Tirthankar Roy

Mentorship Summary

Visiting Faculty: Current

Jew Das: WARI Fellow | Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India | PhD, Water Resources Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India | MTech, Water Resources Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India | BTech, Agricultural Engineering, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, India | Research Topics: Flash drought mechanisms, statistics, machine learning.

PostDocs: Current

Erik Janzon: Co-advisee | PhD, Meteorology, Uppsala University, Sweden | MS, Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA | BS, Meteorology & GIS, Northern Illinois University, USA | Research Topics: Atmospheric dimensions of rain-on-snow events, WRF modeling.

PostDocs: Alumni

Incheol Kim: Co-advisee | PhD, Geotechnical Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea| BS, Civil Engineering, Ashikaga University, Japan | Research Topics: Groundwater, spring flooding, statistics, machine learning | Completion: Spring 2024 | Current Position: Assistant Research Scientist at Desert Research Institute, Nevada.

PhD Students: Current

Revathi Valiya Veettil: MTech, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, India| BTech, Civil Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, India | Research Topics: Flash drought, hydrologic extremes, machine learning.

Layda Spor Leal: MS, Civil Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA | BS, Civil Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA | Research Topics: Conservation practices, intersection of hydrology & agriculture, SWAT modeling, statistics, machine learning.

Chitresh Anand: MTech, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India| BTech, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India | Research Topics: Physics-based machine learning, MODFLOW modeling.

Nishant Kumar: MTech, Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India | BE, Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, India | Research Topics: Droughts in managed systems, nonstationarity, uncertainty analysis, advanced machine learning.

Kanak Kanti Kar: MEng, Civil & Ocean Engineering, Jeju National University, South Korea| BSc, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh | Research Topics: Nonperennial streams, IDF curves, evapotranspiration partitioning, groundwater, machine learning.

PhD Students: Alumni

Shivendra Srivastava: MTech, Engineering Geosciences, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, India| BTech, Civil Engineering, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, India | Research Topics: Intersection of hydrology & public health, hydrological impacts of conservation practices, water quality, integrated risk assessment, machine learning | Completion: Summer 2025 | Current Position: PostDoc at University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA.

Sinan Rasiya Koya: BTech, Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India | Research Topics: Rain-on-snow flooding, flood monitoring & forecasting, snow drought, advanced machine learning | Completion: Summer 2025 | Current Position: PostDoc at Rutgers University, USA.

Sudan Pokharel: PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA | MS, Civil Engineering, Auburn University, USA| BE, Tribhuvan University, Nepal | Research Topics: Intersection of flooding & transportation, infrastructure resilience, machine learning | Completion: Spring 2025 | Current Position: Hydraulics & Hydrologic Engineer at Bechtel, USA.

Master's Students: Current

Nikita Machhi: BE, Civil Engineering, Gujarat Technological University, India | Research Topics: Conservation practices, SWAT modeling.

Master's Students: Alumni

Sebastian David Vazquez Gasty: MS, Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA | Postgraduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence, University of Chile, Chile | Professional Degree in Civil Engineering, Major in Hydrology, University of Chile, Chile| Bachelor in Civil Engineering, University of Chile, Chile | Research Topics: Groundwater, MODFLOW modeling, unsaturated flow modeling | Current Position: Hydrogeologist, GSI Environmental Inc., USA.

Molly Likins: Co-advisee | MS, Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA | BS, Mathematics, College of Wooster, USA | Research Topics: Hydraulic modeling, streambed adjustments. Current Position: Assistant Engineer, Olsson, USA.

Smit Doshi: Visiting Erasmus Scholar | MS, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; Newcastle University, UK; University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA (Thesis)| BE, Civil Engineering, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India | Research Topics: Probabilistic flood forecasting, global ensemble forecast system. Current Position: Doctoral Researcher, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany.

Undergrad Researchers: Alumni

Anisa Spaho: NSF REU Scholar | BSBA, Marketing, Minor in Mathematics, Suffolk University, USA | Research Topics: Irrigation impacts on hydrology, machine learning.

Tyler Gerdes: BS, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA | Research Topics: Flood risk assessment.

Yashraj Purbey: BS, Computer Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA | Research Topics: Ice jam modeling.

Brooklynn Blackwell: NSF REU Scholar | BS, Civil Engineering, Howard University, USA | Research Topics: Water quality, causal analysis.

Makayla Gallegos: NSF REU Scholar | BS, Environmental Resources Engineering, SUNY ESF, USA | Research Topics: Streamflow forecasting, machine learning.

Annushka Aliev: NSF REU Scholar | BS, Civil Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, USA | Research Topics: Hydrological impacts of conservation practices, machine learning.

Ashley Jonas: Co-advisee | BA, Environmental Studies & Global Studies, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA | Research Topics: Conservation data, remote sensing.

Annushka Aliev: NSF REU Scholar | BS, Civil Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, USA | Research Topics: Hydrological impacts of conservation practices, machine learning.

Dei Rodriguez-Reverol: BS, Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA | Research Topics: Sociohydrology literature.

PhD Committees: Current

Bijay Bagale: Resilience planning

Shetu Akter: Hydroclimate, corn production, machine learning

Chanchal Gupta: Precipitation products, hydrologic extremes
Ryan Haggerty: Multiphase flow transport in confined space

PhD Committees: Former

Prashnna Ghimire: Integrated information technology, large capital construction projects
Caily Schwartz: Flash droughts, machine learning
Chuyang Liu: Water quality, machine learning
Yaser Kishawi: Hydrological impacts of redcedar encroachment

MS Committees: Former

Chi Zhang: Energy dissipation optimization for circular culverts
Tyler Gerdes: Coursework-based
Emilie Erland: Coursework-based