Work Experience
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA (Feb’24 - )
ARPA-E (INTERMODAL). Team.
Title: A Cognitive Freight Transportation Digital Twin for Resiliency and Emission
Control through Optimizing Intermodal Logistics (RECOIL).
Role: Research Mentor and Advisor on Investigating Resiliency of
Intermodal Freight Transportation Systems of the US under Targeted and
Climate Change based Potential Disruptions.
Obermeyer Planen + Beraten GmbH, Munich, Germany (Mar’15 - Aug’16)
Intern + Part-time employee, Department of Rail Design and Engineering.
Project ‘High-speed railway between Košice and the Twin-City region Vienna-Bratislava’, creating high performance transportation from Russia, China and Asian countries to Central Europe.
Supported Phase 1 System Development, analysis of the pre-feasibility studies, selection of suitable rail corridor and terminal locations.
GMR Airport Developers Limited, New Delhi, India (Jul’12 - Sep’13)
Executive Civil Engineer, Terminal 3, New Delhi International Airport
Supported civil engineering projects and maintenance, preparation and analysis of BOQ, SAP.
In charge of quality control for relaying of runway 29/11 and taxiways with Larsen & Tubro Ltd. (ECC).
Projects Completed
Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany (Mar’16 - Aug’16)
Master Thesis at Department of Urban Structure & Transport Planning.
An approach to study interaction between evacuation and land use & transportation structures.
Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany (Jun’14 - Jul’15)
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Urban Structure & Transport Planning.
Project ‘MOR€CO’, aims to improve accessibility and to foster sustainable mobility by an optimized polycentric settlement development in the Alpine Space.
Estimated the mobility costs in the metropolitan region of Munich.
Project ‘WAM’, aims to better understand the dynamics of residential location, workplace and mobility of households and highlight the reciprocal spatial dependence of these decisions.
Created the travel time matrix for the metropolitan region of Munich.
Oct 14 – Mar 15 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany (Oct’14 - Mar’15)
Project with TUM, BMW Automobiles, MVV (Public Transport Company) and City of Munich.
Examined whether the new BMW Innovation and Research Center successfully fitted into the Northern Munich by analyzing spatial strategies, current development projects and the inter-action of non-motorized mobility, and provided measures like location of transit station, convenient stores and bike paths among other steps to plan better transit.
Certifications
Introduction to Fortran, LinkedInLearning. Jun 2023
Machine Learning by Stanford University, Coursera. May, 2022
Machine Learning, Data Science and Deep Learning with Python. Udemy. Mar, 2021
New Advances in Land Carbon Cycle Modeling. Center for Ecosystem Science and Society Northern Arizona University. July, 2020
Introduction to Machine Learning. Ranga Raju Vatsavai, North Carolina State University (NCSU). May, 2019
Services
Journal Reviewer
Environmental Research Letters
Journal of Geophysical Research, Biogeosciences
Geoscientific Model Development
Workshop on Data Mining in Earth System Science
Convening
Co-Convener, Jun 24, 2024
BG05: Integrated Understanding of Global Carbon, Water, and Other Biogeochemical Cycles and Their Feedbacks
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS 2024) link.
Jun 23-28, 2024. Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, South Korea.
Co-Convener, Dec 13, 2023
B33G:
New Mechanisms, Feedbacks, and Approaches for Predicting Global Biogeochemical Cycles Under Climate Change and Intervention Poster
American Geophysical Union (AGU 2023) link.
Dec 11-15, 2023. San Francisco, CA, USA.
Co-Convener, Aug 03, 2023
BG06:
Integrated Understanding of Global Carbon and Other Biogeochemical Cycles and Their Feedbacks
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS 2023) link.
Jul 30 - Aug 04. Singapore
Co-Session Chair, Mar 28, 2023 (Attendees: 45-60)
Session 7: CO2-fertilization and human land-use contributions to future terrestrial carbon storage.
Anthromes, CO2, and Terrestrial Carbon symposium in Potomac, MD, USA. Mar 27-31, 2023.
Program Committee, Tenth Workshop on Data Mining in Earth System Science (DMESS 2022) link.
Held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2022; https://icdm22.cse.usf.edu/).
Organisation Roles
Journal Club (ORNL), Summer 2018 (Attendees: 15-20)
The Journal Club was a informal voluntary group of students, postdocs, and ORNL personnel interested in Earth system science. The Journal Club met every other week to discuss a relatively short and recent paper focused on climate dynamics, hydrology, terrestrial or marine ecosystems, human systems, computational methods, remote sensing, observational data, big data analytics, or related topics. Papers were chosen by the group from suggestions from the membership.
Responsibilities: In-charge of scheduling and coordinating the paper presentations, and maintaining the website.
Mentorship Roles
Maedeh Rahimitouranposhti (University of Knoxville, Tennessee)
Pragya Kandel (University of Knoxville, Tennessee)
Shamik Bhattacharya (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Russ Limber (University of Knoxville, Tennessee)
Morgan Steckler (University of Knoxville, Tennessee)
Sophia Bailey (Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts)
Co-mentored the class project of 30 graduate and undergraduate students (CIVE 5363, Spring 2021)
Advisory Roles
Maedeh Rahimitouranposhti (University of Knoxville, Tennessee) Master Thesis
Teaching Roles
CIVE 5363 Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy. Spring 2021
Offers an evidence-based glimpse of what has been called a clear and present danger to mankind. Analyzes case studies from the magic of the butterfly effect in chaos theory to the deep challenges in physics, biogeochemistry, and data sciences. Covers topics from experimental design to satellite-based remote sensing, all the way to the design and operations of next-generation hydraulic infrastructures, transportation systems, smart grids, and communication networks, including the impacts on coastal or inland cities, the resilience to weather hazards, and the sustainability of water-energy-food resources. Includes policy issues and risk-informed trade-offs in renewable energy, environmental regulations, and emissions control. Graduate students are required to complete a mandatory class project.
Responsibilities: Taught lectures, created study material, designed and graded assignments and conducted tutorial sessions and mentored projects for 30 students. Received excellent reviews.
CIVE 2260 Materials for the Built Environment. Spring 2018
Introduces the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of materials of importance to civil engineers. Offers an overview of the ways in which these properties affect the material selection process, material behavior, and the design process.
Responsibilities: Graded assignments and quizzes and held office hours for answering queries of 58 students.
CIVE 2261 Lab for Materials for the Built Environment. Spring 2018
Involves the use of standard lab test methods and equipment to determine properties of materials common to civil engineering practice. Also introduces students to land surveying, site layout, and the measurement of distance, elevation, and direction.
Responsibilities:Supervised field visits for surveying lab, graded lab reports and quizzes and held office hours for answering queries of 58 students.
CIVE 3464 Probability and Engineering Economy for Civil Engineering. Spring 2017
Introduces engineering probability and statistics, as well as engineering economic analysis for project or design evaluation. Case studies are used to illustrate the integration of these areas in the design/system analysis process. Topics in engineering probability and statistics include descriptive statistics, expected value of random variables, and hypotheses testing. Statistical process control and sampling methods are introduced. Reliability methods for the analysis and improvement of system/design performance are discussed. Also covers fundamental concepts of time value of money and economic evaluation of alternatives, including the effects of depreciation and taxes.
Responsibilities: Designed and taught tutorials, graded assignments and conducted tutorial sessions and held office hours for answering queries of 56 students.
Highlights
Compound events like wildfires, droughts weaken carbon sink
SDS Lab students and alums enjoy spate of success stories
Ganguly leads Artificial Intelligence section for US Climate Assessment