Multidisciplinary Advances in Water Resources Engineering: A Special Issue in Honor of Prof. Dr. Prabhata Kumar Swamee

Dear Colleagues,

Water Resources Engineering emerged as a branch of Civil Engineering, but now can be thought of as a completely independent area of study. It encompasses several sub-areas, as well as mixes specifics concepts from Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economy and Fluid Dynamics. 

With almost sixty years of teaching, research and industry experience in water resources engineering and statistics, Prof. Dr. Prabhata K. Swamee, who regretfully passed away on the 18th of April in Delhi, was an inspiration to several generations of engineers. Not only in the early formation stages, when students learn about the Swamee-Jain equation during Hydraulics courses but also in graduate-level studies, Prof. Swamee’s impact on the academic community was undeniable. 

Prof. Swamee collaborated with about 100 co-authors on several themes, including several Water Resources topics, Statistics, Mathematics, Fluid Dynamics and so on. His contributions to Statistics led him to define two new statistical distributions. Prof. Swamee has also co-authored two books, has to his credit more than 110 papers published in international journals and guided 19 Ph.D. dissertations. As a recognition of his career, he was appointed as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and of the ISH. 

Having the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), India, as his alma mater, his academic background was entirely built in this University. He obtained his B.E. title (Civil Engineering) in 1962. Then, he obtained his M.E. title (Hydraulic Engineering) in 1966 and, finally, he completed his PhD in civil engineering in 1974. 

Prof. Swamee's contributions were multidisciplinary, therefore, the present Special Issue is launched in his honor and shall gather contributions on mathematical/statistical applications in Water Resources Engineering and correlated fields. The topics of interest are: 

• Channel flow problems 
• Pipe-flow problems 
• Engineering and Cost aspects of pipe networks design 
• Statistical modelling of water quality indices 
• Statistical applications in Hydrology and Hydraulics. 
• Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow 
• Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 
• Groundwater flow problems  
• Well hydraulics 

Dr. Pushpa Rathie
Prof. Dr. Bhagu Ram Chahar
Dr. Luan Carlos de Sena Monteiro Ozelim
Guest Editors

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