Biography
Jehan M. Sheikh Suleimany, holds a PH.D. In water resources engineering, is an experienced water resource engineer with expertise spanning more than 30 years in the design, construction, and maintenance of water resources systems, including dams and reservoirs. She is highly experienced in water resource engineering, with a focus on developing water resource management plans, evaluating potential water sources, and preventing floods. She is adept in hydrology, GIS, and remote sensing. She has an interest in analyzing the environmental impacts of water use and development, conducting research on water resource issues, and providing consultation services to stakeholders. As an academic staff member in the water resources engineering department at the College of Engineering at Salahaddin University, she teaches different undergraduate and postgraduate modules and supervising a lot of master\'s and doctoral student’s theses.
Research Interest
Water and environment, water shade management, climate change, integrated water resources management
Puplications
· Abdullah, P. and Suleimany, J.S., 2025. Utilizing the DRASTIC Framework and GIS Techniques to Identify Groundwater Vulnerability to Pollution. The Iraqi Geological Journal, pp.150-160.
Hamad, T.K., Suleimany, J.M.S. and Aurahman, T.H., 2023. Seepage quantity analysis beneath concrete dams with various sheet piles using different numerical models. Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences, 30(2), pp.114-121.
Ahmed, Z.A., Suleimany, J.M.S., Ahmed, I.D. and Saber, M.J., 2025. Investigation of Landfill Site Location Using GIS and Ranking Method: Pirmam District—A Case Study. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems, 12(11).
Saber, M.J. and Suleimany, J.M.S., 2025. Assessment of Harir Basin Against Soil Erosion in Kurdistan Region-Iraq. Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences, 32(2), pp.1-16.
Hameed, H.M., Suleimany, J.M.S. and Rasul, A., 2025. Integrating GIS and remote sensing for spatial distribution assessment of Drought Vulnerability Index. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197(8), p.970.
Shamsaldin, E. and Suleimany, J.M.S.S., 2025. Geospatial Analysis of Rainfall Erosivity Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques. Sulaimani Journal for Engineering Sciences, 12(1), pp.43-56. DOI logo 10.17656/sjes.102001
Hamad, K.A. and Suleimany, J.M.S., 2025. Optimal Fire Station Site Selection in Erbil City, Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A GIS-AHP Approach. EURASIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 11(2), pp.49-69.
Adnan, K.N., 2020. Soil Water Movement Simulation in Vadose Zone Using HYDRUS 2D Software for a Location in Erbil City (Doctoral dissertation, Salahaddin University–Erbil).
Ali, B.M.S., Suleimany, J.M.S. and Ibrahim, S.S., 2023. Numerical Modeling of the Flow around a Cylinder using FEATool Multiphysics. Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 13(4), pp.11290-11297.
Ahmed, I.D. and Fattah Sheikh Suleimany, J.M., 2023. Preparation of Curve Number Grid Map of Rawanduz River Basin in KRI Using GIS Techniques. Polytechnic Journal, 12(2), p.14.
Ahmed, Z.A. and Fattah, J.M., Calculating Drought Hazard and Drought Risk Indices for Mandawa Basin in Kurdistan Region, Iraq Using Spatial Analysis Tools. , 2025. Sulaimani Journal for Engineering Sciences Volume12 – Number 1 –December
Ahmed, Z.A. and Fattah Sheikh Suleimany, J.M., 2023. Drought vulnerability modeling over Mandawa watershed, northern Iraq, using GIS-AHP techniques. Polytechnic Journal, 12(2), p.15.
Aurahman, T.H., Fattah Sheikh Suleimany, J.M. and Hamad, T.K., 2021. Determination of Discharge Coefficient for both Semicircular and Triangular Labyrinth Weirs. Polytechnic Journal, 11(2), p.10.
Saber, M.J. and Suleimany, J.M.S., 2022. Application of RS and GIS Techniques for Estimating the Rainfall Erosivity (R) of Harir River Basin in Kurdistan Region of Iraq KRI. Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences, 29(3), pp.24-32.
Suleimany, J.M.F.S., Aurahman, T.H. and Mamand, B.S., 2022. Flow simulation over semicircular labyrinth weir using ANSYS-fluent. Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences, 29(1), pp.83-98.
Suleimany, J.M.S. and Aziz, S.Q., Issues of Water and Climate Change in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq. A Review Study.
Zaki, S.H. and Suleimany, J.M.S., 2021. Landslide variation with morphometric factors using the GIS techniques: The case of Shaqlawa Forest. Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences, 28(3), pp.117-128.
Suleimany, J.M.S., 2020. Seepage through earthen dams under different dam geometries and conditions. Zanco Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 32(2), pp.1-6
Suleimany, J.M.S. and Mamand, B.S., 2020. Estimating seepage quantity through homogenous earth-fill dam with horizontal drainage using different methods. Zanco Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 32(1), pp.7-18.
Suleimany, J.M.F.S., 2020. Determination of Potential Runoff Coefficient using Geographic Information System for a Small Basin in Balakayety Watershade, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Polytechnic Journal, 10(2), pp.38-43.
Al-Jumaily, K.K., Ziboon ,A.T. and Fattah, J.M. (2006) Application of GIS and RS Techniques for Snowmelt Runoff Modeling of Roste Basin in Kurdistan Region of Iraq , proceeding of the first International Conference on b-GIS@India was organized by GIS Engineers Society in association with Department of Geology, University of Kerala, India and Techno park, India. On 7th to 8th December 2006.
Younis, A.M. and Fattah, J.M.(1998) Evaluation of Hydraulic Performance for Adhaim Dam Spillway Weir, proceeding of first conference of Iraqi Water Recourses Organization ,Baghdad, Iraq Feb 1998
Publications
Teaching
water resources management
dasign of hydraulic structures