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Personal Overview

I received my B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, M.S. in Water Resources Engineering from Clemson University and a Ph.D. from Clemson University in 1982.

In addition to research and teaching, I am active in STEM education and outreach and education. I recently received a NSF STEM grant to grow STEM education to students from Community and State Colleges (http://2ngw.tianjingkeji.com/transfer-admissions/cost-scholarships-and-aid/fits-stem-scholarship/) . I have also organized week-long Engineering Summer Camps since 2009 (http://www.totalcamps.com/FITENGINEERINGCAMPS ). The extremely successful summer camp is for 9th to 12th graders who are interested in engineering. The camp attendees witness laboratory demonstrations and conduct well-designed experiments in Aerospace, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Ocean Engineering as well as Computer Science, Construction Management, Nanotechnology and Physics. They also learn about MATLAB, AutoCAD, Fusion 360, and Pro Engineer. My primary research focus has been in the area of applying numerical models to solve real-world problems. I have also conducted research in Stormwater Management, primarily developing models to forecast nutrient loads from watersheds and estimating removal efficiencies of some of the best management practices (BMPs).

I truly enjoy teaching and am constantly looking for innovative ways to communicate information to students. My style of lecturing is highly interactive and I try to keep students engaged in the classroom. I have also authored a book (through ASCE Press; http://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784414040) that shows students on how to use spreadsheets to solve problems in Hydraulics and Hydrology