Hossein Bonakdari received the Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from the University of Caen Normandy, Caen, France. He joined the University of Razi, Kermanshah, Iran, as a Faculty Member, in 2006, where he is currently a Full Professor with the Department of Civil Engineering. He has authored more than 160 papers in international journals ( $h-\text {index} = 18$ ). He has also more than 150 presentations in national and international conferences. He has been rated as a Distinguished Researcher in Razi University, in 2014, 2015, and 2016. His research interests include the practical application of soft computing in engineering, modeling of wastewater urban drainage systems, sediment transport, computational fluid dynamic and hydraulics, and the design of hydraulic structures and fluid mechanics. From 2010 to 2011, he was a Researcher with the Laboratory of Civil and Environmental Engineering, INSA of Lyon, Villeurbanne, France.