Curriculum Vitae
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
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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
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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
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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).
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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).
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- Surveying erosion and sedimentation of Atrak watershed, 1997, (Khorasan
province).
- Surveying practical projects in drainage of Torogh Dam watershed, 1996,
(Khorasan province).
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