Professor
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Avi Ostfeld, D.Sc., P.E., D.WRE is a Professor and the Deputy Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Ostfeld was a Senior Engineer and Project Manager at TAHAL – Consulting Engineers Ltd. in Tel – Aviv from 1997 to 2000; a Research Associate at the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, from 1996 to 1997; and a Research Associate at the Technion Water Research Institute from 1994 to 1996. During 2008/2009, he spent sabbaticals as Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and the University of Kyoto in Japan. During 2012/2013, Dr. Ostfled served as Affiliate Professor at the Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Ostfeld's particular interests include optimal design and operation of water distribution systems using evolutionary computation: water distribution systems security and integrating water quality and reliability into water distribution systems management and control.
Monday, May 22, 2023
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT
Towards Digital Twins for Emerging Contaminants in Water Distribution Systems
Monday, May 22, 2023
3:00 PM – 3:18 PM PDT
Monday, May 22, 2023
3:54 PM – 4:12 PM PDT
The History and Legacy of Don J. Wood and KYPIPE
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
Adopting The Tesla Valve as A Transient Protection Device
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
A Graph-Theory Based PRV Placement Algorithm for Reducing Water Age in Water Distribution Systems
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
3:18 PM – 3:36 PM PDT
Laceration of Pipeline Inner Walls Using Unsteady Skin Friction
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
Optimal Booster Chlorination Scheduling in WDS under uncertainty: A Robust counterpart approach
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
Conjunctive Optimal Operation of Power and Water Networks
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM PDT
Optimal Operation of Water Distribution Systems Under Uncertainty
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM PDT
What’s Next in Water Distribution Systems Management?
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
Advances in Water Distribution System Water Quality Modeling
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
4:45 PM – 6:30 PM PDT
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT