Civil Engineering

Academic Staff

Oct. 21, 2026, 11:42 a.m.
Shawkat Ahmed Yaseen Kochary
Shawkat Ahmed Yaseen Kochary (PhD) Head of the Department of Civil Engineering
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor in Environmental Engineering

Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Duhok
[email protected]
Google Scholar

  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering - Environmental Sciences / University of Duhok. Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. 09 / 2017
  • M.Sc. Civil and Environmental Engineering / Tennessee State University, TN, USA. 08 / 2005
  • B.Sc. in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering / Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq. 07 / 1991

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Water Quality and Pollution
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Technical English
  • Occupational Safety
  • Engineering Ethics

Research

  1. Painter, R. D., Kochary, S., & Byl, T. D. (2005). Free-Living Bacteria or Attached Bacteria: Which Contributes More to Bioremediation?. US Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Rapid City, South Dakota.USA.
  2. Kochary, S., Byl, T., & Noori, B. (2017). Modeling the Movement of Septic Water Chloride through a Soil Profile. Sustainability, 9(4), 501.
  3. Kochary, S. A. Y., Noori, B. M. A., & Byl, T. D. (2017). Heavy metals contamination of shallow ground water in direct contact with failed septic tanks. Journal of Duhok University, 20(1), 220-230.
  4. Kochary, S. A. Y., Noori, B. M. A., & Byl, T. D. (2017). Assessment of selected physico-chemical parameters of ground water in direct contact with septic tanks: experimental modeling. Journal of Duhok University, 20(1), 231-240.
  5. Kochary, S. A., Alnaqshabandi, L.M., Abdo, H.R. (2018). The impact of residential septic tanks on soil water infiltration and groundwater contamination in Duhok city. Academic Journal of Nawroz University, 7(4), 245-253.

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (Groundwater Pollution)
  • Natural Resources Management
  • Study of Ecological Communities
  • Sustainable Development