Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics / Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Bd.314 (PDF)

Master's and Doctoral degrees in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India. He has published more than 220 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences of repute. He has guided 12 doctoral thesis and 47 master's dissertation so far. He has also served in various academic positions in SVNIT Surat, such as Dean (Academics), Head of Civil Engineering Department, Dean (Research & Consultancy), Dean (PG), etc. He was also instrumental in setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on 'Water Resources and Flood Management' in the Institute through a research grant from World Bank-sponsored TEQIP-II. He is a recipient of visiting International Fellowship (VIF-2017) 2017 for attending the ASCE EWRI Congress-2017 in Sacramento, California, USA. He is active in various professional bodies and organized numerous conferences, workshops, and short-term training programmes in his academic career.
Vijay P. Singh is a University Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his B.S., M.S., Ph.D., and D.Sc. in engineering. He is a registered professional engineer, a registered professional hydrologist, and an Honorary Diplomate of ASCE-AAWRE. He is a Distinguished Member of ASCE, a Distinguished Fellow of AGGS, an Honorary Member of AWRA, and a Fellow of EWRI-ASCE, IAH, ISAE, IWRS, and IASWC. He has published extensively in the areas of hydrology, irrigation engineering, hydraulics, groundwater, water quality, and water resources (more than 1320 journal articles, 31 textbooks, 75 edited reference books, 110 book chapters, and 315 conference papers). He has received over 95 national and international awards, including three honorary doctorates. He is a member of 11 international science/engineering academies. He has served as President of the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH), Chair of the Watershed Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers and is currently President of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. He has served/serves as Editor-in-Chief of 3 journals and two book series and serves on editorial boards of more than 25 journals and three book series. His Google Scholar citations include 64073, h-index: 115, and I10-index: 903.
Bandita Barman is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India since July 2021. She previously worked as an Assistant Professor at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, India from October 2019-July 2021. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Wuhan University, China from February 2019 to September 2019. She is a recipient of the Key Funded Post-doctoral Fellowship from Wuhan University, China. She completed her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Water Resources Engineering and Management from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati in August 2018. She has authored twenty research publications, including seven articles in peer-reviewed high-impact factor journals and one book chapters. Her research interests are fluvial hydraulics, sediment transport, modelling and simulation of fluvial processes, and river sediment mining.