Mazdak Arabi

Mazdak Arabi is the Borland Endowed Professor of Water Resources in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. He serves as Director of the One Water Solutions Institute (OWSI) and Principal Investigator/Director of the NSF-funded Urban Water Innovation Network (UWIN), leading major initiatives in water sustainability and resilience.

Education

• Postdoctoral Associate, Purdue University (2005-2007)
• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Water Resources), Purdue University (2005)
• M.S. in Civil Engineering (Hydraulics), University of Tehran (2000)
• B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Tehran (1998)

Research Interests

Dr. Arabi specializes in integrated water resource management under global change, developing computational tools for hydrologic assessment and system optimization. His work bridges engineering and policy to address urban water challenges through One Water approaches.

Core research domains include:

• Urban Water Infrastructure Resilience
• Hydrologic and Water Quality Modeling
• Data Assimilation for Watershed Systems
• Geospatial Analysis in Resource Management
• Nonpoint Source Pollution Control
• Sustainable Drainage Systems

Grants and Leadership

He directs the EPA-funded CLEAN Nutrient Center and USDA-NIFA/NSF Water Sustainability and Climate project, securing multi-agency funding for national water initiatives. Through OWSI, he coordinates cross-institutional research consortia addressing real-world water crises.

Laboratories and Platforms

As creator of the open-source environmental Resource Assessment and Management System (eRAMS), he maintains a cloud platform hosting 400+ web services for land-water-energy management used by federal/state agencies and researchers globally.