Water Distribution System Design, Optimization, Operation & Maintenance, and Asset Management - I

Moderator(s)

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  Elad Salomons

  Water resources engineer
  Technion \ UoH \ Optiwater, Israel

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Leveraging Deep Learning to Understand Climate Change Effects on Urban Water Main Failures
  

  Author: Melica Khashei – Concordia University

  Co-Author (not attending): Rebecca Dziedzic – Concordia University

  Co-Author: Ehsan Roshani, Ph.D. P.Eng. PMP – National Research Council of Canada
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Mitigating Pipe Corrosion in Water Distribution Systems: Strategies for Sustainability and Resilience
  

  Co-Author: Nafiseh Ebrahimi – National Research Council Canada

  Author: Misagh Khanlarian (he/him/his) – National Research Council Canada

  Co-Author: Ehsan Roshani, Ph.D. P.Eng. PMP – National Research Council of Canada
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Optimal Operational Planning under Uncertain Demand and Flexible Electricity Tariffs
  

  Author: Kristina Korder – Technische Universität Ilmenau

  Co-Author: Elad Salomons – Technion \ UoH \ Optiwater

  Co-Author: Avi Ostfeld – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

  Co-Author (not attending): Pu Li – Technische Universität Ilmenau
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Optimal Sensor Placement and Pressure Reducing Valve Localization under Demand Uncertainty
  

  Author: Kristina Korder – Technische Universität Ilmenau

  Co-Author: Elad Salomons – Technion \ UoH \ Optiwater

  Co-Author: Avi Ostfeld – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

  Co-Author (not attending): Pu Li – Technische Universität Ilmenau
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  A Spectral Graph-theory Approach for the Coupled Multi-objective Optimization of Water Distribution Network Design and Partitioning
  

  Co-Author (not attending): Mohammad Mehdi Riyahi – Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

  Co-Author (not attending): Carlo Giudicianni – Università di Pavia

  Co-Author (not attending): Ali Haghighi – Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

  Author: Enrico F. Creaco – University of Pavia