Devendra M. Amatya


Devendra M. Amatya, Ph.D., P.E.
Title: Adjunct Professor Office Address: Rrsearch Hydrogilist USDA Forest Service, Center for Forested Wetlands Research 2730 Savannah Highway Charleston, SC 29414 Voice: (843) 769-7012 E-mail: damatya@fs.fed.us
Research Interests Hydrology and Water Quality of Poorly Drained Coastal Watersheds; Hydrologic and Water Quality Impacts of Pine Plantation on Lower Coastal Plain Watersheds; Studies on hydrologic/hydraulic/water quality effects of urbanization, agricultural and silvicultural developments. This includes the long term evaluation of impacts on field, watershed and regional scales; Studies on effects of water management and timber harvesting on hydrology and water quality of downstream eco-system, natural and constructed wetlands on water quality; Experimental field research to study the physical concepts of hydrologic and nutrient interactions in soil water interface; Studies on evapotranspiration and its effects on water quality; Development, Testing and Evaluation of watershed and landscape (regional) scale (that includes, rural/semiurban, agriculture, forestry, and wetland land uses) hydrologic/water quality models including the linkage with GIS; Studies on wetland hydrologic evaluation, wetland restoration and mitigation projects and their potential impacts on water quality; Studies on linkage of watershed scale hydrologic models with forest productivity models, global climate change models; Studies on evaluation of deterministic hydrologic/water quality models and importance of uncertainty analyses for decision making process in water quality management; Land Application of Waste Water for Reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution; Establishing relationship and conducting research in the areas of water & watershed management, irrigation, drainage, soil conservation and erosion control works for sustainable development in the developing countries as well as in the areas of environmental projects in Russia.
Teaching Interests (As a specific graduate/undergraduate course) Fundamentals of Hydrology & Hydraulics Forest/Wetland Hydrology & Watershed Management Watershed/Engineering Hydrology Experimental, Numerical and Stochastic Methods in Hydrology Fluid Mechanics and Applied Hydraulics Soil Conservation, Drainage & Irrigation (Soil & water Engineering) Evapotranspiration and Consumptive Water Use by Vegetation Storm Water Hydrology and Management Hydrology and Water Quality Modeling Water Resources Engineering Taught one class in Fall 2000 for the NCSU undergraduate course MDS 295C: Issues in Technology Transfer- A case study of water resources development and management in Nepal. Course offered in Spring Semester 2001 (3rd consecutive year): BAE790M - Advanced Hydrologic & Water Quality Modeling in Poorly Drained Watersheds
Research Projects currently involved Hydrologic/Water Quality Impacts of Pine Plantations Cumulative Impacts of Complex land uses on Water Quality of Coastal Watersheds Modeling the Cumulative Impacts of Land Use and Management Practices on Nitrogen Loading in Lower Coastal Plain Watershed. Development and Evaluation of Export Coefficient Methods for Determining the Impacts of Land Use and Management Practices on Nitrogen Loading in Lower Coastal Plain Watersheds. Lumped parameter Models for Predicting Nitrogen Loading from Lower Coastal Plain Watersheds. Development of a Hydrologic and Storm Water Management Model for Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, NC. Effects of Afforestation on the Hydrologic Behaviour of Tacuarembo River Basin, Uruguay, South America. Identification of Wetland Hydrology Selected Favorite Links
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