Hossein Hariri Asli is a currently research scholar and PhD candidate at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA. He has over 50 publications in international journals and has authored several books. His research activities include flood monitoring and mapping using the Internet of Things, networked sensors, and GIS in Southeast Texas. He is sharing his elevation and water stage data with federal agencies, including the Texas Department of Transportation, Houston TranStar, and the National Weather Service.
Ali Pourhashemi, PhD, is a Professor in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Dr. Pourhashemi's primary teaching areas include process design, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, ChE thermodynamics, and the unit operations laboratory courses. He has authored and edited several books and research publications in chemical engineering, materials sciences, and related areas and has been involved with v