Academic Staff

Nov. 9, 2026, 2:25 p.m.
Jowhar Rasheed Mohammad (PhD)
Professor
Professor in Hydraulic

Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
University of Duhok

  • Ph.D., Water Resources Engineering-2007- Mosul University
  • M.Sc., in Hydraulic Engineering/ College of Engineering/ University of Salahaddin/ Erbil/ Kurdistan Region/ Iraq/ Academic Year; 1991-1992.
  • B.Sc., in Civil Engineering/ College of Engineering/ University of Salahaddin/ Erbil/ Kurdistan Region/ Iraq/ Academic Year; 1985-1986.

Undergraduate Level

  • Hydrology for Engineers
  • Water Resources Planning
  • Hydraulic Applications
  • Advanced Engg. Analysis
  • Hydraulic Lab.

Postgraduate Level

  • Unsteady Flow (Ph.D.)
  • Dimensional Analysis and Modelling (MSc.)
  • Theory of Elasticity (MSc.)
  • Advanced Hydrology (MSc.)
  • Open Channel Hydraulic (MSc.)
  • Computational Hydraulic (MSc.)
  • Finite Element Analysis (MSc.)
  • Advanced Math. (MSc.)

Research

  1. Ramadhan, S. S., & Mohammad, J. R. (2026). Hydraulic performance of piano key inlets in vertical shaft spillways using CFD: Influence of key number on discharge coefficient. Zanin Journal of Science and Engineering, 2(3), 54–68.
  2. Yousif, A., & Mohammed, J. (2024). A robust well-balanced finite volume scheme for the one-dimensional shallow water equations. Misan Journal of Engineering Sciences, 3(2), 156–166.
  3. Yousif, A. A., & Mohammed, J. R. (2024). A robust unstructured finite volume scheme for urban flash flood simulation: Duhok city as a case study. ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 30(2), 245–253.
  4. Karim, R. A., & Mohammed, J. R. (2021). SPH open boundary simulation of free-surface flow over ogee-crested spillway. Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences, 28(2), 137–151.
  5. Karim, R. A., & Mohammed, J. R. (2020). A comparison study between CFD analysis and PIV technique for velocity distribution over the standard ogee crested spillways. Heliyon, 6(11), Article e05380.
  6. Karim, R. A., & Mohammed, J. R. (2020). PIV measurements for experimental modelling of the flow over a standard-ogee spillway with CFD comparison. TEST Engineering & Management, 83, 27631–27645.
  7. Saleem, A. H., & Mohammed, J. R. (2020). Simulation of Mosul dam break using finite volume method. Polytechnic Journal, 10(2), 10–20.
  8. Haleem, D. A., & Muhammed, J. R. (2019). Inclined porous screen walls performance on the energy dissipation in a laboratory flume. In 2019 International Engineering Conference (IEC) (pp. 50–54). IEEE.
  9. Mohammed, J. R., Noori, B. M. A., & Hussein, I. A. (2017). Modeling of the hydraulic performance of ogee spillway using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Journal of Duhok University, 638–653.
  10. Mohammed, J. R., & Shiba, S. J. (2017). Side weir flow investigation in a circular channel using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for subcritical flow condition. Journal of Duhok University, 626–637.
  11. Abo, A. A., Greaves, D., Muhammad, R. J., Raby, A., & Kyte, A. (2016). Analysis of high velocity free surface flow interaction with a bridge pier in a trapezoidal channel using CFD. NAFEMS International Journal of CFD Case Studies, 11, 5–29.
  12. Irzooki, R. H., & Rasheed, J. (2016). Computational fluid dynamics modeling of flow over stepped spillway. Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences, 23(3), 1–11.
  13. Husain, S. M., Muhammed, J. R., & Harshinie, K. (2014). Investigation of pressure variations over stepped spillways using smooth particle hydrodynamics. Advances in Water Resources, 66, 52–69.
  14. Greaves, D. M., Abo, A., Raby, A., Kyte, A., & Muhammad, R. (2013). Three-dimensional flow model for high velocity channel. Default Journal.
  15. Mohammed, J. R., & Ibrahim, H. M. (2012). Hybrid wavelet artificial neural network model for municipal water demand forecasting. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 7(8), 1047–1065.
  16. Mohammed, J. R. (2012). Comparison of one-dimensional HEC-RAS with two-dimensional ADH for flow over trapezoidal profile weirs. Caspian Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 1(6), 1–12.
  17. Mohammad, J. R., & Al-Saffar, M. S. A. (2010). Estimation of scour in long contractions using artificial neural networks. Journal of Duhok University, 13(1), 102–108.
  18. Mohammed, J. R., & Ibrahim, H. M. (2006). Multilayer perceptron-multiactivation function artificial neural network model for municipal water demand forecasting. Journal of Engineering.
  19. Muhamad, J. R., & Hassan, J. N. (2005). Khabur River flow modeling using artificial neural networks. Al-Rafidain Engineering Journal, 13(2), 33–42.
  20. Mohammed, J. R. (2005). Stochastic model of Khazir river flow. Journal of Duhok University, 8(2).

  • Water resources engineering
  • Hydraulic engineering

  • MSc. Student (A Comparative Study of 1-D and 2-D Finite Element On Trapezoidal Profile Weir).
  • MSc. Student (LABORATORY STUDY OF ENERGY DISSIPATION USING SCREEN WALLS).
  • PhD. Student (Two-dimensional flow model for deference cross-section high velocity channel). Plymouth Unv.
  • PhD. Student (Study of the effect of inclined steps on the characteristics of high velocity flows over stepped spillways). Plymouth Unv.
  • PhD. Student (SHORT AND LONG TERM MUNICIPAL WATER DEMAND FORECASTING).
  • PhD. Student (ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK-FINITE VOLUME COUPLED MODEL FOR RIVER).
  • MSc. Student (CFD Modelling of Ogee Type Spillways)