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Dr. Nidal Abdul-Rahim Dahman

Assistant Professor

Civil Engineering
S41-2134
ndahman@uob.edu.bh

Areas of Expertise

  • Geomatics Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Monitoring and Construction Management

Education

  • PhD. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • Majoring in Geomatics Engineering and a PhD Minor in Computer Science with concentration on Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • MSc Civil Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Majoring in Structural Engineering, specifically in Structural Optimization and Management
  • BSc Civil Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Biography

Dr. Dahman possesses vast technical knowledge, analytical skills as well as administrative and project management experience.

His background formulates a strong base of knowledge in all aspects of civil engineering. This background includes a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, majoring in Geomatics Engineering and a Ph.D. minor in computer science. He has also completed many training sessions in project management, environmental monitoring, sustainability and green technology, and on the utilization of computerized engineering data acquisition and manipulation systems. Dr. Dahman has managed mega projects, groups and divisions for many private firms and government agencies in the United States, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Those firms and agencies have employed him and/or consulted with him on a plethora of challenging projects that span over many engineering disciplines. Among others, his list of employers includes: HAJ-Gulf Project Managers (Bahrain), Dar Al Riyadh-Geomatics (Saudi Arabia), Sama Dubai-ECH (Bahrain), Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia, USA), NASA Langley Research Center (Hampton, Virginia, USA), Carl Zeiss/Intergraph Corporation (USA and Germany), Al-Arrab Group (Saudi Arabia), and the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation (Madison, Wisconsin, USA). When it comes to professional certifications, Dr. Dahman is the first professional in the history of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote sensing (ASPRS) to achieve all of its three professional certifications, which are listed below. He is a:
  • Certified as a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) by the GIS Certification Institute, USA.
  • ASPRS-Certified Photogrammetrist. (Inactive)
  • ASPRS-Certified Remote Sensing Mapping Scientist. (Inactive)
  • ASPRS-Certified GIS/LIS Mapping Scientist. (Inactive)
Dr. Dahman is highly motivated, knowledgeable, resourceful and a disciplined team player, who has an insatiable appetite for optimization, management and problem solving.

Achievements

  • First professional to ever achieve all the possible professional certifications of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
  • Winner of the 2006 NASA USA Faculty Summer Fellowship Award.
  • Member of Sigma XI, the honor Scientific Research Society.
  • The 1994 Saturn Car Company Award. In honor of outstanding accomplishment in humanitarian teamwork effort.
  • Two-time recipient of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Engineering Professional Development Award for Educational Achievement.

Affiliations

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Grants & Contracts Awarded

Among others,

  1. A project with NASA-LaRC involved the utilization of an aerial Lidar survey of LaRC to produce a detailed 6 inch digital terrain model of the center. This project also involved extracting buildings and other facilities and feed them into the 3D model of center. Finally, this Lidar data was fused with aerial photography to produce a detailed orthophoto of the center via Photogrammetric means.
  2. “Geo-Referencing of MicroMAPS-Proteus Data for Interoperability” an externally-funded project funded by the NASA-Langley Research Center and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium.
  3. Converting Z/I Imaging’s ISAE into a multi-threaded SMP application, removing its prerequisite of epipolar resampling and extending its abilities to handle images with 12 and 16 bit radiometric resolutions.
  4. Using High Resolution Satellite and Aerial Imagery to Locate the Optimum Gas and Utility line Corridors through Various Conditions of Terrain, Land covers and Soils. A NASA-funded project to show American Business the benefits of utilizing modern geomatics in their operations..
  5. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus Mapping Project. A project to produce a complete (1 foot resolution) digital geospatial information system for the 12,000-acre UW-Madison campus. Funded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Foundation, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Leica-Helava (LH) Systems.
  6. Research and Development in Softcopy Photogrammetry. Funded by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, 7-1-1993 through 12-31-1995

Publications & Presentations

Among others:

  1. Dahman, N.A., Irhouma, A.H.et. Al., “Design Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis of Simply supported Prestressed Concrete Girders: A Two DimensionalNon-linear Paradigm,” Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksues.2021.02.006
  2. Dahman, Al-Juboori, et. Al. “Harvesting Water from Air Humidity in Bahrain,” Proceedings of the 17th World Renewable Energy Congress, December, 2016, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
  3. Al-Juboori and Dahman, ”A geospatial Database for Wind and Solar Energy Applications: The Kingdom of Bahrain Study Case,” Proceedings of the 17th World Renewable Energy Congress, December, 2016, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
  4. Mousa, Aljuadi, Kameshki and Dahman, “New Strain Cylindrical Rectangular Finite Element for the Analysis of Arch Dams” Canadian Journal on Environment, Construction and Civil Engineering, Canada. 2012.
  5. Dahman, Dean, Flory and Lewis “The Modernization of the Surveying Engineering and Geomatics Program at Old Dominion University,” Proceedings of The 2006 Annual International Journal of Modern Engineering (IJME)-INTERTECH International Conference, October, 2006, New York, NY, USA.
  6. Flory IV, Dean, Dahman, Hackworth and Crossman “The Development of Cross Discipline Plans of Study Within Existing Engineering Technology Programs to Satisfy Industry Needs,” Proceedings of The 2006 Annual International Journal of Modern Engineering (IJME)-INTERTECH International Conference, October, 2006, New York City, NY, USA.
  7. Allen and Dahman “Micromaps Georeferencing and Geospatial Analysis,” a final research report submitted to the NASA-Langley Research Center, Virginia Space Grant Consortium and Gorge Mason University, June 30th 2006.
  8. Dean, Flory IV, Dahman, Hsiung, Crossman, Verma, Lin, and Moustafa “Developing a New Program in Marine Engineering Technology,” The proceedings of The 2006 Annual International Journal of Modern Engineering (IJME)-INTERTECH International Conference, October, 2006, New York, NY, USA.
  9. Alshaikh, Dahman and Scarpace “Image Classification by Combining Maximum Likelihood Classifier and Neural Networks,” Procedings of ISPRS conference on Advanced Remote Sensing for Earth Observation Systems, May 8-11, 2005, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  10. Graham, Dahman and Herman “Enterprise Digital Terrain Modeling,” Presented in the 2001 ASPRS conference on Digital Elevation Technologies and Applications. October 29- November 2 2001, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
  11. Wang and Dahman, “Active Sensors and Modern Photogrammetry,” An invited article published in Elevations Issue of the Geospatial Solutions Magazine, September 2001.
  12. Dahman, “Next Generation DTM Processing,” Z/I Imaging’s 5th Annual Earth Imaging Conference, February 6 - 8, 2001 Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.
  13. Dahman and Scarpace, “Improving Digital Terrain Models by Multi-Image Point Matching,” Presented in the 65th ASPRS Annual conference, May 1999, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  14. Bundy, Chen, Chou, Dahman, et. al, “The Campus Map Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,” proceedings of the 63rd ASPRS/ACSM Annual conference and convention, April 1997, Seattle, WA, USA.
  15. Dahman and Scarpace, “Data Handling and Management in Digital Photogrammetric production Environment,” proceedings of the 61st ASPRS/ACSM Annual conference, volume 2, pp. 205-214, February 27- March 2, 1995, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
  16. Saleh, Scarpace and Dahman, “Softcopy Photogrammetric System Evaluation for production Environment,” Mapping and Remote Sensing: Tools for the 21st Century, an ASPRS conference, pp. 211-222, August 26-29 1994, Washington, D. C, USA.
  17. Erbatur, Al-Zaid and Dahman, “Optimization and Sensitivity of Prestressed Concrete beams,” Computers and Structures, Elsevier Publishing, Vol. 45, no. 5/6, pp 886-892, 1992.

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Dr. Nidal Abdul-Rahim Dahman

Assistant Professor

Civil Engineering
S41-2134
ndahman@uob.edu.bh

Areas of Expertise

  • Geomatics Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Monitoring and Construction Management

Education

  • PhD. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • Majoring in Geomatics Engineering and a PhD Minor in Computer Science with concentration on Image Processing and Computer Vision
  • MSc Civil Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Majoring in Structural Engineering, specifically in Structural Optimization and Management
  • BSc Civil Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Biography

Dr. Dahman possesses vast technical knowledge, analytical skills as well as administrative and project management experience.

His background formulates a strong base of knowledge in all aspects of civil engineering. This background includes a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, majoring in Geomatics Engineering and a Ph.D. minor in computer science. He has also completed many training sessions in project management, environmental monitoring, sustainability and green technology, and on the utilization of computerized engineering data acquisition and manipulation systems. Dr. Dahman has managed mega projects, groups and divisions for many private firms and government agencies in the United States, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Those firms and agencies have employed him and/or consulted with him on a plethora of challenging projects that span over many engineering disciplines. Among others, his list of employers includes: HAJ-Gulf Project Managers (Bahrain), Dar Al Riyadh-Geomatics (Saudi Arabia), Sama Dubai-ECH (Bahrain), Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia, USA), NASA Langley Research Center (Hampton, Virginia, USA), Carl Zeiss/Intergraph Corporation (USA and Germany), Al-Arrab Group (Saudi Arabia), and the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation (Madison, Wisconsin, USA). When it comes to professional certifications, Dr. Dahman is the first professional in the history of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote sensing (ASPRS) to achieve all of its three professional certifications, which are listed below. He is a:
  • Certified as a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) by the GIS Certification Institute, USA.
  • ASPRS-Certified Photogrammetrist. (Inactive)
  • ASPRS-Certified Remote Sensing Mapping Scientist. (Inactive)
  • ASPRS-Certified GIS/LIS Mapping Scientist. (Inactive)
Dr. Dahman is highly motivated, knowledgeable, resourceful and a disciplined team player, who has an insatiable appetite for optimization, management and problem solving.

Achievements

  • First professional to ever achieve all the possible professional certifications of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
  • Winner of the 2006 NASA USA Faculty Summer Fellowship Award.
  • Member of Sigma XI, the honor Scientific Research Society.
  • The 1994 Saturn Car Company Award. In honor of outstanding accomplishment in humanitarian teamwork effort.
  • Two-time recipient of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Engineering Professional Development Award for Educational Achievement.

Affiliations

-

Grants & Contracts Awarded

Among others,

  1. A project with NASA-LaRC involved the utilization of an aerial Lidar survey of LaRC to produce a detailed 6 inch digital terrain model of the center. This project also involved extracting buildings and other facilities and feed them into the 3D model of center. Finally, this Lidar data was fused with aerial photography to produce a detailed orthophoto of the center via Photogrammetric means.
  2. “Geo-Referencing of MicroMAPS-Proteus Data for Interoperability” an externally-funded project funded by the NASA-Langley Research Center and the Virginia Space Grant Consortium.
  3. Converting Z/I Imaging’s ISAE into a multi-threaded SMP application, removing its prerequisite of epipolar resampling and extending its abilities to handle images with 12 and 16 bit radiometric resolutions.
  4. Using High Resolution Satellite and Aerial Imagery to Locate the Optimum Gas and Utility line Corridors through Various Conditions of Terrain, Land covers and Soils. A NASA-funded project to show American Business the benefits of utilizing modern geomatics in their operations..
  5. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus Mapping Project. A project to produce a complete (1 foot resolution) digital geospatial information system for the 12,000-acre UW-Madison campus. Funded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Foundation, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Leica-Helava (LH) Systems.
  6. Research and Development in Softcopy Photogrammetry. Funded by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, 7-1-1993 through 12-31-1995

Publications & Presentations

Among others:

  1. Dahman, N.A., Irhouma, A.H.et. Al., “Design Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis of Simply supported Prestressed Concrete Girders: A Two DimensionalNon-linear Paradigm,” Journal of King Saud University - Engineering Sciences (2021), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksues.2021.02.006
  2. Dahman, Al-Juboori, et. Al. “Harvesting Water from Air Humidity in Bahrain,” Proceedings of the 17th World Renewable Energy Congress, December, 2016, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
  3. Al-Juboori and Dahman, ”A geospatial Database for Wind and Solar Energy Applications: The Kingdom of Bahrain Study Case,” Proceedings of the 17th World Renewable Energy Congress, December, 2016, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
  4. Mousa, Aljuadi, Kameshki and Dahman, “New Strain Cylindrical Rectangular Finite Element for the Analysis of Arch Dams” Canadian Journal on Environment, Construction and Civil Engineering, Canada. 2012.
  5. Dahman, Dean, Flory and Lewis “The Modernization of the Surveying Engineering and Geomatics Program at Old Dominion University,” Proceedings of The 2006 Annual International Journal of Modern Engineering (IJME)-INTERTECH International Conference, October, 2006, New York, NY, USA.
  6. Flory IV, Dean, Dahman, Hackworth and Crossman “The Development of Cross Discipline Plans of Study Within Existing Engineering Technology Programs to Satisfy Industry Needs,” Proceedings of The 2006 Annual International Journal of Modern Engineering (IJME)-INTERTECH International Conference, October, 2006, New York City, NY, USA.
  7. Allen and Dahman “Micromaps Georeferencing and Geospatial Analysis,” a final research report submitted to the NASA-Langley Research Center, Virginia Space Grant Consortium and Gorge Mason University, June 30th 2006.
  8. Dean, Flory IV, Dahman, Hsiung, Crossman, Verma, Lin, and Moustafa “Developing a New Program in Marine Engineering Technology,” The proceedings of The 2006 Annual International Journal of Modern Engineering (IJME)-INTERTECH International Conference, October, 2006, New York, NY, USA.
  9. Alshaikh, Dahman and Scarpace “Image Classification by Combining Maximum Likelihood Classifier and Neural Networks,” Procedings of ISPRS conference on Advanced Remote Sensing for Earth Observation Systems, May 8-11, 2005, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  10. Graham, Dahman and Herman “Enterprise Digital Terrain Modeling,” Presented in the 2001 ASPRS conference on Digital Elevation Technologies and Applications. October 29- November 2 2001, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
  11. Wang and Dahman, “Active Sensors and Modern Photogrammetry,” An invited article published in Elevations Issue of the Geospatial Solutions Magazine, September 2001.
  12. Dahman, “Next Generation DTM Processing,” Z/I Imaging’s 5th Annual Earth Imaging Conference, February 6 - 8, 2001 Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.
  13. Dahman and Scarpace, “Improving Digital Terrain Models by Multi-Image Point Matching,” Presented in the 65th ASPRS Annual conference, May 1999, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  14. Bundy, Chen, Chou, Dahman, et. al, “The Campus Map Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,” proceedings of the 63rd ASPRS/ACSM Annual conference and convention, April 1997, Seattle, WA, USA.
  15. Dahman and Scarpace, “Data Handling and Management in Digital Photogrammetric production Environment,” proceedings of the 61st ASPRS/ACSM Annual conference, volume 2, pp. 205-214, February 27- March 2, 1995, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
  16. Saleh, Scarpace and Dahman, “Softcopy Photogrammetric System Evaluation for production Environment,” Mapping and Remote Sensing: Tools for the 21st Century, an ASPRS conference, pp. 211-222, August 26-29 1994, Washington, D. C, USA.
  17. Erbatur, Al-Zaid and Dahman, “Optimization and Sensitivity of Prestressed Concrete beams,” Computers and Structures, Elsevier Publishing, Vol. 45, no. 5/6, pp 886-892, 1992.

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