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Seeing, understanding, and acting on water inside buildings
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Selected to host an ACCESS AI regional workshop, April 2027
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Our proposal, AI for Critical Infrastructure: Research, Education, and Hands-On Tutorials for the NYC Region, has been selected as an ACCESS AI regional workshop. The workshop is planned for April 2027. Details on the program and participant travel support will follow.
New book: Sustainable Rainwater Harvesting Systems
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Sustainable Rainwater Harvesting Systems: A Paradigm Shift in Rainwater and Stormwater Use, edited with Tamim Younos and Tammy Parece, was published by Springer Nature in September 2026 (link).
Twenty years of U.S. water service line failures
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Our analysis of 20 years of nationwide service line failure data, with S. Wohlfahrt and M. Meehan, appeared in Journal AWWA (doi:10.1002/awwa.70073) and was presented at the AWWA Annual Conference (ACE26) in Washington, DC, in June 2026.
Invited talk at K-water, South Korea
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I gave an invited talk at K-water in June 2026: A vision for autonomous building water systems through integrated digital twin technology.
Four contributions at WDSA/CCWI 2026, Cyprus
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At the 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control in the Water Industry (Paphos, Cyprus, May 2026):
Digital twins for high-rise water systems at the EWRI Congress
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At the ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (Mobile, AL, April 2026), we presented Toward digital twins for high-rise building water systems: multi-objective pump optimization via HPC and surrogate modeling (Sabri, Moradi, and Lee), along with results from our NSF project on systems thinking and analytics in the undergraduate curriculum.
Using data to predict, prevent, and prepare for wildfires
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A multi-institution perspective led by A. Naeem and U. Haque, to which I contributed, was published in npj Environmental Social Sciences in April 2026 (doi:10.1038/s44432-026-00008-2).
Editor’s Choice, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
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Our state-of-the-art review, Advancing Sustainability in Buildings through the Water–Energy–Quality Nexus (Lee, Murphy, Fathi, and Younos), was selected as an Editor’s Choice paper in March 2026 (doi:10.1061/JWRMD5.WRENG-7313).
Rethinking civil engineering education in the age of AI
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ASCE Civil Engineering Source published my article on what artificial intelligence means for how we educate civil engineers (read it here).
Climate change and water distribution systems: a review
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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Water Distribution Systems: Physical, Hydraulic, and Water Quality Integrity, with E. Murphy, F. Hatam, and M. Prévost, was published in AWWA Water Science 7(6), e70044, in December 2025.
Visiting Professor, University of Delaware Disaster Research Center
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I spent my sabbatical year (August 2025 – August 2026) as a Visiting Professor at the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center.
New book: Smart Technology Applications in Water Management
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Smart Technology Applications in Water Management, edited with Tamim Younos and Tammy Parece, was published by Springer Nature in July 2025 (link). I also contributed chapters on the evolution of smart water technology, cybersecurity in water infrastructure, and water main repair-versus-replacement decisions.
Three papers at the ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal
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With my Manhattan University colleagues, three papers at the 2025 ASEE Annual Conference (Montreal, June 2025): infusing system-level thinking and analytics into the undergraduate curriculum (paper), AI-generated supplemental videos for engineering courses (paper), and data analytics in construction management education (paper).
Building water analytics with supercomputing, EWRI Congress, Anchorage
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At the 2025 ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress (Anchorage, AK, May 2025), we presented multi-objective optimization and surrogate-assisted modeling of building water systems on high-performance computing (Sabri, Moradi, and Lee), an analysis of New York City drinking water quality complaints from 2010 to 2024, and our NSF curriculum project.
Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
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Recognized by ASCE as an Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, May 2024.
Elected Fellow of ASCE
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I was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers in January 2024.
Premise Plumbing Modeling published by ASCE
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Premise Plumbing Modeling, produced by the ASCE Premise Plumbing Modeling Task Committee, which I chaired, was published in November 2023 (doi:10.1061/9780784485101).