Khalid Osman

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center Fellow, by courtesy, at the Woods Institute for the Environment

Bio

Khalid Osman joined the department as an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in autumn of 2022. His research spans the use of mixed quantitative-qualitative methods to assess public perceptions of water infrastructure, water conservation efforts, and the management of existing infrastructure systems to meet the needs of those being served by the systems. He currently is focused on the operationalization of equity in water sector infrastructure, conceptualizing equity in decentralized water and sanitation systems, water affordability, and stakeholder-community engagement in sustainable civil infrastructure systems for achieving environmental justice.

Khalid was the holder of a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholars Graduate Fellowship and also a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship.

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Center Fellow (By courtesy), Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Professional Education

BS, University of Portland, Civil Engineering (2016)
MS, University of Texas at Austin, Civil Engineering (2018)
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Civil Engineering (2022)

Contact

Academic
osmank@stanford.edu

University - Faculty Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering Position: Asst Professor

Additional Info

Mail Code: 4020

2024-25 Courses

Equitable Infrastructure Solutions
CEE 145E, CEE 245E (Win)
Independent Studies (6)
- Advanced Engineering Problems
  CEE 399 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Independent Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering
  CEE 199L (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Independent Study in CEE for Grad Students
  CEE 299I (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Independent Study in Civil Engineering for CEE-MS Students
  CEE 299 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Report on Civil Engineering Training
  CEE 398 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering
  CEE 199 (Aut, Win, Spr)
Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Equitable Infrastructure Solutions
  CEE 145E, CEE 245E (Win)
- Sustainable Innovation for Disaster Resilience
  SUSTAIN 101D (Aut)
2022-23 Courses
- Equitable Infrastructure Solutions
  CEE 145E, CEE 245E (Win)

Stanford Advisees

Veda Sunkara
Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Lauren Excell, Lorelay Mendoza Grijalva, Celina Scott-Buechler, Jenny Skerker
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Aggrey Muhebwa
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Allisa Hastie, Aadhityaa Mohanavelu, Oluchi Obinegbo
Master's Program Advisor
Chween An Beh, Arianna Bordogna-Jurkowitz, Dongyu Cao, Jhon Chavez-Matul, Kristen Corlay, Alpha Hernandez, Kirsten Housen, Elissa Irwanto, Amanda Klepper, Madison Ly, Dulce'Celeste Martinez, Ponsuganth Muthuraman, Eliana Stern, Meerashree Sundara Raju
Doctoral Dissertation Reader (NonAC)
Melody Spradlin
Doctoral (Program)
Shuojia Fu, Allisa Hastie, Greta Markey, Clara Medina, Aadhityaa Mohanavelu, Oluchi Obinegbo, Kasun Raigama, Sam Shrivatsa

All Publications

Ripples of injustice: unraveling water equity challenges on a global scale ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS Mohanavelu, A., Osman, K. K. 2024; 19 (8)

View details for DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad5fa6

View details for Web of Science ID 001274947000001
Communities conditionally support deployment of direct air capture for carbon dioxide removal in the United States (vol 5, 175, 2024) COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT Scott-Buechler, C., Cain, B., Osman, K., Ardoin, N. M., Fraser, C., Adcox, G., Polk, E., Jackson, R. B. 2024; 5 (1)

View details for DOI 10.1038/s43247-024-01384-w

View details for Web of Science ID 001205531200002
Communities conditionally support deployment of direct air capture for carbon dioxide removal in the United States COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT Scott-Buechler, C., Cain, B., Osman, K., Ardoin, N. M., Fraser, C., Adcox, G., Polk, E., Jackson, R. B. 2024; 5 (1)

View details for DOI 10.1038/s43247-024-01334-6

View details for Web of Science ID 001196970200001
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Industry: A Subject Review Vanderweyen, L., Dharmapalan, V., Kolegraff, S., Osman, K. K., Shane, J. S., Madson, K. N., Mo, Y. AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS. 2024: 139-148

View details for Web of Science ID 001196834200015
Environmental Science for the Betterment of All ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Gibson, J., Osman, K. K., Conroy-Ben, O., Giang, A. 2023

View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.est.3c05429

View details for Web of Science ID 001038823000001

View details for PubMedID 37498804
Equity in Water Resources Planning: A Path Forward for Decision Support Modelers JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Fletcher, S., Hadjimichael, A., Quinn, J., Osman, K., Giuliani, M., Gold, D., Figueroa, A., Gordon, B. 2022; 148 (7)

View details for DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001573

View details for Web of Science ID 000796073900005