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VITA

Mohammad Safeeq

 

Address                                                                           

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM)
College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR) University of Hawai`i at Manoa,

1910 East-West Road Honolulu, HI 96822 Telephone (808) 956-7518

 

Education

·         University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

PhD (Pursuing) in Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM) GPA: 3.75/4 spring 2006 - Present

·         Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India July 2003 – June 2005

Master of Technology in Agricultural Systems and Management, GPA: 9/10

Relevant Coursework: Advanced Soil Physics, Systems Approach in Agriculture, Modeling Agriculture Systems, Soil-Water and Plant Relationship.

·         Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agricultural and Technology, Kanpur, India July 1999 – May 2003

Bachelor of Technology in Agricultural Engineering, GPA: 7.85/10

Relevant Coursework: Engineering Hydrology, Soil and Water Conservation, Irrigation and Drainage Engg, Minor Irrigation, Fluid Mechanics, Irrigation Equipment Design.

Professional Appointments

 

  • Spring 2009 - Present: Graduate Research Assistant in the Hydrology Laboratory
  • Spring 2008 -Fall 2008:   Teaching Assistant for NREM 203, NREM 600, and NREM 463 in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management.
  • Spring 2006 -Fall 2007: Graduate Research Assistant in the Hydrology Laboratory
  • 2005- Worked as a design engineer in Jain irrigation systems limited

Summer Training

 

  • Watershed Management and Artificial Groundwater Recharge (CIAE- Bhopal. India) June 2002
  • Farm Machinery and Power (NRFMPTTI- Hissar. India) July 2001

 

Programming Skill

  • Languages: C, JAVA, VB 6.0.    
  • Platforms: Windows 98, 2k & XP, DOS, Unix
  • Web Designing:  HTML.

Computer Software Knowledge

  • Hydrologic Models:
    • WMS, DHSVM, SWAT, AnnAGNPS, HYDRUS-1D/2-D
  • Graphics Software:
    • Excel, Surfer, SigmaPlot
  • Geospatial Modeling
    • ArcGIS, GS+
  • Other applications and statistical packages
    • SAS, MATLAB, BMDP, Statistix

Achievements

  • Awarded for best PhD poster presentation among NREM students in the 2009 CTAHR symposium.
  • Awarded for best oral presentation in 2007 Soil Moisture Sensing Technology Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 19-21
  • Member of the local organizing committee for Soil Moisture Sensing Technology Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 19-21, 2007.
  • Member of annual sports meet organizing committee and won the award for best volunteer as a scorer.
  • Awarded by the ‘Awasiya Yojna‘ scholarship 
  • GATE qualified with 89.99 percentile (AIR-64) in 2003
  • M.H.R.D Scholarship
  • Student affiliate of East-West Center education program

 

Professional membership

  • Student member of the American Society of Agronomy and Soil Science Society of America
  • Student member of American Geophysical Union
  • Student member of ASABE

 

 Publication

 

Theses

  • 2004-2005- Assessment of the Reaction and Transformation Processes for Fertilizer Nitrogen During Transport in a Low Land Paddy Field, Master's Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
  • Jan-June 2003 Design and Economical Analysis of Different Water Conveyance Systems. (Bachelor's Thesis)

 

Peer-Reviewed Journals

·         Fares, A., M. Safeeq, and D.M. Jenkins, 2009. Adjusting temperature and salinity effects on single capacitance sensors. Pedosphere 19(5): 588-596.

·         Garg, K.K., B. S. Das, M. Safeeq, and P. B. S. Bhadoria, 2009. Measurement and modeling of soil water regime in a lowland paddy field showing preferential transport.  Agricultural Water Management, doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2009.06.018

·         Safeeq, M., and A. Fares, 2009. Long-term temporal and spatial trends in surface air temperature on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Water Resources Research (In review)

·         Safeeq, M., and A. Fares, 2009. Evaluation of weather data generator ‘ClimGen’ and weather data disaggregation techniques in tropical conditions. (In Preparation)

·         Fares A, F. Abbas, A. Ahmad, J. Deenik and M. Safeeq, 2008. Response of selected soil physical and hydrological properties to manure amendment rates, level and types. Soil Science 173(8): 522-533

Book Chapter

  • Fares, A., M. Safeeq, A. Kimoto, and A. Dogan, 2009. Use of buffers to reduce nitrogen transport to water bodies. In J. Delgado (ed.) Nitrogen Management for Water Quality. USDA-ARS. (Accepted, In Press).

Proceeding Publications

 

  • Fares, A., M. Safeeq, and D.M. Jenkins, 2006. Temperature dependant scaled voltage to improve the performance of single capacitance sensors. ASABE annual meeting Portland Oregon July 9-12, paper number 062121

 

Abstracts

 

  • Safeeq, M., and A. Fares, 2009. Trend analysis of surface air temperature: Impact of autocorrelation. 21th Annual College of Tropical Agricultural and Human Resources, Student Research Symposium. Abstract, #62. April 3-4.
  • Fares, A, F. Abbas, M. Safeeq, A. Ahmad and J. Deenik, 2007.  Response of main soil hydrological properties to measuring techniques and organic matter types and levels. In Annual meetings abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.
  • Safeeq M., A. Fares, and Nghia D Tran, 2007. Modeling runoff and sediment load from an urbanized tropical watershed using AnnAGNPS and N-SPECT model. In Annual Hawaii Conservation Conference [CD-ROM]. HCA, July 25-27, Honolulu, HI.
  • Safeeq M., A. Fares, F. Abbas, and Nghia D Tran, 2007. Spatio-temporal variability of water quality and quantity in an urbanized watershed. 19th Annual College of Tropical Agricultural and Human Resources, Student Research Symposium. Abstract, #45. April 6-7.
  • Fares A., Hamdhani, M. Safeeq, and D. M. Jenkins, 2007. Temperature-dependent scaled reading to mitigate temperature effects on selected capacitance sensors. Soil Moisture Sensing Technology Conference, March 19-21, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Safeeq, M., A. Fares, 2007. Intra-sensor variability of three capacitance sensors. Soil Moisture Sensing Technology Conference, March 19-21, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Garg K. K., Md. Safeeq, B. S. Das, P. B. S. Bhadoria, 2006. Plot-scale measurement and modeling of soil water regime in a lowland paddy field. European Geosciences Union general assembly Vienna Austria, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 02094.
  • Safeeq, M., A. Fares, 2006. Temperature and salinity dependent scaled voltage to improve the performance of ECHO probe sensors. 18th Annual College of Tropical Agricultural and Human Resources, Student Research Symposium. Abstract, #105. April 7-8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                            

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