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Lyles College of Engineering

Fayzul Pasha

Professor

Civil Engineering

mpasha@csufresno.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Arizona, 2006
  • M.S. in Civil Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2003
  • B.S. in Civil Engineering (with Honors), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 1998

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses

  • CE 85: Introduction to Civil Engineering
  • CE 110: Computer Applications in Civil Engineering
  • CE 128: Civil Engineering Hydraulics
  • CE 129: Engineering Hydraulics Lab
  • CE 141: Water Resources Engineering
  • CE 191T: Essential Tools in Water Resource Engineering

Graduate Courses

  • CE/ENGR 205: Computing in Engineering Analysis
  • CE 210: Research Methods in Civil Engineering
  • CE 291T: Water Resources Systems Optimization

Before joining California State University, Fresno in August 2012, Dr. Pasha was a researcher and design engineer at Oak Ridge National Lab, Tetra Tech, Rick Engineering Company, and Ch2M Hill. Dr. Pasha has earned early tenure and promotions from assistant to associate professor in 2016 and associate to full professor in 2020. He has developed successful collaborative relationships with many local, state, and national agencies and institutes. Co-authoring more than 90 research articles, Dr. Pasha has secured more than $2.3M grants and contracts since he started his faculty position in 2012.   

Dr. Pasha has served on numerous committees including but not limited to as a Chair of the University Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee, Chair of Ad-hoc Committee for Indirect Cost Recoveries (ICR), member of University Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee, University Research Subcommittee, University Academic Senate, Campus Advisory Committee for California Water Institute (CWI), President’s Commission on Economic Development, Societal Impact, and Entrepreneurship, Lyles College of Engineering curriculum and research committees, and many other committees for curriculum development and faculty search.

Before taking his current role as the Chair of the Civil and Geomatics Engineering Department in August 2022, Dr. Pasha was the Civil Engineering Program Coordinator and BSCE Assessment Coordinator from August 2020 to August 2022.
As a Professional Engineer and Professor of Water Resources Engineering, Dr. Pasha’s work focuses on quantitative analysis in water resources planning and management specifically in energy-water nexus. During the twenty (20) years of his research and professional career, Dr. Pasha has developed numerous models and performed different quantitative analyses for sustainable decision-making in integrated water resources management, especially in the fields of water distribution systems, hydropower planning, water conservation, energy efficiency and conservation, efficient use of water in energy generation and distribution, ecosystem restoration, and agricultural water and drainage management. Dr. Pasha uses statistical methods, numerical techniques, optimization theories, geo-processing (GIS), and machine learning approaches for model development and analysis.
  1. Pasha, M. F. K., Weathers, M., and Smith, B. (2020). “Investigating Energy Flow in Water-Energy Storage for Hydropower Generation in Water Distribution Systems.” Journal of Water Resources Management, Vol 34:1609–1622. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-020-02497-5.
  2. Pasha, M. F. K., Yeasmin, D., Yang, M., Rowan, L., and Smith, B. T. (2018). “Multi-Objective Functions to Identify High Power Density Stream Reaches in Hydropower Resource Assessment.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE. Ms. No. WRENG‐2799. Vol 144(3), ISSN (print): 0733-9496 | ISSN (online): 1943-5452.
  3. Pasha, M. F. K., Yeasmin, D., Hadjerioua, B., Wei, Y., Kao, S., and Smith, B. T. (2014). “Stream-reach Identification for New Run-of-River Hydropower Development through a Merit Matrix–Based Geospatial Algorithm.” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 140(8), 04014016.
  4. Pasha, M. F. K. and Lansey, K. (2014). “The Use of Warm Solutions for Real-Time Pump Scheduling for Water Distribution Systems.” Journal of Water Resources Management 28(12), pp 3975-3987.