Education
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, USA, 2017
- MS in Civil Engineering, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010
- BS in Civil Engineering, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2008
Research Interests
- Hydrology and water quality modeling
- Flood inundation mapping
- Remote sensing
- Hydroinformatics for big data integration
- Cyber-physical systems in hydro-geoscience
Research Grants/Projects Awarded
- PI, Evaluating Non-floodplain Wetlands for Flood-Risk Reduction and Nutrient Mediation in the Mississippi River Basin, US Department of Defense (2020-2025).
- PI, Making Post-wildfire Hydrologic Change Assessments Efficient by Developing A Web-based Remote Sensing-integrated Hydrologic Modeling Tool, US Department of the Interior – Bureau of Reclamation (2022-2024).
- PI, Developing A Robust Modeling Workflow for Flood Hazard Prediction in the Gulf of Mexico watersheds (Phase I), International Consulting Engineers, Corpus Christi, Texas (2021-2023).
- Co-PI, Resilient Coastal Dune Ecosystems for Erosion and Habitat Protection, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Texas General Land Office (2021-2023).
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University at Kingsville (2019 – present).
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency (2017–2019).
- Graduate Research Assistant and Bilsland Fellow, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University (2012–2017).
- Student Coordinator, NOAA National Water Center Innovators Program (2016).
- Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University (2015).
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2010–2012).
Honors and Awards
- Fostering Pathways to Success (FP2S) Undergraduate Research Course Redesign Award, through US Department of Education Title V grant, 2021.
- National Science Foundation FAIR Cyber Training (FACT) Fellowship for Climate and Water, awarded to Ph.D. student Qianjin Zheng, 2021.
- EPA Post-Doctoral Fellowship ($175,000), 2017-2019.
- Purdue University Outstanding Graduate Award, Spring 2017.
- Purdue University Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship ($22,000), 2016.
- Best Paper Award, Association of State Floodplain Managers, 2016.
- NOAA National Water Center Innovators Program Scholarship ($15,000), 2016.
- Audience Choice Award, Annual Ecological Sciences and Engineering Symposium, Purdue University, 2014 and 2016 (two-time winner).
- Gerrit H. Toebes Memorial Award, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 2016.
- Jacques W. Delleur Award in hydraulics and hydrology, Purdue University, 2013.
Sample Publications (*student)
- Rajib, A., Zheng, Q.*, Golden, H., Wu, Q. et al. “The changing face of floodplains in the Mississippi River Basin detected by a 60-year land use change dataset”, Nature Scientific Data 2021.
- Golden, H., Lane, C., Rajib, A., Wu, Q. “Improving global flood and drought predictions: integrating non-floodplain wetlands into watershed hydrologic models”, Environmental Research Letters 2021, 16(9).
- Evenson, G., Golden, H., Christensen, J., Lane, C., Rajib, A., D'Amico, E. et al. “Wetland restoration yields dynamic nitrate responses across the Upper Mississippi River Basin”, Environmental Research Communications 2021.
- Paul, M., Rajib, A., Negahban-Azar, M., Shirmohammadi, A., Srivastava, P. “Improving agricultural water management in data-scarce semi-arid watersheds: Value of integrating remotely sensed leaf area index in hydrological modeling”, Science of the Total Environment 2021.
- Tavakoly, A.A., Gutenson, J., Lewis, J., Follum, M., Rajib, A., LaHatte, W.C., Hamilton, C. “Direct integration of numerous dams and reservoirs outflow in continental scale hydrologic modeling”, Water Resources Research 2021, 57(9), e2020WR029544.
- Rajib, A., Golden, H., Lane, C., Wu, Q. “Surface depression and wetland water storage improves major river basin hydrologic predictions”, Water Resources Research 2020, 56(7), e2019WR026561.
- Rajib, A., Liu, Z., Merwade, V., Tavakoly, A., Follum, M. “Towards a large-scale locally relevant flood inundation modeling framework using SWAT and LISFLOOD-FP”, Journal of Hydrology 2020, 581, 124406.
- Rajib, A., Kim, I L., Golden, H., Lane, C., Kumar, S.V. et al. “Watershed modeling with remotely sensed Big Data: MODIS Leaf Area Index improves hydrology and water quality predictions”, Remote Sensing 2020, 12(13), 2148.
- Golden, H., Rajib, A., Lane, C., Christensen, J., Mengistu, S., Wu, Q. “Non-floodplain wetlands affect watershed nutrient dynamics: A critical review”, Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53, 7203-7214.
- Rajib, A., Evenson, G., Golden, H., Lane, C. “Hydrologic model predictability improves with spatially explicit calibration using remotely sensed evapotranspiration and biophysical parameters”, Journal of Hydrology 2018, 567, 668-683.
- Rajib, A., Merwade, V., Yu, Z. “Rationale and efficacy of assimilating remotely sensed potential evapotranspiration for reduced uncertainty of a hydrologic model”, Water Resources Research 2018, 54, 4615-4637.
- Lin, P., Rajib, A., Yang, Z.L., Somos-Valenzuela, M., Merwade, V., Maidment, D. et al. “Spatio-temporal evaluation of simulated evapotranspiration and streamflow over Texas using the WRF-Hydro-RAPID modeling framework”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association 2018, 54 (1), 40-54.
- Du, L., Rajib, A., Merwade, V. “Large scale spatially explicit modeling of blue and green water dynamics in a temperate mid-latitude basin”, Journal of Hydrology 2018, 562, 84-102.
- Afshari, S., Tavakoly, A., Rajib, A., Zheng, X. et al. “Comparison of new generation low-complexity flood inundation mapping tools with a hydrodynamic model”, Journal of Hydrology 2018, 556, 539-556.
- Rajib, A., Merwade, V. “Hydrologic response to future land use change in the Upper Mississippi River Basin by the end of 21st century”, Hydrological Processes 2017, 31, 3645-3661.
- Paul, M., Rajib, A., Ahiablame, L. “Spatial and temporal evaluation of hydrological response to climate and land use change in three South Dakota watersheds”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association 2017, 53(1), 69-88.
- Ahiablame, L., Sinha, T., Paul, M., Ji, J.-H., Rajib, A. “Streamflow response to potential land use and climate changes in the James River watershed, Midwest United States”, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 2017, 14, 150-166.
- Morsi, M., Goodall, J., Castronova, A., Dash, P., Merwade, V., Sadler, J., Rajib, A., Horsburgh, J., Tarboton, D. “Design of a metadata framework for environmental models with an example hydrologic application in HydroShare”, Environmental Modelling & Software 2017, 93, 13-28.
- Rajib, A., Merwade, V., Kim, L.I, Zhao, L., Song, C., Zhe, S. “SWATShare – A web platform for collaborative research and education through online sharing, simulation and visualization of SWAT models”, Environmental Modelling & Software 2016, 75, 498-512.
- Rajib, A., Merwade, V., Yu, Z. “Multi-objective calibration of a hydrologic model using spatially distributed remotely sensed/in-situ soil moisture”, Journal of Hydrology 2016, 536, 192-207.
- Rajib, A., Merwade, V. “Improving soil moisture accounting and streamflow prediction in SWAT by incorporating a modified time‐dependent Curve Number method”, Hydrological Processes 2016, 30, 603-624.
- Rajib, A., Ahiablame, L., Paul, M. “Modeling the effects of future land use change on water quality under multiple scenarios: a case study of low-input agriculture with hay/pasture production”, Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology 2016, 8, 50-66.
- McBean, E.A., Rajib, A., Rahman, M.M. “Improved sustainability of water supply options in areas with arsenic-impacted groundwater”, Water 2013, 5, 1941-1951.
- Rajib, A., Rahman, M.M. “A comprehensive modeling study on Regional Climate Model application- regional warming projections in monthly resolution under IPCC A1B scenario”, Atmosphere 2012, 3, 557-572.
- Rajib, A., Rahman, M.M., McBean, E.A. “Evaluating technological resilience of small drinking water systems under the projected changes of climate”, Journal of Water and Climate Change 2012, 3, 110–124.
Book Chapters and Technical Reports
- Merwade, V., Rajib, A., Liu, Z. 2018. “An integrated approach for flood inundation modeling on large scales”. In Jung and Wang (Eds.), Bridging Science and Policy Implication for Managing Climate Extremes, pp. 133-155.
- Maidment, D., Rajib, A., Lin, P., Clark, E. (Eds.) 2016. National Water Center Innovators Program Summer Institute Report 2016, CUAHSI Technical Report 13, USA, 122p.
Professional Affiliations
- Technical Advisor, Texas Integrated Flooding Framework (2021 – present).
- Voting member, Texas Water Development Board Regional Flood Planning Group (2020 – present)
- Guest Editor, Special issue of Remote Sensing journal (2020 – present).
- Member, ASCE Wetland Hydrology Technical Committee (2019 – present).
Contact
- Phone: 361-593-3068
- Email: adnan.rajib@tamuk.edu
- Office: EC 369
