1. Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Univ. of Basrah, Basrah 61004, Iraq; Research Affiliate, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of South Carolina, 300 Main St., Columbia, SC 29208. ORCID: .
2. Associate Professor, Dept. of Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulics, Alexandria Univ., Alexandria 11432, Egypt. ORCID: .
3. Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of Building and Construction Technology Engineering, Engineering Technical College, Northern Technical Univ., Mosul 41002, Iraq; Research Affiliate, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., Univ. of South Carolina, 300 Main St., Columbia, SC 29208. ORCID: .
4. Associate Dean (International Programs), College of Engineering and Computing, Univ. of South Carolina, 300 Main St., Columbia, SC 29208 (corresponding author).