Civil and Environmental Engineering
A130 Engineering Research Complex
East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: (517) 432-0851
Fax: (517) 355-0250
E-Mail: phani@egr.msu.edu
Web: http://www.egr.msu.edu/~phani

• Dynamics of Environmental Systems
• Mixing and Transport in Surface Waters
• Geology of the Human Environment

• Numerical Modeling of Redox Zonation in a Contaminated Aquifer
• Modeling Near-Shore Circulation and Transport in Lake Michigan
• 3D Reactive Transport Modeling of Carbon Tetrachloride Biodegradation at the Schoolcraft, MI Site
• Experimental and Numerical Studies of Non-Darcy Flow and Transport in Porous Media
• Modeling Hydrodynamics and Transport in the Red Cedar River, MSU

Dr. Mantha's research interests are in the area of reactive transport and the fate of contaminants in surface water and groundwater. The focus of his current research is on understanding near-shore processes in the Great Lakes and the transport of pathogens in the environment. He is particularly interested in integrating laboratory and field-scale observations with modeling to explore the relevant processes and parameters. Dr. Mantha is developing improved methods for reactive transport modeling in the presence of physical and chemical heterogeneity as well as models for surface water groundwater interaction.

Indian Institute of Science: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (CFD/Thermal Sciences)

• Lilly Teaching Fellow, Michigan State University, 2004
• Project Member, Outstanding Remediation Project Award, NGWA, 2002
• Professor C.V. Raman Young Scientist Award, India, 1996

• C. Shen, M.S. Phanikumar, T.T. Fong, I. Aslam, S.L. Molloy and J.B. Rose, Evaluating Bacteriophage P22 as a Tracer in a Complex Surface Water System: The Grand River, Michigan, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 2426-2431, doi: 10.1021/es02317t (2008).
• M.S. Phanikumar, I. Aslam, C. Shen, D.T. Long and T.C. Voice, Separating Surface Storage from Hyporheic Retention in Natural Streams Using Wavelet Decomposition of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiles, Water Resources Research, Vol. 43, No. 5, W05406, doi: 10.1029/2006WR005104 (2007).
• L. Liu, M.S. Phanikumar, D.J. Schwab, S.. Molloy, R.L. Whitman, D.A. Shively, M.B. Nevers and J.B. Rose, Modeling the Transport and Inactivation of E. Coli and Enterococci in the Near-shore Region of Lake Michigan, Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 40, No., 16, pp. 5022-5028, doi: 10.1021/es060438k (2006).
• M.S. Phanikumar, D.W. Hyndman, X. Zhao and M.J. Dybas, A Three-Dimensional Model of Microbial Transport and Bioremediation at the Schoolcraft, Michigan Site, Water Resources Research, Vol. 41, WO5011, doi: 10.1029 / 2004WR003376 (2005).
• M.S. Phanikumar and J.T. McGuire, A 3D Partial Equilibrium Model to Simulate Coupled Hydrogeological, Microbiological and Geochemical Processes in Subsurface Systems, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31, No. 11, L11503, 10.1029/2004GLO19468 (2004).
• R.L. Sutka, N.E. Ostrom, P.H. Ostrom and M.S. Phanikumar, Stable Nitrogen Isotope Dynamics of Dissolved Nitrate in a Transect from the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre to the Eastern Tropical North Pacific, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 68, No. 3, pp. 517-527 (2004).
• M.S. Phanikumar and D.W. Hyndman, Interactions Between Sorption and Biodegradation: Exploring Bioavailability and Pulsed Nutrient Injection Efficiency, Water Resources Research, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 8(1:13) (2003).
• M.S. Phanikumar, D.W. Hyndman, D.C. Wiggert, M.J. Dybas, M.E. Witt and C.S. Criddle, Simulation of Microbial Transport and Carbon Tetrachloride Biodegradation in Intermittently-Fed Aquifer Columns, Water Resources Research, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 4-1:4-13 (2002).
• M.S. Phanikumar, D.W. Hyndman and C.S. Criddle, Biocurtain Design Using Reactive Transport Models, Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 113-123 (2002).
• M.S. Phanikumar and R.L. Mahajan, Non-Darcy Natural Convection in High-Porosity Metal Foams, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45, No. 18, pp. 3781-3793 (2002).
• D.W. Hyndman, M.J. Dybas, L. Forney, R. Heine, T. Mayotte, M.S. Phanikumar, G. Tatara, J. Tiedje, T. Voice, R. Wallace, D. Wiggert and C.S. Criddle, Hydraulic Characterization and Design of a Full-Scale Biocurtain, Ground Water, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 462-474 (2000).
• M.S. Phanikumar and R.L. Mahajan, Numerical Analysis of Unsteady Thermosolutal Convection Over a Horizontal Isothermal Circular Cylinder, Numerical Heat Transfer - Applications, Vol. 33, pp. 673-700 (1998).
• M.S. Phanikumar and K.S. Yajnik, Numerical Simulation of Tidally-induced Circulation and Pollutant Transport in the Bombay Harbor Region, 5th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, University of Sendai, Japan, Proceedings (Ed. Prof. H. Daiguchi), Volume 3, pp. 434-439 (1994).
• M.S. Phanikumar, Thermosolutal Convection in a Rectangular Enclosure with Strong Side-Walls and Bottom Heating, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 325-336 (1994).