Dr. Fahid Rabah
Water and Environmental professional Engineer
Fahid Rabah, Ph.D, P.E
Civil / Environmental Engineer
Water and Environment Professional Engineer
E-mail: [email protected]
Mobile: 0599528047
Education
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Post-Doctor -UNL, NE, USA, 2003- 2004
Ph.D., Civil Engineering -UNL, NE, USA, 2000- 2003
M.SC, Sanitary Engineering, IHE Delft, The Netherlands (Holand), 1996-1997
Diploma Of Sanitary Engineering, IHE Delft, The Netherlands,(Holand), 1995-1996
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Beir-Zeit University, Palestine, 1982-1988.
Certifications
Certified Professional Engineer (PE), Colorado State Board of Engineers, USA
Certified member of the Palestinian Syndicate of Engineers since 1988, Gaza.
Research Field:
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Nitrate removal methods from water and wastewater
Wastewater reuse issues
Low cost water and wastewater treatment
Academic Expertise
Dr. Fahid Rabah is an Assistant Professor in Civil and environmental engineering
with extensive experience in teaching lasted for 15 years until now.
He started his academic career in the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) Palestine
in 1993 as a Teaching Assistant in the civil engineering department. In 1995 he left the
university to get his master degree in The Netherlands (Holland) and returned back in
1997 and started working as a Lecturer in the IUG until the year 2000.
In 2000 he left to the USA to get his PhD in civil engineering where he was
working as a Research and Teaching assistant until the end of 2003. In 2003-2004 he
worked in the USA as a Post doctor for one year where he was working in research and
teaching in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in the University of
Nebraska at Lincoln.
By the end of 2004 he returned back to the IUG and started to work as an
Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering department and he is still working there until
now. Besides teaching under graduate students he is also supervising master degree
students. During this long career in teaching, Dr. Fahid taught many civil and
environmental engineering courses as indicated below.
In addition to his academic experience, Dr. Fahid has an extensive consultancy
experience where he worked as a part time private consultant with many local and
international companies and Palestinian municipalities in the field of infrastructure
projects (sanitation, water, wastewater, environment, and building construction).
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Dr. Fahid Rabah
Water and Environmental professional Engineer
Academic Employment Record:
1. Position : Assistant Professor, (Sep/2004- until present). (4 years of experience)
Employer: Civil Engineering Department
Islamic University of Gaza (IUG), Palestine
Duties
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o Teaching and Research
Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of materials, Fluid mechanics, Hydraulics, Sanitary
Engineering, Hydrology, Water Resource management, Biological Wastewater
Treatment, Physical and Chemical Treatment of Water and Wastewater,
Introduction to environmental engineering. Conducted research on water and
wastewater issues.
o Master students advising
Advised many master degree students. Examples of finished thesis:
 “Optimum Water Resource Management in the Southern of Gaza Strip"
 “Comparative Study of the Desalination Options in Gaza Strip"
o Administrative duties
 Vice Dean of the Engineering Faculty (Sep/2005- Aug/2007).
 Graduate Studies Coordinator - Engineering Faculty (Sep/2004- Aug/2005)
 Dean of the continuing education (Aug/2009- until recently)
2. Position : Post Doctor, (Dec/2003- Aug/2004) (1 year of experience)
Employer: Civil Engineering Department
University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL), USA
Duties:
o Conducting Research
Conducting research on nitrification and denitrification of wastewater and
teaching in the environmental engineering laboratories.
o Teaching
Fluid mechanics, Introduction to environmental engineering, Biological wastewater
treatment, and solid waste management, Water Physical and chemical treatment methods.
3. Position : Teaching and Research Assistant, (Aug/2000-Dec/2003) (3 years)
Employer : Civil Engineering Department
University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL), USA
Duties:
o Conducting Research
- Conducting research on a sand filter used for nitrification in an existing wastewater
treatment plant to increase its efficiency.
- Conducting research on a Fluidized bed biofilm reactor to be used for denitrification of
industrial high nitrate wastewater.
o Teaching
Fluid mechanics, Introduction to environmental engineering, Biological wastewater
treatment, and solid waste management, Water Physical and chemical treatment methods.
4. Position : Senior Lecturer, (March/1997- June/2000) (3 years)
Employer : Civil Engineering Department
Islamic University of Gaza (IUG), Palestine
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Dr. Fahid Rabah
Water and Environmental professional Engineer
Duties:
o Teaching and Research
Statics, Dynamics, Strength of materials, Fluid mechanics, Hydraulics, Sanitary
engineering, Biological wastewater treatment, Physical and chemical treatment of
water and wastewater, Hydrology. Conducted research on water and wastewater
issues.
5. Position : Teaching assistant, (March/1993- Sep/1995) (2.5 years)
Employer : Civil Engineering Department
Islamic University of Gaza (IUG), Palestine
Duties:
o Teaching
Statics, Dynamics, Strength of materials, Land Surveying, Project management,
Structural Engineering.
Publications
1. Rabah, F. K (1997). "Quantification of Nitrate Pollution to Groundwater in Rafah-Palestine".
Masters degree Thesis, IHE, The Netherlands (Holland).
2. Rabah, F. K (2003). Denitrification of High-Nitrate Wastewater Using Fluidized-bed Biofilm
Reactors. PhD dissertation, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
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Dahab, M. F.; Rabah, F. K (2004). High-Performance Side-Stream Nitrification and Denitrification of
Municipal Biosolids Treatment Decants, Volume II. United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
Rabah, F. K; Dahab, M. F. (2004). Nitrate removal characteristics of high performance fluidized-bed
reactors. Water research, 38 (17), 3719-3728.
Rabah, F. K.; Dahab, M. F. (2004). Biofilm and biomass characteristics in high performance fluidizedbed reactors. Water research, 38 (17), 4262-4270.
Rabah F.K., M.F. Dahab, and R.Y. Surampalli, (2004), “Biomass concentration and biofilm
characteristics in high performance fluidized-bed biofilm reactors,” Proceedings of the International
Water Association (IWA) Fourth World Water Congress, Marrakech, Morocco, September 19-24.
Rabah F.K., M.F. Dahab, R.Y. Surampalli and P. Miháltz, (2004), “Nitrate removal characteristics of
high performance fluidized-bed biofilm reactors,” Proceedings of the International Water Association
International Conference on Wastewater Treatment for Nutrient Removal and Reuse, Asian Institute of
Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, January 26-29.
Rabah F.K., M.F. Dahab, and R.Y. Surampalli (2005). Biomass concentration and biofilm
characteristics in high-performance fluidized-bed biofilm reactors. Water Science & Technology, 52
(10-11), 579–586.
Rabah, F.K., M.F. Dahab, and P. Miháltz, 2005, “A Simplified kinetic model for high performance
fluidized-bed biofilm denitrification reactors,” Proceedings of the International Water Association
(IWA) Specialized Conference on Nutrient Management in Wastewater Treatment Processes and
Recycle Streams, Krakow, Poland, September 19-21.
Rabah, F. K (2005). Lectures in: Biological Wastewater Treatment, Faculty of engineering, IUG.
Rabah, F. K; Dahab, M. F. (2007). Estimation of the denitrification intrinsic kinetic parameters for
fluidized-bed Biofilm reactor. Water Environment Research, vol. 79.
M. Abdelati , Rabah, F.K. 2007, “Framework for building a SCADA system for Beit Lahia
wastewater pumping station,” The Islamic University Journal (Series of Natural Studies and
Engineering), Vol. 15, No.2, pp 235-245.
Rabah, F. K; Jarada A. (2007). “Water Facilities Infrastructure Master Plan in Palestine (Rafah
Governorate as a case study),” Proceedings of The second International Engineering Conference on
Construction and Development , June 18-19, The Islamic University, Gaza, Palestine
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Water and Environmental professional Engineer
Professional industry experience
The following are the main areas of experience:
- Water and wastewater treatment systems (Design, supervision, monitoring)
- Water supply distribution systems (Design, supervision, monitoring)
- Wastewater collection systems (Design, supervision, monitoring)
- Water and wastewater pumping stations (Design, supervision, monitoring)
- Environmental studies (EIA, Feasibility studies...)
- Master Planning of water and environment sector.
- Hydraulics structures expert (Design, supervision, monitoring)
- Storm water (Design, supervision, monitoring)
- Project management
- Feasibility studies.
- Need assessment and project identification.
- Training and capacity building
- Infrastructure assets evaluation
SELECTED CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE:
Emergency Intervention to Improve Water Sanitation Situation in Al-Moghraqa
Client: Welfare Association (WA), ECHO Fund.
Position: External Evaluator of the project.
Services: Evaluating the project implementation and performance and introducing
evaluation reports (2009).
On call consultancy services to the Austrian representative office in Gaza
Client: Austrian representative office, Gaza
Position: water and sanitation adviser.
Services: Giving on call advice regarding water and sanitation interventions (2009).
Detailed design of the Khan Younis Wastewater treatment plant & complete tender
Documents
Client: United nation Development Program (UNDP), Japanese Fund.
Employer: Sogreah (International French Company)
Position: Deputy Project manager and process Engineer.
Services: Participating in the Design of treatment units and hydraulic elements (including
sewer design, inlets design, pumping stations,) and tender document. (2008 - 2009)
Municipal assets evaluation for 8 municipalities in Gaza strip
Client: Municipal Development and lending Fund (MDLF)
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Evaluator of water and sanitation Municipal assets
Services: Evaluating the project implementation in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and
sustainability (2008 - 2009)
Detailed design of the Khalaf storm water infiltration basin & complete tender
Documents
Client: Palestinian Water Authority (PWA).
Employer: Centre of Engineering and planning, CEP
Position: Hydraulics Engineer.
Services: Design hydraulic elements (including sewer design, storm inlets design, and
sand trap) and tender document. (2008 - 2009)
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Water and Environmental professional Engineer
Construction of sewage collection system for Al Moghraqa area
Client: WA, CMWU, Funded by ECHO.
Employer: Welfare Association (WA)
Position: Project manager and Hydraulics Engineer
Services: Leading the project team, prepare the design (including sewer design, inlets
design, and pumping stations), tender documents, and assets in the tendering process.
(2006 - 2007)
Master plan and detailed design of the sewage collection system for Khan Younis
eastern villages & complete tender Documents
Client: Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), Fenland project.
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Project manager and Sanitary Engineer.
Services: Wastewater collection and storm water drainage design (including sewer
design, inlets design, pumping stations,) and tender document. (2006 - 2007)
Master plan of water distribution network for Rafah Governorate
Client: Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), Fenland project.
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Project manager and Hydraulic Engineer
Services: Leading the project team, meetings with client, presentations, etc.; preparing
the master plan, and producing the hydraulic Model (2005 - 2006).
Master plan of water distribution network for Gaza City
Client: Palestinian Water Authority (PWA)
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Project manager and Hydraulic Engineer
Services: Leading the project team, preparing the master plan, and producing the
hydraulic Model (2005 - 2006)
Design of many wastewater-pumping station & complete tender Documents
Client: Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), Fenland project
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Team Leader and senior sanitary Engineer.
Services: Leading the project team, prepare the design, tender documents, and
contributed in the tendering process. (2004 - 2005)
Master plan and detailed design of the storm water collection system for Al
Zawaida city.
Client: Municipality of Al Zawaida
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Project manager and Hydraulics Engineer.
Services: Leading the project team, prepare the design (including sewer design, inlets
design, pumping stations), tender documents, and assets in the tendering process.
(2004 - 2005)
Environmental Impact Assessment study for a storm water infiltration basin
Client: Municipality of Khan Yonis, PWA, USAID
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Team Leader and Environmental Expert.
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Services: Leading the project team, prepared water and wastewater infiltration part of
the study and the proposed mitigation measures and monitoring plan. (2004 - 2005)
Feasibility Study for the construction of the northern Central wastewater plant,
Palestine
Client: Sida- Sweden, (PWA),
Employer: Montgomery-Watson,( USA based company)
Position: Wastewater Process and hydraulics Engineer.
Services: Design of the Wastewater treatment units, pumping stations, piping work, and
wastewater reuse structures (1999 - 2000).
Environmental Impact Assessment study the construction of the northern Central
wastewater plant, Palestine.
Client: Sida- Sweden, (PWA),
Employer: Montgomery-Watson, (USA based company)
Position: Environmental Expert.
Services: prepared the EIA part of the study related to construction of the treatment units
and the reuse of the treated wastewater and sludge and proposed mitigation measures
and monitoring plan (1999 - 2000).
Environmental Impact Assessment study the construction of a sea outfall pipe
line for treated wastewater in the northern wastewater treatment plant, Palestine.
Client: Sida- Sweden, (PWA),
Employer: Montgomery-Watson,( USA based company)
Position: Environmental Expert.
Services: prepared the EIA part of the study related to disposing the treatetd wastewater
to the sea and proposed mitigation measures and monitoring plan (1999 - 2000).
Rehabilitation works for two wastewater treatment plants in Gaza and Rafah
Client: (PWA), Leaka
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Team Leader and Wastewater Process and hydraulics Engineer.
Services: Redesign of grit chambers, bar screens, the aerated lagoons, and the
maturation ponds (1998 - 1999).
Analysis of the process performance of the Gaza central wastewater treatment
plant and
Client: (PWA), Leaka
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Wastewater Process and hydraulics Engineer.
Services: Design of the rehabilitation works for the existing treatment units (1998 1999).
Design of the industrial wastewater-pumping station at Al Montar ( Karni) &
complete tender Documents
Client: Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), USAID
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Project manager and senior Hydraulics.
Services: Leading the project team, prepare the design, tender documents, and
contributed in the tendering process. (1997 - 1998)
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Design of the rehabilitation works of the water network of Gaza City
Client: Palestinian Water Authority (PWA), Leaka
Employer : Sogreah Consulting (France based company) and Universal Group
Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Team Leader , Hydraulic and modelling Engineer.
Services: Leading the project team, preparing the master plan, and producing the
hydraulic Model (1997 - 1998).
Roads and infrastructure facilities construction
Client: Palestinian Authority (PWA), USAID
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Site Engineer.
Services: Supervise the construction of the roads and the infrastructure facilities. (1995 - 1993)
Buildings Design and Construction
Client: Many local and international clients
Employer: Universal Group Consulting Company (UG).
Position: Design and Site Engineer.
Services: Designing and supervising the construction of many buildings. (1988 - 1993)
Honors & Awards
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Fulbright scholarship towards PhD degree, 2000-2002, USA.
Milton Mohr Research Scholarship 2002-2003,USA
Theodore Leisen Scholarship sponsored by Nebraska Section of the American Water Works
Association (NSAWWA), 2002,USA
Nebraska Water Environment Association Scholarship (NWEA), 2002,USA
Netherlands Government Fellowship towards M.SC degree, 1995-1997
Beir-Zeit University scholarship towards B.SC degree, 1982-1987
United Nations Fellowship towards B.SC degree, 1982-1987
Professional Memberships
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Member of Water Environment Federation since 2000.
Member of the Editorial Board of The Asian Journal of applied science (ANSI).
Member of American Water Works Association (AWWA) since 2000.
Member of the Engineering Association-Palestine, since 1988.
Member of the Palestinian Environmental Friends Association (PEF), since 1997.
Head of the environmental committee of the engineering Association, 1997-1998
Selected Professional Seminars and Workshops
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Field trips and workshops in Germany, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg and The
Netherlands through my MS.C study, (1995-1997).
Workshop for the evaluation of the Swedish project for the rehabilitation of sewage works
for the northern area of Gaza, Palestine, (1998).
Workshop on wastewater treatment methods for Palestine, (1999)
Great Plains Conference on water and wastewater issues, Nebraska, USA, 2002.
Great Plains Conference on water and wastewater issues, Nebraska, USA, 2003.
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Water and Environmental professional Engineer
Training Experience
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Training in Wagningen University in the Netherlands on activated sludge wastewater plant
(1995).
Training in the IHE, Delft on water and wastewater sampling and analysis (1995-1996)
Training course on EIA and project management held in 1998 by the German association
(CDG).
Training course on water resource management in Morocco, (1999).
Computer Skills
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Microsoft project.
Microsoft Excel, word, power point, etc.
Water and wastewater analysis and design using computer programs.
Hydraulics modeling programs (Epanet, WaterCad, SewerCad, StormCad).
Good command of AutoCAD drafting.
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