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Curriculum Vitae

McGill University, Bioresource Engineering, Research Assosiate
CURRICULUM VITAE OF HOSSEIN SAADAT Objective: Postdoctoral Fellowship 1. Personal data Address 3195, Av. Marie-Rivier, App. 11, St-Hyacinthe, Qubec, Canada, J2S 8M6 Tel: (450) 252 – 5991 E-Mail: hossein.saadat@mail.mcgill.ca Nationality Canadian 2. Education Ph.D. Degree: Bioresource Engineering Department, McGill University, Canada 2010 Master's Degree: Watershed Management Department, Tehran University, Iran, 1994 Bachelor's Degree: Natural Resources Engineering, Tehran University, Iran 3. Employment History 2009 – Present: Research Associate, Bioresource Engineering Department, McGill University May 2009 – Aug. 2009: Graduate Student Assistant, Bioresource Engineering Department, McGill University May 2008 – Sep. 2008: Graduate Student Assistant, Bioresource Engineering Department, McGill University Jan. 2008 – May 2008: Graduate TA, Bioresource Engineering Department, McGill University Dec 2006 – Apr. 2007: Graduate Student Assistant, Bioresource Engineering Department, McGill University 1998 – 2002: Head of planning group, Org. Iran Forest, Range, & Watershed Management 1994 – 1998: Head of regional projects, Forest, Range, & Watershed Management Org. Iran 1991 – 1994: Head of Atrak project, Forest, Range, & Watershed Management Org. Iran 4. Relevant Skills and Experience Technical / Design 1 - Experience in GIS and Remote Sensing Experience in planning practical programs in watersheds Experience in bioengineering design and construction methods as follows: 1) Soil erosion control, 2) Flood control, 3) Sediment control, 4) Streams and Waterways control, 5) Land Use Planning, 6) Conservation Lands and Desertification, 7) Range and Forest Management Supervision / Management - Supervised more than 25 various research projects in Natural Resources and watershed management Pioneered for practical public cooperation in planning and management of watersheds A member of the compilation of "the Third plan of Economic Social Cultural Development of Iran" Member the following Technical Committees: 9 National Committee on Large Dams (IRCOLD), 9 Remote Sensing and GIS, 9 Erosion and Sedimentation, 9 Ecological Effects of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, 9 Projects Analysis, 9 Iranian Watershed Management Society - Computer Skills 1) ArcGIS, 2) ERDAS Imagine, 3) MS Word, 4) MS Excel, 5) MS PowerPoint, 5. Teaching Taught and Trained technicians in: 1) Soil and Water Conservation Methods, 2) Planning practical Programs in Watersheds, 3) Bioengineering and Construction Design 6. Publication and Presentations Saadat, H. 2009. A GIS and remote sensing protocol for the extraction and definition of Interrill and Rill erosion types / intensities over a large area of Iran. Doctoral thesis, McGill University, Canada. 145pp. Saadat, H., Bonnell, R., Sharifi, F., Mehuys, G., Namdar, M., Ale-Ebrahim, S., 2008. Landform classification from a digital elevation model and satellite imagery. Geomorphology, 100, 453-464. Saadat, H., Bonnell, R., Sharifi, F., Namdar, M., Ale-Ebrahim, S., 2010. Land use and land cover classification over a large area in Iran based on single date analysis of satellite imagery. Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), (Manuscript Number: PHOTO-D-10-00142). Saadat, H., Bonnell, R., Sharifi, F., Namdar, M., Ale-Ebrahim, S., Karimi, Y., 2009. Development of a GIS based algorithm for interrill and rill erosion identification from remotely sensed data. Remote Sensing of Environment, (Manuscript Number: RSE-D- 09-00332). 2 Saadat, H., Bonnell, R., Sharifi, F., Namdar, M., Ale-Ebrahim, S., 2007. Automated landform classification from a digital elevation model (oral presentation). Sixth Annual Brace Research Day, March 22, 2007, McGill University, Canada. Saadat, H., Bonnell, R., Sharifi, F., 2007. A review of soil erosion mapping methods (oral presentation). International Expert Meeting on Erosion and Sediment in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions, April 15-19, 2007 – Chalous, Iran. Saadat, H., Bonnell, R., Sharifi, F., Namdar, M., Ale-Ebrahim, S., 2007. Identification and evaluation of watershed characteristics using GIS and remotely sensed data (oral presentation). GIS Day, November 15, 2007, McGill University, Canada. Saadat, H., Bonnell, R., Sharifi, F., Namdar, M., Ale-Ebrahim, S., 2009. Using GIS and remotely sensed data to extract and define soil erosion types in Golestan Dam watershed. Northeast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference (NABEC), July 26 – 29, 2009, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. - Creation of soil erosion type/intensity maps via extensive ground-truthing and a GIS database in Gorgan-rood watershed, 2004, (Gorgan Province). - Evaluation of the environmental effects of Kassileyan Dam, 2002, (Mazandaran province). - Erosion and sedimentation studies Director for Ablileh, Zymakan, Alvand drainage area, 2002, (Kermanshah province). - Surveying erosion and sedimentation in Abhar rood, 2001, (Zanjan province) - Surveying erosion and sedimentation in Gezel-ozan, 2001, (Zanjan province). - Surveying practical projects in Kardeh Dam watershed, 2001 (Khorasan province). - Surveying erosion and sedimentation in Hableh rood, 2001, (Tehran province). - Management of runoff in watershed-option, 2001. - Surveying different methods for practical public cooperation in planning and management of drainage basin, 2000. - Surveying watershed projects in Karkhae watershed, 2000, (Lorestan province). - Surveying facilities and potential of water and soil resources Dashtak and Sephydabeh regions, 2000, (systan and Balochestan province). - Controlling and exploring water flood in Hamoon lake and Shileh river ,2000, (Systan and Balochestan province) - Surveying erosion and sedimentation in Karoon-shomaly drainage area, 2000, (Char mahal-e Bakhteyary province) - Surveying practical projects in Hassan-abad and Yulkeshty watersheds, 1999, (Kordestan province). - Controlling and exploring water spreading in nehbandan region, 1998, (Khorasan province). - Surveying erosion and sedimentation of Gonabad drainage basin, 1998, (Khorasan province). 3 - Surveying erosion and sedimentation of Atrak watershed, 1997, (Khorasan province). - Surveying practical projects in drainage of Torogh Dam watershed, 1996, (Khorasan province). 4