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 (ENE801)
• Mixing and Transport in Surface Waters (CE829)
• Engineering Hydrology (CE421)
• Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (CE321)

• 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

• E.J. Anderson and M.S. Phanikumar, Surface Storage Dynamics in Large Rivers: Comparing Three-Dimensional Particle Transport, 1D Fractional Derivative and Multi - Rate Transient Storage Models, Water Resources Research, Vol. 47, doi: 10.1029 / 2010WR010228 (2011)
• C. Shen and M.S. Phanikumar, A Process-Based, Distributed Hydrologic Model Based on a Large-Scale Method for Surface - Subsurface Coupling, Advances in Water Resources, vol. 33(12), pp. 1524 - 1541, doi: 10.1016 / j.advwatres.2010.09.002 (2010).
• M.S. Phanikumar and J.T. McGuire, A Multi-Species Reactive Transport Model to Estimate Biogechemical Rates Based on Single-Well Push-Pull Test Data, Computers and Geosciences, 36(8), pp. 997-1004 (2010)
• C. Shen, J. Niu, E.J. Anderson and M.S. Phanikumar, Estimating Longitudinal Dispersion in Rivers Using Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, Advances in Water Resources, 33(6), pp. 615-623, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.02.008 (2010)
• P. Thupaki, M.S. Phanikumar, D. Beletsky, D.J. Schwab, M.B. Nevers and R.L. Whitman, Budget Analysis of Escherichia coli at a Southern Lake Michigan Beach, Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 1010-1016, doi: 10.1021/es0902232a (2010).
• T. Fong, M.S. Phanikumar, I. Xagoraraki and J.B. Rose, Quantitative Detection of Human Adenoviruses in Wastewater and Combined Sewer Overflows Influencing a Michigan River, Applied & Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 715-723, doi: 10.1128/AEM.01316-09 (2010).
• C. Shen and M. S. Phanikumar, An Efficient Space-Fractional Dispersion Approximation for Stream Solute Transport Modeling, Advances in Water Resources, 32(10), pp. 1482-1494, doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.07.01 (2009)
• M. Wong, L. Kumar, T. M. Jenkins, I. Xagoraraki, M.S. Phanikumar, and J. B. Rose, Evaluation of Public Health Risks at Recreational Beaches in Lake Michigan via Detection of Enteric Viruses and a Human-Specific Bacteriological Marker, Water Research, 43, p. 1137-1149, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.11.051 (2009)
• 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 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 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).