Research Team

Research Team

Principal Investigator

Jejal Reddy Bathi, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering Coordinator, Civil & Chemical Engineering Department, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC).

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Current Members

Advisor

Graduate Students (Thesis)

Mithu Chanda: Started MS in Spring’23 (Expected graduation in Fall’24)

Research areas: F&T of microplastics in freshwater environments, watershed modeling

Thesis:

Current position: Graduate Research Assistant, UTC.

Sean Kidd: Started MS in Fall’23 (Expected graduation in Spring’26)

Research areas: Watershed Modeling and Water Quality

Thesis:

Current position: Sewer Project Coordinator with the City of Chattanooga.

Co-advisor

Graduate Students (Thesis)

  • Maxine Otieno, MS in Civil Engineering (2022-2024)

Undergraduate students

  • Antonio Angew, Civil Engineering
  • Kara Kimes, Civil Engineering
  • Landen Norman, Civil Engineering
  • Meggie Woody, Civil Engineering
  • Elizabeth MacDonald, Civil Engineering
  • Emily Pinson, Civil Engineering

Past members

Graduate Students (Thesis)

Advisor

Laura Wright (MS in Civil Engineering, 2021-2024)

Research areas: F&T of engineered nanomaterials in stormwater

Thesis: Fate and Treatability of Engineered Nanoparticles in Urban Stormwater

Current position: Engineer-in-Training, Chattanooga Engineering Group.

Syed Mohammed Tareq, Ph.D. (MS in Civil Engineering, 2018-2020)

Research areas: Nano contamination, Combine sewer design, Aerogel and thermal simulation, etc.

MS Thesis: Detection and Characterization of Nanoparticles in the Surface Water: Challenges and Findings

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Associate at NCCHE, University of Mississippi.

Shuvashish Roy, P.E. (MS in Civil Engineering, 2018-2020)

Research areas: Hydrodynamic simulation, Flood modeling, Sediment transport, Water infrastructure design, Nanomaterials detection, etc.

Thesis: Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model Set-Up: A Case Study of Middle Tennessee River

Current position: Water Resources Engineer, Dynamic Solutions, LLC.

Preyanka Dey, P.E. (MS in Civil Engineering, 2019-2021)

Research areas: Water quality modeling, Hydrodynamics, Watershed hydrology, etc.

Thesis: Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis in Hydrological Modeling: A Case Study of South Chickamauga Creek Watershed Using Basins/HSPF

Current position: Associate Consultant, WSP.

Co-advisor

Graduate student (Thesis)

  • Hasan Sabbir, MS in Civil Engineering (2021-2023)

Undergraduate Students

  • Riley Elies, Civil Engineering (Spring 2023)
  • Beau Neidich, Civil Engineering (Fall 2022)
  • Patrick Craig, Civil Engineering (Spring 2021)
  • Steven Sawyer, Civil Engineering (Spring 2021)
  • Jenks Parker, Civil Engineering (Spring 2020)
  • Haiven Camenisch, Chemical Engineering (Summer 2019)
  • Avery Cowan, Civil Engineering (Spring 2020)
  • Mathew Shields, Civil Engineering (Spring 2019)
  • Austin Ethridge, Civil Engineering (Spring 2020)