Curriculum Vitae of Umesh Chandra Kothyari

CURRICULUM VITAE OF UMESH CHANDRA KOTHYARI

(March, 2008)

1. Address : Dr. Umesh C. Kothyari,

Professor Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

Roorkee – 247667

Ph. +91-(0)1232-285496(O),285119,274286(R)

+91-(0)9897017259 (Mobile)

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2. Research Interests: River Engineering and Surface Hydrology

3. Academic Profile

I have been involved in teaching and research in the areas of River Engineering and Catchment Surface Hydrology for a period of more than twenty years at: the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, (Formerly: University of Roorkee), India and the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India. In addition, I have also worked as a researcher at the Technical University, Delft, the Netherlands (in 1993 – 1994), the Department of Engineering Hydrology, National University of Ireland, Galway (in 1991) and at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA (in 1991). In 2003 I was involved in research in the area of Hydraulic Engineering as a visiting Associate Professor to the Institute of Hydro Sciences, German Armed Forces University Munich, Germany. From April to September 2005, I was involved in research in the area of Hydraulic Engineering at the Institute for Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich. I visited the Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan from January to October, 2007 on an invitation from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) for research work in the area of Hydraulic Engineering. My research findings have been well received by the scientific community and are widely cited too. I have collaborated internationally in research and provided inputs to scientific knowledge through publications, peer reviews of the journal papers and editorship.

I have developed and taught several courses both to graduate and undergraduate level students at the Indian institute of Technology, Roorkee, India. These courses include: Pipe and Channel Hydraulics, Sediment Transport, Hydromechanics, Hydrology and Hydrometeorology. In addition to the classroom teaching, the curriculum for these courses also includes laboratory and fieldwork and the tutorial classes.

4. Education

· Post – Doctoral Research (River Engineering) - Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands, February 1993- January 1994

· Post – Doctoral Research (Earth Surface Processes) - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA, October 1991 to January 1992

· Post – Doctoral Research (Earth Surface Processes) - Department of Engineering Hydrology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, April 1991 to June 1992

· Doctor of Philosophy (River Engineering) - Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Formerly: University of Roorkee), Roorkee, India, 1990

· Master of Engineering (Hydraulic Engineering), Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Formerly: University of Roorkee), Roorkee, India, 1985 – with Honors

· AMIE (Civil Engineering), The Institution of Engineers, India, 1981 – Gold Medal

· Diploma (Civil Engineering), Board of Technical Education, UP, India - V Rank in the Province

5. Academic Experience

· February, 2004 to date – Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

· January to October, 2007 – JSPS invitation Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) invitation fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

· April, 2005 to September, 2005 - Visiting Professor, Institute of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, VAW, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland

· February, 2002 to May 2002- Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Hydro Sciences, Armed Forces University, Munich, Germany

· February, 2001 to January, 2004 - Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

· April, 1996 to February, 2001 - Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

· November, 1985 to April, 1996 - Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

· May, 1985 to November, 1985 - Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

· April, 1982 to May, 1985 - Senior Research Assistant, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India

6. Awards Received

· Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) invitation fellowship, 2007.

· S. N. Gupta Memorial Lecturer award, Indian Society for Hydraulic Engineering, Pune, India, 2006.

· Jal Vigyan Purushar, Indian Society for Hydraulic Engineering, Pune, India, 2002 & 2000

· Koshla Annual Research Award – Commendation Certificate, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 2000

· Young Engineer Award, Central Board of Irrigation and Power, India, 1994

· Khosla Annual Research Award, GOLD MEDAL, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 1988

· MEDAL of the Central Board of Irrigation and Power, India, for the research paper “Sediment Yield Estimation”, 1987

· Institution of Engineers (India) GOLD MEDAL for securing top position in (Winter) Examination, 1981

7. Professional Recognitions Received

Associate Editor

· Water Science and Technology Library, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands - Since 1998

· Hydrology Journal – Indian Association of Hydrologists

· Journal of Hydraulics – Indian Society for Hydraulics

Reviewer

· Journal of Hydraulic Engineering - American Society of Civil Engineers

· Journal of Hydraulic Research-International Association of Hydraulic Research and Engineering

· Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier Science Publications

· Hydrological Sciences Journal, International Association of Scientific Hydrology

· Hydrological Processes, John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

· Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier Science Publications

· Journal of Sedimentology – Elsevier Science Publications

· Journal of Institution of Engineers, India – Civil Engineering Division.

· Hydrology Journal – Indian Association of Hydrologists

· Journal of Hydraulic Research – Indian Society For Hydraulics

Other Fellowships Awarded

· Irish Government Fellowship for advanced studies in the area of Hydrology at National University of Ireland, 1991

· BOYCAST (Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science and Technology) for advanced studies in the area of Hydrology at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 1991

· European Commission Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1992 for Post Doctoral work at Delft Institute of Technology, The Netherlands, 1992

· British Overseas Administration Fellowship for attending the International Conferences, 1996, 1997 and 2004.

8. Details of Theses Supervised (Co-supervisor within brackets)

Ph.D. Theses Supervised

· A.K. Tiwari, 1995, Department of Hydrology, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, “Temporal Variation of Sediment Yield From Small Catchments”, (Prof. Ranvir Singh)

· A.K. Singh, 1997, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, “River Morphological Modeling”, (Prof. K.G. Ranga Raju)

· Zulfiquar Ahmad, 1998, Department of Civil Engineering, Thaper Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India, “Longitudinal Dispersion of Conservative Pollutants”, (Prof. K.G. Ranga Raju and Prof. R.P. Mathur)

· Sarfaraz Ansari, 1999, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, “Scour in Cohesive Sediments”, (Prof. K.G. Ranga Raju)

· Mohd. Athar, 2000, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, “Vortex Type Sediment Extractor” (Prof. R.J. Garde)

· N. K. Khullar,2003, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee , India, “Effect of Wash Load on Sediment Transport” (Prof. K.G. Ranga Raju)

· M. Rajurkar, 2003, Department of Water Resources Development and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, “Rainfall – Runoff Modelling with ANN” (Prof. U. C. Chaube)

· M.K. Jain, 2004, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, “Physically Based Mathematical Modelling of Rainfall – Runoff – Soil Erosion Processes” (Dr. S.M. Seth, Prof. K.G. Ranga Raju)

· Sarabjeet Singh, 2005, Department of Civil Engineering, Thaper Institute of Technology, Patiala, India ¨Two Dimensional Mixing of Conservative Pollutants in Streams¨ (Dr. Z. Ahmad)

· Saif Said, 2006, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, “Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Microwave Remote Sensing” (Dr. M. K. Arora)

· Ashsih Kumar, 2007, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, “Scour Around Compound Bridge Piers”.

· Rajesh K. Jain, 2008, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, “Influence of Cohesion on Transport of Sediment Mixtures ”.

M. Tech. (Postgraduate) Theses Supervised: - 49

9. Publications

(a) Record of Citations of Publications (up to March, 2008):

· Sum of the citations = 232

· Average citations per paper = 5.95

· h - index = 9

(b) Books

1. R.J. Garde, K.G. Ranga Raju and U.C. Kothyari, (1994), Effects of unsteadiness and stratification on local scour, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India, 192 pp

2. Chapter on - Scour around bridge piers – by U.C. Kothyari, (2002), Bridge engineering – some issues of research interests; Ed. By Prem Krishna, Railway Chair on Bridge Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India, pp 157-180

(d) Papers in Conferences: Total number up to March 2008 – 57

List of recent papers in International review journals:

1. Kothyari U.C. and R.K. Jain (2008), Influence of cohesion on incipient motion condition of sediment mixtures, Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union (AGU) – in press.

2. Saif, S., Kothyari, U.C., Arora M. (2008), ANN based soil moisture retrieval over bare and vegetated areas using ERS-2 SAR data, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)- in press.

3. Singh, S., Ahmad, Z. and Kothyari, U.C.,(2008), 2D mixing of pollutants in streams with transverse line source, Journal of Hydraulic Research, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR) – in press.

4. Kothyari, U.C. (2008), Bridge scour- status and research challenges, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Indian Society for Hydraulics – in press.

5. Kothyari, U. C. (2008), Soil erosion and sediment yield modeling, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Indian Society for Hydraulics – in press.

6. Kothyari, UC and Hashimoto, H. (2008), Discussion of “Downstream hydraulic geometry of alluvial channels” by J. S. Lee and P. Y. Julien, December 2006, Vol. 32, No. 12, pp.1347-1352, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)- in press.

7. Khullar, N.K., Kothyari U.C. and Ranga Raju, KG (2007), Effect of wash load on flow resistance, Journal of Hydup toraulic Research, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), Vol. 45(4), pp 497-504.

8. Kothyari, U.C., Hager, W.H., and Oliveto, G. (2007), Generalized approach for clear-water scour at bridge foundation elements, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Vol. 133(11), pp1229-1240.

9. Ansari, S., Kothyari, U. C. and Ranga Raju (2007), Incipient motion Characteristics of cohesive sediments. Journal of Hydraulic Research, Indian Society for Hydraulics, Vol. 13(2), pp 108-121.

10. Kothyari, U. C. (2007), Bridge pier scour in gravel bed rivers. Journal of Hydraulic Research, Indian Society for Hydraulics, Vol. 13(3), pp 1-14.

11. Kothyari, U. C. (2007), Indian practice on estimation of scour around bridge piers-a comment, Sadhna, Journal of Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore, Vol. 32,(3), pp 187-197.

12. Khullar, N. K., Kothyari, U. C., and Ranga Raju K.G. (2007). Bed load transport in the presence of wash load transport. Journal of Hydraulic Research, Indian Society for Hydraulics, Vol. 13(1), pp 106-122.

List of recent papers in Conferences/Seminars/Workshops

1. Kothyari, U.C., Mittal, M.K. and Garde, R.J.(2007), Assessment of rock erodibility for bridge foundations – a case study for proposed railway bridge on the river Yamuna in Delhi, HYDRO –07, NIT Surat, Dec., pp 393-403.

2. Jain, R.K. and Kothyari, U.C. (2007), Numerical modeling of aggradation and degradation, HYDRO –07, NIT Surat, Dec., pp 417-427.

3. Athar, M., Kothyari, U.C. and Garde, R.J. (2007), Velocity distribution in the vortex type sediment extractor, HYDRO –07, NIT Surat, Dec., pp 363-372.

4. Vemula, A. and Kothyari, U.C. (2007), Classification of rainy days using SVM, HYDRO –07, NIT Surat, Dec., pp 1-7.

5. Kothyari, U.C., Hager, W.H. and Oliveto, G. (2006), Clear water scour at bridge piers and abutments. River Flow-06. Portugal, Sept., pp1737-1742.

6. Kothyari,U. C. and Jain, R. K. (2006). Key Note Paper: Detachment of clay-gravel mixtures by channel flow. International Conference on Application of Fluid Mechanics in Industry and Environment, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 28 -31 August, 152-157.

7. Kothyari, U.C., Ansari, S.A. and Ranga Raju, K.G. (2006), Influence of cohesion on incipient motion of fine sediments, Proceeding of 15th congress of ADP-IAHR,IIT Madras, Chennai, India, Aug 7-10, 277-284.

9. Kothyari, U.C. and Garde R. J. (2006), Bridge pier scour in gravel bed rivers, HYDRO –06, BVP, Pune, Dec.

10. Kothyari, U. C. (2006), Key Note Paper: An assessment on Indian practice for estimation of scour around bridge piers and abutments, National Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering, Roorkee, March 24-25, pp 89-100.

10. Research Projects Investigated (Name of Co- Investigators inside bracket)

· Indian National Committee on Hydraulic Research, Ministry of Water Resources, “Testing of Devices for Control of Scour Around Bridge Piers – in progress.

· Department of Science and Technology, N. Delhi, India, “Hydrological Modeling and Soil Erosion Assessment for Khulgad Micro – Watershed in Kumaoun Region and Pathri Rao Watershed in Garhwal Region, India" – in progress.

· Department of Science and Technology, N. Delhi, India, “Effect of cohesion of Initiation of Motion and Transport on Non-Uniform Sediments" –2007.

· All India Council of Technical Education, India, “Estimation of Soil Moisture Using Microwave Remote Sensing ”– 2004, (Dr. M. Arora).

· Department of Science and Technology, N. Delhi, India, “Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Microwave Remote Sensing –Preparation of State of the Art Report”, 1999, (Dr. Manoj Arora).

· The Ministry of Human Resources, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India, “(i) Compilation of Roorkee Data on Fluvial Hydraulics; (ii) River Bed – Material Size Distribution Studies; (iii) Other Activities Under the Center for Fluvial Hydraulics”, (1989-1994), (Prof. K.G. Ranga Raju - Coordinator).

· The Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi “Longitudinal Dispersion of Conservative Pollutions”, 1992 to 1996, (Prof. K.G. Ranga Raju).

· The British Council Divn., British High Commission, New Delhi, India, “An ALIS-LINK Program in the Area of Flood Forecasting with the University of New Castle Upon Tyne, U.K.”, Link Program, 1992-1996, (Prof. K.G. Ranga Raju and Prof. P.E.O. Connell).