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Vijay Singh

VIJAY P. SINGH

B.Sc.&Tech, M.S. (Engrg.), Ph.D., D.Sc., P.E., P.H., Hon.D. WRE, Dr. Eng. (Hon., Waterloo), D.Sc. (Hon., McGill), Ph.D. (Hon., Basilicata), D.Sc. (Hon., Guelph), Dist.M. ASCE, Dist.Hon.M. IWRA, Dist.F. AGGS, Hon.M. AWRA, Academician (GFA), NAE

Distinguished Professor 
Regents Professor
Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering
President, FARA
President, G.B.S. Board
Editor-in-Chief, Water Science and Technology Library Bookseries
Editor-in-Chief, Global Water Resources Book Series
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Groundwater Research

Biography: About

EDUCATION AND DEGREES

B. S.

Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. U.P. Agricultural University, Pant College of Technology, Pantnagar, Nainital, U.P., India, September l967.

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Project: Determination of Rugosity Coefficient of Concrete and Clay Channels, directed by Professors Jaswant Singh and Ghansyam Das.

M. S.

Engineering with specialization in Hydrology. University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, May l970.

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Thesis: Estimation of Soil Moisture and Surface Runoff for Small Agricultural Watersheds, directed by Professors W. T. Dickinson and R. W. Irwin.

Ph. D.

Civil Engineering with specialization in Hydrology and Water Resources. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A., May l974.

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Dissertation: A Non-linear Kinematic Wave Model of Surface Runoff, directed by Dr. D. A. Woolhiser, Supervisory Research Hydraulic Engineer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and Professor of Civil Engineering.

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D. Sc.

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering. The University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa, June 1998.

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Published Contribution: Entropy-Based Modeling in Hydrology and Water
Resources.

Biography: Publications

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

P. E.

State of Louisiana, since January l988; State of Colorado, since May, l973.

P. H.

American Institute of Hydrology, since January, l984.

Hon. D. WRE

American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, ASCE, since October 2005; Hon. D. WRE, since October 2008

Biography: Publications

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

P. E.

State of Louisiana, since January l988; State of Colorado, since May, l973.

P. H.

American Institute of Hydrology, since January, l984.

Hon. D. WRE

American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, ASCE, since October 2005; Hon. D. WRE, since October 2008

Biography: Publications

PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY AND INTEREST

SURFACE-WATER HYDROLOGY

GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY

HYDRAULICS

IRRIGATION ENGINEERING

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

WATER RESOURCES

Biography: Research
Stoney River

RESEARCH AREAS

ENTROPY-BASED MODELING

COPUA-BASED MODELING

HYDRODYNAMICS OF WATERSHED RUNOFF

HYDRODYNAMICS OF SURFACE IRRIGATION (FLOW OVER POROUS BEDS)

EROSION AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN UPLAND WATERSHEDS

POINT- AND NONPOINT-SOURCE WATER QUALITY MODELING

HYDROLOGY OF UNGAGED WATERSHEDS

STREAMFLOW FORECASTING

AREAL RAINFALL

DAM BREAK ANALYSIS

PARAMETER ESTIMATION

STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS

NETWORK DESIGN

LANDFILL HYDROLOGY

SALTWATER INTRUSION

GROUNDWATER MODELING

HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

WATERSHED MODELING

ECOSYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

SOCIAL ENGINEERING.

Biography: Research
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