G. V. Loganathan

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name = G. V. Loganathan


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birth_date = April 8, 1954
birth_place = flagicon|India Karatadipalayam, Gobichettipalayam Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India
death_date = death date and age|2007|4|16|1954|4|8
death_place = flagicon|United States Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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nationality = Indian
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field = Civil and environmental engineering
work_institution = Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
alma_mater = B.E., Madras University, 1976
M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1978
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1982
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known_for = Hydrology, water resources systems, hydraulic networks
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prizes = Wesley W. Horner Award (1996)
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Gobichettypalayam Vasudevan Loganathan, known as Prof. G. V. Loganathan (April 8 1954 – April 16 2007)cite web | url=http://filebox.vt.edu/a/asuhadi/loganathan/ | title=Dr. Loganathan's visitation and eulogy service pamphlet | accessdate=2007-04-21 | format=html] was an Indian-born American professor, whose most recent position was a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental engineering, part of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, United States. He was a victim of the Virginia Tech massacre.

Life and career

Loganathan hailed from Karatadipalayam of Gobichettipalayam in Erode district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering at PSG College of Technology affiliated to the University of Madras in 1976. He later did his M. Tech. at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and received a doctorate from Purdue University, United States studying under Dr. Jack Delleur.cite web | url=http://live.asce.org/blog/1/virginia/GV%20Loganathan/ | title=ASCE Condolence Book for G.V. Loganathan | accessdate=2007-04-21 | format=html] His dissertation was titled "Multiple objective planning of land/water interface in medium-size cities".cite news | url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/NATIONWORLD/704180455/1012/NATIONWORLD| title=The victims: Among the dead were 2 professors who had done postgraduate work at Purdue University | publisher=IndyStar |date=2007-04-18]

G. V. Loganathan joined Virginia Tech on December 16, 1981 [http://www.vt.edu/tragedy/list.php] for his first job teaching civil and environmental engineering courses, and continued to teach at Virginia Tech until his death in 2007. His work focused on the areas of hydrology and hydraulic networks (pipelines). He co-authored a number of publications and books which have been particularly useful in the field of municipal water supply distribution networks, such as the 2002 AWWA book "Prioritizing Main Replacement and Rehabilitation" which has been used by organizations such as East Bay Municipal Utility District.cite web | url=http://live.asce.org/blog/1/virginia/GV%20Loganathan/ | title=ASCE Condolence Book for G.V. Loganathan | accessdate=2007-04-21 | format=html] He received several Virginia Tech honors, including the Outstanding Faculty Award, the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Civil Engineering Education.cite news | url=http://www.cee.vt.edu/index.php?module=10&item=1&id=1&do=view&news=22 | title=G.V. Loganathan wins Wine Award for Excellence in Teaching | publisher=Virginia Tech Civil Engineering Department | date=2006-05-08] cite web |url=http://www.ate.ceut.vt.edu/WINE.htm |title=Academy of Teaching Excellence W.E. Wine Award Recipients | accessdate=2007-04-21 |format=html] He also served as a member of the Virginia Tech faculty senate and a counselor in the Virginia Tech honor court.cite news | url=http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/stories/wcnc-041707-victims.1b119feb.html | title=Profiles of the victims | publisher=WCNC.com | date=2007-04-18 ]

He was an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Associate Editor of the "Journal of Hydrologic Engineering", with expertise in the area of stochastic hydrology. His work at the university also involved collaboration with the National Weather Service office located on campus.cite web | url=http://live.asce.org/blog/1/virginia/ | title=ASCE Condolence Book for the Virginia Tech University | accessdate=2007-04-21 | format=html] Loganathan also served on the American Society of Civil Engineers' Environmental and Water Resources Institute's Trenchless Installation of Pipelines Technical Committee, Environmental and Water Resources Systems Technical Committee and acted as vice chair for the Operations Management Technical Committee. [cite web | url=http://www.ewrinstitute.org/vt.cfm | title=EWRI Expresses its Sympathies | accessdate=2007-04-20 | format=html]

He lived with his wife, Usha, and his two daughters, Uma and Abhirami, near the Virginia Tech campus.cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=16003ce0-3d69-49af-9722-387fb08965d2& | title=Loganathan's family flying in for last rites | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=2007-04-18]

Death

At age 53, Loganathan was among the 32 people killed by Seung-Hui Cho in the Virginia Tech massacre on April 16, 2007. Loganathan taught an Advanced Hydrology class in Norris Hall's Room 206. On April 16, 2007, Cho entered Norris 206 and opened fire; Norris 206 was Cho's first target. Of the fifteen registered students in Loganathan's class, nine were killed and two more were injured.

Honors

*American Society of Civil Engineers Wesley W. Horner Award in 1996cite web | url=http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/pressroom/HornerWinners.pdf | title=Wesley W. Horner Award | accessdate=2007-04-19 | format=pdf] for his paper "Sizing Stormwater Detention Basins for Pollutant Removal".
*American Water Resources Association Best Graduate Paper Award 1996 for the paper "An Early Warning System for Drought Management Using The Palmer Drought Index" he co-authored with his PhD student V.K. Lohani.cite web | url=http://www.beevt.ef.vt.edu/ist129assignments/vinodbio_july09_2004.pdf | title=Vinod K. Lohani Biography | accessdate=2007-04-22 | format=pdf]
*Virginia Tech Academy of Teaching Excellence W.E. Wine Award in 2006cite web |url=http://www.ate.ceut.vt.edu/WINE.htm |title=Academy of Teaching ExcellenceW.E. Wine Award Recipients | accessdate=2007-04-21 |format=html]

elected publications

Loganathan had published at least 62 papers, almost all in peer-reviewed journals. He also was a contributing author to at least one published book. This is a partial list of Loganathan's published articles [ [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=G.+V.+Loganathan GV Loganathan publications] on Google Scholar] and books:

* Kuo, Chin Y., K. A. Cave and G. V. Loganathan. (1988) "Planning of Urban Best Management Practices." "Water Resources Bulletin", 24(1):125–132.
* Kuo, Chin Y., G.V. Loganathan, W.E. Cox, S.P. Shrestha, and K.J. Ying. (1988) "Effectiveness of BMPs for Stormwater Management in Urbanized Watersheds." "Document NA Bulletin 159". Virginia Water Resources Research Center.
* Loganathan, G.V., E.W. Watkins, and D. F. Kibler. (1994) "Sizing storm-water detention basins for pollutant removal." "Journal of Environmental Engineering", 120(6):1380–1399. New York: ASCE.
* Loganathan, G.V., J. J. Greene, and T. J. Ahn. (1995) "Design Heuristic for Globally Minimum Cost Water-Distribution Systems." "Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management", 121(2):182–192. New York: ASCE.
* V.K. Lohani, and Loganathan, G. V. (1997) "An Early Warning System for Drought Management Using The Palmer Drought Index.’" "Journal of the American Water Resources Association", 33(6):1375-1386.
* V.K. Lohani, G.V. Loganathan, S. Mostaghimi. (1998) "Long-term analysis and short-term forecasting of dry spells by Palmer Drought Severity Index." "Nordic Hydrology", 29(1):21-40.
* Deb, A.K., Grablutz, F.M., Hasit, Y.J., Snyder, J.K., Loganathan, G.V., and N. Agbenowski. (2002) "Prioritizing Water Main Replacement and Rehabilitation." American Water Works Association Research Foundation. Denver, CO. 234 pp.cite web | url=http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r05038/600r05038ref.pdf | title=White Paper on Improvement of Structural Integrity Monitoring for Drinking Water Mains |accessdate=2007-04-21 | format=pdf]
* Loganathan, G.V., Park, S., and Sherali, H.D., "A Threshold Break Rate for Pipeline Replacement in Water Distribution Systems", J. of Water Resou. Plan. and Mgmt., ASCE, vol. 128, no. 4, July 2002, pp.271-279.
* Park, S., and Loganathan, G.V., "A Review and A Methodology for Scheduling Optimal Replacement of Pipes in Water Distribution Systems", Water Engineering Research, Vol.3, No.1, 2002, pp.63-74.
* Geem, Z.W., Kim, J.H., and Loganathan, G.V., "Harmony Search Optimization: Application to Pipe Network Design", International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, vol.22, no.2, paper no. 205-2005, June 2002, pp.125-133.

References

External links

* [http://www.cee.vt.edu/index.php?do=memoriam&content=0&apps=2&level=2&id=17&pid=loganathan Virginia Tech faculty profile: G. V. Loganathan]
* [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200704171301.htm The Hindu — Indian professor killed in US varsity shootout]
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/The_United_States/Indian_professor_killed_in_US_varsity_shootout/articleshow/1917967.cms Times of India - Indian professor killed in US varsity shootout]
* [http://in.rediff.com/news/2007/apr/17virginia.htm Virginia shooting: Prof's family to attend last rites; Rediff News]
* [http://in.rediff.com/news/2007/apr/17school1.htm Indian professor killed, student missing in Virginia shootout; Rediff News]
* [http://in.rediff.com/news/2007/apr/17school2.htm MEA official to visit Virginia Tech University; Rediff News]
* [http://specials.rediff.com/news/2007/apr/17sld1.htm?zcc=rl A massacre at Virginia Tech; Rediff News]
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/story/28674.html Indian professor, shot in class, never wanted to leave campus; The Indian Express]
* [http://www.indianexpress.com/story/28673.html Loganathan's family to get passports immediately; The Indian Express]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6564075.stm The Victims of the Virginia Tech massacre; BBC News]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6563813.stm Indian killed in US Gun rampage; BBC News]
* [http://www.thaindian.com/news-snippet/gunman-kills-indian-professor-student-missing-4025.html Gunman kills Indian Professor, Student missing]
* [http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/19/vtech.loganathan Prof cared for 'students as if they were his own children'; CNN]
* [http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/18/stories/2007041809580400.htm The Hindu - U.S. killing leaves trail of sorrow in State]

Persondata
NAME= Loganathan, G. V.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Loganathan, Gobichettypalayam Vasudevan
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Civil and environmental engineering
DATE OF BIRTH= April 10, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH= Karatadipalayam, Gobichettipalayam Taluk, Tamil Nadu, India
DATE OF DEATH= April 16, 2007
PLACE OF DEATH= Blacksburg, Virginia