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INTERESTS
GIS applications in water resources engineering with specific focus on river channels; surface water hydrology; hydraulics; fluid mechanics and water quality modeling.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, Aug 2007 to present.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Civil Engineering, Purdue University, Aug 2006 to July 2007.
- Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Jan 2006 to Aug 2006.
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin, Sep 2004 to Aug 2006.
- Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin, Jan 2001 to Aug 2004.
- Research and Teacing Assistant, Department of Engineering Hydrology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Jan 2000 to Dec 2000.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Research Intern, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), Redlands, CA, July 2002 to August 2002.
- Project Engineer, Montgomery Watson Harza, India, July 1997 to September 1999.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Individual

1. Winner of Irish Government Fellowship Award for pursuing MSc (Hydrology) in Ireland (1999).
   
2. Ranked first at the May 1997 Bachelor of Engineering exams at Shivaji University, India.
   

With student and other colleages

1. Sanjiv Kumar (graduate student, Purdue University) – Winner of 2009 AGU Spring Assembly Outstanding Student Paper Award (Hydrology Section) for his presentation “CCSM Modeling for studying the impact of wetland drainage on hydro-climatology of the Midwest USA” (co-authored with Venkatesh Merwade)
2. Sanjiv Kumar (graduate student, Purdue University) – Winner of 2008 AGU Fall Meeting Outstanding Student Paper Award (Hydrology Section) for his poster “Hydro-climatological impact of century long drainage in Midwestern United States” (co-authors include Venkatesh Merwade and Dan Bain).
3. Sanjiv Kumar (graduate student, Purdue University) – Winner of first prize at TeraGrid’08 graduate student research competition for his poster “Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Data and Modeling” (co-authors include Venkatesh Merwade, Carol Song and Lan Zhao).
4. Monica River-Casado (graduate student, Cranfield University, UK) – Winner of Young Scientist' Outstanding Poster Paper award for her poster “Scaling of river depth data from mesoscale to macroscale using geostatistical techniques” (co-authors include Sue White, P. Bellamy, D. Booker, M. Dunbar, Venkatesh Merwade and Ian Maddock).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Society of Civil Engineers.
- American Geophysical Union.
- American Water Resources Association.

PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles

13. Basu, N. B., P.S.C. Rao, E. H. Winzeler, S. Kumar, P. Owens, and V. Merwade, Parsimonious Modeling of Hydrologic Responses in Engineered Watersheds: Structural Heterogeneity vs. Functional Homogeneity. Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2009WR007803, 45 pages. (in press)
12. Kumar, Sanjiv and V. Merwade, Impact of watershed subdivision and soil data resolution on model calibration and parameter uncertainty using SWAT. Journal of American Water Resources Association, 45(5):1179-1196. (2009)
11. Cook, Aaron and V. Merwade, Effect of topographic data, geometric configuration and modeling approach on flood inundation mapping. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 377, pp. 131-142. (2009)
10. Kumar, Sanjiv, V. Merwade, J. Kam and K. Thurner, Streamflow trends in Indiana: effects of long term persistence, precipitation and subsurface drains. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 374 (1-2), pp. 171–183. (2009)
9. Merwade, V., Effect of spatial trends on interpolation of river bathymetry. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 371 (1-4), pp. 169–181. (2009)
8. Martinez, Sergio, I., V. Merwade, and D. Maidment, Linking GIS, Hydraulic Modeling and Tabu Search for Optimizing a Water Level Monitoring Network in South Florida. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management,doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000024, 36 pages. (2009)
7. Govindaraju, R.S., B. Engel, D. Ebert, B. Fossum, M. Huber, C. Jafvert, S. Kumar, V. Merwade, D. Niyogi,, L. Oliver, S. Prabhakar, G. Rochon, C. Song, L. Zhao. A vision of cyberinfrastructure for end-to-end environmental explorations (C4E4). ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 14(1), pp. 53-64 (2009).
6. Merwade V., Cook A., and Coonrod J., GIS techniques for creating river terrain models for hydrodynamic modeling and flood inundation mapping. Environmental Modelling & Software, Vol. 23/10-11, pp. 1300-1311 (2008).
5. Merwade V. M., Olivera F., Arabi M., and Edleman S., Uncertainty in Flood Inundation Mapping - Current Issues and Future Directions. ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 13(7), pp. 608-620 (2008).
4. Merwade V. M. and Maidment D. R., River Channel Morphology Model – A tool for three-dimensional description of river channels (under revision).
3. Merwade V. M., An automated GIS approach for delineating river and lake boundaries, Transactions in GIS, 11(2), pp. 213–231 (2007).
2. Merwade V. M., Maidment D. R., and Goff J. A., Anisotropic considerations while interpolating river channel bathymetry. Journal of Hydrology, Vol.331(3-4), pp. 731-741 (2006).
1. Merwade V. M., Maidment D. R., and Hodges B. R., Geospatial Representation of River Channels. ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 10 (3), pp. 243-251 (2005).

Book Chapters

3. Maidment, D.,Robyo, O., Merwade, V., Hydrologic Modeling, Chapter 14 in GIS Spatial Analysis and Modeling, edited by David J. Maguire, Michael F. Goodchild and Michael Batty, ESRI press, Redlands, CA, 2005.
2. Merwade, V., and Maidment, D., Hydrologic Modeling, Chapter 8 in Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources, edited by David R. Maidment, ESRI press, Redlands, CA, 2002.
1. Maidment, D., Merwade, V., Whiteaker, T., Blongewicz, M., and Arctur, D., Time Series, chapter 7 in Arc Hydro: GIS for Water Resources, edited by David R. Maidment, ESRI press, Redlands, CA, 2002.

Conference Proceedings (papers/posters/abstracts)

29. Zhao, Lan, C. Song, I. Chaubey, S. Kumar, V. Merwade and R. S. Govindaraju, A web-based interface for SWAT modeling on the TeraGrid. Proceedings of the 2009 5th International SWAT Conference, Boulder, CO, 2009.
28. Merwade V., Climate Change and Flood Risk Assessment, Symposium on Advances in Atmospheric Modeling, Climate Change, and Geosptial/Visualization Technologies, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, July 30-31, 2009.
27. Coonrod, J., K. Issacson and V. Merwade. Integrating Groundwater and Surface Water in GIS: Rio Grande. To appear in Proceedings of the twenty-ninth annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, July 2009.
26. Kumar, S., W. Lee, V. Merwade, L. Zhao, and C. Song. Using TeraGrid to explore Historical Hydro-Climatic changes in U.S. Midwest Region. Proceedings of the TeraGrid 2009 Conference, Arlington, VA, June 2009.
25. Kumar, S., and V. Merwade, CCSM Modeling for studying the impact of drainage on hydro-climatology of the U.S. Midwest. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 90(22), Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract H12B-07, AGU Spring Assembly, Toronto, Canada, May 2009.
24. Kumar S., Merwade V., Bain, D. J., Hydro-climatological Impact of Century Long Drainage in Midwestern United States. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 89(53), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H11F-0828, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2008.
23. Basu N., Rao P. C., Winzeler H. E., Owens P., Kumar S., Merwade V., Green T., Maringati C., and Chaubey I. C., Multi-scale Modeling of Water and Chemicals Loads in Midwestern Watersheds using the TELM Approach. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 89(53), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H33D-1044, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2008.
22. Olivera F., and V. Merwade, Uncertainty in Flood Inundation Mapping, Severe Storm Prediction and Global Climate Impact on the Gulf Coast Conference, Rice University, Houston, TX, October 2008.
21. H. Chang, D. Niyogi, F. Chen, A. Kumar, C. Song, L. Zhao, R. Govindaraju, V. Merwade, M. Lei, and K. Scheeringa, Developing a TeraGrid Based Land Surface Hydrology and Weather Modeling Interface, Proceedings of the TeraGrid 2008 Conference, Las Vegas NV, June 2008.
20. S. Kumar, V. Merwade, L. Zhao and C. Song, Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Data and Modeling (Student poster competition winner), Proceedings of the TeraGrid 2008 Conference, Las Vegas NV, June 2008.
19. Merwade V., GIS Tools and Techniques for analyzing and modeling river channel data, Proceedings of the ASCE World and Environmental Resources Congress, Honolulu, HI, May 2008.
18. Kumar S. and Merwade V., Studying the effects of spatial scale on hydrologic model calibration using Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), Proceedings of the ASCE World and Environmental Resources Congress, Honolulu, HI, May 2008.
17. Cook A. and Merwade V., Comparison of one-dimensional HEC-RAS with two-dimensional FESWMS in flood inundation mapping. Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association 2008 Spring Specialty Conference GIS and Water Resources V, San Mateo, CA, March 2008.
16. Merwade V., Olivera F., and Edleman S., Uncertainty in Flood Inundation Mapping Process. Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association 2008 Spring Specialty Conference GIS and Water Resources V, San Mateo, CA, March 2008.
15. Issacson K., Coonrod J., and Merwade V., Visualization of Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction for the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, NM. Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association 2008 Spring Specialty Conference GIS and Water Resources V, San Mateo, CA, March 2008.
14. Merwade V., Kumar S., Song C., Zhao L., Govindaraju R., and Niyogi D., Cyberinfrastructure for End-to-End Environmental Explorations. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H13A-0985, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2007.
13. Kumar S., Kam J., Thurner, K., and Merwade, V., Exploring the Link Between Streamflow Trends and Climate Change in Indiana, USA. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract GC33A-0953, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2007.
12. L. Zhao, C. X. Song, V. Merwade, Y. M. Kim, R. Kalyanam, D. Ebert, B. Engel, R. Govindaraju, M. Huber, C. Jafvert, D. Niyogi and S. Prabhakar., “Interweaving Data and Computation for End-to-End Environmental Exploration on the TeraGrid”, Proceedings of the TeraGrid 2007 Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, June 2007.
11. Govindaraju, R., B. Engel, D. Ebert, B. Fossum, M. Huber, C. Jafvert, V. Merwade, D. Niyogi, L. Oliver, S. Prabhakar, G. Rochon, C. Song, L. Zhao, "Cyberinfrastructure for End-to-End Environmental Explorations (C4E4)", poster presented at the Joint Workshop for WATERS Network Test Beds and CUAHSI Hydrologic Information Systems, Austin, TX, November 14-17, 2006.
10. Merwade V. M. and Maidment D. R., River Channel Morphology Model – A tool for analyzing river channels in GIS (Abstract). In AWRA’s 2004 Spring Specialty Conference “Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Water Resources III.” Houston, TX, May 2006.
9. Martinez S., Merwade V., Maidment D., Pathak C., Carvalho A., and Parab R., Methodology for Optimizing Stage Monitoring Network with GIS. In AWRA’s 2004 Spring Specialty Conference “Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Water Resources III.” Houston, TX, May 2006.
8. Rivas-Casado M., White S., Bellamy P., Booker D., Dunbar M., Merwade V., and Maddock, I., The relevance of spatial pattern, temporal scale and the scaling concept when defining sampling strategies for hydromorphological parameters in river restoration projects (Abstract). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 03841, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2006.
7. Rivas-Casado M., White S., Bellamy P., Booker D., Dunbar M., and Merwade V., Guidelines for depth data collection in rivers when applying interpolation techniques (kriging) for river restoration (Poster). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 10735, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2006.
6. Merwade V. M., and Maidment, D. R., Automatic Delineation of River Banks Using Aerial Photographs. Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, August 2005.
5. Martinez, S., Merwade V., Carvalho, A., Maidment, D., and Pathak, C., Optimizing Water Level Monitoring Station Networks Using GIS. Proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, August 2005.
4. Rivas-Casado, M., Bellamy, P., White, S., and Merwade, V., Scaling of river depth data from mesoscale to macroscale using geostatistical techniques (Poster). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, 09530, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2005.
3. Merwade V. M., Maidment, D. R., Austin, B. N., and Osting T. D., A GIS Tool for Fish Habitat Modeling. Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA, August 2004.
2. Merwade, V. M., and Maidment, D. R., A Three-Dimensional Description of River Channels Using Two-Dimensional NHD Reaches (Abstract). In AWRA’s 2004 Spring Specialty Conference “Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Water Resources III.” Nashville, TN, March 2004.
1. Merwade V. M. and Maidment D. R., A GIS Framework for Describing River Channel Bathymetry (Abstract). Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 84(46), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H321-08, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2003.

Seminars and Workshop Presentations (unpublished abstracts)

13. Merwade V., Effect of topography, geometric configuration and modeling approach on flood inundation mapping, Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Seminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, November 2008. (Invited)
12. Merwade V., GIS and Hydrology Research at Purdue University, Trent Lott Geospatial and Visualization Research Center, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, October 2008. (Invited)
11. Merwade V., GIS tools and techniques for analyzing and modeling river channel data, IIHR Seminar, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 09 May 2008. (Invited)
10. Merwade, V., C. Song, L. Zhao, S. Kumar, R.S. Govindaraju, and D. Niyogi. Cyberinfrastructure for environmental data and modeling. Poster presented at the NSF WATERS Test Beds Planning Meeting, Baltimore, October 22-23, 2007.
9. Merwade V. M., and C4E4 Group, Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Data and Modeling, Presentation at Purdue Booth at Supercomputing 07 conference, Reno, NV, November 2007.
8. Merwade V. M., Water availability and public health issues in developing countries, Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association (WALLA) lecture, West Lafayette, IN, October 2007. (Invited)
7. Merwade V. M., GIS Modeling. Interdisciplinary modeling of aquatic ecosystems curriculum development workshop, Lake Tahoe, CA, July 2005. (Invited)
6. Merwade V. M., and Maidment, D. R., Collaborative inter-institutional teaching. Interdisciplinary modeling of aquatic ecosystems curriculum development workshop, Lake Tahoe, CA, July 2005. (Invited)
5. Merwade V. M., and Maidment D. R., Geospatial Representation of River Channels. Integrated Watersheds Sciences Symposium, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, November 2003. (Invited)
4. Merwade V. M., Fish Habitat Modeling Using ArcGIS. Austin ArcGIS users meeting, Austin, TX, August 2003. (Invited)
3. Merwade V. M., Analysis of River Morphology in GIS. Pre-conference seminar at ESRI's International Users Conference, San Diego, CA, July 2002.
2. Merwade V. M., Hydrologic Modeling in Arc Hydro. Pre-conference seminar at ESRI's International Users Conference, San Diego, CA, July 2001.
1. Merwade V. M., and Whiteaker, T., Time Series in Arc Hydro. Pre-conference seminar at ESRI's International Users Conference, San Diego, CA, July 2001.

Technical Reports and Theses

1. Merwade V., Strassberg G., Goodall J., Maidment D., Ruddell B., and Kumar, P., Digital Watershed for the Neuse Basin, Chapter 8," in Hydrologic Information System Status Report, Version 1, Edited by D. R. Maidment, p.148-162, http://www.cuahsi.org/docs/HISStatusSept15.pdf.
2. Scanlon B. R., Tachovsky J. A., Reedy R., Nicot J. P., Keese K., Slade R.M., Merwade V., Howard T., Wells G. L., Mullins G. J., and Ortiz D. M., Groundwater—Surface Water Interactions in Texas: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, final report prepared for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 2005.
3. Merwade V. M., Geospatial Description of River Channels in Three Dimensions, Ph. D. Dissertation, Department of Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering. University of Texas at Austin, 2004.
4. Merwade V. M., Evaluation of Methods for Estimating River Mass Loads, M. Sc. Thesis, Department of Engineering Hydrology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2000.

WORKSHOPS

1. GIS and Water Resources Modeling Workshop, Purdue University, August 3-5, 2009.
2. GIS and Water Resources Modeling Workshop - week long traning workshop for working professionals, Purdue University, January 2008.
3. Participated as Senior Investigator in a week long workshop on curriculum development for a course in interdisciplinary modeling of aquatic ecosystems organized by University of Nevada, Reno, July 2005.
4. Building Digital Watershed – a half day training workshop offered at the CUAHSI HIS symposium, University of Texas at Austin, March 2005.