French
Arabic
Cynthia ANDRAOS KHAZZAKA
Assistant Professor
School of Engineering of Beirut – maître de conférences
School of Engineering of Beirut - South Lebanon Branch – Chargé de Cours
School of Engineering of Beirut - Zahle and Beqaa Branch – Chargé de Cours
+961 (8) 803 325 ext 3442 cynthia.andraos2@usj.edu.lb
Cynthia Andraos, born on March 16, 1992, is a Lebanese civil engineer specializing in hydrology. She obtained her doctorate with very honorable distinction in April 2021 at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, after completing a Master M2 in Water Sciences and a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the same university. Since September 2022, she has held the position of Research-Teacher and assistant professor at Saint Joseph University. In this role, she teaches a variety of courses in the field of water engineering, conducts in-depth research in her field, supervises practical laboratory work, and takes on the role of coordinator of activities at the Water and Environment Center at ESIB. Prior to this, she worked for seven years as a water infrastructure engineer at Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners, where she gained diverse experience in the design and management of large hydraulic engineering and infrastructure projects. In addition to her work, Cynthia has also conducted in-depth research in her field, including the publication of indexed articles and participation in international conferences. She is a member of the Order of Engineers and Architects of Lebanon and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. She is fluent in Arabic, English, and French.
Education
| Degree | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctorate in Water Engineering | Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth | Lebanon | 2021 |
| Master in Water Sciences | Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth | Lebanon | 2016 |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth | Lebanon | 2015 |
Teaching at USJ
Professional experience outside USJ
| Professional experience | Organisation | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water and Infrastructure Engineer | Dar Al Handasah- Shair and Partners | 03/08/2015 | 22/08/2022 |
Areas of expertise
Research themes
Cynthia Andraos’ researchthemes are centered on hydrology, rainfall modeling, and water engineering. Sheis particularly interested in improving low-flow forecasts through amulti-model approach for rainfall-runoff models. She also explores machine learningtechniques for modeling snow hydrology in Lebanese watersheds. Another keyaspect of her research involves reducing uncertainties in rainfall-runoffmodels to improve drought forecasts. Finally, she is interested in quantifyinguncertainties in hydrological models applied to Lebanese Mediterraneanwatersheds and studying parameter uncertainties in conceptual hydrologicalmodels in a climate change context. These research themes demonstrate hercommitment to using innovative approaches to solve complex problems inhydrology.
Publications and communications
· Research ArticlePublication:
Articletitle: “Enhancing Low-Flow Forecasts: A Multi-Model Approach forRainfall–Runoff Models” Author: Cynthia Andraos Published in Hydrology(MDPI) on 29 February 2024, https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology11030035
· Research ArticlePublication:
Article title:“Multi-model approach for reducing uncertainties in rainfall-runoffmodels” Authors: Cynthia Andraos and Prof. Wajdi Najem, Published in“Advances in Hydroinformatics” book in partnership withSpringer https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5436-0_43
· Conferenceparticipation with oral presentation:
4th InternationalConference on Snow Hydrology, Grenoble, France, 30 Jan – 2 Feb 2024.Presentation title: “Snow Hydrology Modeling for Lebanese Watersheds: ExploringLong-term Insights with Machine Learning Techniques”
· Conferenceparticipation with oral presentation and conference moderator:
3rd InternationalConference on Applied Science and Engineering Paris, France,25-26 September2023. Presentation title: “Enhancing rainfall-runoff models’ predictions”
· Conferenceparticipation with oral presentation and article submission:
“Droughts andwater deficit”, organized by UNESCO, in Paris France, 11-13 December2019, Article title: “Reduction of uncertainties in rainfall-runoff modelsto better forecast droughts”
· Conferenceparticipation with oral presentation:
SimHydro 2019, 5th internationalconference in Sophia Antipolis, France, 12-14 June 2019, Presentationtitle: “Multi-model approach for reducing uncertainties in rainfall-runoffmodels”
· Conferenceparticipation with oral presentation:
16th Pliniusconference on Mediterranean risks, in Montpellier, 9-11 October 2018, Presentationtitle: “Quantifying uncertainties in hydrological models applied on LebaneseMediterranean catchments”
· Conferenceparticipation with oral presentation:
HydroEco 2017:Ecohydrology on the Edge: ecology-hydrology-human interactions in a changingworld, 6th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology,University of Birmingham, 18-23 June 2017, Presentation title: “Parametersuncertainties in conceptual hydrological models in a climate change context”