Prof. Sritharan, Ph. D.
Faculty And Expertise
Ramanitharan Kandiah, Ph.D.Ph.D. in Civil/ Environmental Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana,, 2004. His specialties include systems analysis of wastewater disposal, activated sludge treatment, contaminated aquatic sediments, comprehensive eco systems studies and air quality modeling.
Sam L. Laki, Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, with specialties in Agricultural development and Resource Development, Department of Agricultural economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; 1992.
Krishnakumar V. Nedunuri, Ph.D.Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Purdue University, USA, 1999. Currently investigating the fate and transport of heavy metals in the presence of organic acids. Modeling the surface and subsurface contamination and transport of heavy metals. Studying the plant induced degradation of munition wastes. Modeling the fate of metals and organic compounds in dredge sediments. Stability and solution schemes for nonlinear problems in reaction engineering.
Samuel A. Okunade, Ph.D. Geomorphology, Kent State University, OH (1986) Urban planning, environmental geology, geomorphology; soils and characterization of soils, physical geology.
Subramania I. Sritharan, Ph.D., P.E. Hydraulics, Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 1984 . Surface Hydraulics, Sub-surface Hydraulics, Water Resources Systems Analysis, Hydrology, Water Quality and Environmental Engineering, and Irrigation and Drainage. Engaged in research in the following areas: Canal controls in the framework of implicit methods as alternatives to method of characteristics approach for gate stroking in open channel flow; Biospheric-atmospheric interactions for General Circulation Models; Global changes in Rainfall-Runoff processes; Renewable energy technology applications in water resources systems; Drainage systems design under stochastic recharge in agricultural areas; and Environmental Technology Transfer. Applications of remote sensing.
Ms. Xiaofang Wei, (ABD), Indiana State University, Terra Haute, Indiana, 2007. GIS, Remote Sensing, Indiana State University (Expected August 2007) Remote sensing applications for environmental applications including waste management, , soil erosion; Cartography, Aerial Photogrammetry, Remote sensing applications in bio mass determination
