Associate Professor
Dr. A. Salim Bawazir is a tenured associate professor in the Civil Engineering Department and faculty member of the Water Science and Management Graduate Program at New Mexico State University (NMSU). Salim has Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from NMSU and B.S. in Civil Engineering and Agricultural Engineering from NMSU. Salim’s specialty is in water resources and agricultural engineering. Salim is distinguished in water conservation and management and has over 22 years of experience in research and academia. Salim is a Co-PI of N.M. Alliance for Minority Participation STEM program at NMSU. Salim’s ongoing research activities include reservoir evaporation at Elephant Butte and Caballo reservoirs; evapotranspiration measurement and modeling using remote sensing; groundwater recharge from flood irrigated crops and fallow farmland in the Mesilla Valley; and riparian rehabilitation at Sunland Park, New Mexico.