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Abhijith G. R.
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Research Interest
Monitoring and controlling water quality in drinking water supply systems, Developing cost-effective water and wastewater treatment technologies, Developing advanced modelling tools for water distribution systems analysis, Improving the reliability and equity of water supply in rural and urban settings, Leakage detection and control in water supply systems, Fate and transport of contaminants in natural systems.
Office
302A Western Lab Extension (WLE),
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur – 208016, UP, India
Research Area
Environmental Engineering
Education
Ph.D. – Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2016-2020)
MTech – Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur (2013-2015)
BTech – College of Engineering Trivandrum/ University of Kerala (2009-2013)
Professional Affiliations
Life Member, The Indian Society of Hydraulics (ISH)
Life Member, Indian Water Works Association (IWWA)
Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Subject Expert Group Member, Water Resources Management group, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (Ministry of Education, GOI)
Subject Expert Group Member, Environment and Sustainable Resource Management group, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (Ministry of Education, GOI)
Affiliated Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Selected Publications
Abhijith, G. R. and Ostfeld, A. 2024. Assessing uncertainties in mechanistic modeling of quality fluctuations in drinking water distribution systems. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 150(1), 04023091.
Abhijith, G. R., Naidu, M. N., Boindala, S. P., Vasan, A., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Analyzing the role of consumer behavior in coping with intermittent supply in water distribution systems. Journal of Hydroinformatics, 25(5), 1766 1787.
Abhijith, G. R., Salomons, E., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Developing a simplified practical approach for analyzing the criticality of isolation valves. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 149(11), 06023005.
Ostfeld, A and Abhijith, G. R. 2023. Digital Twin for Water Distribution Systems Management—Towards a Paradigm Shift. ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice Forum, 14(3), 02523001.
Price, E., Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Pressure management in water distribution systems through PRVs optimal placement and settings. Water Research, 226, 119236.
Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Flexible decision-making framework for developing operation protocol for water distribution systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 320, 115817.
Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Making Waves: Applying Systems Biology Principles in Water Distribution Systems Engineering. Water Research, 219, 118527.
Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Examining the longitudinal dispersion of solutes inside water distribution systems. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 148(6), 04022022.
Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2021. Model-based investigation of the formation, transmission, and health risk of perfluorooctanoic acid, a member of PFASs group, in drinking water distribution systems. Water Research, 204, 117626.
Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2021. Modeling the response of non-chlorinated, chlorinated, and chloraminated water distribution systems towards arsenic contamination. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 147(10), 04021045.
Abhijith, G. R., and Mohan, S. 2021. Cellular Automata-based Mechanistic Model for Analyzing Microbial Regrowth and Trihalomethanes Formation in Water Distribution Systems. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 147(1), 04020145.
Mohan, S., and Abhijith, G. R. 2020. Hydraulic Analysis of Intermittent Water Distribution Networks considering Partial Flow Regimes. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 146(8), 04020071.
Abhijith, G. R., and Mohan, S. 2020. Random Walk Particle Tracking embedded Cellular Automata model for predicting temporospatial variations of chlorine in water distribution systems. Environmental Processes, 7(1), 271-296.
Awards & Fellowships
JWRPM AWARDS for EWRI 2025: Best Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
Second Place in the Graduate Student Paper competition by the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute: Ivo D., Kadinski L., Abhijith G. R., Ostfeld A., and Cominola A. 2023. "A machine learning-based surrogate model for coupled hydraulic and water quality simulation in water distribution networks. EWRI Conference, Henderson Nevada, USA., May 21-24.
Honors Fellowship in 2022 for Exceptional Post Doc student from Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Pre-post-Doctoral Fellowship in 2020 by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Government of Taiwan Fellowship in 2019 for attending the International workshop on “Promoting Sustainable Protection and Restoration of Soil, Groundwater and Water Environment” at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan City, Taiwan.
Institute medal from VNIT, Nagpur in 2015.
Shri Bhide Memorial Prize from VNIT, Nagpur in 2015.
Purna Award –I from VNIT, Nagpur in 2015.
Academic Excellence Prize from VNIT, Nagpur in 2015.
Late. Prof. P. R. Bhave Prize from VNIT, Nagpur in 2014.
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor: Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India (March 2023 – August 2023)
Post Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (September 2020 – March 2023)
Pre-Post Doctoral Researcher: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (March 2020 – August 2020)
Administrative Responsibilities at IIT Kanpur
Faculty Guide (AY 2024-25), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Member, Senate Library Committee (AY 2024-25), IIT Kanpur
Member, Staff Development Program Committee (AY 2024-25), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Member, Committee to engage with Dean of Resources and Alumni (DoRA) for lab upgradation (AY 2024-25), Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur