At TTU, he leads the Tennessee Tech Water Resources Modeling and Simulation (TechWARMS) research group focusing on understanding water and its interaction with urban areas through modeling & simulations. He holds Ph.D. and M.S in Civil Engineering degrees from the University of Utah and B.Tech degree from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. He has previously held graduate research assistantship at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His research interests include: computational hydrology/hydraulics, numerical modeling and high-performance computing, flood risk management applications, sustainability-focused decision making and GIS applications in Civil and Environmental Engineering.