• Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Assessing uncertainties in mechanistic modeling of quality fluctuations in drinking water distribution systems. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering (Accepted for publication).

• Abhijith, G. R., Naidu, M. N., Boindala, S. P., Vasan, A., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Analyzing the role of consumer behavior in coping with intermittent supply in water distribution systems. Journal of Hydroinformatics, 25(5), 1766 1787.

• Abhijith, G. R., Salomons, E., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Developing a simplified practical approach for analyzing the criticality of isolation valves. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 149(11), 06023005.

• Ostfeld, A and Abhijith, G. R. 2023. Digital Twin for Water Distribution Systems Management—Towards a Paradigm Shift. ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice Forum, 14(3), 02523001.

• Raimondi, A., Quinn, R., Abhijith, G. R., Becciu, G., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Rainwater Harvesting and Treatment: state of the art and perspectives. Water, SI Rainwater Harvesting and Treatment, 15(8), 1518.

• Abhijith, G. R., Salomons, E., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Reliability of a Contamination-Detection Sensor Network in Water Distribution Systems during a Cyber-Physical Attack. Water, 14(22), 3669.

• Price, E., Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Pressure management in water distribution systems through PRVs optimal placement and settings. Water Research, 226, 119236.

• Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Flexible decision-making framework for developing operation protocol for water distribution systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 320, 115817.

• Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Contaminant Fate and Transport Modeling in Distribution Systems: EPANET-C. Water, 14(10), 1665.

• Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Making Waves: Applying Systems Biology Principles in Water Distribution Systems Engineering. Water Research, 219, 118527.

• Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Examining the longitudinal dispersion of solutes inside water distribution systems. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 148(6), 04022022

• Mohan, S., and Abhijith, G. R. 2021. Closure to “Hydraulic Analysis of Intermittent Water-Distribution Networks Considering Partial-Flow Regimes” by S. Mohan and G. R. Abhijith. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 147(11), 07021019.

• Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2021. Model-based investigation of the formation, transmission, and health risk of perfluorooctanoic acid, a member of PFASs group, in drinking water distribution systems. Water Research, 204, 117626.

• Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2021. Modeling the response of non-chlorinated, chlorinated, and chloraminated water distribution systems towards arsenic contamination. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 147(10), 04021045.

• Abhijith, G. R., and Ostfeld, A. 2021. Modeling the Formation and Propagation of 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, a Dominant Taste and Odor Compound, in Water Distribution Systems. Water, 13(5), 638.

• Abhijith, G. R., Kadinski, L., and Ostfeld, A. 2021. Modeling Bacterial Regrowth and Trihalomethane Formation in Water Distribution Systems. Water, 13(4), 463.

• Abhijith, G. R., and Mohan, S. 2021. Cellular Automata-based Mechanistic Model for Analyzing Microbial Regrowth and Trihalomethanes Formation in Water Distribution Systems. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 147(1), 04020145.

• Mohan, S., and Abhijith, G. R. 2020. Hydraulic Analysis of Intermittent Water Distribution Networks considering Partial Flow Regimes. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 146(8), 04020071.

• Abhijith, G. R., and Mohan, S. 2020. Random Walk Particle Tracking embedded Cellular Automata model for predicting temporospatial variations of chlorine in water distribution systems. Environmental Processes, 7(1), 271-296.

• Mohan, S., Abhijith, G. R., and Aneesh, B. 2018. Modeling chlorine response to uncontrolled contamination events in drinking water distribution systems. Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology – AQUA, 67(8), 834-845.

• Gupta, R., Abhijith, G. R., and Ormsbee, L. 2016. Leakage as Pressure-Driven Demand in Design of Water Distribution Networks. ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 142(6), 1-14.

Conference Proceedings

• Abhijith G. R., Ivo, D., Cominola, A., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Hybrid mechanistic and machine learning-based modeling approach for predicting quality fluctuations in drinking water distribution systems. 19th International Computing & Control for the Water Industry Conference, Leicester, UK., September 4-7.

• Abhijith, G. R. and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Introducing EPyT-C: An independent Python-based water quality modeling extension for EPANET. 19th International Computing & Control for the Water Industry Conference, Leicester, UK., September 4-7.

• Abhijith, G. R., Leonidou, N., Dräger, A., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Exploring the cause-effects of quality fluctuations in drinking water distribution systems by applying systems biology approaches. 19th International Computing & Control for the Water Industry Conference, Leicester, UK., September 4-7.

• Abhijith, G. R. and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Redefined entropy index for water distribution systems analysis. 19th International Computing & Control for the Water Industry Conference, Leicester, UK., September 4-7.

• Abhijith, G. R., Naidu, M. N., Boindala, S. P., Vasan, A., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Exploring the consumer behaviour in water supply systems with uncertain and irregular intermittency. 19th International Computing & Control for the Water Industry Conference, Leicester, UK., September 4-7.

• Abhijith, G.R. and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Inferring the stochasticity associated with modeling the biological stability of drinking water within distribution networks. In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2023: Adaptive Planning and Design in an Age of Risk and Uncertainty, Henderson Nevada, USA., May 21-24.

• Abhijith, G. R., Salomons, E., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Enhancing the reliability of a contamination detection sensors network in water distribution systems during a cyber-attack. In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2023: Adaptive Planning and Design in an Age of Risk and Uncertainty, Henderson Nevada, USA., May 21-24.

• Abhijith, G. R., Steffelbauer, D., and Ostfeld, A. 2023. Towards digital twins for emerging contaminants in water distribution systems. In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2023: Adaptive Planning and Design in an Age of Risk and Uncertainty, Henderson Nevada, USA., May 21-24.

• Ivo, D., Kadinski, L., Abhijith, G. R., Ostfeld, A., and Cominola, A. 2023. A machine learning-based surrogate model for coupled hydraulic and water quality simulation in water distribution networks. In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2023: Adaptive Planning and Design in an Age of Risk and Uncertainty, Henderson Nevada, USA., May 21-24.

• Schuster, J., Kadinski, L., Hao, C., Abhijith, G. R., Grieb, A., Pu, L., Ostfeld, A., and Ernst, M. 2022. Online monitoring and digital control in drinking water distribution systems. In: German-Israeli Cooperation in Water Technology Research Status Seminar, Ashdod, Israel, October 25-27.

• Kadinski, L., Schuster, J., Abhijith, G. R., Hao, C., Grieb, A., Pu, L., Ernst, M., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Machine learning methodologies to predict possible water quality anomalies as a support tool for online monitoring of organic parameters. WDSA/CCWI Joint Conference, Valencia, Spain, July 18-22.

• Abhijith, G. R. and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Appraisal of the Position of Water Distribution Systems as a PFAS Exposure Pathway. In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022, Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Abhijith, G. R. and Ostfeld, A. 2022. EPANET-C—An Umbrella Simulation Tool for Water Distribution System Quality Analysis. In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022, Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Kadinski, L., Schuster, J., Abhijith, G. R., Hao, C., Grieb, A., Pu, L., Ernst, M., and Ostfeld, A. 2022. Establishing an Experimental and Simulation Interface for Online Monitoring and Modeling of Bacterial Growth in Water Distribution Systems. In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022, Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Hao, C., Schuster, J., Kadinski, L., Abhijith, G. R., Grieb, A., Ernst, M., Ostfeld, A., and Pu, L. 2022. Optimal control of chlorine concentration in water distribution system. In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022, Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Schuster, J., Kadinski, L., Hao, C., Abhijith, G. R., Grieb, A., Pu, L., Ostfeld, A., and Ernst, M. 2022. Real-time monitoring and controlling of water quality in water distribution networks based on flow cytometry and fluorescence spectroscopy. In: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022, Atlanta, GA, USA.

• Mohan, S. and Abhijith, G. R. 2019. Modelling the effects of intermittent water supply on quality deterioration in terms of disinfection by-products formation. In: 11th World Congress on Water Resources and Environment, Madrid, Spain.

• Gupta, R., Abhijith, G. R., and Ormsbee, L. 2015. Including Leakage as Pressure Driven Demands in Optimal Design of Water Distribution Networks. In: Water Resources Management in a Changing World: Challenges and opportunities. Istanbul, Turkey.

Conference Presentations (with abstract only)

• Abhijith G. R. and Ostfeld A. 2022. Post-treatment PFAS contamination of drinking water. WDSA/CCWI22 WDSA/CCWI Joint Conference, Valencia, 18-22 July 2022 Spain.

• Mohan, S. and Abhijith, G. R. 2019. Microbial Regrowth Dynamics in Intermittent Water Supply systems – A Modeling Investigation. In: Water and Development Congress and Exhibition, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

• Abhijith. G. R. and Mohan, S. 2018. An Innovative Protocol for Chlorine Sensors to monitor the Biological Quality of Drinking Water Distribution Systems. In: Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management, Roorkee, India.

• Abhijith, G. R. Aneesh, B. and Mohan, S. 2016. Modeling Microbial Contaminant Transport in Water Distribution Systems. In: National Conf. on Energy and Environment. Coimbatore, India.

• Assistant Professor: Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India (March 2023 – August 2023)

• Post Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (September 2020 – March 2023)

• Pre-Post Doctoral Researcher: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (March 2020 – August 2020)

• Second Place in the Graduate Student Paper competition by the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute: Ivo D., Kadinski L., Abhijith G. R., Ostfeld A., and Cominola A. 2023. "A machine learning-based surrogate model for coupled hydraulic and water quality simulation in water distribution networks. EWRI Conference, Henderson Nevada, USA., May 21-24.

• Honors Fellowship in 2022 for Exceptional Post Doc student from Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

• Pre-post-Doctoral Fellowship in 2020 by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

• Government of Taiwan Fellowship in 2019 for attending the International workshop on “Promoting Sustainable Protection and Restoration of Soil, Groundwater and Water Environment” at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan City, Taiwan.

• Institute medal from VNIT, Nagpur in 2015.

• Shri Bhide Memorial Prize from VNIT, Nagpur in 2015.

• Purna Award –I from VNIT, Nagpur in 2015.

• Academic Excellence Prize from VNIT, Nagpur in 2015.

• Late. Prof. P. R. Bhave Prize from VNIT, Nagpur in 2014.

• Member of Water Distribution Systems Analysis (WDSA) Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) From 2023

• Guest Editor of Water Journal Special Issue: Water Distribution System Quality Analysis and Control February 2023

• Associate Editor of Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management From 2022

• Affiliated Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) From 2022

• Member of International Water Association From 2019

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