Sreenivasulu Chadalavada

Sreenivasulu Chadalavada, PhD
Overview
Sreenivasulu is currently working as Program Coordinator for Department of Defence and BHP programs at CRC CARE .Sreenivasulu is also Conjoint senior lecturer at GCER, University of Newcastle Australia. He has a Master of Technology (M.Tech) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), in the area of Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, After graduation he worked in an engineering consultancy as Design Engineer, designing the surge phenomena in hydro-electric power plants. Sreenivasulu joined CRC CARE after completing his PhD at the University of South Australia. During this time he also worked at the University as a hydrogeologist engaged in modelling groundwater flow and pollutant transport processes. Sreenivasulu has successfully supervised a PhD student who has been graduated and currently supervising four PhD students in the field of environmental sciences.
Education
- 2009 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Environmental Science, University of South Australia, Australia
- 2005 Master of Technology (M.Tech), Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, IIT Kanpur, India
- 2002 Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Civil Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry University, India
Professional experience
2009 – present program coordinator & hydrogeologist, Department of Defence, Government of Australia, CRC CARE Pty Ltd, Australia
- managing and coordinating the Defence projects under national contaminated sites
- modelling aspects of groundwater flow and contaminant transport in groundwater contaminated aquifers
2010 – present adjunct research fellow, University of South Australia, Adelaide
- participating in the research work in the area of groundwater modelling, optimization and contamination
- remediation at Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation at University of South Australia
- supervision of MS and PhD students
2008 – 2009 hydrogeologist, research associate, University of South Australia, Australia
- field work
- modelling aspects as part of site characterization study for a remediation project on casual employment
- coordination and management of site characterization component
2005 – 2006 assistant engineer (design), Consulting Engineering Services (International), New Delhi, India
- designing the various engineering components of a hydroelectric power plants, mainly surge shaft phenomena, retaining walls and dams
2005 – 2005 research associate, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India
- assisting research project leader in designing hydraulic components and experimental setup in the hydraulics laboratory
- designing small hydroelectric power plant in Uttar Pradesh, India
2002 – 2003 teaching the applied mathematics
Publications
Research Papers
- 2014 Bekele, D. N., Naidu, R., & Chadalavada, S., “Influence of spatial and temporal variability of subsurface soil moisture and temperature on vapour intrusion”, Atmospheric Environment, 88, 14-22.
- 2014 Du, J., Chadalavada, S., Chen, Z., & Naidu, R., “Environmental remediation techniques of tributyltin contamination in soil and water: A review”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 235, 141-150
- 2013 Bekele, D. N., Naidu, R., Bowman, M., & Chadalavada, S., “Vapor Intrusion Models for Petroleum and Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds: Opportunities for Future Improvements”, Vadose Zone Journal, 12(2).
- 2012 Chadalavada, S., Datta, B. and Naidu, R., “Optimal Identification of Groundwater Pollution Sources Using Feedback Monitoring Information: A Case Study”, Environmental Forensics 13(2) 140-153
- 2012 Naidu, R., Nandy, S.,Mallavarapu M., Rachakonda R.P.,Chadalavada S., Zuliang C., Bowman M., “Monitored natural attenuation of a long-term petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites: a case study”, Biodegradation 23 (6) 881-895
- 2011 Chadalavada, S., Datta, B. and Naidu, R., “Optimisation approach for pollution source identification in groundwater: an overview”, International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 8(1), 40-61
- 2011 Chadalavada, S., Datta, B. and Naidu, R., “Uncertainty Based Optimal Monitoring Network Design for a Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Contaminated Site”, Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 173, (1-4) 929-940
- 2008 Chadalavada, S., Datta, B., “Dynamic Optimal Monitoring Network Design for Transient Transport of Pollutants in Groundwater Aquifers”, Water Resources Management. 22(6) 651-670
- 2010 Naidu, R., Megharaj, M., Malik, S., Rachakonda, P. K., Chadalawada, S., Perso, F., & Gilkes, R. J., “Monitored natural attenuation (MNA) as a cost effective sustainable remediation technology for petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites: demonstration of scientific evidence. In Proceedings of the 19th World Congress of Soil Science: Soil solutions for a changing world, Brisbane, Australia, 1-6 August 2010.”, International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), c/o Institut für Bodenforschung, Universität für Bodenkultur
Book Chapters
- 2014 Chadalavada, S., Datta, B. and Naidu, R., “Ground Water Modelling Involving PRBs – General Aspects, Case Studies, Permeable Reactive Barriers, Taylor and Francis”, Research Papers Presented during International Conferences
- 2013 Arias Espana, Victor Andres; Naidu, Ravi; Chadalavada, Sreenivasulu and Mallavarapu, Megharaj, “A novel technology for treatment of Aqueous Fire Fighting Foams (AFFF) contaminated wastewater”, CleanUp2013, Melbourne