement awards. They also resulted in developing and/or improving several impactful national decision support systems for water and environmental management and assessment, emergency management and response, and several other societal benefits. Dr. Al-Hamdan received his PhD and MS degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Monday, September 22, 2025
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET
Thursday, September 25, 2025
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET