Faculty/Staff Profile
Faisal Hossain, PhD
Prescott Hall (PRSC) 332 
(931) 372-3257
Sustainability of large scale water resources infrastructure; Human impact on local climate; Land surface hydrology; Hydroclimatic extremes; Space-borne hydrologic remote sensing; Transboundary water resources management; Engineering education; Multi-media film-making for engineering documentaries.
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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, Indian Institute of Technology -Varanasi, 1996
Recent Publications: (* with students advised as Major Advisor)
Woldemichael*, A.T., F. Hossain, R.A. Pielke Sr., A. Beltrán-Przekurat. (2012). Understanding the Impact of Dam-triggered Land-Use/Land-Cover Change on the Modification of Extreme Precipitation, Water Resources Research(doi:10.1029/2011WR011684).
Akanda, A.S. and F. Hossain (2012). Climate-Water-Health Nexus and Population Vulnerability in Emerging Megacities, EOS (AGU),Sept 11, 2012
Hossain, F., D. Niyogi, J. Adegoke, G. Kallos, and R. Pielke Sr. (2011). Making sense of the Water resources that will be available in future use, EOS Forum, vol. 92(17)
Hossain, .F, A. M. Degu*, W. Yigzaw*. D. Niyogi, S. Burian, J.M. Shepherd, R. Pielke Sr.(2010). Climate Feedback-based Considerations to Dam Design, Operations and Water Management in the 21st Century, ASCE J. Hydrologic Engineering (doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000541)
Degu*, A.M., F. Hossain, D. Niyogi, R. Pielke Sr., J.M. Shepherd, N. Voisin and T. Chronis. (2011). The Influence of Large Dams on Surrounding Climate and Precipitation Patterns, Geophysical Research Letters , (doi:10.1029/2010GL046482).
Siddique-E-Akbor*, A. H., F. Hossain , H. Lee and C. K. Shum. (2011). Inter-comparison Study of Water Level Estimates Derived from Hydrodynamic-Hydrologic Model and Satellite Altimetry for a Complex Deltaic Environment. Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 115, pp. 1522-1531 (doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.011)
Woldemichael*, A.T., A.M. Degu*,A.H.M. Siddique-E-Akbor*, and F. Hossain, (2010). Role of Land-water Classification and Manning’s Roughness parameter in Space-borne estimation of Discharge for Braided Rivers: A Case Study of the Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh, IEEE Special Topics in Applied Remote Sensing and Earth Sciences, (In press; doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2050579).
Moffit*, C.B., F. Hossain, R.F. Adler, K. Yilmaz and Harold Pierce.(2010). Validation of TRMM Flood Detection System over Bangladesh, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformatics. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2010.11.003.
Boynton*, M.A. and F. Hossain, (2010). Improving Engineering Education Outreach in Rural Counties through Engineering Risk Analysis, ASCE Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, vol. 136(4), (10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000026),
Tang*, L., F. Hossain, and G.J. Huffman (2010). Transfer of Satellite Rainfall Error from Gauged to Ungauged Regions in Anticipation of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission, Journal of Hydrometeorology(doi:10.1175/2010JHM1296.1)
Hossain, F. (2010). On the Empirical Relationship between the Presence of Large Dams and the Alteration in Extreme Precipitation, Natural Hazards Review , (doi:10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000013).
Hossain, F., I. Jeyachandran and R. Pielke, Sr.(2009). Have Large Dams altered Extreme Precipitation Patterns?, EOS-AGU , vol. 90(48): 453-454,
Hossain, F. (2010). Conclusion to the Featured Series on 'Satellites and Transboundary Water: Emerging Ideas', Journal of American Water Resources Association ,(doi:10.1111 /j.1752-1688.2010.00449.x).
Hossain, F., I. Jeyachandran. and R. Pielke Sr. (2010). Dam Safety Effects due to Human Alteration of Extreme Precipitation, Water Resources Research, 46, W03301, (doi:10.1029/2009WR007704).
Jung, H. C., J. Hamski, M. Durand, D. Alsdorf, F. Hossain, H. Lee, A. K. M. A. Hossain, K. Hasan, A. S. Khan, A.K.M.Z. Hoque (2010). Characterization of complex fluvial systems via remote sensing of spatial and temporal water level variations, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, SPECIAL ISSUE-Remote Sensing of Rivers, (doi: 10.1002/esp).
Balthrop*, C. and. F. Hossain. (2010). A Review of State of the Art on Treaties in Relation to Management of Transboundary Flooding in International River Basins and the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission, Water Policy, (doi:10.2166/wp.2009.117).
