Teaching

At the College of Science, Geology  Department, I am teaching the following courses:

1. Principles of Hydrology (B.Sc.) (Download PDF)

2. Research Methodology (B.Sc.) ( Download PDF)

3. Environmental Geology (B.Sc.)

4-Geostatistics (Ph.D.) (Download PDF)

5. Hydrochemistry (M.Sc.) (Download PDF)

6. Water Resources (M.Sc.)

7. Environmental Isotopes (M.Sc.)

8. Groundwater Modeling (M.Sc.)

9. Advanced Research Methodology (M.Sc.)

10-Water Wells (B.Sc.)

My Philosophy in Teaching

My teaching philosophy is to challenge the students intellectually so they learn and retain concepts for their long-term academic and professional careers rather than using tools as a black box and to provide the students with technical skills so that they can implement these concepts directly in their research or on real-world applications that make them competitive within the market forces they wish to enter. I strive to apply this philosophy by adhering to the following four goals in the courses I teach:

1. To constantly update the content of the courses with the latest scientific advances in the field.

2. To emphasize fundamental concepts that the students will retain long after taking the course, rather than recipes to use tools as a black box, which would rapidly become irrelevant as tools become obsolete. 

3. To expose the student to advanced software (e.g., PMwin, Golden Surfer, WMS, Basin, Rockwork, Golden Strater, Aquifer wni32, Aquachem, WATEQ4f, NETPATH) so that they gain the technical skills necessary to implement the concepts they have learned. This is achieved by providing tutorials, computer labs, and individual training as needed for each student. And finally

4. To challenge the students with regular homework assignments that test their understanding of the concepts taught in the class and their application to real-world interdisciplinary case studies. This is done using a steady stream of assignments that are due regularly (sometimes almost once a week), preventing the students from “falling behind”, and forcing them to integrate concepts with technical implementation on an individual research project that they progressively build through the homework assignments and ultimately lead to a capstone experience consisting of the student's final project.

The internet is becoming an integral part of the learning environment that students need to become familiar with and master for their careers.  My philosophy has therefore evolved to actively include the internet in the courses that I teach.  I accomplish this by maintaining a course website throughout the semester which the students use to (a) download and read the complete coursebook before they come to class, (b) get their weekly homework assignments, and (c) get links to resources that they need to use to complete their homework assignments and to research information and data for their final project while in-class activities represent the classical part of my teaching, another important component of teaching are out-of-class activities such as advising my students and chairing their thesis or dissertation, as well as educating other students interested in the interdisciplinary applications of the space/time modeling framework and tools for which I can provide expertise.