Civil Engineering

Academic Staff

Oct. 23, 2026, 10:52 a.m.
Alan Shaheen Saifadeen
Alan Shaheen Saifadeen (Master)
Assistant Lecturer
Assistant Lecturer in Water Resources Engineering

Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Duhok
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  • M.Sc. in Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, September 2012
  • B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Duhok , July 2004

Academic Positions & Work History

  • Assistant Lecturer – College of Engineering, University of Duhok (November 2012 – Present)
    • Responsibilities: Fully responsible for course development, lectures, laboratory sessions, and academic assessment.
    • Courses Taught (As Primary Instructor):
      • Engineering Services (Two semesters/year | 3rd-year undergraduate students)
      • Engineering Hydrology (One semester/year | 3rd-year undergraduate students)
      • Computer Skills (One semester/year | 1st-year undergraduate students)
    • Laboratory & Practical Instruction:
      • Numerical Analysis with MATLAB (One semester/year | 3rd-year undergraduate students) – Responsible for lab instruction, curriculum experiments, weekly group breakout sessions, and grading.
      • Fluid Mechanics (Practical) (Two semesters/year | 2nd-year undergraduate students) – Responsible for lab sessions and practical assessment.
  • Teaching Assistant – College of Engineering, University of Duhok (January 2007 – July 2010)
    • Responsibilities: Instructed curriculum lab experiments, facilitated weekly small group breakouts, and graded student work.
    • Assisted Courses & Laboratories:
      • Soil Mechanics (Two semesters/year | 3rd-year undergraduate students)
      • Concrete Technology (One semester/year | 2nd-year undergraduate students)
      • Fluid Mechanics (Two semesters/year | 2nd-year undergraduate students)

Research

  1. Dilshad Abdul Jabbar Haleem, George Kesserwan, Aza Hani Shukri, Alan Saifadeen (2017). Study the performance of the two wavelet-based adaptation schemes for the shallow water flow modelling. Journal of University of Duhok (UoD Journal). 
  2. Magnus Persson & Alan Saifadeen (2016). Effects of hysteresis, rainfall dynamics, and temporal resolution of rainfall input data in solute transport modeling in uncropped soil. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 
  3. Ruslana Gladnyeva, Alan Saifadeen (2012). Effects of hysteresis and temporal variability in meteorological input data in modeling of solute transport in unsaturated soil using HYDRUS-1D. Journal of Water Management and Research (VATTEN), 285-294. 

  • Soil Physics & Solute Transport
  • Surface & Subsurface Hydrology: Rainfall-runoff modeling, water movement in the unsaturated zone, groundwater flow
  • Water Quality Management
  • Wastewater Management & Handling