Babak Shafei

Graduate Student

Office: ES&T 1243
Phone: (+1) 404-509-8716
Email: babak.shafei@eas.gatech.edu
Advisor: Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen

Education

  • 2007-2008 PhD., Utrecht University, the Netherlands
  • 2006 M.S., Environmental Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • 2004 B.S., Civil Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Awards

  • 2007, Graduate fellowship, Department of civil engineering, University of Delaware
  • 2007, full PhD research fellowship under the European Commission Sixth framework programme
  • 2006, Prestigious Elton Z. and Lois G. Huff fellowship in Civil Engineering at Auburn University

Research Interests

  • Reactive Transport Modeling (RTM)
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Analytical and numerical methods

Responsibilities

  • Teaching assistant of the course global geochemical cycles, School of earth and atmospheric sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Teaching assistant of the course principles of the geochemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University
  • Teaching assistant of the course reactive transport modeling, Department of Earth sciences, Utrecht University
  • Teaching assistant of the course nutrient cycles in wetlands, Department of Biology, Utrecht University
  • Teaching Assistant of the course advanced engineering mathematics, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
  • Consultant Environmental Engineer in Organization of Waste Recycling and Composting (OWRC), World Bank’s solid waste management project in Tehran, Iran
  • Consultant Environmental Engineer in Pangan Avaran consulting company, Tehran , Iran
  • Project manager in Segal construction company, Tabriz, Iran
  • Consultant structural engineer in Farbar consulting company, Tehran, Iran

Publications

  • Shafei,B., Couture, R., P.Van Cappellen , A.Tessier, C. Gobeil, 2008. “ Modeling of arsenic adsorption from kinetic and thermodynamic point of view” ( In preparation)
  • Couture, R., Shafei,B., P.Van Cappellen , A.Tessier, C. Gobeil, 2008. “Non-steady state diagenesis of arsenic in sediments of an Eastern Canada” ( Submitted to Environmental Science and Technology Journal)
  • Ataie, B., Shafei, B., “ A semi-analytical solution of the capture zone of partially penetrating well with skin effects in confined aquifers” (Water Resources Research, Accepted)
  • Ataie,B., Shafei B., “Non- steady state delineation of the capture zone of partially penetrating wells” (Water Resources Research, Accepted)
  • CMWR conference (2008) Shafei Babak, Philippe van Cappellen: Analysis of the split operator approach for multispecies reactive transport models
  • CMWR conference (2008) Shafei Babak, Behzad Ataie Ashtiani: Semi-analytical solution of delineation of capture zones
  • Shafei Babak, 2005. “Economical and technical comparison of different separation methods of the solid waste in a sorting line”. Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology.
  • Shafei Babak, 2005. ” Solidification and Stabilization (SS) as a remediation technique” Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology.