Soroosh Sorooshian

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Soroosh Sorooshian
Born1948 (age 74–75)
Kerman, Iran
Alma mater California Polytechnic State University
University of California, Los Angeles
Awards Robert E. Horton Medal (2013)
Scientific career
Fields Civil Engineering
Hydrology
Remote Sensing
Institutions University of California Irvine
University of Arizona
Case Western Reserve University
Website Faculty page at UC Irvine

Soroosh Sorooshian (born 1948) is an Iranian-born American civil engineer, and educator. He is a distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Irvine [1] and currently serving as the Director of the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing.

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Biography

Sorooshian was born in a Zoroastrian family in Kerman, Iran.[ citation needed ] He did his primary education in Kerman before moving to United States in 1966.[ citation needed ]

He got his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and MSc and PhD from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in systems engineering.[ citation needed ]

Sorooshian is a member of such prestigious organizations as the National Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics. He is also a fellow of the AAAS, AGU, and the IWRA, among others. Besides being a member and fellow of certain places, he was also a chairman for the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment of the World Climate Research Programme. [2] In 2009 he was appointed as the California Council on Science and Technology member. [3]

Awards

In 2003, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for developing flood-forecasting models used worldwide in hydrologic services.[ citation needed ] In 2005 Sorooshian was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal [4] and in 2006 was awarded the Robert E. Horton Memorial Lectureship award by the American Meteorological Society. [5] A year later, he became a recipient of the Great Man-made River Water Prize which was given to him by UNESCO itself for developing such foundations as the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing at the University of California Irvine and the Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrologic and Riparian Areas which is a division of the University of Arizona. [6] In 2009, AMS again awarded him, and the same year received Distinguished Engineering Educator Award from the Orange County Engineering Council. In 2010, he became the 4th Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water [7] recipient and was named an honorary professor by the Beijing Normal University. During the same year he also became an associate fellow at both TWAS and the Academy of Sciences. [8] In 2013, he received the Robert E. Horton Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for his "outstanding contributions to hydrology". [9] He was also recipient of the 2017 Ven Te chow award [10] from the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Environmental and Water Resources Institute in recognition of his lifetime achievements in the field of hydrology and hydrometeorology. [11] In 2019, he was made a fellow of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Sorooshian, Soroosh. "Distinguished Professor" . Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Biography: Soroosh Sorooshian, Ph.D., N.A.E." (PDF). June 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Soroosh Sorooshian". CCST. Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  4. ↑ Anna Lynn Spitzer (May 16, 2005). "UCI Professor Receives NASA's Distinguished Public Service Award". California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology . Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ Lori Brandt (September 5, 2013). "Soroosh Sorooshian Honored with Horton Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Hydrology" . Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian Awarded U.N. Great Man-Made River International Water Prize" (PDF). National Water Research Institute. November 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Professor Claims International Water Prize". University of California, Irvine. November 22, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Soroosh Sorooshian". Henry Samueli School of Engineering . Retrieved October 9, 2013.
  9. ↑ Vrugt, Jasper A. (2014). "Soroosh Sorooshian Receives 2013 Robert E. Horton Medal: Citation". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 95 (1): 7. Bibcode:2014EOSTr..95....7V. doi:10.1002/2014EO010017. ISSN   2324-9250.
  10. ↑ "Ven Te Chow Award | ASCE". www.asce.org. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  11. ↑ "Sorooshian Wins Ven te Chow Award | the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine".
  12. ↑ "Soroosh Sorooshian is elected a fellow of the International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics". UCI News. January 17, 2019.
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