Doctor of Philosophy

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Certification

Computational Science and Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN, US

expected May 2007

Master of Science

Civil and Environmental Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN, USA

2001-2003

Bachelor of Engineering (Honors)

Civil Engineering

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI, INDIA

1997-2001

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2003 onwards

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA

Graduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Dr Barbara S Minsker)

· PhD Research Thesis: “Inverse Groundwater Modeling using Interactive Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms”.

05/03-06/03

Dr Hideyuki Takagi’s Interactive Genetic Algorithm Laboratory, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Research Collaboration (Funding Agency: National Science Foundation)

· Developed and investigated Interactive Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm frameworks for solving the Groundwater Inverse problem.

2001-2003

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA

Graduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Dr Barbara S Minsker)

· Master’s Research Thesis: “Uncertainty Based Multi-Objective Optimization of Groundwater Remediation Design”.

01/2001-

06/2001

Karnataka State Center for Science and Technology, Bangalore, India

Internship

· Developed Geographic Information System for surface water resources and analyzed lake depletion and pollution levels in the city of Bangalore.

RELAVENT COURSES

Environmental Systems Analysis

Risk and Uncertainty in Environmental Decision Making Stochastic Hydrology
River Basin Management

Advanced Genetic Algorithms

Artificial Intelligence in Design

Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport
Hazardous and Solid Waste Management

Surface Water Quality Modeling

Surface Water Hydrology

Fundamentals of Geostatistics

PUBLICATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS

· Singh, A., B. S. Minsker, “Uncertainty Based Multi-Objective Optimization of Groundwater Remediation Design”, submitted to Water Resources Research, AGU.

· Singh, A., B. S. Minsker, and H. Takagi, "Interactive Genetic Algorithms for Inverse Groundwater Modeling", American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2005 & Related Symposia, Anchorage, AK, 2005.

· Singh, A., and B. S. Minsker, "Uncertainty Based Multi-Objective Optimization of Groundwater Remediation at the Umatilla Chemical Depot," American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2004 & Related Symposia, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.

· Singh, A., Minsker, B. S., and D. Goldberg, "Combining Reliability and Pareto Optimality - An Approach Using Stochastic Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithms," American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003 & Related Symposia, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.

· Singh, A., and Minsker, B. S., Modeling and Characterization of Uncertainty for Optimization of Groundwater Remediation at the Umatilla Chemical Depot," American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003 & Related Symposia, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.

· Singh, A., Goldberg, D. E., and Chen, Y., Modified Linkage Learning Genetic Algorithm For Difficult Non-stationary Problems. In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (peer reviewed), 699, San Francisco, CA, 2002.

· Anshu Manik, Abhishek Singh, Shengquan Yan: Developing Surrogate Simulation Models for Computationally Intensive Real World Application. In Proceedings of the Fifteenth Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Sciences Conference (MAICS), Chicago IL, April 16-18, 2004

COMPUTER SKILLS

Programming

Java, C, C++, Fortran, Matlab, D2K and I2K (developed by the Automated Learning Group at NCSA, UIUC).

Computational Modeling Softwares

Groundwater Modeling System (GMS), MODFLOW, MT3D, RT3D, HEC-HMS, ARC-View, PEST, UCODE, GSLIB, GAMS

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

ASCE, American Society of Civil Engineers, Member of the Environmental & Water Resources Institute.

AGU, American Geophysical Union, Member of Hydrology Section.

ISGEC, International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS

Best Student in Civil Engineering, Batch of 1997-2001: Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India

Best Theme Oriented Project at APOGEE (A Professions-Oriented Gathering Over Educational Experience), 2001: Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India.

National Talent Search Examination, 1995: Among 30 students selected country-wide to receive 5 year education grant.

REFERENCES

Dr. Barbara S. Minsker, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, minsker@uiuc.edu, 217-333 9017

Dr. Albert J. Valocchi, Professor and Associate Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, valocchi@uiuc.edu, 217-333 3176

Dr. Timothy R. Ellsworth, Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, ellswort@uiuc.edu, 217-333 2055

Dr. J. Wayland Eheart, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, weheart@uiuc.edu, 217-333 6962

Dr. Vernon L. Snoeyink, Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, snoeyink@uiuc.edu, 217-333 4700

RESEARCH INTERESTS

EDUCATION