NABIL G. SHAFIKE, Ph.D.
New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
121 Tijeras N.E., Suite 2000
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: (505) 764 - 3866
Fax: (505) 764 - 3893
nshafike@ose.state.nm.us

SUMMARY

Dr. Shafike has 18 years of professional experience in major aspect of hydrology, with greatest emphasis being on water resources planning and management, numerical modeling of complex hydrologic systems, surface water and groundwater interaction, water rights investigation, mine dewatering, contaminant transport, and environmental impact analysis. He has been involved in a variety of water resources evaluation and environmental impacts studies in New Mexico, Nevada and Florida. He has developed and reviewed a wide range of flow and transport models through unsaturated and saturated media. He is the author of the basin-wide model developed for Estancia basin. He developed several rainfall runoff models and basin yield modeling analysis using surface water assessment tools (SWAT) and reservoir operation modeling using the river simulation system RIVERWARE developed by the Center of Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES). He used Geographic Information System (GIS) in conducting hydrologic investigations and developing numerical modeling. He has professional experience of using UNIX and DOS commercial software and developing his own codes using FORTRAN.
Dr. Shafike’s project management experience includes consulting projects for industrial, mining and government clients involving evaluation of clients objectives, development of work plan and technical approach, project scheduling, budgeting, and report preparation and preparation for expert witness testimony. He has authored numerous consulting reports and technical peer reviewed papers.


EDUCATION/TRAINING
  • Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, 1994, (GPA 4). Dissertation: Groundwater Flow Simulation and Management under Imprecise Parameters. Major: Hydrology and Water Resources. Minor: Systems and Industrial Engineering.
  • M. Sc. in Civil Engineering, Cairo University, 1986. Thesis: Soil Moisture Distribution through Multi-layered Soil.
  • B. Sc. in Civil Engineering, Cairo University, 1982 (highest honor).

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
  • Menking, K., Syed, K. H., Anderson, R. Y., Shafike, N. G., Arnold, J.G., 2002, Estimation of Runoff in Estancia Basin of Central New Mexico Using the SWAT Hydrologic Model and Archival Stream-flow and weather data, Submitted to Journal of Hydrology, in review.
  • Lewis, K, Hathaway, D., and Shafike, N. G., 2002, Evapo-transpiration Driven Diurnal Fluctuations in Groundwater Levels at San Marcial, New Mexico; American water Resources Association, 2002 Summer Specialty Conference July 1-3, Keystone, Colorado.
  • Shafike, N. G., 2001, Surface Water – Groundwater Interactions Along the San Acacia to San Marcial Reach of the Rio Grande, presented at the Annual meeting of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA), November 12-15, 2001.
  • Allen, B. D., Shafike N. G., Anderson, R. Y., Menking, K., Syed, K. H., and Hostetler, S.W., 1999, Evaporation And Groundwater Discharge From The Estancia Basin Playa Complex, Central New Mexico, presented at the AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, California.
  • Anderson, R. Y., Allen, B. D., Menking, K., Shafike N. G., Syed, K. H., and Hostetler, S.W., 1999, Atmospheric and Hydrologic Controls on a High Resolution Lacustrine Record of Late Pleistocene Climate Variability, Estancia Basin, New Mexico, presented at the AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, California.
  • Shafike, N.G., and Flanigan, K. G., 1999, Hydrologic Modeling of the Estancia Basin, New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society, Vol. 50, pp. 409-418.
  • Shafike, N.G., Balleau, W.P., and Silver, S.E., 1998, Modeling Analysis of the Hydrogeology of the Estancia Basin, presented at the New Mexico Geological Society Spring Meeting.
  • Shafike, N. G., 1997, Interval Analysis Approach to Model Parameters Imprecision, presented at fall meeting of the AGU, San Francisco, California.
  • Shafike, N. G., 1994, Groundwater Flow Simulation and Management under Imprecise Parameters, Ph.D. Dissertation, Hydrology and Water Resources Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
  • Shafike, N. G., L. Duckstein, and T. Maddock III, 1993, An Interpolation Approach Using Fuzzy Regression, presented at the 29th annual meeting of the AWRA, Tucson, Arizona.
  • Shafike, N. G., T. Maddock III, and L. Duckstein, 1992, Two-Stage Aquifer Management in Fuzzy Environment, poster presentation at the AGU meeting, San Francisco, California.
  • Shafike, N.G., L. Duckstein, and T. Maddock III, 1992, Multi-Criterion Analysis of Groundwater Contamination Management, Water Resources Bulletin, V. 28, No. 1, pp. 33-43.
  • Shafike, N. G., 1986, Soil Moisture Distribution Through Multi-layered Soil, Master Thesis, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.

REPRESENTATION
  • Team member of the multi agency surface water operation model of the Upper Rio Grande (URGWOM).
  • Hydraulic / Hydrology team leader of the Upper Rio Grande Water Operation Review and EIS, representing the State of New Mexico.
  • Representing the New Mexico Attorney General on the Science Subcommittee of the Rio Grande ESA collaborative program.
  • Representing the State of New Mexico of the middle Rio Grande evapotranspiration work group.
  • Representing the State of New Mexico of the Ad Hoc committee on developing an approach for estimating water depletion due to riparian restoration projects.


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