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Visiting International Fellowship 2015‐2016 The International Council (IC) of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) congratulates the following Visiting International Fellows to the 2016 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress in West Palm Beach, Florida: Dr. Mohamed El Zayat, Egypt Host: Mr. Paul Bizier Paper title: Odor treatment for advanced wastewater treatment technology Dr. Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, China Host: Dr. Bing Chen Paper title: Physico‐chemical treatment of stabilized leachate using integrated ammonia stripping and ozone‐treated activated carbon Dr. Ritesh Vijay, India Host: Dr. Aditya Tyagi Paper title: Object based image analysis fo rimpact of sewage pollution in creek and coastal environment of Mumbai, India Dr. Saied Yousefi, Iran Host: Dr. Seyed Hajimirzaie Paper title: Altitude‐based negotiations for resolving water and environmental conflicts In addition to presenting their papers at the Congress, each Fellow also participated in professional exchange activities during their visit to the United States (see their reports for more details). The Fellows were selected based on a competitive review of their applications.
World Environmental & Water Resources Congress
Visiting International Fellowship Awardee Report
Dr. Mohamed El Zayat
May 2016
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As an expert in the field of Water and Environmental Engineering, I have being
participated in several conferences with the Environmental and Water Resources Institute since
2011. The EWRI conferences and events are not like any others because it provides an extensive,
comprehensive and updated knowledge in the field of water and environment. The conferences
organized by EWRI are also distinguished by the participation of highly number of qualified
international experts from both academic and industrial fields. Thus, participating in any EWRI
event is an honor.
The EWRI annually invites Visiting International Fellows from developing countries to
participate in the annual World Water and Environmental Resources Congresses in May of each
year. I participated in the EWRI congress 2015 where I was presenting my work. Hence, I decided
to submit my VIF application for the following EWRI Congress held in West Palm Beach in 2016. I
cannot explain my feelings when I knew that I was selected to be one of the VIF awardees in the
EWRI 2016, and it was awesome to have Mr. Paul Bizier as my host. I would like first to gratefully
acknowledge all the EWRI staff for selecting me this year and for their invaluable effort to make
the 2016 EWRI congress unforgettable. I am especially thankful for: Dr. E. Zia Hosseinipour (Chair
of VIF), Mr. Brian Parsons (EWRI Director), Dr. Cristiane Queiroz (Co-Chair of VIF and EWRI Vice
President), Dr.Steve K. Starrett (EWRI President Elect), and Mr. David Dee (EWRI President). I
would like to express my heartfelt thanks and my deep gratitude to my wonderful host Mr. Paul
Bizier (EWRI Past President) and his wife Mrs. Beth Bizier for their support and kindness.
While attending the 2016 EWRI congress, I had a lot of professional, technical and cultural
activities. I started with my cultural activities in New York on May 17 and May 18 where my wife
and I visited the liberty statue and the central park. We also watched one of the amazing theaters
in the broad way. Then we arrived Nashville to meet Mr. Paul Bizier and his decent wife Mrs. Beth
Bizier who hosted us in their lovely house. Paul organized for me several technical tours in
Nashville. We visited together a small wastewater treatment plant and the Nashville City
Wastewater Treatment Plant with its anaerobic digestion unit. I had the opportunity to visit and
have technical discussions with Paul’s team at his office at BWSC. It was a great opportunity for
me and my wife to explore Nashville which I can say it is one of best attractive sites in the world
due to it calmness and friendly people. We visited the civil war related sites (Carnton Plantation
and the Battle of Franklin) and we watched the amazing RODEO show. We moved then to West
Palm Beach to attend the conference on May 21. On May 22, we had the welcoming VIP dinner
with the other VIF awardees and the EWRI governing board. On May 23, I was honored to receive
my VIF award in a pleasant ceremony for the 2016 Visiting International Fellowships awardees.
On May 25, I presented my latest research work entitled “Odor Treatment for Advanced
Wastewater Treatment Technology” in the technical plenary session “Innovative Water,
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Wastewater and Stormwater Treatment“. On May 26, I have participated in the Wastewater
Engineering Technical Committee (WWETC). Also, I attended several plenary sessions in the
conference and had discussions with many of the participants. I had also casual technical
discussions with the other VIF awardees from India, Iran, and China. We then moved to Orlando
for other technical and cultural activities. Paul and I have visited the Reedy Creek Improvement
District WWTP at Disney Land. Finally, my wife and I had great time at Orlando where we visited
the Universal Studios and the Sea World.
Finally, I would like to encourage researchers from developing countries not only to
attend the EWRI conferences but also to apply for the VIF award. The VIF award together with
the EWRI congress is unique due to the vast technical and cultural activities that are provided. It
gives a great opportunity for researchers to exchange technical ideas and activities
internationally.
PHOTOS
NEW YORK (May 17& May 18)
Figure 1: Central Park – New York
Figure 2: Liberty Statue
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NASHVILLE( May 18 to May 21)
Figure 3: Nashville Downtown
Figure 4: Carnton Plantation
Figure 5: Professional Tour at a compact WWTP in Nashville
Figure 6: RODEO Show
Figure 7: A Professional Tour at Nashville Main WWTP
Figure 8: Battle of Franklin
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WEST PALM BEACH – EWRI CONGRESS (May 22- May 26)
Figure 9: VIP Dinner
Figure 10: VIF Award Ceremony
Figure 11: Mr. Paul Bizier (Host and EWRI Past President)
Figure 12: Mr. David Dee (EWRI President)
Figure 13: Dr. Cristiane Queiroz
Figure 14: My Technical Session
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ORLANDO (May 27- May 29)
Figure 15: Paul & Beth Bezeir and Mohamed & Amira El Zayat at
Disney
Figure 16: Professional Tour at Reedy Creek
Improvement District WWTP
Figure 17: Universal Studios
Figure 18: Sea World
Report on
VISITING INTERNATIONAL FELLOW AWARD AND CONGRESS ATTENDANCE
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
May 22-26, 2016
RITESH VIJAY Senior Scientist
Environmental Systems Design and Modeling
CSIR- NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Nagpur - 440020, Maharashtra, INDIA
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International Council (IC) of American Society of Civil Engineers’ Environmental and
Water Resources Institute (ASCE-EWRI) established the Visiting International Fellowship
(VIF) program to increase the participation of water resources and environmental
professionals from developing countries and to promote sustained professional and cultural
exchange. VIF award provides visit of the fellow to USA and a unique opportunity to interact
and understand the problems of developed and developing countries in the area of
environment and water resources. It helps the fellow to the latest development in both
technical methods and instrumentation. I came to know about this fellowship by my Ph. D.
guide Professor Rajesh Gupta, VNIT, Nagpur who received VIF award in 2013 at Cincinnati,
Ohio and by Dr. Aditya Tyagi Principal Technocrat, CH2M HILL, Austin during his visit to
India in 2015. Based on my research work and publications in Science Citation Index
journals in the field of Environmental System Design and Modelling, he encouraged me to
apply for VIF award and accepted to be my host. Due to his continuous guidance and
encouragement, I applied for VIF award in September 2015 and received award letter in
October 2015 for the fellowship award of 2015-2016.
I was excited and honoured to receive VIF award on May 23, 2016 from Brian K
Parson, the Director EWRI. I take this opportunity to thank my host Dr. Aditya Tyagi for his
constantly support and encouragement for this award and also provided all necessary
support during my stay in West Palm Beach. During the congress, we discussed various
issues of environmental and water resources engineering. He explained his research work in
the field of reliability engineering and introduced me with various technical committees and
expert. He is a fantastic host who really take care of me like a family. I am also thankful to
Ms. Veronique Nguyen and Dr. E. Zia Hosseinipour for their continuous updates and support
during the congress. It was difficult for me to attend the congress and visit USA first time
without this fellowship.
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On very first day of the congress on May 22, 2016 in Ice Breaker Reception, I met my host
Dr. Aditya Typagi, Principal Technologist, CH2M Hill for VIF Award and Professor Vijay P.
Singh, Texas A and M University. It was great pleasure to meet them after a long time. We
had discussed various issues of environmental and water resources especially on Indian
context. My host introduced me with Mr. Brian Parson, Director, ASCE-EWRI and Dr.
Cristiane (Cris) Q. Surbeck, Associate Professor at University of Mississippi and Vice
President, EWRI, who welcomed me for the congress and congratulated for VIF award.
During the event, I met Dr. Bijoy K. Panigahi, General Chair of the congress and Dr.
Chandra S. Pathak, Technical Program Co-Chair.
On very next day May 23, 2016, I enjoyed the Welcome and Keynote lectures, Grand
Ballroom by Mr. Peter Antonacci Executive Director, South Florida Water District and Major
General Donal E. (Ed) Jackson Jr, US Army Corps of Engineers. After inauguration of the
congress and networking break, Concurrent Technical Session I was started in 12 parallel
themes of environmental and water resources engineering. I attended the full session
(EN01) on “Emerging Contaminants in Surface and Groundwaters”.
After first technical session, Welcome Luncheon Featuring by Professor Mark Edwards,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University alongwith VIF Award ceremony was held
in Grand Ballroom. It was great honour to receive the VIF award. We all the four VIF
awardees Dr. Mohamed El Zayat, Dr. Ritesh Vijay, Dr. Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan and Dr.
Saied Yousefi were presented in the function. We congratulated each other and had
common photo session. During Lunch, Mark Edwards addressed the importance of civil
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engineering profession in the quality of nation’s water supply. He also mentioned the failed
decision process lead to the tragedy in Flint River water supply. His talk was really
impressive and need of techncial, societal and economic system safeguards in public
drinking water supply.
In Concurrent Technical Session II, I presented my research work “Object based image
analysis for impact of sewage pollution in creek and coastal environment of Mumbai, India”
in Technical Program – Environmental Health and Water Quality (EN02). Today object-
based image analysis provides an option for integrating spatial information beyond the
conventional pixel based classifications for high resolution imagery. Due to its rare
applicability in pollution assessment, an attempt has been made to assess the spatial extent
of sewage pollution in creek and coastal environmental of Mumbai, India.
There were 14 parallel sessions on Emerging Technolgies (ET), Planning and
Management (PM), Hydraulics & Waterways (HW), Symposium Hydro-Climate / Climate
Change (SHC), Urban Watershed Management Symposium (UW), Water, Wastewater &
Stormwater (WWS), History & Heritage (HH), Watershed (WA), Symposium Groundwater
(GW), Hydraulic Fracturing (HF), Environmetnal (EN), Sustainability (SU), Irrigation &
Draiange (IN), Water Distribution Systems Analysis Symposium (WD). Apart from technical
session, half-day technical workshop was also orgainized on May 26, 2016 considering
various tools and technolgies namely Watershed Analysis Tool (Hec-Wat), Riverbank
Filtration for Water Supply, Flood Frequency Analysis, Outfall Design for Desalination
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Discharges using Cormix, Distributed Hydrologic Modelling with GSSHA with the WMS,
Real-Time Hydrolgic and Hydraulic Simulation with Hec-Rts 3.0, Hydrologic Modeling
System (Hec-Hms), 1D/2D Unsteady Flow Modeling and Output Visualization with Hec-Ras
5.0, Switch to R from Ms Excel for Data Analysis, Dam and Levee Breach Modeling using
Dlbreach. I also enjoyed the poster session very much presented by young researchers and
professionals.
During the congress, I attended sessions of Environment, Symposium Groundwater,
Water Quality Modeling, Urban Flood Modeling and Water Resource Modeling by various
academician, scientist, researchers, engineers, students in various fields of environmental
and water resources engineering from various countries. Other than technical session, I fully
enjoyed the technical workshop on “1D/2D Unsteady Flow Modeling and Output
Visualization with Hec-Ras 5.0” by Dr. Gary W. Brunner and Dr. Cameron T. Ackerman.
Accordingy to me, this workshop was the best session of congress. Both the speakers
presented the updates in the software and its technicality so well.
At congress networking breaks, I met and interacted with several EWRI-ASCE and
other officials (Dr. Brian Parsons, Dr. Vijay P. Singh, Dr. Bijoy K. Panigahi, and Dr. Chandra
S. Pathak) to promote EWRI-ASCE activities in India. I met and interacted with many
researchers and studnents in the area of Environment and Water Resources Engineering.
Some of them are Mr. Michael G. Cox, Gannett Fleming, Forida; Dr. Biswa Bhattacharya,
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Delft, The Netherlands; Dr. Nani G. Bhowmik,
Illinois State Water Supply; Mr. Sudershan Gangrade, OAK Ridge National Laboratory; Dr.
Sudhir Kshirsagar, HydroTrek; Dr. Om Prakash, WEST Consultants Inc CA; Adam Luke,
Univeristy of California. I also met Indian delegates name Dr. P. L. Patel, Professor, SVNIT,
Surat, Gujarat, Dr. Thummala Ravinde Reddy, Professor, Kakatiya Univeristy, Warangal,
Telangana, Dr. Hareshkumar M. Patel, Professor, M. S. University of Baroda; Mr. Akhil
Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Water, Wastewater & Storm water Council Award Lecture by Dr.
George Tchobanoglous on “Advanced Treated Water – Third Alternative Source of Potable
Waer”, Ven Te Chow Award Lecture by Professor Larry Mays on “Anceint Stormwater
Management” and Julian Hinds Award Lecture by Dr. Lindell Ormsbee, Director, Kentuchy
Water Resources Research Institute, University of Kentucky on “Reflections on 40 years of
Modeling”. It was great meeting with Dr. George Tchobanoglous even though I met him in
2009 at Myconos island, Greece in one of the International Conference on Environmental
Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics. All the lectures were informative and
best practices of civil and environmental engineerings.
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Award Lectures during the Lunch
During the congress, a panel discussion was expected amongst the VIF awardees and other
fellows on an international topic about water resources issues as mentioned in VIF award
letter. But, this could not be materialized. Although, I prepared a presentation on water
reources issues and challenges in India and discussed it with various experts.
Apart from EWRI congress activities, I met Dr. Sudhagar Nagarajan, Assistant Professor,
Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton.
We discussed application of photogrametry and remote sensing in environmental and water
resources engineering. We both explored the posibilities of LIDAR which provide the digital
elevation model required for various modelling of water reousrces planning and
management. It was a nice and fruitful meeting with him and future prospects in this field.
I left West Palm Beach on 28th May morning and reached my place Nagpur on 30th May with
excellent memories of congress especially about VIF award. I am very thankful to VIF task
committee, who supported my candidature and found me worthy for this fellowship. VIF
award has added a feather on my cap of achievements. Once again I would like to thank my
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host Dr. Aditya Tyagi for providing all logistic and technical support during the congress and
my stay at West Palm Beach. At the last, I enjoyed the congress thoroughly and I am really
looking for next congress to be held at Sacramento, California during May 21-25, 2017 of
course it will depend up on funding. I have considered this congress as one of the best
congress, I have attended so for. I am also encouraging my students and colleagues for
attending EWRI congress.
Other than congress, I visited some of the important places in West Palm Beach like South
Florida Science Center and Aquarium, West Palm Beach Zoo, City Place, Palm Beach etc. A
few photographs are attached herewith.
Visiting International Fellowship 2016-2017 The International Council (IC) of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) congratulates the following Visiting International Fellows to the 2017 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress in Sacramento, California: Ms. Fariba Arzhung, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Kabul, Afghanistan (unable to obtain visa to attend) Host: Dr. Vinka Craver Paper title: The role of women in rural water supply in Afghanistan Ms. Lucy Lahrita, Sanata Dharma University, Pontianak, Indonesia Host: Dr. Bing Chen Paper title: Adding value to unused wastewater for generating electricity on site and treating municipal wastewater Dr. Reza Modarres, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran (unable to obtain visa to attend) Host: Mr. Mehdi Rezaeianzadeh Paper title: Modeling dynamic oceanic-atmospheric connection to drought in California Dr. Prem Lal Patel, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India Host: Dr. Aditya Tyagi Paper title: A 1D numerical model for prediction of bed levels of aggrading channels In addition to presenting their papers at the Congress, each Fellow also participated in professional exchange activities during their visit to the United States (see their reports for more details). The Fellows were selected based on a competitive review of their applications.
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
Visiting International Fellowship Awardee Report
Submitted by
Dr. P L Patel, Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
SVNIT Surat, India
May 2017
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Visiting International Fellowship award report by Dr P L Patel
The visiting International Fellowship (VIF) Award, instituted by World Water and
Environmental Resources (EWRI) Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), is
more than sixteen years old award, given to the outstanding researchers and professionals of
developing countries in the world. The award has been instituted to increase the participation
of developing countries in ASCE EWRI Congress and foster sustained professional cultural
exchange between the participants.
The idea of making application of VIF award for ASCE-EWRI-2017 Congress, was originated
when I met my current host Dr. Aditya Tyagi, Principal Technologist, CH2M HILL, Austin,
USA, during ASCE EWRI Congress 2016 at West Palm beach, Florida. Dr. Aditya had
encouraged me to make application for VIF 2017 award. He has always been source of
inspiration and encouragement for making the application and writing Technical paper for the
ASCE-EWRI Congress 2017. During the congress, he took my personal care like my own
family member. While staying together, we had discussed several research areas of common
interest in the Water Resources, for possible collaboration in near future. In short, I can say, he
has been excellent host during my participation in ASCE EWRI Congress 2017 at Sacromento,
CA, USA.
Brief description of activities undertaken by me during the ASCE-EWRI Congress 2017 and
Post Conference tour is reported in the following Paragraphs:
May 20, 2017
I arrived from India for participation in the ASCE EWRI 2017 Congress on May 20, 2017 at
Sacromento Airport at 10:30 PM. I was picked up from the airport by one of my known
colleagues Mr. M R Bhatt to his residence at 3708, Gibbons Park Way, Carmichael, CA, 95608
USA. Mr Bhatt is Senior Municipal Engineer in Sacromento city, CA, USA. During my stay
with Mr. Bhatt, we had discussions on several climatic and cultural aspects of California. I had
the opportunity to see the application of SCADA systems in conserving and managing the
water through 'Drip irrigation' in his house garden. He has given overwhelming hospitality to
me while my stay at his residence during May 20, 2017 to May 21, 2017 (AN).
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May 21, 2017
I joined my host Dr. Aditya Tyagi on May 21, 2017 (AN) and stayed together during the
Congress at Hyatt Regency, Sacromento, USA. I visited the ASCE EWRI Congress venue, i.e.,
Sacromento Convention Centre, and registered for the Conference in the afternoon session. My
ASCE Membership ID is 000010654675.
The Special Ice Breaker Plenary Session was attended in the Afternoon session wherein the
renowned experts shared their views on 'Oroville Dam' crisis which took place in February
2017 wherein significant damages took place in main and emergency spillways.
May 22, 2017
The participation in the Congress begins by attending Key notes address, in the opening plenary
session, delivered Mr. K. Taraka Rama Rao, Minister of Information Technology and
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Industries, Government of Telangana, India. He emphasized the application of innovative
technologies management of water resources in the Telangana state, India.
I have presented my Technical Paper on ' A 1D numerical model for prediction of bed levels
of aggrading channels’ (ID 243779)'. The paper deals with Experimental and Numerical
investigations on prediction of bed levels of aggrading channels. The performances of different
sediment transport functions are included in the numerical model in prediction of bed levels of
aggrading channel of uniform sediments. The reported study could be useful in selection of
appropriate sediment transport function in prediction of aggradations in alluvial channels.
During the presentation, the technical queries were raised by the participants and same were
addressed satisfactorily.
Prof. Weiming Wu, Clarkson University, USA
In Post presentation session, Prof. Weiming Wu, PhD,James K. Edzwald Professor of Water
Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, USA
was interacted for possible future collaborations in the area of Fluival Hydraulics. Apart from
the paper presentation, following sessions were attended by me during the congress:
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a) 14th Urban Watershed Management Symposium: Large-Scale/Multi-Site BMP/SCM
Implementation
b) Welcome Luncheon Featuring Dr. F. Marty Ralph
c) Sedimentation Symposium: Sediment Transport Modeling
May 23, 2017
The following technical sessions were attended during the congress, apart from interacting the
participants during the congress.
a) 1D/2D Unsteady Flow Modeling & Output Visualization with HEC-RAS 5.0.
b) Planning and Management Lecture and Luncheon
c) Water Distribution Systems Analysis Symposium: Water Distribution Network
Modeling
d) Water Distribution Systems Analysis Symposium: Network Vulnerability, Reliability,
Resilience and Risk Analysis
Apart from attending aforesaid sessions, the renowned expert in the area of Water Resources
like Prof. Govidraju, Rao S., Purdue University, USA was interacted for possible collaboration
in terms of hosting him as International expert for GIAN scheme of MHRD, Govt of India for
delivering the talks to the faculty and research students at SVNIT Surat, India.
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May 24, 2017
The following technical sessions were attended during the congress, apart from interacting the
participants during the congress.
a) Sedimentation Symposium: Stochastic Sediment Transport
b) Smart Water Technologies Symposium: Real-Time Modeling and Control
c) Watershed Council Lecture and Luncheon
d) Water Distribution Systems Analysis Symposium: Emerging Technologies in Water
Distribution Systems Practice
e) Technical Workshop: Introduction to the Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS)
During the Luncheon, I had been awarded Visiting International Fellowship award (VIF) by
the eminent experts from ASCE-EWRI in the presence of my host Dr. Aditya Tyagi.
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A View of Dinner hosted by VIF host Dr. Aditya Tyagi
May 25, 2017
The following technical sessions were attended during the congress, apart from interacting the
participants during the congress:
a) Technical Workshop: Real-Time Hydrologic & Hydraulic Simulation with HEC-RTS
Version 3.0
b) Hydraulic & Waterways Council/WDSA Luncheon & Awards Lecture
c) Water Distribution Systems Analysis Symposium: Real Time Monitoring, Modeling
and Control of Water Systems II
I also participated in the panel discussion specially organised for Visiting International Fellows
wherein I have highlighted the major challenging issues related to climatic and anthropogenic
changes at basin scales in India.
May 26, 2017
Visit to University of California: DAVIS Campus and Berkley campus
The visit to both to both campuses were fantastic. During the visit, I could interact faculty and
students of Civil Engineering Departments of both the universities. I could get the insight of
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their ongoing research which are challenging and very much applied in nature. The researchers
give equal emphasize to both experimental and computational work in their ongoing research
activities.
Dr. P L Patel with Faculty and Research Scholar at UC Davis Campus
Acknowledgement
I am thankful to the committee of Visiting International Fellow, ASCE-EWRI for year 2017
for giving me the opportunity for attending the ASCE-EWRI 2017 by awarding VIF-2017. I
would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my VIF host Dr. Aditya Tyagi, Principal
Technologist, CH2M HILL, Austin, USA for taking all the care during the ASCE-EWRI 2017
Congress.
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