Staff Profile

Senior Lecturer

Magdy Mohssen

PhD in Hydrology (Colorado State) MSc in Hydrology (Cairo) BSc in Civil Engineering (Cairo)

Magdy Mohssen

Contact Details

Faculty of Environment, Society and Design

Location NRE158
Phone 64 3 423 0433
Extension
Email Magdy.Mohssen@lincoln.ac.nz
 

Currently Teaching

  • ENGN 233 Water Science and Technology I
  • ENGN 333 Water Science and Technology II
  • ENGN 366 Water Resources and Hazards
  • ENGN 608 Special Topic in Advanced Hydrology and Water Resources
  • ENGN 613 Special Topic in Waste Management
 

Academic and Professional Background

  • Flood Forecast
  • River flow simulation
  • Floods and low flows frequency analyses
  • Hydraulic modelling using MIKE11
  • Impact of Land Use on Water Resources
  • Rainfall runoff modelling
  • Multivariate analysis and modelling of hydrologic time series
  • Water resources management
 

Current Research and Publications / Selected Publications



Mohssen, M, 2012.  A Multivariate Model for Flood Forecasting of Lake Levels.  Flood Recovery Innovation and Response 2012, Dubrovnik, WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, 159:121-132.

Mohssen, M and Goldsmith, M, 2011.  Flood forecasting of lake levels: A new concept. International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering, 1 (4):363-375. 2011.

Safa, M., Samarasinghe, S. and Mohssen. M. 2011.  Determination of fuel consumption and indirect factors affecting it in wheat production in Canterbury, New Zealand. Journal of Energy. 35: 5400-5405.

Safa, M., Samarasinghe, S. and Mohssen. M. 2011.  A Field study of energy consumption in wheat production in Canterbury, New Zealand. Journal of Energy Conversion and Management. 52: 2562-2532.

Mohssen, M., Edwards, S., Walters, A., Alqassab, N., 2011. The impact of El Nino and La Nina weather patterns on Canterbury water resources. MODSIM2011: Sustaining our future: Understanding and living with uncertainty. Perth, Australia. 3601-3607.

Mohssen, M. 2010. Flood forecasting: The hard choice. Flood Recovery Innovation and Response 2010. Milano. 181-191.

Mohssen, M., 2009. Partial Duration Series in the Annual Domain. 18th International Mathematics and Computer Science (IMACs) World Congress and International Modelling and Simulation MODSIM 09: 2694-2700.

Mohssen, M., 2008. An insight into flood frequency for design floods. Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response. London, UK. 155-164.

Mohssen, M., Goldsmith, M., 2007. Non-linear optimization for parameter estimation for flood forecasting. MODSIM07. Christchurch. 1782-1788.

Mohssen M., Goldsmith M., 2006. Flood forecasting of the Kakanui River. Resource Management under Stormy Skies: Water Allocation @ the Crossroads?, Christchurch, New Zealand. 115-116.

 

Supervision

Magdy is currently supervising the following students: 

  • Amin, A. (PhD) Land use impact on the Waimakariri River, New Zealand. 
  • Ahiadu, O. (Ph.D.) Impact of Land Use and Climate Change on Lake Ellesmere, New Zealand.
  • Obeidat, M. (PhD, Associate Supervisor), Advances in Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) for Decision-Making in Uncertain Environments; and Case Study: Managing Water Scarcity Situation in Jordan based on Stakeholder Perceptions in Jordan.
  • Brettl, M. (Master, Co-Supervisor), “Development of cost functions for water supply and sanitation systems as part of the CLARA project”.
  • Schoder, A. (Master, Co-Supervisor), Actual Hydropower Developments in Austria.
  • John, V. (Master, Co-Supervisor), Sediment Related Characterization of an Alpine Catchment Area.

The complete list of supervisions for Faculty of Environment, Society and Design.

 

Page last updated on: 06/03/2012