Research Group (Fall 2007) and News 
CEE Faculty Profile
CEE Hydrology & Water Resources

Courses Taught :

·         ENE801: Dynamics of Environmental Systems

·         CE829: Mixing and Transport in Surface Waters

·         CE891: Computational Surface Water Quality Modeling

·         CE421: Engineering Hydrology

·         CE321: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

Recent Research:

·        Near-shore Hydrodynamics 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

Research Interests:

Research interests in our group generally involve water quality and quantity issues. Recent research addressed questions involving the fate and transport of chemical and biological agents in different hydrologic units in the Great Lakes region (watersheds, rivers and streams, lakes and groundwater). A common unifying thread in all our activities is the development and application of coupled (physical-chemical-biological) models and integration of laboratory and field-scale observations with modeling. Often the goal is to learn about key processes and parameters and how they change across scales or with time.

Facilities:

Our group is equipped with a Turner 10-AU Field Fluorometer (with optical filters for Flourescein, Rhodamine WT and Ammonium), a 2.0 MHz Nortek Aquadopp Current Profiler for shallow environments, a 1200 kHz RD Instruments Rio Grande Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) equipped with an OceanScience Riverboat for realtime deployments (river work), a 600 kHz TRDI Workhorse Monitor ADCP for measuring currents and waves (suitable for lake research / bottom deployments), NexSens Micro-T temperature loggers and mooring systems, Sontek Doppler Velocimeters (ADV), a 16 MHz MicroADV ideal for laboratory flume measurements, temperature and pressure transducers, data loggers, several flumes suitable for sediment transport studies, a Campbell OBS-3A turbidity and temperature monitoring system, Price AA current meters, GPS units (Magellan MobileMapper CX with sub-meter resolution and a Garmin unit), depth sounders, high-resolution digital cameras for aerial photography, several In-Situ (mini-TROLL) level loggers, a Turner (SCUFA) submersible flourometer for Rhodamine-WT, a number of workstations (with dual quad-core processors) and software packages (IDL, MATLAB, MAPLE, Tecplot, Intel Fortran and C++ compilers with IMSL and Math kernel libraries, ArcGIS, Systat, Sigmaplot, GMS, SMS etc), and two small boats for field work.  

Awards and Honors:

Lilly Teaching Fellow, Michigan State University , 2004 

Project Member, Outstanding Remediation Project Award, NGWA, 2002

Professor C.V. Raman Young Scientist Award, Government of India , 1996

Projects :

US Department of the Interior (USGS):

* Interactions between Sunlight, Suspended Sediment and Indicator Bacteria in the Nearshore Region

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): 

* Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health flyer

(with Joan Rose, Fisheries and Wildlife, MSU and NOAA Scientists)

* Accumulation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Sediments and Impacts on Water Quality (with Joan Rose)

National Science Foundation:

* Biocomplexity in the Environment: Quantifying the Role of Mixing Interfaces in Biogeochemical Cycling in a Contaminated Aquifer-Wetland System: Linking Hydrogeological, Microbiological and Geochemical Processes (with Jennifer McGuire, Univ. St. Thomas and Scientists from USGS)

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality:

* Schoolcraft Bioremediation Project (with Mike Dybas, Shu-Guang Li, Tom Voice and David Long; Project Concluded)

Selected Journal Publications:

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)PDF

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(4), p. 1137-1149, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.11.051 (2009) PDF

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) PDFSup. Information (3.2 MB)

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) PDF

C. Shen, J. Niu, E.J. Anderson and M.S. Phanikumar, Estimating Longitudinal Dispersion in Rivers Using Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (2010, in review)

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 & Geosciences (2010, in press) Source Code, User Manual & Examples

G.J. Larson, D.E. Lawson, E.B. Evenson, O. Knudsen, R.B. Alley and M.S. Phanikumar, Origin of Stratified Basal Ice in Outlet Glaciers of Vatnajökull and Öræfajökull, Iceland, International Journal of Quaternary Research (Boreas), vol. 39, doi: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00134.x (2010, in press) PDF

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) PDF

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) PDF

L. Liu, M.S. Phanikumar, S.L. Molloy, R.L. Whitman, M.B. Nevers, D.A. Shively, D.J. Schwab, J.B. Rose, Modeling the Transport and Inactivation of E. coli and Enterococci in the Nearshore Region of Lake Michigan, Environmental Science & Technology , Vol. 40, No. 16, pp. 5022-5028, doi: 10.1021/es060438k (2006) PDF

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, doi: 10.1029 / 2004GL019468 (2004)   PDF

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, doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00483-6, pp. 517-527 (2004) PDF

S.E. Biteman, D.W. Hyndman, M.S. Phanikumar, and G.S.Weissmann, Integration of Sedimentologic and Hydrologic Properties for Improved Transport Simulations, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary  Geology) Special Publication on Aquifer Characterization, pp. 3-13 (2004) PDF

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, W05011, doi: 10.1029 / 2004WR003376 (2005)   PDF

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, doi:10.1029/2002WR001761, pp. 8(1:13) (2003)   PDF

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, doi:10.1029/2001WR000289, pp. 4-1:4-13 (2002)   PDF

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) PDF

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)    PDF

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)   PDF

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)   PDF

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)

M.S. Phanikumar and A.N. Bhaskarwar, On the Enhancement in Heat Transfer Through the Use of Slurries, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 36, No.3, pp. 735-741 (1993)

A.N. Bhaskarwar and M.S. Phanikumar, On Heat Transfer Augmentation Using Dilute Gas-Solid Suspensions, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 117, No. 4, pp. 1091-1094 (1995)  

K.S. Yajnik and M.S. Phanikumar, A Generalized Conservation Law and Integral Approach for Boundary Layers, Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 317 (Integral Methods in Science and Engineering), Longman Scientific & Technical, New York, pp. 202-214 (1994)

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