Rozita Kian Research Assistant Professor Department of Ocean Engineering Texas A&M University

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1 Rozita Kian Research Assistant Professor Department of Ocean Engineering Texas A&M University Address: PMEC 137, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX Phone: Google Scholar: Website: Positions Research Assistant Professor 2017 Present, Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX, USA Project 1: Development of two tsunami inundation maps in the GOM and inclusion of the USGS Yucatan landslide tsunami sources Project PIs: Profs. Juan Horrillo, Jens Figlus and Rozita Kian. Project 2: Inclusion of a meteotsunami and sediment transport module in tsunami numerical models for forecasting or prediction Project PIs: Profs. Juan Horrillo and Jens Figlus. Postdoctoral Research Fellow , Department of Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA Project: Integrated watershed and river modeling study of Pawtuxet River Project PI: Prof. M Reza Hashemi. Education Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Coastal and Ocean Engineering) , Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Dissertation Title: "Resonance and Sedimentation Effects in Ports and Harbors due to Tsunamis", Supervisor: Prof. Ahmet C. Yalciner. M.Sc. in Civil Engineering (Hydraulic Structures Engineering) , Hydraulic Structures Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Thesis Title: Theoretical and experimental study of selective withdrawal from two layer fluid with topographical effects, Supervisor: Prof. Mirmosadegh Jamali. B.Sc. in Civil Engineering , Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Page 1 of 5

2 Research Interests Tsunamis Resonance effects in harbors (Wave and Current Amplification). Sedimentation in coastal and river mouth. Flood hydrological assessment. Environmental fluid mechanics (Stratified Flows, Lake Dynamics). Research Proposal (Funded) Development of two tsunami inundation maps in the GOM and inclusion of the USGS Yucatan landslide tsunami sources, DOC-NOAA-National Weather Service, Role: Texas A&M University Co- PI, Total Award: $233,344 (September 1, 2017-August 31, 2018). Publications Journal Papers: Kian, R., Horrillo, J. Juan, Zaytsev, A. and Yalciner, A. C. On the Capturing Physical Dispersion Utilizing a Nonlinear Shallow Water Model through a Specified Spatial Resolution, Ocean Dynamics, December 2017 (under review). Lynett, P., Gately, K., Wilson, R., Montoya, L., Arcas, D., Aytore, B., Bai, Y., Zhang, Y. J., Inter-Model Analysis of Tsunami-Induced Coastal Currents, Ocean Modeling 114 (2017) 14-32, (including 38 co-authors). Zaytsev, A., Kurkin, A. A., Penilovsky, E. N., Yalciner, A. C. and Kian, R. (2017) Investigation of the Influence of the L-Shape of the Bay on Sedimentation of Bottom Sediments under the Impact of Waves, Fundamentalnaya I Priklanaya Gidrofizika, 2017; 10(3): (in Russian) Kian, R., Velioglu, D., Yalciner, A. C. and Zaytsev, A. (2016) Effects of harbor shape on the tsunami induced sedimentation; L-Type Basin, Journal of Marine and Science Engineering. 2016; 4(3):55. Velioglu, D., Kian, R., Yalciner, A. C. and Zaytsev, A. (2016) Performance Assessment of NAMI DANCE in Tsunami Evolution and Currents Using a Benchmark Problem, Journal of Marine and Science Engineering. 2016; 4(3):49. Yalciner, A.C., A. Zaytsev, B. Aytore, I. Insel, M. Heidarzadeh, R. Kian, and F. Imamura. (2014), "A possible submarine landslide and associated tsunami at the Northwest Nile Delta", Mediterranean Sea. Oceanography, 27(2): Conference Papers and Presentations: Kouhi, S., Hashemi, M. R., Kian, R., Spaulding, M. L., Boyd, J., Damon, C., 2017, An integrated modeling study of the Pawtuxet River and Watershed for flood management: A case study in RI, USA, 14 th Urban Watershed Management Symposium in World Environmental & Water Resources Congress (EWRI 2017)., Sacramento, California, U.S.A, May Kian, R., Velioglu, D., Yalciner, A. C., Zaytsev, A., 2016, Change of sediment inside Harbors due to long waves and tsunami motion; Case study of Haydarpasa Harbor in Istanbul, Estuarine & Coastal Modeling Conference (ECM14), Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A, June Kian, R., Velioglu, D., Yalciner, A. C., Zaytsev, A., 2015, Effect of harbor shape on the tsunami induced sedimentation, Estuarine & Coastal Modeling Conference (ECM14), Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A, June Velioglu, D., Kian, R., Yalciner, A. C., Zaytsev, A., 2015, Performance and validation of a numerical code for tsunami inundation, Estuarine & Coastal Modeling Conference (ECM14), Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A, June Page 2 of 5

3 Kian, R., Velioglu, D., Yalciner, A. C., Zaytsev, A., 2015, Tsunami induced sedimentation in Haydarpasa harbor, Marmara Sea, American Geophysical Union (AGU2015), San Francisco, California, U.S.A, Dec Velioglu, D., Kian, R., Yalciner, A. C., Zaytsev, A., 2015, Validation and Performance Comparison of Numerical Codes for Tsunami Inundation, American Geophysical Union (AGU2015), San Francisco, California, U.S.A, Dec Yalciner, A. C., Kian, R., Aytore, B., Zaytsev, A., 2015, Harbors and Tsunami Threat; A case study in the Sea of Marmara, E-Proceedings of the 36 th IAHR World Congress, Hague, Netherland, 28 Jun-3 July Kian, R., Pamuk, A., Yalciner, A. C., Zaytsev, A., 2015, Effect of Tsunami Parameters on the Sedimentation, Coastal Sediments Conference (CS15), in San Diego, California, U.S.A., May, Kian, R., Yalciner, A. C., Zaytsev, A., Aytore, B., 2015, Tsunami Induced Resonance in Enclosed Basins; Case Study of Haydarpasa Port in Istanbul, Geophysical Research Abstracts (EGU2015), Vienna, Austria, April Velioglu, D., Yalciner, A. C., Kian, R., Zaytsev, A., 2015, Validation of Numerical Codes to Compute Tsunami Runup and Inundation, Geophysical Research Abstracts (EGU2015), Vienna, Austria, April Kian, R., Yalciner, A. C., Zaytsev, A., Aytore, B., 2015, Wave Amplification and Resonance in Enclosed Basins; A Case Study in Haydarpasa Port of Istanbul, Waves and Turbulence Measurement Workshop (CWTM), St.Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A., 2-6 March Yalciner, A. C., Zaytsev, A., Kanoglu, U., Dogan, G. G., Velioglu, D., Kian, R., Aytore, B., Sharghivand, N., 2015, NAMI DANCE Benchmark Results, Proceeding and Results of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program 2015 Tsunami Current Modeling Workshop (NTHMP 2015), Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., 9-10 February Kian, R., Zaytsev, A. and Yalciner, A. C., 2014, Dispersion of Long Waves on Varying Bathymetry, 34th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE 2014), Seoul, Korea, Jun Kian, R., Yalciner, A. C. and Zaytsev, A, 2014, Evaluating The Performance of Tsunami Propagation Models, Bauhaus Summer School in Forecast Engineering: Global Climate change and the challenge for built environment, Weimar, Germany, August Kian, R., Zaytsev, A. and Yalciner, A. C., 2013, The Performance of Tsunami Numerical Models with Dispersion; A Comparative Study between NAMI DANCE and FUNWAVE, 26th International Tsunami Symposium, Gocek, Turkey, Sep Kian, R.,Velioglu, D., Yalciner, A. C. and Zaytsev, A, 2014, Comparing The Performance of Tsunami Numerical Models Nami Dance And Funwave, 8th Kiyi Muhendisligi Symposiyumu (TMMOB 2014), Istanbul, Turkey, Nov (in Turkish) Kian, R. and Jamali, M.M., 2009, Establishment of selective withdrawal in a two-layer reservoir with a bottom sill, 33rd IAHR Congress on Environmental & Water Resources Institute of ASCE, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Aug Kian, R. and Jamali, M.M., 2009, Theoretical and experimental study of selective withdrawal from two layer fluid with sill effects, 8th International Congress on Civil Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, May Reviewer for Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering (JNGSE), [Elsevier] Journal of Fluids Engineering (FE), [ASME] Page 3 of 5

4 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE), [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute] Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAAG), [Springer] Water, [Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute] Fluid Mechanics Research International Journal (FMRIJ), [MedCrave] Academic Experiences Teaching Experiences: CE761- Marine Hazards and Tsunamis- Guest Lecturer CE594- Modeling of Coastal Engineering Problems Teaching Assistant CE596- Coastal Pollution- Teaching Assistant CE491- Coastal Engineering- Teaching Assistant PHYS201- Physics Lab- Instructor PHYS218- Physics Lab- Instructor ENGR111-Foundations of Engineering I-Instructor ENGR112-Foundations of Engineering II -Instructor MARE207- Circuits- Guest Lecturer Research Experiences: Inclusion of a sediment transport module in tsunami numerical models for forecasting or prediction. PI: [Prof.Horrillo] Integrated watershed and river modeling study of Pawtuxet River, RI and hydrological assessment of flooding events in Pawtuxet Watershed during the past decade. (Postdoc Project), PI: [Prof.Hashemi] Study of tsunami induced resonance and sedimentation in enclosed basins by applying NLSW equation model on Haydarpasa harbor as a case study. (Ph.D. Dissertation), Advisor: [Prof.Yalciner] Take part in Assessment, STrategy And Risk Reduction for Tsunamis in Europe, (ASTARTE), Assessment of Morphological Changes due to Tsunami Attack by Numerical Modeling, Advisors: [Prof.Ergin, Prof.Yalciner, Dr. Ozyurt] Take part in Risk Assessment and design of Prevention Structures for enhanced tsunami DIsaster resilience project, (RAPSODI), Deliverable D6- Tsunamis in ports and harbors, Advisors: [Prof.Ergin, Prof.Yalciner, Dr. Ozyurt] Studing the tsunami hazards in Makran zone (Term Project), Advisor: [Prof.Yalciner] Designing a Rubble Mound Break Water (Term Project), Advisor: [Prof.Ergin] Designing a sample Marina (Term Project), Advisor: [Prof.Ergin] Designing Several Break Waters, Rubble Mound-Vertical Wall-Caisson Type, (Term Project), Advisor: [Dr. Guler] Studying the Pollution Dispersion Effect in Gocekada in Turkey (Term Project), Advisor: [Dr.Ozyurt] Study of selective withdrawal from two layer fluid with topographic effects such as sill, by comparing experimental results with theory of two-layer fluids in numerical and theoretical models (M.Sc. Thesis), Advisor: [Prof.Jamali] Detection of Gravity Currents Produced by Lock Exchange Behavior Comparing with existing Theories (Term Project), Advisor: [Prof.Jamali] Finite Element and Finite Difference Programming in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). (Term Project), Advisor: [Prof.Jamali] Evaluating of Linear and Non-linear Dynamic Analysis of Gravity Dams by Finite Element Programs (EAGD-84). (Term Project), Advisor: [Prof.Ghaemian] Determination of Smeared Fracture Response Analysis of Gravity Dams. (Term Project), Advisor: [Prof.Ghaemian] Performing Piping and Channel Network Design Successively for Fresh and Waste water in Urban Areas. (Term Project), Advisor: [Dr.Borghei] Programming Gradually Varied Flows in Open Channels. (Term Project), Advisor: [Prof.Borghei] Designing intake channel in the estuaries. (Term Project), Advisor: [Dr. Shamsaei] Page 4 of 5

5 Industrial Experience Worked in Sazeh Co. as a designer of foundations for heavy tanks in novitiate period Sazeh Consultants Engineering and Construction. Tehran, Iran (Jun 2006-Sep2006) Designing heptagonal foundation for heavy tanks in Bandar Abbas refinery and producing reports for analyses and several details of their piles. Cooperated in Amin R Company as a designer for steel structures mostly buildings Amin R Company. Jordan St., Tehran, Iran (Jun 2007-Sep2007) Designing a steel building in Tehran with cooperation of Engineer Amini and producing reports of analyses and preparing plans of designs. Further Background Computer Skills: Engineering Software: SAP, ETABS, SAFE, EAGD84, MIKE21, CADAM, SURFER, ArcGIS, HEC RAS, HEC HMS, GRAPHER, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office Programming: FORTRAN and MATLAB Language Spoken: Persian: Mother language Azeri: Second Mother language English: Fluent Turkish: Native-like full proficiency Honors and Membership Member of: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American Geophysical Union (AGU) European Geosciences Union (EGU) Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Inst (COPRI) Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Awards: Young Student Travel Grant to attend in AGU2015 conference, San Francisco, United States, December, 2015 Young Scientist Travel Grant to attend in EGU2015 conference, Vienna, Austria, April, 2015 Forecast Engineering Scholarship, Bauhaus University, Weimar, Summer School Grant, Germany, August, TUBITAK Fellowship: 4 Years for Foreign Ph.D. students in Turkey, Ranked 1 th among 32 Ph.D. student participating in qualification exam in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in the Middle East Technical University, Turkey, Jan, 2012 Governmental Scholarship: Free Undergraduate (4 years), M.Sc. (2 years) education in Sharif University of Technology (the most high-ranked university in Iran) Ranked 258 th among more than participants in the Nationwide University, Entrance Exam (Summer 2002). Page 5 of 5