Resume

Eihab Fathelrahman
Mailing Address
2612 Bison Road
Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
U.S.
Email eihab.fathelrahman@ars.usda.gov
Phone 001-970-412-6736 (Cell Phone)
001-970-492-7360 (Work)

Education

Post Doctoral (Expected December, 2007). United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Research Services. Fort Collins Colorado. Conducting Risk Economics Research.

Ph.D. (Spring 2002), Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins Campus. Ph.D. dissertation titled “Returns and Spillover of Colorado Agricultural Research – Computable General Equilibrium Model for Livestock”. GPA: 3.54 -
International Development

Master of Agricultural Economics (1992), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thesis titled, “Economics of Dates processing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Linear Programming Case Study on the National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC)”. GPA 3.88

B. Sc., with Honor Degree in Agricultural Economics (1987), Assuit University, Egypt, GPA 4.85 out of 5.

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Faculty: Washington State University – Department of Business and Economics in Vancouver Washington. Teaching International Trade and Finance for senior undergraduate and MBA students course ECON 470 January 2003 – June 2006. Intermediate Microeconomics – ECON 301 spring 2006.

Research/Teaching Assistant at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University (1998 – March 2002). Courses Include: Agricultural Marketing undergraduate, Econometric, Agricultural International Trade, and Project Analysis and Microcomputer Application Intensive summer course.




Research Experience

Post-Doctoral /Economist United States Department of Agriculture . Agricultural Research Services – Agricultural Research Systems Unit. June 2006 - Present
¨ Performed extensive literature search and review of economic and environmental risk methodology.
¨ Developed a two-year research plan for implementing various software applications for integrated economic and environmental risk. Methodology encompassed broad theoretical approaches as well as more fundamental (i.e., applied) approaches.
¨ Collaborated with Professor Dana Hoag at CSU to develop a prototype framework for integrating various economic and environmental risk software components. The purpose of the framework is to function as a comprehensive risk toolbox that will be easily accessible and useable by iFARM target users.

Economist . Battelle Memorial Institute and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Richland. WA. U.S.. PNNL is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute’s Pacific Northwest Division. April 2002 – March 2006

Examples of Completed Projects at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Battelle:
¨ Estimate of motor fuel tax evasion rates proposed methodology
¨ Design and simulation of the future integrated energy systems
¨ Historical tracking of benefits and cost of the DOE building programs

Research Associate. Colorado State University – Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Center of Research for the Colorado Economy. June 1998- March 2002.

¨ Used the IMPLAN data sets to build Social Accounting Matrices (SAM) models and expanded them to Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Models for dissertation.
¨ Constructed models to study impact of livestock R&D policy shocks on economic and welfare measures.
¨ Jointly with CREC staff collected data, reviewed literature, simulated models, used the General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) software to conduct regional analysis, and jointly wrote economic analysis reports.
¨ Analyzed the economical and societal impact of livestock R&D shock on the Northern Plain Region (Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota) livestock industry.

Computer Programming and On-Job Training
¨ General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS), June 2007, Frisco Colorado, Instructor Regents Professor Bruce A. McCarl from Texas A&M ( 40 hrs training course)
¨ ARCGIS spatial analysis course April 2007. Fort Collins, Colorado, USDA graduate school,
¨ Certified in ARC-GIS 9.2 Desktop Applications March 2007, Fort Collins, Colorado USDA graduate school,
¨ Completed workshop on Risk Economic Analysis. Simetar. August 2006. Instructor Professor James Richardson, College Station, Texas A. & M.
¨ Participated OmniViz Workshop – A visualization Tool for Data Mining. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Richland, WA 2004.
¨ Completed Advance MATLAB, Simulink and State Flow Programming, Seattle 2004 (40 hrs training course).
¨ Completed a course in Visual C++ at the Columbia Basin Community College, Pasco, WA 2004
¨ Completed a Course Constructing the Technical Document: Essential Strategies and Skills. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – U.S. Department of Energy. Richland, WA June 2003.
¨ Participated in a Summer Workshop entitled Design Effective Power Markets for the 21st Century. The Summer Workshop organized by the Battelle Northwest Division at Portland State University on Experimental Economics Case Studies taught by Vernon Smith (A Noble Prize Winner) and Cornell University – Department of Economics. Portland. OR August 2003.
¨ HTML Web Page Design. Protrain Sys. July 2002.
¨ Completed a Course in Spatial Econometric- Pre-conference workshop organized by the American Agricultural Economic Association. Chicago, IL, Summer 2001.
¨ Workshop on Building the Environment Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO. Summer, 2001.
¨ Completed a seminar on Economic Modeling applications in Linear and Integer Programming, Input-Output Modeling, SAMS and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Theory, Fort Collins, CO. Spring 2000.
¨ Completed the Seminar of College Teaching organized by the Graduate School of Colorado State University., Fort Collins, CO. Spring 2000.
¨ Joined Macarthur Interdisciplinary Program on Peace and International Development Cooperation Summer African Workshop at Minnesota State University Minneapolis MN.1999

Other Computer Skills

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ArcMap and ARC 9.2 Desktop Applications. SAS. MATLAB, Visual C++, GAMS for CGE modeling, IMPLAN Pro. GS+, Statitica OmniViz. HTML . Lindo , Lingo, and E-views for Econometric Analysis.

Professional Presentations

¨ Agricultural Risk Analysis tools for a farm level applications for Colorado Corn Growers Associations, June 2007.
¨ Agricultural Risk Analysis tools for a farm level applications. ARS. ASRU- proposal for developments February, 2007.
¨ Power for the digital future more or less, PNNL, 2003
¨ Integrated national security system – PAMS –PNNL-2002
¨ Genetic vs. Roth Erev algorithm for electricity trade 2002
¨ Financial performance and international business of ConAgra 1992-1997.
¨ Econometric model of the tobacco industry in U.S.A-simultaneous model approach.
¨ Revisiting the benefit-cost evaluation of the Columbia Dam - Tennessee Valley project.
¨ Participation of small farmers in crop insurance programs in the U.S.
¨ Income distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa.
¨ Nested CES versus flexible forms in the CGE modeling.

Awards and certificates

¨ Certificate in outstanding performance Agricultural Systems Research Unit (ASRU) – Agricultural Research Services (ARS) – United States Department of Agriculture – USDA. Fort Collins, CO, 2007.
¨ Energy Science and Technology Certificate of Appreciation on the DOE – Historical Tracking Task Support. Richland, WA. 2003.
¨ Martin Luther King Graduate Student Award at Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO. 2000.
¨ Dr. Dawn R. Person Graduate Student Award at Colorado State University., Fort Collins, CO. 2000.
¨ American Agricultural Economic Association Graduate Student Award. Chicago- Illinois 2001.
Publications
Fathelrahman, Eihab, James C. Ascough, and Dana L. Hoag. “Using the Response Surface Method (RSM) for Economic and Environmental Tradeoffs”. Invited Paper Farming Systems Design 07 Conference. Italy, September, 2007.

Fathelrahman, Eihab, Dana L. Hoag, and Stephen Davies. “Economic and Social Returns of Investment on Colorado Cattle Research”. (accepted for the Western Agricultural Economic Association Meeting joined Meeting), Portland, Oregon, . July, 2007.

Fathelrahman, Eihab, Dana L. Hoag, and Stephen Davies. “The Impact of Research Returns Across Time and Space”. Submitted to the American Journal for Agricultural Economic Research (AJAE). March 2007.


Joe Roop, Eihab Fathelrahman, and Steve Widergren.“ Price Response Can Make the Grid Robust: An Agent-Based Discussion”. Invited Conference Paper to the IEEE – Power and Distribution Conference. March, 2006.

Joe Roop and Eihab Fathelrahman “Modeling the Distribution Utility as an Agent in the Wholesale Electricity” IAEE/USAEE Meeting. July, 2004.

Mark Weimar and Eihab Fathelrahman. “Data Anomaly and Signature Detection with Associated Data Utility Development for Mexico 1994 Financial Crises”. PNNL-SA-43756. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. May, 2004.

Roop JM, and EM Fathelrahman. "Modeling Residential Electricity Contract Choice: An Agent-based Approach." PNNL-SA-38245, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. October, 2003.

Fathelrahman EM, CJ Hostick, and DJ Hostick. “Historical Tracking of DOE Technologies, Market Transformation, Deployment, and Codes and Standards for Building Programs: A Decade of Accomplishments, 1990-2000” . PNNL-SA-38998, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. August, 2003.

Fathelrahman EM, and DM Anderson. "Market Penetration of Competing New Technology: A Maximum Likelihood (MLE) Approach to Modeling the Emergence of the Electronic Ballasts." In 2003 International Energy Program Evaluation Conference Proceedings. Evaluation: Meeting Diverse Needs, August 20-22, 2003, Seattle, WA. IEPEC Committee, Madison, WI. May, 2003.

Roop JM, and EM Fathelrahman. "Modeling Electric Contract Choice: An Agent Based Approach." In ACEEE Summer Study in Efficiency in Industry, Sustainability and Industry: Increasing Energy Efficiency and Reducing Emissions. PNNL-SA-38282, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. March, 2003.

Dana Hoag, Fathelrahman, Eihab, and Stephen Davies. “Return and Spillover of Colorado Livestock Research and Development – a Computable General Equilibrium Model and Sensitivity Analysis”. Poster Paper Presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association Meeting- Chicago- August 2001.

Dana L. Hoag and Eihab Fathelrahman “Is Agriculture Research a Good Investment”, Technical Bulletin No TB00-2 . Colorado Agricultural Experimental Station and Department of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics. Fort Collins. August, 2000.

Fathelrahman, Eihab, “Economics of Dates Processing in Saudi Arabia” King Saud University Press, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ( A book published by King Saud University in Arabic Language). June, 1999.

K. Al- Hamoudi, E.Aboellwfa and Eihab Fathelrahman, “Optimum Stages Plan of Fruit Processing Factories in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, Journal of King Saud University, Vol. 5 Agricultural Science., pp. 23 - 53 . February, 1993.

K. Al- Hamoudi E.Aboellwfa, and Eihab Fathelrahman “Using Linear Programming to Achieve Optimum plan of NADEC's Dates Factory”, Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Economics , Vol.2 No. 1, pp. 241- 265. Alexandria, Egypt. , March, 1992.