Articles about Mosul

Weaponizing Water: Ancient Tactic, New Implications

2020-09-30 Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari was first Key-Note Speaker at Norwich University Military Writers’ Symposium 2020, a conference that attracted attention both from the White House and Pentagon. Professor Na...

Dissertation Mohammad Ezz-Aldeen Mohammad - Soil Mechanics
10 Dec. 2020 10:00 – 11:00 , F1031:

2020-02-10 Sedimentation and Its Challenge for Sustaiability of Hydraulic Structures – A Case Study of Mosul Dam Pumping Station

Luleå University of Technology's research in report from NASA

2019-05-10 Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari's research on the dam in Mosul is used in NASA Observatory's report "Reservoir Swells Upstream of Mosul"

New book: Mosul Dam Full story

2018-04-26 The book is 415 pages written in Arabic language. It contains 11 chapters dealing with all the engineering details of Mosul Dam.

Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari key-note speaker at conference in Iraq

2017-12-20 The Iraqi Ministry of Oil held the 4th Iraqi Oil and Gas conference at the Petroleum Research and Development Center, Basrah, Iraq for the period 13-14 December, 2017. I was invited as keynote of the ...

In the media: Mosul Dam No Longer on Brink of Catastrophe

2017-05-07 "There is no guarantee the dam will ever be safe. Studies done on the dam all show that its collapse is imminent," he said. "The minister may say it's safe because Iraq is already past the flooding se...

In the media: Lulea professor wants to save his former homeland

2017-01-19 The Mosul Dam in Iraq leaks. If it fails up to seven million people can become homeless. Professor Nahdir Al-Ansari at Luleå University of Technology escaped from Saddam Hussein's regime.

In the media: Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari interviewed about the situation at the dam in Mosul

2017-01-10 Engineer warns spring melt could spell disaster for Iraqis living below Mosul Dam, says Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari in CBC Radio Canada.

In the media: Mosul Dam collapse will be worse than a nuclear bomb

2017-01-06 No matter how much grouting and maintenance the company will do, it may expand the life span of the dam, but it is just going to delay the disaster," said Nadhir al-Ansari, professor of water resource...

In the media: Workshop on the dam in Mosul

2016-05-28 Scientists and experts gathered today in central Stockholm to find solutions to the disputed Mosul Dam in Iraq. Many scientists believe that there is a great risk of dam failure.

In the media: Disaster of Biblical scale threatens in Iraq

2016-05-12 Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari, Luleå University of Technology, participated live in TV4 News via video link about their exclusive coverage of the dam in Mosul.

In the media: The Catastrophic Failure of a Dam in Iraq is terrifyingly Close

2016-04-07 The largest dam in Iraq is going to burst. Is anyone on that? Nadhir Al-Ansari, Soil Mechanics, in Good Magazine.

In the media: The Mosul Dam could become greater threat than the IS

2016-04-02 The Mosul Dam is a ticking time bomb. Over one million people risk drowning of dam failures, which would mean a far deadlier threat than jihadistgruppen Islamic State (IS) in Iraq. In the worst case M...

In the media: Water Dam in Mosul at risk of collapse

2016-04-02 The large vattendammen in Mosul in Iraq in danger of falling - and millions of lives are in danger. The warning comes now from Nadhir Al-Ansari, a professor of geotechnical engineering and resident in...

In the media: Riga-based Iraqi group: Mosul dam collapse threatens millions

2016-03-30 A Riga-based group campaigning for reforms in Iraq is warning that millions of lives are at stake in that country due to the dangerously unstable state of a huge dam.

Internationally acclaimed research

2016-02-18 Nadhir Al-Ansari, Professor in Soil Mechanics at Luleå University of Technology, has for many years conducted research on the dam in Mosul and warned against what he calls "the world's most dangerous ...

Geological and engineering problems of the most dangerous dam in the world
24 May. 2016 08:00 – 25 May. 2016 17:00 , Conference Center City Stockholm:

2016-02-04 International workshop - Mosul Dam, Iraq

New book: Geological and Engineering Investigations of the most dangerous dam in the world

2015-12-01 The Mosul Dam is located on the Tigris River in north western part of Iraq; approximately 60 km northwest of Mosul city and 80 Km from Syrian and Turkish borders

In the media: Nadhir Al-Ansari talks about the dam in Mosul

2015-12-01 Interview on Rafiden Satellite Channel for about 50 minutes on water resources problems in Iraq. The interview was in Arabic language.

In the news: Mosul Dam in terrorists' hands

2014-08-05 The dam in Mosul, Iraq, is now in the hands of the Islamic state (IS), writes German Spectrum. Luleå University of Technology has conducted research on the dam's stability.

For the benefit of the nation

2013-04-10 Nadhir Al-Ansari, researcher in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, has by the State of Iraq been awarded for outstanding research for the benefit of the Iraq ...

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
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