Praveen Kumar

Professor
Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering Program
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois
205 N. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
e-mail: kumar1@uiuc.edu
Ph: (217)333-4688 / Fax: (217)333-0687


Educational Background

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA, 1993.
  • M.S. in Civil Engineering, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA, 1988.
  • B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 1987.

    Employment

  • August 2006 - Current: Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
  • August 2001 - August 2006: Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
  • July 1995 - July 2001: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
  • July 1996 - Current: Faculty, Computational Science and Engineering Program, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
  • January 1993 - July 1995: Research Scientist, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Hydrologic Sciences Branch, NASA- Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

    Professional

  • NCSA/UIUC Faculty Fellow (2001-2002).
  • Associate Editor : ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (2003-2005)
  • Associate Editor : Water Resources Research (1998-2001)
  • Chair : Precipitation Committee, (1999-2001) American Geophysical Union
  • Member : Prediction in Ungaged Basins Science Steering Group (2003-2005).
  • Member : ASCE Task Committee on "Applications of Wavelet Transforms in Civil Engineering", 1998-2000.
  • Member : Board of Directors, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI), 2002-current.
  • Member : Advisory Board, Collaborative Large Scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER), 2005-current.