Archana K

Assistant Professor


Qualification : BE, MTech ( Water Resources Engg & Management), NITK ,

Teaching Experience : 4 Years

Industry Experience : 3 Years

Specialization : Water Resources Engineering & Management



Memberships in Professional Bodies
  • Life Member,Indian Concrete Institute
  • Life Member, Indian Water Works Association
  • Indian Water Resources Society
  • Indian Society for Hydraulics
  • International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Skills
  • Analysis of fluid properties using Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Assessment of Climate Variability using SWAT
  • Advanced surveying methods using GPS-ETS & Remote sensing
  • QGIS, Arc GIS, Arc Hydro, SWAT, SWMM, e-water, SYSTAT, JoSM, MatLAB
  • statistical analyses in hydrology
Invited Talks Delivered : ---

Workshops Attended/Organized/Invited Talks
  • As a coordinator for National Workshop on Sustainability and Advances in Concrete Technology (SACT)
  • As a Programme- coordinator for Five Day Faculty Development Program on "Stability of Structures & Applications of FEM", in collaboration with VTU, Belagavi
  • As a organising committee member for Five Day Faculty Development Programme on “Advances in Engineering Mathematical Models”
  • One-day National Conference on " Advances & Trends in Civil Engineering"
  • Energy Efficient Buildings Workshop Series on "Low Carbon Materials and Building Systems”

Additional Responsibilities
  • Editorial Committee for the college magazine Manthana-2017
  • Tvaksati- Newsletter Editor
  • Department Library Incharge
  • Hydraulics & Hydraulics Machines Lab Incharge
  • RS&GIS Lab Incharge
  • Model Room Incharge
  • NBA coordinator
  • Convener for National Conference on " Advances & Trends in Civil Engineering"
  • Space AllocationCommittee

Journals
Journal Name Journal Type Volume Number Issue Number ISSN ISBN Paper Title
International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering International Volume 05N (01) ISSN 0974-5904 Comparison of 10 potential evapotranspiration methods across 8 different stations based on their monthly performances
Open Access International Journal of Science & Engineering International . OPEN ACCESS Volume 2 Issue 9, 2017 ISSN (Online) 2456-3293 BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT – A CRITICAL REVIEW
HYDRO 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HYDRAULICS, WATER RESOURCES AND RIVER ENGINEERING PROCEEDINGS Conference Proceedings Vol1, pg 99 Studies on climate change impact on west flowing rivers of Karnataka, India
Journal of Basic And Applied Engineering Research International Open Access Vol 4 Issue 5 p-ISSN:2350-0077 Assessment and reduction of Carbon-dioxide emissions in the built environment: Climate resilient structures- A Critical review
International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research International & Indexed 8 10 2229-5518 APPLICATION OF BIOMIMCRY TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY OF BUILDINGS
International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research International & Indexed 8 10 2229-5518 ENERGY CONSERVATION USING EARTH SHELTERING TECHNIQUE-AN APERCU

Conferences
Conference Name Venue Date Paper Title

Awards/Recognition/Achievements/Others
  • Received Gold Medal for 1st Rank in M Tech (WREM)-2012, NITK , Surathkal
  • Conducted Pilot Resurvey Project, Udupi district, Dept of SSLR, Govt of Karnataka
  • Carried out Land surveying & Land acquisition for Varahi Lift Irrigation Project, Siddapura, Dept of SSLR, Govt of Karnataka
  • Forest Land survey using GPS in coordination with Forest Department (Gok) of Mudur Village, Udupi, Dept of SSLR, Govt of Karnataka
  • Guided UG project titled " Sewage Turbines: Hydropower Opportunities from Treated Sewage Water", which was funded and selected as Best Project of the Year - 2018, under KSCST.

MOOCs
  • Marine and Antarctic Science - Open2-study- University of Tasmania-December 2017
  • Carbon 101x- Essential Tools For The Low Carbon Economy - edX- University of Queensland-December 2017
  • Chemistry - Building Blocks of the World - Open2-study- University of Swinburne- July 2018