Professor/أستاذ:Hisham Bakhit Mohamed
Irrigation and Hydraulics Engineering
Email :heshambm***hotmail.com
 
Qualifications
imgB.Sc. (1996) "Civil Engineering" Cairo University (Egypt)
imgM.Sc. (2000) "Water Resources" Cairo University (Egypt)
imgPh.D. (2004) "Hydrology" University of Nevada, Reno (USA)
 
Fields of Interest :
imgWater Resources
imgGroundwater
imgContaminant Transport
imgHydrology
 
Recent Publications :
img-2018-Awad, M., A. E. Hassan, and H. M. Bekhit, " The use of connectivity clusters in stochastic modelling of highly heterogeneous porous media", Arab J Geosci (2018) 11: 98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-018-3432-7
img-2018-Allam, M., H. M. Bekhit, A. Elzawahry, and M. Allam,” Jonglei Canal Project under the Potential Developments in Upper Nile States”, Journal of Water Management Modeling, CHI JWMM 2018;C448, 2018.
img-2016-Salama, S. H. Bekhit, and A. E. Hassan, “Solving Variable Density Groundwater Flow Using Random Walk Particle Tracking Method", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, vol. 63, issue 2, 2016.
img-2015-Bekhit, H. M., "Sustainable Groundwater Management in Coastal Aquifer of Sinai Using Evolutionary Algorithms", Procedia Environmental Sciences, vol. 25: Elsevier, pp. 19–27, 2015.
img-2014-Soliman, A., H. Bekhit, K. Hamed, and A. El-Zawahry, "Impacts of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Failure on Downstream Region", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, vol. 61, issue 4, 2014.
img-2014-Soliman, A., H. Bekhit, K. Hamed, and A. El-Zawahry, "Prediction of Dam Breach Parameters and their Uncertainties", Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, vol. 61, issue 3, 2014.
img-2012-Hafiz, M. G., A. E. Hassan, and H. M. Bekhit, "Groundwater Management in the Presence of Uncertainty using Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms", The 5th International Groundwater Symposium, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), KISR, Kuwait, November 18-21, 2012.
img-2012-Hassan, A. E., and H. M. Bekhit, "Integrating Geophysical and Hydrogeological Investigations into a Three Dimensional Model of the Sphinx Area, Egypt", The 5th International Groundwater Symposium, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), KISR, Kuwait, November 18-21, 2012.
img-2009-Bekhit, H. M., Elkordy MA, and A. E. Hassan, Contaminant transport in groundwater in the presence of colloids and bacteria: Model development and verification. J. Contam. Hydrol. Volume 108, Issue 3-4, Pages 152-167, 2009
img-2009-Hassan, Ahmed; Bekhit, Hesham; Chapman, Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo to Quantify Parameter Uncertainty and its effect on Predictions of Groundwater Flow Models, Environmental Modelling & Software. Vol.24 N.6, p.749-763, June, 2009
img-2008-Hassan, Ahmed E; Bekhit, Hesham M; Chapman, Jenny B, Uncertainty assessment of a stochastic groundwater flow model using GLUE analysis, Journal of Hydrology. v.362. pp.89-109.
img-2007-Bekhit, H. M., and A. E. Hassan, Subsurface Contaminant Transport in the Presence Of Colloids: Effect of Nonlinear and Nonequilibrium Interactions, Water Resources Research, 43, W08409, doi:10.1029/2006WR005418, 2007.
img-2006-Bekhit, H. M., A. E. Hassan, R. Harris, C. Papelis, Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Effects of Silica Colloids on Transport of Strontium in Saturated Sand Columns, Environmental Science and Technology, 40(17), 5402-5408, 2006.
img-2005-Bekhit, H. M., and A. E. Hassan, Two-Dimensional Modeling of Contaminant Transport in Porous Media in the Presence of Colloids, Advances in Water Resources, 28(12), 1320-1335, 2005.
img-2005-Bekhit, H. M., and A. E. Hassan, Stochastic Modeling of Colloid-Contaminant Transport in Physically and Geochemically Heterogeneous Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 41, W02010, doi:10.1029/2004WR003262, 2005.
Recent Projects :
img-2012-Hydraulic Tomography of Shallow Alluvial Sediments: Nile River Valley”
img-2010-Assessing the Effect of Urban Developments on the Rising Groundwater Levels in the Pyramids Archaeological Area
img-2007-Evaluating the Suitability of El Wastani Formation for Disposal of Gas Production Byproducts in South Batra 1 Well within Mansoura Petroleum Company Concession
img-2006-CNTA Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Model Validation Analysis
img-2006-An Integrated Curriculum in Hydrologic Field and Laboratory Methods (HyFiLM)
Recent Books :
img-2017-Soliman A.H., El Zawahry A., Bekhit H. (2017) GERD Failure Analysis and the Impacts on Downstream Countries. In:. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
img-2016-Elzawahry A.E..M., H. M. Bekhit. (2016) “Impacts of the Upper Nile Mega Projects on the Water Resources of Egypt”. In: Negm A. (eds) The Nile River. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 56. Springer, Cham
Conferences :
img-2017-Abdelazim, N., H. M. Bekhit, and M Allam,” An optimization operational model for of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)” The 50th International Conference on Water Management Modeling, Toronto, Canada, March 1-2, 2017
img-2012-Bekhit, H. M., A. E. Hassan, and M. A. Abd-Elmegeed, "Effects of Urban Development, Limestone Dissolution and Preventive Mechanisms on the Groundwater Levels at the Sphinx Archaeological Area, Egypt",The 5th International Groundwater Symposium, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), KISR, Kuwait, November 18-21, 2012.
img-2012-Abd-Elmegeed, M. A., H. M. Bekhit, and A. E. Hassan, "Stochastic Modeling of Conservative Transport in dual Porosity Media using Finite Cell Method", The 5th International Groundwater Symposium, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), KISR, Kuwait, November 18-21, 2012.
img-2012-Awad, M., H. M. Bekhit, and A. E. Hassan, " Propagating conceptual and parametric uncertainty from regional to local groundwater", The 5th International Groundwater Symposium, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), KISR, Kuwait, November 18-21, 2012.
img-2011-Hassan, Ahmed; Bekhit, Hesham; Zhang, Yong; Pohlmann, Karl; Chapman, Jenny; “Propagating conceptual model and parameter uncertainty into groundwater monitoring network design” MODFLOW and MORE 2011. Golden, Colorado, USA: International Groundwater Modeling Center, 2011.
img-2011-Hassan, Ahmed; Bekhit, Hesham; Zhang, Yong; Pohlmann, Karl; Chapman, Jenny; “Propagating conceptual model and parameter uncertainty into groundwater monitoring network design” MODFLOW and MORE 2011. Golden, Colorado, USA: International Groundwater Modeling Center, 2011.
img-2009-Bekhit, Hesham M, 2009. “Uncertainty In The Environmental Risk Assessment: Role Of Conceptual Model”. VI International Conference on Environmental Hydrology and 1st Symposium on Coastal and Port Engineering, Egyptian Society of Irrigation Engineers and American Society of Civil Engineers-Egypt Section.
img-2008-Tawfik, A M ; Bekhit, Hesham M ; Hassan, A E, 2008. Identifying Dominant Transport Mechanisms Using Neural Networks. IAHR International Groundwater Symposium. Istanbul, Turkey.
img-2008-El-Kordy, M A; Bekhit, Hesham M; Hassan, A E, 2008. Effects of Colloids and Bacteria on Reactive Contaminant Transport in the Subsurface. IAHR International Groundwater Symposium. Istanbul, Turkey.
img-2008-Hassan, Ahmed; Zhang, Yong; Bekhit, Hesham; Chapman, Jenny; Design of Groundwater Monitoring Networks Considering Conceptual Model and Parametric Uncertainty. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco. 2008.
img-2006-Hsayan, K., Allam, M. N., Ghaith, M., and Bekhit, H., 2006, “Evaluation of Potential Virtual Water Trade among the Arab Countries, “ Proceedings of the Second International Arab Water Conference, 9-11 December 2006, Cairo, Egypt
img-2006-Hassan, A. E., H. M. Bekhit, and J. B. Chapman, Uncertainty Reduction for Parameters of a Seawater Intrusion Model using Markov Chain Monte Carlo, In Proceedings of the XVI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, edited by P. J. Binning, P. K. Engesgaard, H. K. Dahle, G. F. Pinder and W. G. Gray. Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 2006. http://proceedings.cmwr-xvi.org/.
img-2003-Hassan, A. E, Bekhit, H. M., Stochastic modeling of colloid-facilitated contaminant transport in heterogeneous porous, MODFLOW and MORE 2003. Golden, Colorado, USA: International Groundwater Modeling Center, 2003.
img-2002-Bekhit, H. M., A. E. Hassan, Two-Dimensional Modeling of Contaminant Transport in Homogeneous Porous Media in the Presence of Colloids, AGU Fall Meeting 2002, San Fransiscco, California, USA: American Geophysical Union, 2002.