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Hassan Shiraz

Lecturer (HOD - Department of Engineering)

Biography

Hassan Shiraz is a senior lecturer in the Department of Engineering. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Water Engineering. His research interests include coastal engineering, shoreline protection, and coastal monitoring using GIS and advanced technologies.

Area of Interest

  1. Coastal Engineering
  2. Shoreline protection
  3. Coastal monitoring and remote sensing

Teaching Interests

1. Hydraulics
2. Water resources engineering
3. Coastal engineering
4. Transport engineering
5. Geotechnical engineering

Research Work / Grants

Project name: RECOVER (Resilience to Climate Vulnerability and Environmental Risk – with a focus on
Small Island Developing States – SIDS)
Date: July 2024 till to date
Principal investigator: Dr. Simron J. Singh, University of Waterloo, Canada

Supervision

Undergraduate Final Year projects

  1. Mohamed Maaidhu Abdul Muhsin, Investigating shoreline changes in the maldives using open access datasets and software, Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  2. Fathimath Shifla, Comparative analysis of mangroves and flooding: Hdh.Kulhudhuffushi vs. L.Hithadhoo, Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  3. Ali Mushfig Nizam, Hydrodynamic modelling of Hithaadhoo harbour         Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  4. Haamiz Ali, Research on soil erosion prevention measures across Maldives, Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  5. Anas Mohamed,  An efficient storm water management system for Ameenee magu, Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  6. Mubthasim Mohamed Saleem, Renewable energy harvesting breakwater hybrid design for Maldives, Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  7. Mohamed Shunaib Ahmed, Stormwater management in male’: permeable pavements    Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Abdul Azeez Hassan
  8. Conditional assessment of male’commercial harbor, Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  9. Mariyam Ashiya Waheed, Can domestic water pricing save water?, Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  10. Ahmed Nafiu, Experimental investigation of chloride effect on compressive strength of reinforced concrete relative to maldivian environment, Bachelor of Civil Engineering

Selected Publications

Journals:
1. Hassan Shiraz, & M. H. Jamal. (2023). Hydrodynamic modelling of a sea-crossing bridge
in Maldives. Journal of Advanced Research Design, 56(1), 10–25. Retrieved from
https://akademiabaru.com/submit/index.php/ard/article/view/4894

Book chapters:

Brownlie, W.J., Aziz, T., Sutton, M.A., Shenk, A., Winkler, M.K.H., Robinson, G., Adhya, T.K., Amon, B., Awan, M.I., Bittman, S., Bleeker, A., Borghardt, G., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Brandani, S., Constantinesiu, M., Dahl, K.R., Dalgaard, T., Delon, C., Döhler, H., Galy-Lacaux, C., Garnier, J., Groenestein, K., Hailemariam, M., Hayashi, K., Hillier, J., Jensen, L.S., Kawamoto, T., Kozlova, N., Lukin, S., Lund, T., Marques-dos-Santos, S., Maqsood, M.A., Mathenge, C., Medinets, S., Minamisawa, K., Misselbrook, T., Nishina, K., Oenema, O., Pacheco, F., Parajuli, D., Rahman, M.M., Rees, R.M., Sanz-Cobeña, A., Shiraz, H., Takahashi, A., Tanaka, H., Uchida, Y., Wakeel, A., Winiwarter, W., Yan, X., 2024. The INMS Nitrogen Measures Database. International Nitrogen Management System, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK.

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