INTRODUCTION TO WATER ENGINEERING, HYDROLOGY, AND IRRIGATION

Mohammad Albaji is a faculty member at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran. He earned his PhD in Irrigation and Drainage Engineering from Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran. Dr. Albaji is active in the fields of irrigation and drainage, precision irrigation, agricultural water management, water productivity, water & soil salinity and alkalinity, soil science, land suitability for irrigation, land suitability for crops, and has more than 100 publications in reputed journals, books, and refereed conferences. He has published 3 Handbooks; "Handbook of Irrigation System Selection for Semi-Arid Regions" at 2020, "Handbook of Technical Terms of Soil and Water Engineering" at 2021 and "Handbook of Irrigation Hydrology and Management (Volume 4): Irrigation Practices in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones" at 2022.He has been working as a reviewer for many reputed journals, such as Agricultural Water Management, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Water Resources Management, Environmental Earth Sciences, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Transaction of the Royal Society of South Africa, Clean Soil, Air, Water, etc. He had several executive posts such as dean of Jundishapur’s Water and Energy Research Institute (Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz; 2016–2018), head of Soil Science Department (Khuzestan Water & Power Authority; 2000–2012), etc. He has membership in the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), etc.