MD. AKRAM HOSSAIN Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, 2710 University Drive, Richland, WA 99354. Tel: (509) 372-7314. Email: ahossain@tricity.wsu.edu EDUCATION PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1989). Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. MS in Environmental Engineering (1986). Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. MS in Geotechnical Engineering (1984). Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. BS in Civil Engineering (1979). Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, Washington. 8/07 Present. Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, Washington. 8/00 8/07. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, Washington. 8/94 8/00. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. 8/92 5/93. Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. 8/89 5/90. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Coordinator, Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, Washington State University, Richland, Washington. 8/01 Present. CONSULTING EXPERIENCE Senior Technical Consultant, Rust Environment and Infrastructure, Greenville, South Carolina. 5/93 8/94, 5/90 8/92. Responsibility included site characterization, feasibility study, remedial design, monitoring plan development, and landfill design.
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES Journal Articles Aricle in Progress Hossain, M. A. "Numerical Aspects of Modelling Nonlinearly Coupled Macrophase and Microphase Transport". Accepted Hasan, N., and Hossain, M. A Adequacy of Homogenous Surface Diffusion Models to Simulate Nonequilibrium Mass Transfer in Soils. Journal of Porous Media. In Print Hossain, M. A. (2011). Adequacy of Finite Element Models to simulate Advective- Dispersive Transport Coupled with Intra-Particle Diffusiosn Journal of Porous Media, 14(10), 883-892. Barber, M. E., Hossain, M. A., Covert, J., and Gregory, G. (2009). Augmentation of Seasonal Low Stream Flows by Artificial Recharge in the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer of Idaho and Washington Hydrogeology Journal, 17(6), 1459-1470. Mayenna, A., and Hossain, M. A. (2009). Crank-Nicolson Galerkin Model for Nonlinearly Coupled Macrophase and Microphase Transport in the Subsurface. Journal of Porous Media, 12(9), 835-867, Hsieh, P. A., Barber, M. E., Contor, B. A., Hossain, M. A., Johnson, G. S., Jones, J. L., and Wylie, A. H. (2007). Groundwater Flow Model for the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, Spokane County, Washington, and Bonner and Kootenai Counties, Idaho. USGS SIR 2007 5044, 78 p. Hossain, M. A. (2006). Simulating Transport and Bioreduction of Cr(VI) by Employing the Dual-Enzyme Kinetic Model. Journal of Porous Media, 9(4), 1-14. Hossain, M. A. (2006). Graphical Estimation of the Dual-Enzyme Kinetic Parameters for Cr(VI) Reduction. Chemosphere, 63, 171-174. Horiuchi, K., Dutta, P., and Hossain, A. (2006). Joule-Heating Effects in Mixed Electroosmotic and Pressure-Driven Microflows Under Constant Wall Heat Flux. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 54(2), 159-180. Alam, M., Hossain, M. A., Yonge, D. R., Peyton, B. M., and Petersen, J. N. (2006). Bioreduction of Hexavalent Chromium in Flow-Through Quartz Sand Columns. Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 132(3), 358-366. Hossain, M. A., (2005). Modeling Nonlinearly Transient Zero-Order Bioreduction and Transport of Cr(VI) in Groundwater. Journal of Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 10, 315-321. 2
Hossain, M. A., Alam, M., and Yonge, D. R. (2005). Estimating the Dual-Enzyme Kinetic Paramaters for Cr(VI) Reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 from Soil Column Experiments. Water Research, 39, 3342-3348. Hossain, M. A., Alam, M., Yonge, D. R., and Dutta, P. (2005). Efficiency and Flow Regime of a Highway Stormwater Detention Pond in Washington, USA. Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 164, 79-89. Hossain, M. A., Alam, M., Yonge, D. R., and Dutta, P. (2005). Finite Element Modeling of Cr(VI) Reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Employing the Dual-Enzyme Kinetic Model. Computers and Geosciences, 31, 1286-1292. Hossain, M. A. and Barber, M. E. (2000). "Optimized Petrov-Galerkin Model for Advective- Dispersive Transport." Applied Mathematics and Computation, 115, 1-10. Hossain, M. A. and Taha, M. R. (2000). "Simulating Advective-Dispersive Transport by Finite Elements: Criteria for Accuracy of an Explicit Runge-Kutta Method." Applied Mathematics and Computation, 112, 309-316. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1999). Simulating Advective-Dispersive Transport in Groundwater - An Accurate Finite Difference Model. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 105, 221-230. Hossain, M. A. and Miah, A. S. (1999). "Crank-Nicolson-Galerkin Model for Transport in Groundwater - Refined Criteria for Accuracy." Applied Mathematics and Computation, 105, 173-181. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1999). Accuracy of Taylor Galerkin Model for Contaminant Transport in Groundwater. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 102, 109-119. Hossain, M. A. (1999). Modeling Advective-Dispersive Transport with Reaction: An Accurate Explicit Finite Difference Model. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 102, 101-108. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1999). On Galerkin Models for Transport in Groundwater. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 100, 249-263. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1998). Modeling Contaminant Transport in Groundwater: An Optimized Finite Element Method. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 96, 89-100. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1997). Linear Finite Element Modeling of Contaminant Transport in Groundwater. Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(11), 1126-1135. 3
Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1992). Finite Element Modeling of Single-Solute Activated Carbon in a Fixed Bed Reactor. Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 118(2), 238-252. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1992). Finite Element Modeling of Multisolute Activated Carbon Adsorption in a Fixed Bed reactor. Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling, 16, 630-637. Corapcioglu, M. Y., Hossain, M. Akhter, and Hossain, M. A. (1991). Methanogenic Biotransformation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Groundwater. Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 117(1), 47-65. Corapcioglu, M. Y., Hossain, M. Akhter, and Hossain, M. A. (1991). Anaerobic Biotransformation of PCE and TCE in Groundwater: A Comparison of Experimental Data with Numerical Results. Wat. Sci. Tech., 23, 525-534. Conference Papers and Presentations Hossain, M. A (2007). Overview of the SVRP Aquifer Model. Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer: Study Results and Policy Summit, Spokane Valley, Washington, May 8 9. Hsieh, P., Barber, M., Contor, B., Hossain, M. A., Johnson, G., Jones, J., Contor, B., and Wylie, A. (2007). A Bi-State Aquifer Study: Modeling the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer in Washington and Idaho. 2007 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 28 31. Hossain, M. A., Barber, M., Bartolino, J., Hsieh, P., Jones, J., Contor, B., Wylie, A., and Johnson, G. (2007). The Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Groundwater Flow Model. Water in the Pacific Northwest, Stevenson, Washington, November 7 9. Hossain, M. A., Barber, M. E., Jones, J., Ely, M., Johnson, G., Wylie, A., and Contor, B. (2005). Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Modeling: Preliminary Results. Groundwater Under the Pacific Northwest: Integrating Research, Policy, and Education. November 2-3. Stevenson, Washington. Alam, M., Yonge, D. R., Hossain, M. A., Peyton, B.M., and Petersen, J.N. (2003). Bioremediation of Chromate Contaminated Groundwater: Laboratory Scale Investigations. Proceedings, 2nd European Bioremediation Conference. June 30 - July 04. Chania, Crete, Greece. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1997). Numerical Aspects of Contaminant Transport Modeling. Proceedings 1997 CSCE-ASCE Conference. July 22-26. Edmonton, Canada. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1989). Finite Element Modeling of Multisolute Adsorption onto Activated Carbon. 56 th Annual Conference, PNPCA. October 30 - November 1. Eugene, Oregon. 4
Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1989). Higher Order Petrov-Galerkin Models for Activated Carbon Adsorption. 56 th Annual Conference, PNPCA. October 30 - November 1. Eugene, Oregon. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R. (1988). A New Algorithm for Modeling Adsorption onto Activated Carbon. 55 th Annual Conference, PNPCA. October 31 - November 2. Coer d' Alene, Idaho. Hossain, M. Akhter, Corapcioglu, M. Y., and Hossain, M. A. (1988). A Modeling Study of Tetrachloroethylene to Vinyl Chloride by Reductive Dehalogenation. American Geophysical Union Fall Conference. December 5-11. San Francisco, California. Reports Yonge, D. R., Hossain, M. A., Barber, M., and Chen, S. (2002). Wet Detention Pond Design for Highway Runoff Pollutant Control. Hossain, M. A., (2002). Final Report, Wellhead Protection and Long-Term Monitoring for the City of Quincy. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R., (2001). Final Report on Groundwater Monitoring and Transport Modeling for the City of Quincy. Hossain, M. A. and Yonge, D. R., (1998). Groundwater Monitoring Plan for the City of Quincy. Yonge, D. R., Jonstone, D. L., Hathron, W., and Hossain, M. A., (1997). Hydrogeologic Study for the City of Quincy. Yonge, D. R. and Hossain, M. A., (1996). Hanford Soil Partitioning and Vapor Extraction Study (CCl 4 ). Grants and Contracts Impact of Drilled Shaft Synthetic Slurries on Groundwater Quality: Phase I Literature Survey, Funded Washington State Department of Transportation, $22,595, 5/10 8/10. Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Summer Flow Augmentation, Funded by Washington State Department of Ecology, $250,000, 7/08 12/09. Co-PI.` Vadose Zone Processes. Funded by Inland Northwest Research Alliance, $15,372.00, 8/07 12/08, PI. Kinetically Driven Biogeochemical Processes. Funded by Inland Northwest Research Alliance, $17,675.00, 8/07 12/08, PI. 5
Investigation of Spatial Recharge in the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, Funded by Washington State Department of Ecology. $134,845.00. 6/07 6/08. Co-PI. Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Modeling. Funded by Washington State Department of Ecology. $136,240.00. 10/05 06/08. Joint PI. Kinetically Driven Biogeochemical Processes. Funded by Northwest Research Alliance. $12,985.00. 8/06 5/07. PI. Modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport at Hanford. Funded by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. $18,416.00. 9/05 5/06. PI. Steady State Model for Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer. Funded by U.S. Geological Survey. $43,000.00. 7/05 11/05. PI. Biogeochemical Reaction Kinetics. Funded by Inland Northwest Research Alliance. $14,000.00. 7/05 6/06. PI. Groundwater Flow Modeling for the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer. Funded by Washington State Department of Ecology. $20,000.00. 8/04 2/05. Co-PI. Kinetics of Biogeochemical Processes. Funded by Inland Northwest Research Alliance. $13,800.00. 8/04 6/05. PI. Vadose Zone Database Development for Hanford. Funded by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. $19,777.00. 3/04 9/04. PI. Model Development for Biological Systems. Funded by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. $22,261.00. 10/03 9/04. PI. Kinetics of the Subsurface Biogeochemical Reactions. Funded by Inland Northwest Research Alliance. $28,402.00. 10/03 2/04. PI. Field Assessment and Mitigation of Potential Environmental Impacts of Portland Cement Concrete Highway Grindings. Funded by Washington State Department of Transportation. $75,000.00. 8/03 2/05. Co-PI. Subsurface Science Graduate Program Core Course Development. Funded by Inland Northwest Research Alliance. $31,000.00. 10/03 2/04. PI. Comprehensive Evaluation of Groundwater Data for the City of Quincy. Funded by the Washington State Department of Ecology. $30,000.00. 11/99 8/02. PI. Vapor Phase Partitioning of Chlorocarbons on INEEL Soils. Funded by Inland Northwest Research Alliance. $149,863.00. 8/00 8/03. Co-PI. 6
Oversight and Public Education Regarding the Remediation of a Fumigant Plume in Quincy. Funded by the Washington State Department of Ecology. $50,000.00. 8/99 8/02. Co-PI. Cost Effective Method to Retrofit Dry Wells. Funded by Washington State Department of Transportation. $129,000.00. 12/00 11/01. Co-PI. Wellhead Protection Plan and Water Quality Assessment for the City of Quincy. Funded by Washington State Department of Ecology. $99,685.00. 9/97 8/99. PI. Hanford Soil Partitioning and Vapor Extraction Study. Funded by Bechtel Hanford Inc, $93,400.00. 10/94 10/95. Co-PI. Hydrogeologic Study for the City of Quincy Quincy. Funded by Washington State Department of Ecology. $80,000.00. 10/94 11/95. Co-PI. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Service to WSU Coordinator, Environmental Engineering Graduate Program: 2001-Present. Coordinator, Civil Engineering Undergraduate Program: 2008 Present. Member, Graduate Studies Committee of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department: 1995-May 2011. Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Since August 2011. Chair of 2 Search Committees to hire a mathematics faculty at WSU Tri-Cities. Chair, Search Committee to hire a Clinical Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering. Chair, Search Committee to hire a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Water Resources. Equipped geotechnical laboratory with more sophisticated apparatus. Procurement and putting together apparatus was mostly done by Dr. Hossain. Developed and submitted the proposal to extend Civil Engineering to WSU Tri-Cities. Working to procure survey equipment for CE 302. 7