Sayfullo Saidov

Civil and Environmental Engineering student at Princeton University interested in hydrology, hydraulic systems, urban water management, environmental fluid mechanics, and resilient infrastructure.

Education

Princeton University

Expected May 2028

B.S.E. Civil and Environmental Engineering

Coursework includes hydrology, urban water management, environmental fluid mechanics, and risk analysis.

Research & Engineering Experience

Stormwater Systems Engineering Intern

Sep 2024 – Present

Princeton University — Office of Sustainability

Built EPA SWMM models of urban drainage networks and analyzed runoff routing and stormwater retention.
Deployed hydrologic monitoring systems across stormwater BMPs.
Applied GIS and AutoCAD to characterize urban catchments and drainage infrastructure.

Urban Flood Hydrology Modeling Intern

May 2026 – Jun 2026

Kyoto University — Disaster Prevention Research Institute

Developed machine-learning flood susceptibility models using Python and Google Earth Engine.
Compared watershed characteristics across Uzbekistan, Japan, and the United States.
Evaluated urban flood mitigation strategies under extreme rainfall conditions.

Environmental Fluid Dynamics Research Intern

May 2025 – Jul 2025

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

Assisted development of Lagrangian Particle Tracking systems.
Conducted atmospheric turbulence field experiments.
Processed atmospheric flow trajectory data for environmental fluid dynamics research.

Technical Skills

Hydrology & Water Systems

Urban hydrology, stormwater systems, watershed analysis, flood modeling, hydrologic monitoring.

Modeling & Simulation

EPA SWMM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, rainfall-runoff analysis, machine learning applications.

Programming & GIS

Python, QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, Google Earth Engine, AutoCAD, Git.

Languages

Uzbek, Tajik, Japanese, English, Russian, German.