Articles about Nadhir Al-Ansari

Nadhir Al-Ansari at a conference in Spain

2022-06-21 The 39th IAHR World Congress to be held in Granada, Spain, from June 19th to 24th, 2022. For more than seventy-five years, the biennial IAHR World Congresses have brought together leading experts to h...

Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari interviewed in The Telegraph

2022-06-19 Prof Nadhir Al-Ansari, of Luleå University of Technology, has been studying Iraq’s water resources for the past 40 years.

In the news: Water pollution in Basra

2018-08-30 As protests occur in Basra because of water pollution TRT World speaks to Nadhir Al-Ansari, Professor of Water Resources Engineering at Lulea University of Technology.

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: 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.

In the media: Mosul dam warning

2016-03-17 BBC World Service interview Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari, Soil Mechanics, on the risks at the dam in Mosul.

In the media: Mosul Dam could cause disaster in Iraq

2016-03-14 Iraq's largest dam, the Mosul Dam, can rupture and produce a huge disaster where both Mosul and Baghdad are soaked in water. The problems have become worse after IS occupation of the area, which prese...

In the media: Mosul Dam in Iraq could collapse at any time

2016-03-02 Mosul Dam in Iraq is now closer to collapse than ever. Deficiencies dam may threaten nearly one million people in the area.

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 ...

All articles about the cooperation with Iraq

2016-02-17 Within the research subject Soil Mechanics at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering

In the media: 'No assurance' Mosul dam repair will work, says expert

2016-02-11 Nadhir Al-Ansari, Professor in Soil Mechanics at Luleå University of Technology, on CNN.

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.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
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