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G. V. Loganathan |
Prof. G. V. Loganathan
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Born |
April 8, 1954(1954-04-08)
Karatadipalayam, Gobichettipalayam Taluk,
Tamil Nadu, India |
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Died |
April 16, 2007 (aged 53)
Blacksburg, Virginia,
United States
(Murdered)
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Citizenship |
India
United
States |
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Nationality |
Indian |
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Fields |
Civil and
environmental
engineering |
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Institutions |
Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) |
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Alma mater |
B.E., Madras University, 1976
M.Tech., Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, 1978
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1982 |
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Known for |
Hydrology, water resources
systems, hydraulic networks |
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Notable awards |
Wesley W. Horner Award (1996) |
Gobichettypalayam Vasudevan "G. V." Loganathan
(April 8, 1954 – April 16, 2007)[1]
was an Indian-born American professor,
whose most recent position was a professor in the Department of Civil and
Environmental engineering,
part of the College of Engineering at Virginia
Tech, United
States. He was a victim of the Virginia Tech massacre.
Life and
career
Loganathan hailed from Karatadipalayam of Gobichettipalayam in Erode district in
the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering at PSG College of Technology
affiliated to the University of Madras in 1976. He
later did his M. Tech. at Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur and received a doctorate from Purdue
University, United States studying under Dr. Jack Delleur.[2]
His dissertation was titled Multiple
objective planning of land/water interface in medium-size
cities.[3]
G. V. Loganathan joined Virginia
Tech on December 16, 1981[1] for his first
job teaching civil and environmental engineering courses, and
continued to teach at Virginia Tech until his death in 2007. His
work focused on the areas of hydrology and hydraulic networks (pipelines).
He co-authored a number of publications and books which have been
particularly useful in the field of municipal water supply
distribution networks, such as the 2002 AWWA book
Prioritizing Main Replacement and Rehabilitation which has
been used by organizations such as East Bay Municipal
Utility District.[2]
He received several Virginia Tech honors, including the Outstanding
Faculty Award, the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and
Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Civil Engineering
Education.[4][5]
He also served as a member of the Virginia Tech faculty senate and
a counselor in the Virginia Tech honor court.[6]
He was an active member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers and Associate Editor of the Journal of Hydrologic
Engineering, with expertise in the area of stochastic hydrology. His work at the
university also involved collaboration with the National Weather Service
office located on campus.[7]
Loganathan also served on the American Society of Civil Engineers'
Environmental and Water Resources Institute's Trenchless
Installation of Pipelines Technical Committee, Environmental and
Water Resources Systems Technical Committee and acted as vice chair
for the Operations Management Technical Committee.[8]
He lived with his wife, Usha, and his two daughters, Uma and
Abhirami, near the Virginia Tech campus.[9]
Death
At age 53, Loganathan was among the 32 people killed by Seung-Hui Cho in
the Virginia Tech massacre on April
16, 2007. Loganathan taught an Advanced Hydrology class in Norris
Hall's Room 206. On April 16, 2007, Cho entered Norris 206 and
opened fire; Norris 206 was Cho's first target. Of the fifteen
registered students in Loganathan's class, nine were killed and two
more were injured.
Honors
Selected
publications
Loganathan had published at least 62 papers, almost all in
peer-reviewed journals. He also was a contributing author to at
least one published book. This is a partial list of Loganathan's
published articles [12] and
books:
- Kuo, Chin Y., K. A. Cave and G. V. Loganathan. (1988) "Planning
of Urban Best Management Practices." Water Resources
Bulletin, 24(1):125–132.
- Kuo, Chin Y., G.V. Loganathan, W.E. Cox, S.P. Shrestha, and
K.J. Ying. (1988) "Effectiveness of BMPs for Stormwater Management
in Urbanized Watersheds." Document NA Bulletin 159.
Virginia Water Resources Research Center.
- Loganathan, G.V., E.W. Watkins, and D. F. Kibler. (1994)
"Sizing storm-water detention basins for pollutant removal." Journal of
Environmental Engineering, 120(6):1380–1399. New York: ASCE.
- Loganathan, G.V., J. J. Greene, and T. J. Ahn. (1995) "Design
Heuristic for Globally Minimum Cost Water-Distribution Systems."
Journal
of Water Resources Planning and Management,
121(2):182–192. New York: ASCE.
- V.K. Lohani, and Loganathan, G. V. (1997) "An Early Warning
System for Drought Management Using The Palmer Drought Index.’"
Journal of the American Water Resources
Association, 33(6):1375-1386.
- V.K. Lohani, G.V. Loganathan, S. Mostaghimi. (1998) "Long-term
analysis and short-term forecasting of dry spells by Palmer Drought
Severity Index." Nordic Hydrology, 29(1):21-40.
- Deb, A.K., Grablutz, F.M., Hasit, Y.J., Snyder, J.K.,
Loganathan, G.V., and N. Agbenowski. (2002) Prioritizing Water
Main Replacement and Rehabilitation. American Water Works
Association Research Foundation. Denver, CO. 234 pp.[13]
- Loganathan, G.V., Park, S., and Sherali, H.D., "A Threshold
Break Rate for Pipeline Replacement in Water Distribution Systems",
J. of Water Resou. Plan. and Mgmt., ASCE, vol. 128, no. 4, July
2002, pp.271-279.
- Park, S., and Loganathan, G.V., "A Review and A Methodology for
Scheduling Optimal Replacement of Pipes in Water Distribution
Systems", Water Engineering Research, Vol.3, No.1, 2002,
pp.63-74.
- Geem, Z.W., Kim, J.H., and Loganathan, G.V., "Harmony Search
Optimization: Application to Pipe Network Design", International
Journal of Modelling and Simulation, vol.22, no.2, paper no.
205-2005, June 2002, pp.125-133.
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