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Navin Kumar C. Twarakavi
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Group
Education
- Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engg., Utah State University - May 2005.
- M.S., Civil and Environmental Engg., Utah State University - Dec 2004.
- B.Tech., Civil and Environmental Engg., Sri Venkateswara University - May 2000.
Research Description
- Vadose zone hydrology.
- Ground water hydrology.
- Numerical modeling of subsurface flow.
- Statistical methods in hydrology.
- Pattern recognition and data mining.
Publications
- Twarakavi, N. K. C., H. Saito and J. Simunek., 2007. A New Approach to Estimate Soil Hydraulic Parameters using only Soil Water Retention Data. Soil Science Society of America Journal (in press).
- Twarakavi, N. K. C., S. Seo and J. Simunek., 2007. Evaluating Interactions between Groundwater and Vadose Zone Using the HYDRUS-Based Flow Package for MODFLOW. Vadose Zone Journal, special issue on State-of-the-art of vadose zone modeling (accepted).
- Twarakavi, N. K. C and Jagath J. Kaluarachchi, 2006. Arsenic in the Shallow Ground Waters of Conterminous United States: Assessment, Health Risks, and Costs for MCL Compliance. Journal of American Water Resources Association, AWRA No. 04161, Volume 42, Issue 02, pages 275-294. URL: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb03838.x
- Twarakavi, N. K. C and J.J. Kaluarachchi, 2006. Sustainability of ground water quality considering land use changes and public health risks. Journal of Environmental Management, in press, July.81(4):405-419. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.11.008
- Twarakavi, N. K. C and Jagath J. Kaluarachchi, 2005. Aquifer vulnerability assessment to heavy metals using ordinal logistic regression. Ground Water, 43 (2): 200-214. URL: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2005.0001.x
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