Principal Investigator
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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)
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)