Ramzi Mahmood

Director, Office of Water Programs

PhD, Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, 1988
MS, Mathematics, Utah State University, Logan, 1985
MS, Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, 1981
BS, Civil Engineering (structures division), University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, 1976
EMP, Executive Management Program, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, September 2004
Professional Engineer, State of California

Professor

Department of Civil Engineering, California State University, Sacramento: Associate Professor, 1994–1999; Professor, 1999–present; Chair, 2003–2012

Director

Office of Water Programs, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Civil Engineering, California State University, Sacramento, 1997–present

Unit Chief/Associate Engineer

California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Sacramento, 1988–1994

Treatment Process Evaluation Unit, Hazardous Waste Management Program
Alternative Technology Division

Professional Activities

Civil Engineering Education Committee in Iraq, 2009–present
Delegation to visit five Iraqi campuses, Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), Iraq, December 2009
Program review for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, External Evaluator, February 13–14, 2007
Engineering Education Committee for Civil and Infrastructure Area, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Chair, 2007–present
California Department of Public Health, Operator Certification Stakeholders Committee, 2002–present
Groundwater Subcommittee, Water Environment Federation, 2004–present
Career and Technical Preparation Advisory Committee, Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD), 2006–present

Professional Interests

environmental data analysis; spatial analysis of discrete contaminants; movement of chemicals in soil systems; contaminated site characterization and remediation