Prasada Rao is currently an Associate Professor.   He is currently on one year sabbatical leave for the 2008-2009 academic year. He will be back in Fall 2009.    Prior to joining this department in Fall 2002, he was a Research Associate in the Civil Engineering  department at Duke University. During summer 2006 and 2007, he was a Lecturer for The Whiting School  of Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University.   His primary area is in Hydraulics and Hydrology. In recent years, he has taught courses related to  Engineering Hydraulics, Hydraulic Structures, Hydrology, Numerical Methods and Groundwater.

Over the last 6 years, his cumulative research funding was $1.2M.  The funding agencies include EPA, ONR, USBR and NAVO PET.  His other research interests include Hydraulic modeling and analyzing Agent Based Modeling paradigms for modeling water infrastructure interdependencies.

In 2007-2008, he was a reviewer for the following journals:  Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, American Institute of Hydrology and International Journal for Modeling and Simulation. During this academic year, he was recognized by the University of California, San Diego for student mentoring. The Design work he did with his Bachelors degree students in Fall 2007, relating to Santa Ana River Sustainable Pathway Design has drawn recognition from the California State Senate. His earlier research activities were profiled by The Orange County Register, ASCE Civil Engineering magazine and The Chronicle for Higher Education.

Depending upon the available funding, he occasionally invites faculty from abroad to jointly work on some of his research initiatives. In Fall and Winter of 2007, these faculty include Prof. Bidya Pani (Civil Engineering, IIT, Bombay) and Prof. Dnyanesh Pawaskar (Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Bombay).

Contact Details:

Room: E-312
Phone: (714) 278 3525

Fax: (714) 278 3916

E-mail: mprasadarao@fullerton.edu