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International Center for Water Resources Management 
Central State University 
Wilberforce, OH 45384

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Purdue University, USA, 1999
• M. S. in Chemical Engineering Science with specialization in Process Systems and Control, Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T), Bombay, India, 1992.
• B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, 1990.

EMPLOYMENT

• Summer, 2002: Visiting faculty researcher, Prof. Shann’s Laboratory of Remediation of petroleum contaminated sites and Ecological Restoration, Department of Biology, University of Cincinnati.
• September 1999-Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Water Resources Management, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, USA.
• August 1993-August 1994: Research Engineer, Computer Aided Design Center, I.I.T., Bombay, India
• August 1993-August 1994: Senior Research Assistant, Computer Aided Design Center, I.I.T., Bombay, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RECENT/PENDING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL GRANTS

“Agronomic optimization of phytoremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons”, passed the technical review for funding from the US EPA National Center for Environmental Research – Superfunf Minority Program – Hazardous Substance Research. Proposed period: October 2003 – October 2005. Principal Investigators: Krishnakumar V. Nedunuri and Cadance Lowell. Funding amount: $ 336, 649

“Water Quality Database Management System for the Upper Little Miami and Great Miami River Basins” funded by Greene County through Water and Wastewater Training Research Center at University of Dayton. Period: June 2003 – June 2004. Principal Investigators (PI): Krishnakumar V. Nedunuri and Subramania I. Sritharan. Funding amount: $ 40, 000

“Dewatering, Remediation, and Evaluation of Dredged Sediments” funded by Midwest Hazardous Substance Center, Purdue University through US EPA. Period: 2001-2003.
Principal Investigators (PI): Paul Schwab, Lee Newman, Krishnakumar Nedunuri, and Kathy Banks (Purdue University, University of South Carolina, and Central State University). Funding amount: $75, 000

SUSTAIN, Phase 3 Grant as Faculty Investigator with Cadance Lowell, Samuel Okunade, Judith Johnson and Lee Esprit as a sub-contract to Wright State University to add Discovery style learning modules to science and math courses in the General Education Requirements. Summer, 2000 ($30,000 for first year; renewed for 2001-2002 academic year).

“Habitat structures in Kanahwa river”, funded by the U.S. department of Army, Huntington District, Corps of Engineers, Huntington, West Virginia. Co-PI with Samuel Okunade (PI), Sam Laki, and S.I. Sritharan. Period: 1999-2000. Funding amount: $21,000.

One of the grant writers and data contributors for a successful proposal to the Ohio Board of Regents (OBR) Technology Initiative RFO for $ 85,000 for enhancing technology in learning at CSU.

RESEARCH

TEACHING

Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS:
Lab course on Hydraulic Engineering - CE 552
Department of Environmental and Hydraulic Engineering, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN:
Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics - CE 340
Department of Water Resources Management, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH:
Introduction to Water Resources Management - WRM 204
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics - WRM 305
Groundwater - WRM 202
Urban Water Problems - WRM 402
Water Chemistry - WRM 309
Water Supply -WRM 206
Wastewater Systems - WRM 301
Streams and Lakes - WRM 309
Teaching Innovations:
Developed and conducted an online web-assisted course Introduction to Water Resources Management - WRM 200 using webCT.
Applied an interactive learning methodology to promote inquiry in students.

AWARDS

• Received a certificate of achievement as a WebCT Faculty Trainer for the year of 2002.
• Received STAR Faculty Award for promoting undergraduate research for the year 2001 and 2002.
• Received College of Business and Industry Outstanding Faculty Award for the Academic year 2001-2002.
• Elected as an Honored Member of Strathmore's WHO's WHO, a professional directory and global network listing meritorious individuals in the fields of arts and sciences, engineering, law and business.
• Received Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE)'s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching for the year 2002, at the Eighth Annual Faculty Retreat, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, March 1, 2002.

AFFILIATION TO PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Civil Engineers; American Association of University Professors, Air & Waste Management Association, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Geophysical Union, European Geophysical Society.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS/BOOK CHAPTERS/PROCEEDINGS

• Nedunuri K.V., Govindaraju Rao S., A.P Schwab, Influence of organic acids on mobility of heavy metals in rhizosphere (under preparation for submission).
  
• Nedunuri K.V. and Subramania I. Sritharan, Enhancement of Higher Order Thinking Skills in Web-Assisted Education: A Case Study in the Water Resources Field (submitted to the Journal of Engineering Education. (2003).
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, H. Henry, and J.R. Shann (2002). Effect of Spatial Heterogeneity on Field scale Assessment of Sustainable Phytoremediation of PAH and metal contaminated sites using Natural Revegetation. May 14-15, 2002, US EPA Mid-west Hazardous Substance Research Center Kick-off meeting, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906 (Poster).
  
• T.-P. Chan, K.V. Nedunuri, and R.S. Govindaraju (2003), Decision Making Tools for Field-Scale Studies: Interval Computing Method and Modified Analysis of Variance, in Decision Models for Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, M.G. Satish and B. Datta (eds.), WIT Press, 33 pp.
  
• D. Minor, C. Lowell, and K.V. Nedunuri, Micronutrient Release from Rock Dust, Proceedings of the STARS statewide conference on undergraduate research, March 7-9, 2003, Miami University, Ohio.
  
• B. Jones, C. Lowell, and K. V. Nedunuri, Copper uptake into roots from hydroponically grown tree seedlings, The Ohio Journal of Science, An international Multidisciplinary Journal, 102(1), A-12, 2002.
  
• Nedunuri, K.V., A.P. Schwab, and R.S. Govindaraju, Enhanced mobility of lead in soil rhizosphere: Model development and validation, Building Partnerships Proceedings of the 2000 Joint Water Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management, Ed. Rollin H. Hotchkiss and Michael Glade, ASCE International Headquarters, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191.
  
• Nedunuri K.V., Govindaraju Rao S., M.K. Banks, and A.P. Schwab, Role of spatial variability in the field-scale degradation of total petroleum hydrocarbons using plants, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 126(6), 483-490, June, 2000.
  
• Nedunuri K.V., Govindaraju Rao S., L.E. Erickson, Modeling the role of active biomass in the fate and transport of lead in the presence of root exudates. Journal of Hazardous Substance Research, 1(9), 1-25,1998.
  
• Govindarju R.S., and K.V. Nedunuri, Geostatistical Analysis of TPH Degradation in Field Soils, FED-Vol. 247, Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division, pp. 71-78, The 1998 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 15-20, Anaheim, California, 1998.
  
• Nedunuri K.V., R.S. Govindaraju, A.P. Schwab, and L.E. Erickson, Geochemical Modeling of Lead in the vadose zone, ASCE North American Water and Environment Congress’ 96, Anaheim, California, June 23-28, 1996.
  
• Nedunuri K.V., R.S. Govindaraju, and L.E. Erickson, Modeling the role of biomass in heavy metal transport in vadose zone, Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Annual Biochemical Engineering Symposium, Ed. L.E. Erickson, Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506, September 21, 1996.
  
• Nedunuri, K.V., Govindaraju Rao S., L.E. Erickson and A.P. Schwab, “Modeling the role of Heavy Metal movement in Vegetated, Unsaturated soils with Emphasis on Geochemistry”, Proceedings of the conference on Hazardous Waste Research, May 23-24, 1995, http://www.engg.ksu.edu/hsrc/proceedings.html.

INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

• K.V. Nedunuri, Fate and transport of lead in mining areas under the influence of vegetation, Golden Jubilee Seminar Hall, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, July 8, 2002, Bangalore, India.
• K.V. Nedunuri, Fate and transport of lead in soil columns, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2000, April 14, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• K.V. Nedunuri, Spatial variability in the degradation of total petroleum hydrocarbons using phytoremediation: A field-study – a colloquium talk in the Department of Geology at Wright State University on May 25, 2000.
• K.V. Nedunuri, Fate and transport of lead in the presence of organic acids, May 19, 1999, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, U.S.A.
• K.V. Nedunuri and R.S. Govindaraju, Role of spatial variability in assessing field-scale phytoremediation strategies, European Geophysical Meeting, 1998, April 22-25, Nice, France.

• A.P. Schwab, Lee Newman, K.V. Nedunuri, and M.K. Banks, Dewatering and remediation of dredged sediments, 2003 Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Meeting (Purdue University and US EPA), May 13, 2003, Embassy Suites Plaza Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri.
  
• Schwab, A.P., M.K. Banks, K.V. Nedunuri, K.W. Euliss, Dewatering, remediation, and evaluation of dredged sediments, ASI Phytoremediation of heavy metals advanced learning institute, August 2002.
  
• Niya Curry, K.V. Nedunuri, and S.I. Sritharan, Modeling rapid dewatering of dredged sediments, 2003 Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Meeting (Purdue University and US EPA), May 13, 2003, Embassy Suites Plaza Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri (Poster presentation).
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, H. Henry, and J.R. Shann, "Effect of Spatial Heterogeneity on Field scale Assessment of Sustainable Phytoremediation using Natural Revegetation", May 14-15, 2002, US EPA Mid-west Hazardous Substance Research Center Kick-off meeting, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, C. A. Lowell, Inquiry Methods in Water Resources, State-wide SUSTAIN meeting, November 28, 2001, University Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Columbus, OH 43210.
  
• A.P Schwab, M.K. Banks, K.V. Nedunuri, S.I. Sritharan, K.W. Euliss, and V.S. Mankad, Dewatering, Remediation, and Evaluation of Dredged Sediments, May 14-15, 2002, US EPA Mid-west Hazardous Substance Research Center Kick-off meeting, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, A.P. Schwab, and R.S. Govindaraju, Enhanced mobility of lead in soil rhizosphere: Model development and validation, 2000 Joint Water Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management, July 30-August 2, 2000, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, R S Govindaraju, L E Erickson, Modeling of Heavy Metal Movement in the Soil Rhizosphere, 1997 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 8-12, 1997, San Francisco, California.
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, Govindaraju Rao S., L.E. Erickson, Modeling and simulation of Heavy Metal Transport in Rhizosphere soil: Influence of active biomass, 12 th Annual Conference on Hazardous Waste Research, May 19-22,1997, Kansas Airport Hilton, Kansas City , Missouri.
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, Role of vegetation in the remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils, Enhancing the Science and Technology Infrastructure in Kansas Through EPSCoR, A Statewide EPSCoR Conference, Kansas Expocentre 17 th & Topeka Blvd Topeka, Kansas February 20-21, 1997.
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, N. Muralidharan, Govindaraju Rao S., L.E. Erickson, A.P. Schwab, Modeling and Simulation of Heavy Metal Transport in soils, Third Annual Statewide EPSCoR Conference Linkages, Partnerships and Strategic Technologies/Manor Conference Center, Kansas Expocentre, Topeka, Kansas February 1-2, 1996.
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, and Rao S. Govindaraju, Modeling of Heavy Metal Movement in the soil vadoze zone: Influence of organic acids, 1996 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 15-19, 1996, San Francisco, California.
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, Govindaraju Rao S., L.E. Erickson, Modeling the role of microbial biomass in heavy metal transport in vadose zone, HSRC WERC Joint conference on the Environment, May 21-23,1996, Holiday Inn Pyramid, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  
• K.V. Nedunuri, Govindaraju Rao S., L.E. Erickson and A.P. Schwab, Modeling the role of Heavy Metal movement in Vegetated, Unsaturated soils with Emphasis on Geochemistry, Hazardous Waste Research conference, May 23-24, 1995, K-State Union, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
  
• Anmala, J., Nedunuri, K.V., Govindaraju Rao S., and Koelliker J.K., Prediction of Watershed Runoff Using Artificial Neural Networks, 1995 First ASCE International Conference on Water Resources Engineering, San Antonio, Texas.
  
• Anmala, J., Nedunuri, K.V., Govindaraju Rao S., and Koelliker J.K., Rainfall-Runoff Modeling Using Artificial Neural Networks, 1995 12th Kansas Water Conference, Manhattan, Kansas.
  
• Krishna Kumar V. Nedunuri, and R.K. Malik, Process Simulation of Ammonia Plants, Conference on Process Simulation of plants, 26-27, February 1993, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khaz, New Delhi, India.
  
• Krishna Kumar V. Nedunuri, Minimum Reflux Ratio for Multicomponent Distillation, InChES’ 89, Inter-University Chemical Engineering Paper Presentation Seminar, Department of Technology, Annamalai University, Annamalai nagar, 24-26 February, 1989.