EWRE's Activities and Blog

Here are, all the recent activities conducted at the Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering.

Activities and Academic Achievements

Demonstration of Advanced Hydrological Measuring Instrument

One day demonstration of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler has been successfully conducted by EWRE dept with ADK experts for University students, faculty and staff. The instrument is the workhorse USV designed with SonTek M9 and RS5 ADCP measurements. The USV combines rugged performance with superior handling for discharge and bathymetry measurements. Maneuverable, portable, and able to handle faster flowing conditions with its maximum speed of 4m/s. The USV features the App running on the handheld transmitter with advanced capabilities including onboard camera streaming, autonomous moving boat measurements and Stationary measurements with no tag line.

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Developed 'AR TopoSys' to enhanced student learning

The augmented reality (AR) topographic system combines 3-dimensional visualization applications with a hands-on system to teach earth science concepts. The AR TopoSys allows users to create topography models by shaping real sand, which is then augmented in real time by an elevation color map, topographic contour lines, and simulated water flow. The system teaches geographic, geologic, and hydrologic concepts such as how to read a topography map, the meaning of contour lines, watersheds, catchment areas, levees, etc. It's a fun, and addictive, way to learn through play for the young and the young at heart.

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Travel and volunteering fellowship to visit South Korea

Ms. Jiteshwari Sahu, student from the Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, UTD has been awarded with travel and volunteering fellowship to visit South Korea by Asia Oceania Geosciences Society to attend and present her ongoing research work as conference paper titled “Analysing the backwater effect on the upstream regions of the Mahanadi River in India” which is a part of her M.Tech. Thesis.

Session chair in Conference on Disaster Mitigation and Management

Dr.-Ing. Manish Kumar Sinha, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, UTD has given his intellectual inputs as Session Chair on two days "National Conference on Disaster Mitigation and Management (NCDMM-2024)” during January 23 to 24, 2024 organized by Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur.

Authored a book titled

'Water Resources Management and Sustainability'

Dr.-Ing. Manish Kumar Sinha, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, UTD has authored a book titled 'Water Resources Management and Sustainability' in the Springer book series of Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences offered by the International Geographical Union.

Overview :

Editors: Pankaj Kumar, Gaurav Kant Nigam, Manish Kumar Sinha, Anju Singh

About this book :

Provides a variety of case studies, modelling, and applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems
Presents sustainable solutions in the water management domain
Contains contributions by many researchers from recognised institutions and universities worldwide

Part of the book series: Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences (AGES)

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