Dr. Faisal Hossain

Position: Assistant Professor

Office: Prescott Hall, Room 332
Phone: (931) 372-3257
E-mail: fhossain@tntech.edu
Personal Webpage: http://iweb.tntech.edu/fhossain/

Educational Background:

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, The University of Connecticut, 2004

M.Eng., Civil Engineering, The National University of Singapore, 1999

B.Tech., Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University, 1996

Areas of Specialty:

(1) Improved land-surface applications of present and planned hydrologic remote sensing missions (space-borne and ground networks); (2) integration of conventional statistical theory with fuzzy concepts for cost-effective management of contaminated hydro-systems (such as the arsenic contamination of shallow ground waters in Bangladesh); (3) development of computationally robust probabilistic schemes for improved hydrologic characterization of geo-systems.

Recent Publications:

Liu, Z., W. Kingery, D. Huddleston, and F. Hossain. (2007).Watershed modeling of nutrient in support of total maximum daily load, development: choosing between PQUAL/IQUAL and AGCHEM algorithms, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A vol. A43(6).

Hossain , F., N. Katiyar, A. Wolf, and Y. Hong. (2007). The Emerging role of Satellite Rainfall Data in Improving the Hydro-political Situation of Flood Monitoring in the Under-developed Regions of the World, Natural Hazards (Special Issue). INVITED PAPER 43: 199-210 (doi 10.1007/s11069-006-9094-x)

Hill, A.J., F. Hossain and B. Sivakumar. (2007). Is Correlation Dimension a Reliable Proxy for the Number of Influencing Variables required to Model Risk of Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater? Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, (In press; doi: 10.1007/s00477-006-0098-6).

Hossain , F and D. Huddleston (2007). A proposed Computer-assisted Graphics-based instruction scheme for Stochastic Theory in Hydrological Sciences Computers in Education Journal XVII(2), pp.16-25

Hossain, F. and Dennis P. Lettenmaier (2006). Flood Prediction in the Future: Recognizing Hydrologic Issues in anticipation of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission - Opinion Paper Water Resources Research. vol. 44 (doi:10.1029/2006WR005202)

Hossain, F. , A.J. Hill, and A.C. Bagtzoglou (2007). Geostatistically-based management of Arsenic Contaminated Ground water in Shallow wells of Bangladesh. Water Resources Management. 21, pp.1245-1261 (doi: 10.1007/s11269-006-9079-2)

Hossain, F. and N. Katiyar (2006). Improving Flood Forecasting in International River Basins, EOS, 87(5), pp. 49-50.

Hossain, F. (2006). Towards Formulation of a Space-borne System for Early-warning of Floods: Can Cost-effectiveness outweigh Prediction Uncertainty? Natural Hazards, 37(3), pp. 263-276 (doi: 10.1007/s11069-005-4645-0).

Hossain, F. and B. Sivakumar. (2006). Spatial Pattern of Arsenic Contamination in Shallow Tubewells of Bangladesh: Regional Geology and Non-linear Dynamics Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, vol. 20(1-2), pp. 66-76 (doi: 10.1007/s00477-0055-0012-7).

Hossain , F ., E. N. and Anagnostou (2004). Assessment of current passive microwave and infra-red based satellite rainfall remote sensing for flood prediction, J. Geophys. Res. vol 109(D7), April, D07102. (doi 10.1029/2003JD003986).