University of California, Davis
Endowed Chair Professor
About
Prof. Kavva received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the Purdue University, and is the Distinguished Professor, Gerald and Lillian Orlob Endowed Chair Professor of Water Resources Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He is a Registered Professional Hydrologist and also a ASCE Fellow. His areas of specialization include mathematical modeling of the integrated hydrologic-atmospheric processes at global, continental, country and watershed scales for the simulation and prediction of hydrologic water balances toward quantifying phenomena such as floods and droughts; mathematical modeling of hydrologic processes at regional, watershed and hillslope scales; investigations on the mathematical modeling of contaminant transport by inland surface waters, unsaturated flow and groundwater flow, and physical hydraulic modeling of environmental fluid flows. He received many awards and honors in the past years, such as ASCE Richard Torrens Award (1999), ASCE Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award (2001), ASCE/EWRI JHE Best paper award (2006), ASCE Fellow (2008), ASCE Ven Te Chow Award Lecturer (2009), ASCE Ven Te Chow Award (2009, the highest honor that can be bestowed by ASCE to a Hydrologic Engineer). He services as Member of California Climate Change Advisory Board, Member of the Steering Group on Water and Climate Change, Asia-Pacific Water Forum, and Member of the UNESCO Expert Group on Climate Change and Water.
Career Type:
Scientist/Researcher/Academic
Organization Type:
Universities and Academia
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His areas of specialization include mathematical modeling of the integrated hydrologic-atmospheric processes at global, continental, country and watershed scales for the simulation and prediction of hydrologic water balances toward quantifying phenomena such as floods and droughts; mathematical modeling of hydrologic processes at regional, watershed and hillslope scales; investigations on the mathematical modeling of contaminant transport by inland surface waters, unsaturated flow and groundwater flow, and physical hydraulic modeling of environmental fluid flows.
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