Gobichettypalayam Vasudevan Loganathan, known as Prof. G. V. Loganathan (April 8, 1954 – April 16, 2007)^[1] 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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Karatadipalayam is a village in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu[2]. It is located at about 3 km from Gobichettipalayam. ... Gobichettipalayam (often simply called Gobi) is a semi-rural community in the Erode District of Tamil Nadu state, India. ... The equivalent terms tehsil, tahsil, tahasil, taluka, taluk, and taluq refer to a unit of government in some countries of the Indian subcontinent. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Blacksburg is located in Montgomery County, Virginia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... Environmental engineering[1][2] is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the environment (air, water, and/or land resources), to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites. ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, and veterinary medicine programs are considered to be among its strongest. ... University of Madras is one of the three oldest universities in India (along with Bombay and Calcutta), it was incorporated in 1857. ... The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) is one of the Indian Institutes of Technology, set up in the then-industrial city of Kanpur in 1960. ... Purdue redirects here. ... Water covers 70% of the Earths surface. ... Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. ... Hydraulics is a branch of science and engineering concerned with the use of liquids to perform mechanical tasks. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... Environmental engineering[1][2] is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the environment (air, water, and/or land resources), to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites. ... Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic university in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Although it is a comprehensive university with many departments, the agriculture, engineering, architecture, forestry, and veterinary medicine programs are considered to be among its strongest. ...

Life and career

Loganathan hailed from Karatadipalayam of Gobichettipalayam Taluk in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering at PSG College of Technology affiliated to Madras University 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.^[2] His dissertation was titled Multiple objective planning of land/water interface in medium-size cities.^[3] Karatadipalayam is a village in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu[2]. It is located at about 3 km from Gobichettipalayam. ... Gobichettipalayam (often simply called Gobi) is a semi-rural community in the Erode District of Tamil Nadu state, India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Bachelor of Engineering (BAI (in latin), BEng, or BE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three, four or five years of studying engineering at an accredited university in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, China and India. ... PSG College of Technology affectionately called as PSG Tech, Tech is located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. ... University of Madras is one of the three oldest universities in India (along with Bombay and Calcutta), it was incorporated in 1857. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) is one of the Indian Institutes of Technology, set up in the then-industrial city of Kanpur in 1960. ... Purdue redirects here. ... This article is about the thesis in dialectics and academia. ...

G. V. Loganathan joined Virginia Tech on December 16, 1981[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[4][5] He also served as a member of the Virginia Tech faculty senate and a counselor in the Virginia Tech honor court.^[6] This article or section should include material from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. ... Water covers 70% of the Earths surface. ... Bold textHydraulic NetworkBold text This is the pipes of liquid (or a watercourse) feeding a piece of hydraulic equipment. ... American Water Works Association (AWWA) is a international professional organization dedicated to the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. ... The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) provides water and sewage treatment for customers in Alameda County and portions of Contra Costa County in California, on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay. ...

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.^[7] 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.^[8] The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a professional body, founded in 1852, to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. ... The Journal of Hydrologic Engineering is a bimonthly engineering journal, that was first published by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1996 [1]. The journal provides information on the development of new hydrologic methods, theories, and applications to current engineering problems. ... Water covers 70% of the Earths surface. ... The National Weather Service (NWS) is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. ...

He lived with his wife, Usha, and his two daughters, Uma and Abirami, on the campus of Virginia Tech.^[9]

Death

At age 53, Loganathan was among the 32 people killed by Seung-hui Cho in the Virginia Tech massacre on April 16, 2007. Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... This is a Korean name; the family name is Cho Cho Seung-hui (January 18, 1984 – April 16, 2007), was the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech massacre[3][4] of April 16, 2007, in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States, according to police reports. ... The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting that unfolded as two separate attacks approximately two hours apart on April 16, 2007, on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States (U.S.). A shooter killed 32 people[4] and wounded many more... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

During April 2007, Loganathan taught an Advanced Hydrology class in Norris Hall's Room 206. On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho entered Norris 206 and opened fire; Norris 206 was Cho's first target. Of the fifteen registered students in Loganathan's class, nine died and four are known to have survived. Loganathan perished with the nine dead students. This is a Korean name; the family name is Cho Cho Seung-hui (January 18, 1984 – April 16, 2007), was the perpetrator of the Virginia Tech massacre[3][4] of April 16, 2007, in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States, according to police reports. ...

Honors

• American Society of Civil Engineers Wesley W. Horner Award in 1996^[10] 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.^[11]
• Virginia Tech Academy of Teaching Excellent W.E. Wine Award in 2006^[5]

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Selected 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 ^[12] 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.^[13]

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References

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External links

• G. V. Loganathan — Virginia Tech — RateMyProfessors.com
• Virginia Tech faculty profile: G. V. Loganathan
• The Hindu — Indian professor killed in US varsity shootout
• Times of India - Indian professor killed in US varsity shootout
• Virginia shooting: Prof's family to attend last rites; Rediff News
• Indian professor killed, student missing in Virginia shootout; Rediff News
• MEA official to visit Virginia Tech University; Rediff News
• A massacre at Virginia Tech; Rediff News
• Indian professor, shot in class, never wanted to leave campus; The Indian Express
• Loganathan's family to get passports immediately; The Indian Express
• The Victims of the Virginia Tech massacre; BBC News
• Indian killed in US Gun rampage; BBC News
• Gunman kills Indian Professor, Student missing
• Prof cared for 'students as if they were his own children'; CNN
• The Hindu - U.S. killing leaves trail of sorrow in State