Ahmed Bdour, Professor, PhD, ASCE A.M. Mr. Bdour is a Full Professor at Civil Engineering department at the Hashemite University, Jordan. Mr. Bdour graduated from Washington State University in 2004 with a PhD in Civil Engineering with a focus on sediment transport and hydrodynamic modeling. His research interests lie in the area of the modeling of hydrodynamics and sediment/fate transport in estuaries and marine ecosystems. He has served as a PI for many funded research projects in desalination and water quality, flood mitigations, wastewater treatment, and environmental impacts on fish and aquatic life. He has over 18 years of experience at all levels of public education. He has been a researcher, professor, consultant, department chair, vice dean of scientific research, and Dean of Engineering College. In addition, he has published more than 35 peer-reviewed scientific publications.