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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Environmental Engineering, Computational Methods and Urban Water Infrastructure Management
Research areas
Water Distribution systems, Water Treatment, Recycling of Solid Waste Management, Water Quality Management in Coastal Water, and Water Infrastructure Management
Education
PhD, Civil Engineering/ Environmental Engineering, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2006
MS, Civil Engineering/ Hydraulic Modeling, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2002
BS, Civil Engineering/environmental Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2000
Professional experience
Professor, Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2018 - Present
Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2012 - 2018
Adjunct Professor, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, 2008 - 2013
Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2008 - 2012
Researcher, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2006 - 2008
Sessional Lecturer Iii, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2007 - 2007
Memberships
International Water Association, March 2011
Contact
+971 6 515 2648
Dr. Md. Mortula
Professor
PhD, Dalhousie University, Canada
Md. Maruf Mortula has taught environmental engineering courses in civil engineering and environmental systems engineering departments for many years at AUS and the University of Regina, Canada. His areas of research and teaching interest are water distribution systems, water treatment, water infrastructure management, and water quality management in coastal areas and computational methods in environmental engineering applications. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a visiting researcher for the National Research Council of Canada.
Publications
Mohammad Alshurbaji, Lamis Abdul Kader, Hadia Hannan, Md. Mortula And Ghaleb Husaini. Comprehensive Study of a Diabetes Mellitus Mathematical Model Using Numerical Methods with Stability and Parametric Analysis, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2023
Eisa Alzarooni, Tarig Ali, Serter Atabay, Gokhan Yilmaz, Md. Mortula, Kazi Fattah And Zahid Khan. GIS-Based Identification of Locations in Water Distribution Networks Vulnerable to Leakage, Applied Sciences, 7 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2023
Serter Atabay, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula And Soroosh Sharifi. Experimental Assessment of Leakage in Water Distribution Network, Springer Book Series: Lecture Notes In Civil Engineering.
Ameen Awaad, Lutfi Albasha, Hasan Mir And Md. Mortula. Employing Robotics and Deep Learning in Underground Leak Detection, Ieee Sensors Journal, February 2023
Zahraa Al Dawood, Bushra Tatan, Ruba El Moatassem And Md. Mortula. Life Cycle Assessment of LDPE Plastic Mulching for Maize, International Conference And Exhibition For Science
Ghinwa El Masri, Asma Ali, Waed Abuwatfa, Md. Mortula And Ghaleb Husaini. A Comparative Analysis of Numerical Methods for Solving the Leaky Fire and Integrate Model, Mathematics, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Ahmed Khalil, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom, Kazi Fattah, Tarig Ali And Md. Mortula. Continuous Evaluation of Shear Wave Velocity from Bender Elements during Monotonic Triaxial Loading, Materials, 12 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Sina Shabani, Md. Mortula And Kazi Fattah. Evaluation of Trihalomethanes Formation in Polymeric Pipes within Water Distribution System, International Journal Of Hydrology Science And Technology
Md. Mortula, Kazi Fattah And Fatima Iqbal. Effect of Greywater Treatment on the microbiological contamination, International Conference On Water, Energy And Environment
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula And Rahul Gawai. A GIS-based Tool for Leak Detection in Water Distribution Networks (WDNs), 4th Euro-mediterranean Conference For Environmental Integration
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula And Rahul Gawai. Coastal Vulnerability Analysis of the UAE Coast Due to Sea Level Rise, 4th Euro-mediterranean Conference For Environmental Integration
Ahmed Ismail, Md. Mortula And Serter Atabay. Improving Resilience in Water Distribution System, 4th Euro-mediterranean Conference For Environmental Integration
Bushra Tatan, Md. Mortula, Abdulaziz Alshaikh, Ahmed Alawadi, Ahmed Al Kaabi, Jasim Binsanad And Riyad Temam. Leachability of microplastics from stagnant water in PVC pipe, International Conference On Water, Energy And Environment
Shumayal Nassar, Sarah Sinno, Saud Alhammadi And Md. Mortula. Life Cycle Assessment of Power Generation Methods: a case study of Al Layyah Power Station in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 4th Euro-mediterranean Conference For Environmental Integration
Md. Mortula, Tarig Ali, Rahul Gawai, Fatima Alblooshi And Fatima Alshamsi. Monitoring coastal salinity level and its impact on the environment by developing an empirical remote sensing model, 4th Euro-mediterranean Conference For Environmental Integration
Shumayal Nassare, Amina Hammodat And Md. Mortula. The Effects of Microplastic Leaching on Water Quality and the Stability of the Water Distribution System, 17th Conference On Sustainable Development Of Energy, Water And Environmental Systems
Aysha Alshamsi, Bushra Tatan, Nasim Ashoobi And Md. Mortula. Emerging Pollutants of Water Supplies and the Effect of Climate Change, Environmental Reviews
Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula And Riadh Abdelfattah. On MMSE Speckle Filtering of Polsar Images, September 2022
Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula And Riyadh Abdelfattah. On MMSE Speckle Filtering of Polsar Images, International Geoscience And Remote Sensing Symposium (igarss), July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2022
Md. Mortula, Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali And Riadh Abdelfattah. Effects of Spatial Filtering on Polsar Parameter Estimation, 6th International Conference On Advanced Technologies For Signal And Image Processing, Tunisia, May 2022
Fayiz Juem, Sarah Sinno And Md. Mortula. Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Wastewater Treatment Processes: Case Study, 12th International Conference On Construction In The 21st Century, Amman, Jordan, May 2022
Mohammad Abuhalimeh, Bushra Tatan, Shumayal Nassar And Md. Mortula. Evaluation of a Virtual Tool Integration in the Condition Assessment of Infrastructure, 5th See Sdewes Conference, Vlore, Albania, May 2022
Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Sami Elmahdy And Rahul Gawai. Speckle Filtering of SAR Images over Mangrove Forests of UAE, Ieee 9th International Conference Science Of Electronics, Technologies Of Information And Telecommunications, Hammamet, Tunisia, May 2022
Md. Mortula, Asif Raihan, Rahul Gawai And Tarig Ali. Towards a Sustainable Management of the UAE Mangrove Forests: Analysis of the Climate and Land-Use/Land-cover (LULC) Changes impacts 1990-2020, 5th See Sdewes, Vlore, Albania, May 2022
Lutfi Albasha, Mohamed Yahia, Ameen Awwad, Maruf Mortula And Tariq Ali. Adaptive Multitemporal Filtering of Water Pipe Ultrasound Images based on Change Analysis.
Md. Mortula, Malak Abdelrahman And Bushra Tatan. Comparative Evaluation of Membrane Filtration on the Tertiary Treatment of Synthetic Secondary Effluent, Separations, 28 February 2022
H Aslam, M Mortula, Sherif Yehia, Tarig Ali And M Kaur. Evaluation of the Factors Impacting the Water Pipe Leak Detection Ability of GPR, Infrared Cameras, and Spectrometers under Controlled Conditions, Applied Sciences, 1 February 2022
Soumaya Fatnassi, Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali And Md. Mortula. Enhancement of SAR Speckle Denoising Using Hybrid Non Local Sigma Filter
Soumaya Fatnassi, Yahia, Tarig Ali And Md. Mortula. SAR Speckle Filtering Using Hybrid NonLocal Sigma Filter, 2021 18th International Multi-conference On Systems, Signals & Devices (ssd), 2021
Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md Maruf Mortula And Riyad Abdelfattah. Polarimetric SAR Data Adaptive Filtering, Encyclopedia Of Earth Sciences Series, 25 December 2021
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula And Batoul Mohsen. Detection of Microplastic Pollution in Dubai Coastal Water, 16th Annual Conference On Sustainable Development Of Energy, Water And Environment, November 2021
Sara El Haout, Maymuna Fatani, Nadia Abu Farha, Alsawaftah, Md. Mortula And Ghaleb Husaini. Modeling the Effects of Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy on Tumor Growth, Journal Of Biomedical Nanotechnology
Nasim Ashoobi, Aysha Al, Bushra Tatan And Md. Mortula. Application of Empirical Disinfection By-product formation model in Sharjah Water Distribution System, The Virtual Conference Of Aqua-360, Exeter, United Kingdom, August 2021
Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Riadh Abdelfattah And Sami El Mahdi. On the Use of Span Image in Polsar Speckle Filtering, Ieee International Geoscience And Remote Sensing Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2021
Md. Mortula, Serter Atabay, Kazi Fattah And Ahmad Madbuly. Leachability of Microplastic from Different Plastic Materials, Journal Of Environmental Management, June 2021
Md. Mortula, Irtishad Ahmad, Rehan Sadiq And Salwa Beheiry. A Conceptual Unified Model for Assessing Improvements in Sustainability and Resilience in Water Distribution Systems, Handbook Of Disaster Risk Reduction For Resilience, June 2021
Mohamed Yahia, Rauol Gawai,, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Lutfi Albasha And Taha Landolsi. Non-Destructive Water Leak Detection Using Multitemporal Infrared Thermography, Ieee Access, 7 May 2021
Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Riadh Abdelfattah And Sami Elmahdy. Polarimetric SAR image Filtering by Infinite Number of Looks Prediction, Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2021
Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali And Md. Mortula. Polarimetric SAR Image Denoising Using the Improved Immse Filter, 2020 International Conference On Communications, Signal Processing, And Their Applications (iccspa), March 2021
Md. Mortula, Serter Atabay, Haifa Ismail And Nour Aljafari. Assessment of Factors Affecting Bromate Formation in Drinking Water Bottles, International Journal Of Hydrology Science And Technology, March 2021
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula And Rehan Sadiq. GIS-based vulnerability analysis of us to COVID-19 occurrence, Journal Of Risk Research, 19 February 2021
Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali And Md. Mortula. Span Statistics and Their Impacts on PolSAR Applications., Ieee Geoscience And Remote Sensing Letters, December 2020
Maruf Mortula, Aqeel Ahmed, Kazi Fattah, Ghina Zannerni, Syed Shah And Ahmed Sharaby. Sustainable management of organic wastes in Sharjah, UAE through co-composting, November 2020
Md. Mortula, Aqeel Ahmed, Kazi Fattah, Ghina Zannerni, Shah Syed And Ahmed Sharaby. Sustainable management of organic wastes in Sharjah, UAE through co-composting, Methods Protoc, 5 November 2020
Mohamed Yahia, Tarig Ali And Md. Mortula. Speckle Denoising of the Multipolarization Images by Hybrid Filters, 2020 5th International Conference On Advanced Technologies For Signal And Image Processing (atsip), September 2020
Ameen Awwad, Mohamed Yahia, Lutfi Albasha, Md. Mortula And Tarig Ali. Remote Thermal Water Leakage Sensor with a Laser Communication System, Ieee Access, 9 September 2020
Ameen Awwad, Mohamed Yehia, Lutfi Albasha, Md. Mortula And Tarig Ali. Remote Thermal Water Leakage Sensor With a Laser Communication System, Ieee Access, 7 September 2020
Mohamed Yahia, Md. Mortula, Lutfi Albasha, Ameen Awwad And Tarig Ali. Ultrasound Water Leakage Image Denoising by the Iterative MMSE Filter, 2 September 2020
Md. Mortula, Tarig Ali, Abdallah Bachir, Ahmad Elaksher And Mohamed Abouleish. Towards Monitoring of Nutrient Pollution in Coastal Lake Using Remote Sensing and Regression Analysis, Water, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2020
Md. Mortula, Md Ahmed, Arif Sadri, Tarig Ali, Irtishad Ahmad And Alaeldinne Idris. Improving Resiliency of Water Supply System in Arid Regions: Integrating Centrality and Hydraulic Vulnerability, Journal Of Management In Engineering, June 2020
Mohammad Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Riadh And Sami Elmahdy. Polarimetric SAR Speckle Reduction by Hybrid Iterative Filtering, Ieee Access, May 2020
Fatiima Iqbal, Kazi Fattah And Md. Mortula. Comparative Evaluation of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag and Activated Carbon for Treatment of Organic Matter and Solids from Residential Greywater, International Association Of Chemical, Biological, And Medical Sciences Researchers, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020
Mayada Farah, Esraa , Md. Mortula And Serter Atabay. Evaluation of Microplastic and Other Contaminants in the Leachates of Plastic Waste, 1st Asia Pacific Conference On Sustainable Development Of Energy, Water And Environmental Systems, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020
Mohammad Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Riadh Abdelfattah, N Arampola And Sami Elmahdy. Multitemporal SAR Image Despeckling Based on IMMSE Filtering, Ieee Mediterranean And Middle-east Geoscience And Remote Sensing Sysmposium, March 2020
Md. Mortula, Tarig Ali And Ahmed Elaksher. Municipal Wastewater Treatment using Different Coagulants, Desalination And Water Treatment, March 2020
Kazi Fattah And Md. Mortula. Leaching of Organic Material in Polymeric Pipes Distributing Desalinated Water, International Journal Of Hydrology Science And Technology, March 2020
Ameen Awwad, Mohammad Yahia, Lutfi Albasha, Md. Mortula And Tarig Ali. Communication Network for Ultrasonic Acoustic Water Leakage Detectors, Ieee Access, February 2020
Mohammad Yahia, Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Riad Abdelfatteh, Sami El Mahdi And N. S. Arampola. Enhancement of SAR Speckle Denoising Using the Improved Iterative Filter, Ieee Journal Of Selected Topics In Applied Earth Observations And Remote Sensing, February 2020
Mahsa Hashemi, Serter Atabay, Abdullah Yilmaz And Md. Mortula. Prediction of stage-discharge relationship in two-stage channels, International Journal Of Hydrology Science And Technology
Huda Aslam, Tarig Ali, Md Mortula And Atta Attaelmanan. Evaluation of microplastics in beach sediments along the coast of Dubai, UAE, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
Md. Mortula, Kazi Fattah, Tarig Ali, Alaeldine Idris And Mayada Albardan. Spatiotemporal Assessment of Water Quality in the Distribution Network of City of Sharjah, UAE, International Journal Of Information And Decision System, 2019
Md. Mortula And Malak Abdelrahman. Comparative Evaluation of Pollutant Removal from Secondary Effluent using Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration and Converntional Filtration, Wef-eess Conference On Advancement In Water And Wastewater Treatment And Reuse, Awwtr 2019, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2019
Amina Hammodat And Md. Mortula. Evaluation of Water Quality in PPR Pipes, 6th International Conference On Water, Energy And Environment, Sharjah, Uae, 23 March 2019
Md. Mortula, Tarig Ali, Rehan Sadiq, Ala Idris And Asam Al Mulla. Impacts of Water Quality on the Spatiotemporal Susceptibility of Water Distribution Systems, Clean - Soil, Air, Water, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
H. Aslam, M. Kaur, S. Sasi, Md. Mortula, Sherif Ahmed And Tarig Ali. Detection of Leaks in Water Distribution System using Non-Destructive Techniques, 22 May 2018
Huda Aslam, Manreet Kaur, Sneha Sasi, Md. Mortula, Sherif Ahmed And Tarig Ali. Detection of Leaks in Water Distribution System using Non-Destructive Techniques, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2018
Heba Hussein, Serter Atabay, Md. Mortula And Tarig Ali. Investigation of Water Quality Parameters for Coastal Lagoon, Pollution Research, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2018
Mousa Attom, Md. Mortula And Munjed Alsharif. Shear strength stabilization using burned sludge ash, 28 March 2017
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula And Serter Atabay. Monitoring and assessment of water quality of a coastal lake using high resolution imagery and GIS, Pollution Research, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2017
Md. Mortula, Kazi Fattah And Tarig Ali. Study the Variability of Water Quality in a Large Water Distribution Network, 2016
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula, Serter Atabay And Ehsan Navadeh. A GIS-based spatiotemporal study of the variability of water quality in the Dubai creek, UAE, Water Quality Research Journal Of Canada, 1 August 2016
Tarig Ali, Md. Mortula And Serter Atabay. GIS-based study on the susceptibility of dubai creek (UAE) to eutrophication, Polish Journal Of Environmental Studies, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2016
Tarig Ali, Serter Atabay, Md. Mortula And Ruijin Ma. Semiautomatic extraction of the shoreline from high-resolution satellite imagery and coastal terrain model, Surveying And Land Information Science, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015
Salwa Beheiry, Ghassan Abu-lebdeh, Md. Mortula And Adil Al-tamimi. Integrating Sustainability Education in a Classical Civil Engineering Program: The Case of Transportation and Construction Courses, Advanced Materials Research, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2011
Adil Al-tamimi, Md. Mortula, Ghassan Abu-lebdeh And Salwa Beheiry. Evaluations of Sustainable Concepts in Civil Engineering Program., The Built And Human Environment Review, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2011
Md. Mortula And Saifur Rahaman. A Computer Based Design of RWHS, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2002
Conference Presentations
Comprehensive Study of a Diabetes Mellitus Mathematical Model Using Numerical Methods with Stability and Parametric Analysis, Uae Graduate Students Research Conference 2023 (uaegsrc23), April 2023
Experimental Assessment of Leakage in Water Distribution Network, 2023 7th International Conference On Civil Engineering, March 2023
Emerging Pollutants of Water Supply and the Effect of Climate Change, Mena Climate Week, Dubai, Uae, March 2022
Issues related to water bottle, 1st Engineering Sustainability Competition For High School Students, April 2019
Evaluation of Water Quality in PPR Pipes, 6th International Conference On Energy, Water And Environment, March 2019
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Development of a Machine Learning Based Smart Water Leak Detection System, June 2022 - 31 May 2024
Grant, Development of a Mangrove Forests Monitoring System: Use of Multisource Remote Sensing Data and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Building a Geodatabase of the UAE Mangroves (1980s-date), June 2021 - May 2024
Grant, Post Docs, Research Assistants hiring, AUS, December 2022 - December 2023
Grant, Microplastic Research Group Fund, June 2022
Sponsored Research, Development of Smart Leak Detection Technologies for Water Distribution Network, SEWA, June 2020
Grant, Development of Smart Leak Detection Technologies for Water Distribution Network, Sharjah Research Academy, June 2020
Sponsored Research, Performance of Concrete Pipes Exposed to Wastewater Flow
Grant, Mm-Wave Vector Network Analyzer On Wafer System, CRF, 28 February 2020
Grant, Use of Electrocoagulation/Advanced Oxidation - Membrane Process for Greywater Treatment and Reuse, Sandooq Al Watan Applied Research and Development
Grant, Improving Sustainability and Resilience in Water Distribution Systems; A Lifecycle Thinking Approach, American University of Sharjah
Grant, Study of Microplastics Contamination in Beach Sediment and Surface Water
Grant, Development of Smart Leak Detection Technologies for Water Distribution, SCRI
Grant, Experimental Assessment of Leakage in Water Distribution Network, Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority
Grant, Assessment of Chemical and Biological Stability of Water within Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority Distribution Network, American University of Sharjah
Awards and Honors
Sharjah Sustainability Award, Environment and Protected Areas Authority - Sharjah, 25 May 2022
