Hormoz Pazwash

Gebundenes Buch

Qanats and Historic Structures in Persia

Potential Modern Applications

Beschreibung

Qanats and Historic Structures in Persia presents the early history of water science and includes the advanced knowledge held by Persians regarding the hydrologic cycle in general and groundwater flow in particular.

Autor

Hormoz Pazwash, PhD, earned his BSCE with the highest honor among the entire graduating class of 1963 from Tehran University. He continued his graduate studies under the supervision of the late Dr. Ven Te Chow at the University of Illinois, in UrbanäChampaign, earning an MS and PhD in civil engineering. In 1970, he joined the Faculty of Engineering at Tehran University, and in the next seven years, held the positions of assistant professor, associate professor, and chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering. His other academic appointments have included visiting professorships at Akron in Ohio (1978-79) and an associate professorship at Northeastern University in Boston (1982-85). He has also served as an adjunct professor at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Dr. Pazwash has received various academic awards, including a fellowship at Tehran University and a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley. He has been engaged in engineering practice since 1986, and he retired in 2021. Dr. Pazwash is the author of some 60 papers and five books, including Urban Storm Water Management, 2nd Edition (2016), and also a chapter in the Encyclopedia of Environmental Management (2014). He is a lifetime member and Fellow of the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) and a Diplomat of AAWRE (Academy of American of Water Resources Engineers), D.WRE.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781032659923
• ISBN-10: 1032659920
• Artikelnr.: 70148777