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Artificial Intelligence for the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
- 1st Edition - October 1, 2025
- Editors: Shahryar Jafarinejad, Amir Shahirinia
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 0 1 9 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 4 0 2 0 - 8
Artificial Intelligence for the Water-Energy-Food Nexus considers the interrelationships between water, energy, and food, which are key to sustainable development, and the potent… Read more
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Request a sales quoteArtificial Intelligence for the Water-Energy-Food Nexus considers the interrelationships between water, energy, and food, which are key to sustainable development, and the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool to facilitate research and development within and between these areas. The first chapter introduces the water-energy-food nexus, including the three dimensions of the nexus (water-energy nexus, water-food nexus, and energy-food nexus), assessment and analysis methods, challenges and opportunities, trends, and future perspectives. The second chapter discusses artificial intelligence techniques, such as machine learning, natural language processing, machine or computer vision, and automation and robotics. This is followed by in-depth chapters that study the application of AI techniques to the three different sectors that form the nexus, covering water treatment processes, wastewater management, water quality and pollution, water resource management, renewable energy systems, load monitoring, grid management and smart grid, optimization and process control, energy consumption, energy storage, smart energy forecasting, and sorting and classification, detection, safety, prediction, control, quality analysis, production process optimization, and packaging in the context of the food industry. The final chapter brings everything together by presenting the applications of AI to the water-energy nexus, water-food nexus, energy-food nexus, and water-energy-food nexus. This book is of interest to all those who are looking to understand and utilize AI techniques in the context of energy, water, food, sustainable development, or other interdisciplinary areas, including researchers, advanced students, faculty, engineers, R&D, industry professionals, and policy makers.
- Provides an overview of the water-energy-food nexus including frameworks, assessment/analysis, challenges and opportunities, and trends
- Explores individual applications of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to the water, energy, and food sectors
- Highlights the application and potential of AI as relates to the water-energy-food nexus
Researchers, advanced students, and faculty in energy, environmental science, civil and environmental engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, agricultural science, biosystems engineering, sustainability, and other related disciplines
1. Introduction to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Concepts/Frameworks, Assessment, Challenges, and Trends
2. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Techniques
3. Artificial Intelligence for the Water Sector/Industry
4. Artificial Intelligence for the Energy Sector/Industry
5. Artificial Intelligence for the Food Sector/Industry
6. Artificial Intelligence Application to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
2. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Techniques
3. Artificial Intelligence for the Water Sector/Industry
4. Artificial Intelligence for the Energy Sector/Industry
5. Artificial Intelligence for the Food Sector/Industry
6. Artificial Intelligence Application to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
- No. of pages: 275
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 1, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443340192
- eBook ISBN: 9780443340208
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Shahryar Jafarinejad
Dr. Shahryar Jafarinejad is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Tuskegee University (TU), United States, where he also serves as a faculty senate member since 2019. Before joining TU in 2018, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Irvine. He has taught chemical engineering courses at TU, University of Tehran, and the College of Environment, and Technical and Vocational University (Iran), and supervised undergraduate and graduate students. He has published three books, several book chapters, and numerous peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, and has served as an editorial board member and reviewer of engineering journals. His research group focuses on green technologies and sustainable materials, energy and environment, and applying nanotechnology and modeling and simulation tools to solve problems in chemical and environmental engineering. He received the Henry C. McBay Faculty Research Fellowship from UNCF and the Outstanding Faculty Performance Award for Research and Teaching/Learning at TU in 2020 and 2022, respectively.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Tuskegee University, USAAS
Amir Shahirinia
Dr. Amir Shahirinia is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington DC, United States. He is the Director of the Smart Grids and Artificial Intelligence Lab (SGAI) at UDC and serves as the Director of the Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy. A distinguished expert in the fields of electrical engineering and artificial intelligence, his research primarily focuses on integrating artificial intelligence in power systems, power electronics, and motor drives. He specializes in the optimal planning and operation of renewable energy grid integration systems (REGIS), with a particular emphasis on intelligent real-time control of these systems, as well as the application of robotics in the health monitoring of energy systems. Dr. Shahirinia has secured over $10 million in research funding from various esteemed organizations such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Defense (DoD), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the DC Water Resources Research Institute (DCWRRI).
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington DC, USA