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词条 Soroosh Sorooshian
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  1. Biography

  2. Awards

  3. References

  4. External links

  5. Further reading

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Remote Sensing
|workplaces = University of California Irvine
University of Arizona
Case Western Reserve University
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University of California, Los Angeles
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|awards = Robert E. Horton Medal (2013)
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Soroosh Sorooshian (born 1948) is an Iranian-American distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California Irvine [1] and currently serving as the Director of the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing.

Biography

Sorooshian was born in a Zoroastrian family in Kerman, Iran. He did his primary education in Kerman before moving to United States in 1966. He got his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and MSc and PhD from UCLA in systems engineering. Sorooshian is a member of such prestigious organizations as the National Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics. He is also a fellow of the AAAS, AGU, and the IWRA among others. Besides being a member and fellow of certain places, he was also a chairman for the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment of the World Climate Research Programme.[2] In 2009 he was appointed as the California Council on Science and Technology member.[3]

Awards

In 2005 Sorooshian was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal [4] and in 2006 was awarded the Robert E. Horton Memorial Lectureship award by the American Meteorological Society.[5] A year later, he became a recipient of the Great Man-made River Water Prize which was given to him by UNESCO itself for developing such foundations as the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing at the University of California Irvine and the Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrologic and Riparian Areas which is a division of the University of Arizona.[6] In 2009, AMS again awarded him and the same year received Distinguished Engineering Educator Award from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140203045139/http://ocec.org/home/index.html Orange County Engineering Council]. In 2010, he became the 4th Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water[7] recipient and was named an honorary professor by the Beijing Normal University. During the same year he also became an associate fellow at both TWAS and the Academy of Sciences.[8]

He was also recipient of the 2017 Ven Te chow award from the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Environmental and Water Resources Institute in recognition of his lifetime achievements in the field of hydrology and hydrometeorology.[9]

References

1. ^{{cite web|last=Sorooshian|first=Soroosh|title=Distinguished Professor|url= http://www.eng.uci.edu/users/soroosh-sorooshian|accessdate=1 February 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cihconline.com/conf08_presentations/Completed%20Presentations/13.0%20Sorooshian_Bio__june2008.pdf|title=Biography: Soroosh Sorooshian, Ph.D., N.A.E.|format=PDF|date=June 2008|accessdate=October 9, 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.ccst.us/ccstinfo/council/bios/sorooshian.php|title=Soroosh Sorooshian |publisher=CCST|accessdate=October 9, 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.calit2.net/newsroom/article.php?id=564|author=Anna Lynn Spitzer|title=UCI Professor Receives NASA's Distinguished Public Service Award|publisher= California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology|date=May 16, 2005|accessdate=October 9, 2013}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.eng.uci.edu/news/2013/9/engineering-professor-honored-horton-medal-outstanding-contributions-hydrology|author=Lori Brandt|title=Soroosh Sorooshian Honored with Horton Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Hydrology|date=September 5, 2013|accessdate= October 9, 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nwri-usa.org/pdfs/Nov2007eblast.pdf|title=Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian Awarded U.N. Great Man-Made River International Water Prize|publisher=National Water Research Institute|date=November 2007|format=PDF|accessdate=October 9, 2013}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.calit2.uci.edu/calit2-newsroom/itemdetail.aspx?cguid=381c1b0a-6ea9-4509-b2f6-131b277de6ed|title=Professor Claims International Water Prize|publisher=University of California, Irvine|date=November 22, 2010|accessdate=October 9, 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web|accessdate=October 9, 2013|url= http://www.eng.uci.edu/users/soroosh-sorooshian|title=Soroosh Sorooshian|publisher=Henry Samueli School of Engineering}}
9. ^http://engineering.uci.edu/news/2017/3/sorooshian-wins-ven-te-chow-award

External links

  • Soroosh Sorooshian

Further reading

  • Curriculum Vitae
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