Dr Dushmanta Dutta

Senior Lecturer, Water Engineering
Coordinator, BCivEnvEng Course

Location: Room 3W255, Gippsland Campus Postal address: School of Applied Sciences and Engineering Monash University Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, Australia Phone: +61 3 512 26407 or +61 3 990 26407 Fax:      +61 3 512 26738 or +61 3 990 26738 Email: Dushmanta.Dutta@sci.monash.edu.au

Dushmanta obtained his PhD from the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Tokyo, Japan. Before coming to Gippsland, Dushmanta held the position of Associate Professor at the International Center for Urban Safety Engineering (ICUS), Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Japan, and he was involved in teaching, research and coordination of international collaborative research activities of ICUS through the Regional Network Office for Urban Safety of the University of Tokyo located at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. At Gippsland, he teaches in areas ranging from urban water supply to waste water to water resources modeling and management.

Teaching Commitments

Dushmanta is the unit advisor for the following units:

• ENG1211 - Introduction to engineering systems
• ENG2204 - Water systems
• ENG2207 - Waterway engineering
• ENG4203 - Management of water resources

Research Interests

Dushmanta’s main research interests are in areas of hydrology, water resources engineering and management with main focus on the following areas:

• Hydrological modeling
• Urban water and waste water
• Water quality modeling
• Flood disaster risk management
• Climate change impacts in water resources
• Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in water resources

Professional Affiliations

• International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Member
• Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, Member
• Association of Hydrologists of India, Life Member
• Japan Society for Civil Engineers, Member
• Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, Member
• International Association of Geoinformatics, Member

Research Grants as Chief Investigator

• 2008: Electro Spinning System for Membrane for Water Treatment (Collier Charitable Fund, A$3,000) (2 nd CI)
• 2007-2010: Development and Application of an Integrated Model for Sediment Transport Simulation in a River Basin (NEWJEC Consultant Inc., Japan, A$42,000) (Sole CI)
• 2007-2009: Climate Perturbation and Coastal Zone Systems in Asia Pacific Region: Holistic Approaches and Tools for Vulnerability Assessment and Sustainable Management Strategy ( Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, A$92,000) (Primary CI)
• 2007: Portable Water Quality Monitoring, Primary Chief Investigator (Collier Charitable Fund, A$2,500) (Primary CI)
• 2007: Development and application of a process-based model for simulating dynamics of phosphorous in river basin scale (Monash University, A$20,000) (Sole CI)
• 2005-2007: Flood Inundation Modeling in Mekong River Basin Using a Physically Based Surface-River Model: Phase II (NEWJEC Consultant Inc., Japan, A$ 31,058 ) (Sole CI)
• 2005-2006: Development and Application of a Distributed Model for Nutrient Simulation in Tokyo Bay by integrating a Distributed Hydrological Model and a Estuary Model ( Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology , Japan, US$40,000) ( Category 1)
• 2004-2005: Catastrophic Flood Risk Analysis in Bangkok , Thailand ( United Nations University, US$9,000) (Sole CI)
• 2004-2006: Flood Forecasting and Decision Support System for Chao Phraya River Basin , Thailand ( National Electronics and Computer Technology Center , Thailand , US$125,000) ( Category 3)
• 2004-2005: An Assessment of the Socio-economic Impacts of Floods under Climate Change Conditions in Large Coastal Cities in South and Southeast Asia ( National Science Foundation of USA under CAPaBLE Programme, US$45,000) (Sole CI)
• 2003-2004: Urban Flood Inundation Modeling in Mekong River Basin Using a Physically Based Surface-River Model (NEWJEC Consultant Inc., Japan, US$20,000) (Sole CI)
• 2003-2004: Development of an advanced estuary model and integration of river distribution model for an integrated ecological model for Tokyo Bay ( Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology , Japan, US$35,000) (Primary CI)
• 2002-2003: Detailed Investigation of Evapotranspiration Process in Urban Water Cycle using Very High Resolution Remote Sensing data ( Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology , Japan, US$40,000) (Primary CI)
• 2001-2003: Modelling for Fresh Water Resources Assessment in Mekong River Basin ( Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology , Japan , US$150,000) (Category 1; Primary CI)
• 001-2002: Development of Methodology for Deriving Detailed Urban Landcover Information using High-resolution Satellite images for Flood Loss Estimation (University of Tokyo , US$40,000)
• 2002: Short-term Research Program at ANU and UWA on Studies for Urban Flood Disaster Risk Analysis (University of Tokyo,US$3,000) (Sole CI)
• 2001: Investigative Research on Flood Forecasting in Mekong River Basin (University of Tokyo, US$3,000) (Sole CI)

Awards & Fellowships

• “Gippsland Research Award 2007”, Staff Excellence Awards for Exceptional Performance in Research, Monash University Gippsland Campus
• Best Teacher (for small size classes; course: Urban Drainage Management) of School of Civil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, 2004.
• Best technical paper and excellent presentation award in 2nd International Summer Symposium, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, July 2000.
• Excellent Presentation award in 52nd Annual Conference of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, September 1997.
• The James A. Linen III Memorial Award for best performance in M. Eng. Graduate course of AIT, August 1994.
• AIT Graduate Scholarship for M. Eng. course and research (1993-1994).
• Technical Merit Scholarship of State of Govt. of Assam, India for B. Eng. Course (1987-1991).

Publications from Research and Scholarly Activities (since 2003)

• Herath, S., D. Dutta, A. Pathirana, S. Nakamura and L. Samarakoon, Coping with Extreme Floods-Theory and Tools for Managing Risks, United Nations University Press, Japan (in press).

• Dutta, D. and M.S. Babel (ed). (2005). Floods in Coastal Cities under Climate Change Conditions, Proceedings of the International Symposium, Organized by the Asian Institute of Technology and Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research, June, Published by Asian Institute of Technology, ISBN 974-93889-3-3, 185 pages.
• Herath, S., D. Dutta, U. Weesakul and A. Das Gupta (ed.) (2005). Role of Water Sciences in Transboundary River Basin Management, Proceedings of the International Symposium, Organized by United Nations University, Asian Institute of Technology and Thammasat University, Thailand, Published by Asian Institute of Technology, March, ISBN 974-8202-94-1, 240 pages.

• Habib-ur-Rehman , N.M. Khan, D. Dutta (2006). Assessment of extent of flooding under climate change condition in Coastal city of Pakistan. In: Coastal Hydrology and Processes (ed. by V. J. Singh & Y. J. Xu), 89-102. Water Resources Publications, LLC, CO, USA, ISBN # 978-1-887201-46-9.
• Dutta, D. and S. Herath (2004). An Urban Flood Risk Analysis System a nd Its Application , Chapter 4, Assessment of Post-event Management Processes using Multi-media Disaster Reduction, Research Report of US-Japan Cooperative Research on Urban Disaster Management , No. 11209210, University of Tokyo, Japan, pp. 4-11-- 4-20.
• Herath, S. and D. Dutta (2005). Floods and Urbanization: A Case Study From Japan, Know Risk, United Nations, Tudor Rose, pp. 294-295.

• Bhattarai, R. and D. Dutta, “ A Comparative Analysis of Sediment yield Simulation by SEDD, MUSLE and a Process based model in Thailand”, Hydrological Sciences Journal (accepted). (ISSN: 0262-6667, IF: 1.201, Rank:18/57 in Water Resources category)
• Asokan, S. and D. Dutta, “Analysis of Water Resources in The Mahanadi River Basin, India Under Projected Climate Conditions”, Hydrological Processes, John Wiley & Sons, ISSN (in press). (ISSN: 0885-6087 , IF: 1.64, Rank:7/57 in Water Resources category)
• Dutta, D. and K. Nakayama. Effects of Spatial Grid Resolution on River Flow and Surface Inundation Simulation by Physically Based Distributed Modeling Approach, Hydrological Processes (in press). (ISSN: 0885-6087 , IF: 1.64, Rank:7/57 in Water Resources category)
• Dutta, D. , J. Alam, K. Umeda, M. Hayashi and S. Hironaka (2007). A two dimensional hydrodynamic model for flood inundation simulation: a case study in the Lower Mekong River basin, Hydrological Processes, 21:1223-1237. (ISSN: 0885-6087 , IF: 1.64, Rank:7/57 in Water Resources category)
• Bhattarai, R. and D. Dutta (2007). Estimation of Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Using GIS at Catchment Scale, Water Resources Management Journal, 21:1635–1647. (ISSN: 0920-4741 , IF: 0.615 , Rank: 33/83 in Civil Engineering category)
• Dutta, D., S. Herath and K. Musiake (2006). An Application of a Flood Risk Analysis System for Impact Analysis of a Flood Control Plan in a River Basin, Hydrological Processes, 20(6):1365–1384 (ISSN: 0885-6087 , IF: 1.64, Rank:7/57 in Water Resources category)
• utta, D. and K. Serker (2005). Urban Building Inventory Development Using Very High-Resolution Remote Sensing, International Journal of Geoinformatics, 1(1):109-116. (ISSN:1686-6576)

• Nakayama, K., D. Dutta, G. Tanaka and T. Okada (2004). Integration of Hydrological Model and Estuary Model, Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, 18(4):390-400 . (ISSN: 0915-1389)
• Herath, S., D. Dutta and S. Wijesekara (200 3 ). A Coupled River and Inundation Modeling Scheme for Efficient Flood Forecasting , Geoinformatics, JSG, 14(1 ): 37-42. (ISSN:0388-502X)
• Dutta , D. , S. Herath and S. Wijesekera (2003). Impact of Dem Horizontal Resolution in Flood Inundation Modeling, Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, 3(3):41-48 . (ISSN:1513-6728)
• Dutta, D. , S. Herath and K. Musiake (200 3 ). A Mathematical Model for Flood Loss Estimation, Journal of Hydrology , 277:24-49. (ISSN:0022-1694, IF:2.117, Rank: 1/83 in Civil Engineering category)

• Dutta, D. (2007). Climatic perturbation and flood risk in coastal cities: a comparative study in South and South-East Asia, Proceedings of the 6 thInternational Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. ( 6-5-)1-11.
• Grzmil, T., D. Nag and D. Dutta (2007). A predictive study of river diversion system in relation to Morwell river, Australia, Proceedings of the 6 thInternational Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. ( 6-3-)1-11.
• utta, D. and J.A.N. Bhuiyan (2007). Flood Characteristics under Changing Climatic Conditions in Meghna Delta, Bangladesh, Proceedings of the 16th IASTED International Conference on Applied Simulation and Modelling, Spain, 29 – 31 August, pp.162-167.

• Dutta, D ., F. Khatun and S. Herath (2006). Modeling economic impact of extreme floods in Hanoi under Hoa Binh reservoir failure condition, Proceedings of the 5 thInternational Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, Phuket, Thailand, pp. 233-245.
• Dutta, D ., J. Alam, K. Umeda, S. Hironaka (2006). Quasi 2D vs. Fully 2D Hydrodynamic Modelling for Floodplain Management: A comparative Study in the Lower Mekong River Basin, Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Wise Water Resources Management Towards Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction, Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. ( ST1-49-A51-281-)1-8 .
• Nakayama, K. and D. Dutta (2006). Effects of spatial grid resolution on river flow by the physically based distributed modeling approach, Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Wise Water Resources Management Towards Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction, Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. ( ST1-01-A03-68-)1-7 .
• Dutta, D. and S. Wongwiwat (2006). Catastrophic Flood Risk Analysis in Bangkok in using GIS, Remote Sensing and Distributed Hydrological Model, Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Wise Water Resources Management Towards Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction, Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. (ST1-05-A29-029-) 1-8 .
• Yoshikawa, Y., H. Yasuda, Y. Watanabe, K. Nakayama and D. Dutta (2006). Sediment transport during flood and application of distributed hydrological model, Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Wise Water Resources Management Towards Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction, Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. ( ST1-01-A06-119-)1-8 .
• Asokan, S.M., S. Weesakul and D. Dutta (2006). Flood Modeling in the Lower Ping River Bain, Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Wise Water Resources Management Towards Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction , Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, Bangkok , Thailand , ( 43-A44-288-)1-9.
• Dutta, D ., C. Chaleeraktrakoon and S. Budhakooncharoen (2006). Research initiatives in Thailand on Predictions in Ungauged Basins, Proceedings of Symposium S7 held during the 7 th IAHS Scientific Assembly, IAHS Publication 303, pp. 492-504.
• Dutta, D. (2005). Vulnerability of Coastal Cities of Asia to Rising Sea Level: A Case Study in Bangkok, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, 18-19 October 2005, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, pp. 203-212.
• Bhuiyan, J.A.N, D. Dutta, A. Das Gupta and M.S. Babel (2005). Flood simulation and its socio-economic impact analysis in Meghna Delta, Bangladesh under climate change conditions, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Floods in Coastal Cities under Climate Change Conditions, AIT, Thailand, June, pp. 1-10.
• Swamy, A.N., D. Dutta and S.M. Asokan (2005). Flood inundation modeling during severe cyclonic storms and socio-economic analyses for various climate change scenarios over Mahanadi Delta, India, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Floods in Coastal Cities under Climate Change Conditions, AIT, Thailand, June, pp. 11-18.
• Ratnayake, U., D. Dutta and S. Niu (2005). Impacts of floods under sea level rising scenarios in Matara, Sri Lanka, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Floods in Coastal Cities under Climate Change Conditions, AIT, Thailand, June, pp. 37-46.
• Dutta, D. , S. Niu and K.S. Rajan (2005). Modeling and socio-economic impact analysis of floods under sea level rising scenarios in Bangkok, Thailand, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Floods in Coastal Cities under Climate Change Conditions, AIT, Thailand, June, pp. 51-64.
• Dutta, D., J. Alam and H.M. Hien (2005). Flood simulation and its socio-economic impact analysis under climate change condition in Hue City, Vietnam, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Floods in Coastal Cities under Climate Change Conditions, AIT, Thailand, June, pp. 85-96.
• Khatun, F., D. Dutta and S. Herath (2005). Flood Risk Analysis in Hanoi City due to Extreme Floods under Scenario of Hoa Binh Reservoir Failure, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Floods in Coastal Cities under Climate Change Conditions, AIT, Thailand, June, pp. 73-84.
• Asokan, S. and D. Dutta (2005). Analysis of Long Term Impacts of Climate Change in River Flows in the Mahanadi River Basin, India, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Floods in Coastal Cities under Climate Change Conditions , AIT, Thailand, June, pp. 19-28.
• Dutta, D. and S. Niu (2005). Modeling of Floods in Coastal Cities under Sea Level Rising Scenarios: A Case Study in Bangkok, Thailand, Proceedings of the MTERM International Conference, June, Asian Institute of Technology, pp.323-330.
• Bhattarai, R. and D. Dutta (2005). Analysis of Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield using Empirical and Process Based Models, Proceedings of the MTERM International Conference, June, Asian Institute of Technology, pp. 215-226.
• Nakayama, K., D. Dutta, G. Tanaka and F. Khanam (2005). A Comparative Analysis of River Flow Modeling in an Urban River Basin in Japan using Lumped and Physically Based Approaches, Proceedings of the MTERM International Conference, Asian Institute of Technology, June, pp. 207-214.
• Alam, M.J., D. Dutta and S. Hironaka (2005). Applicability of a Distributed Hydrodynamic Modeling Approach for Flood Flow Simulation: A Case Study in the Lower Mekong, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Role of Water Sciences in Transboundary River Basin Management, March 2005, Thailand, pp. 67-74.
• Duttta, D., M.J. Alam, K. Umeda, M. Hayashi and S. Hironaka (2004). Urban Flood Modeling i n Lower Mekong Basin: A Physically Based Distributed Modeling Approach , Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management in Changing Environment of the Monsoon , Colombo, Sri Lanka , November, pp. 407-417.
• Dutta, D. and T. Tingsanchali (2003). Development of Flood Loss Functions for Urban Flood Risk Analysis in Bangkok, Proceedings of the 2 nd International Conference on New Technologies for Urban Safety in Mega Cities of Asia, University of Tokyo, Japan, October 30-31, pp: 229-238 .
• D. Dutta , H. Takamura and S. Herath (2003). Understanding F lood B ehaviour in U nderground F acilit ies for U rban F lood R isk M anagement , Proceedings of the 2 nd International Conference on New Technologies for Urban Safety in Mega Cities of Asia, University of Tokyo, Japan, October 30-31, pp: 201-212.
• Dutta , D. and S. Herath (2003). A GIS and Mathematical Based Urban Flood Risk Analysis System , Proceedings of the International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety in Asian Mega Cities, ICUS Report 2, The University of Tokyo, Japan, pp. 113-119.

• Dutta, D. (ed) (2007).Proceedings of the Planning Workshop of the APN Project on Climate Perturbationand Coastal Zone Systems In Asia Pacific Region, Bangkok, Thailand, 27-28 September 2007, A Report of the Sponsored Research Project, School of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Monash University, 51 pages.
• Dutta, D. (2007). Modeling of Flood Inundation Characteristics in the Lower Mekong River Floodplains using a 2-D Hydrodynamic Model, A Sponsored Research Project Report, SASE, Monash University, 26 pages.
• Dutta, D., M.S. Babel and A. Das Gupta (2005). An Assessment of the Socio-Economic Impacts of Floods in Large Coastal Areas , Final Report for APN CAPaBLE Project: 2004-CB01NSY-Dutta, Asian Institute of Technology, 205 pages.
• Dutta, D. and M.J. Alama (2005). Urban Flood Inundation Modeling in Mekong River Basin Using A Physically Based Surface-River Model, A Sponsored Research Project Report, RNUS, AIT, Thailand, 50 pages.
• Dutta, D. (2005). Catastrophic Flood Risk Analysis in Bangkok , A Sponsored Research Project Report, RNUS/ ICUS, AIT, Thailand, 100 pages.
• Meguro, K., D. Dutta and T. Katayama (ed.) (2004). Seismic Risk Management in the Countries of Asia and Pacific, Proceedings of the Third WSSI Workshop, ICUS Report 5, University of Tokyo, Japan, 312 pages.