G. V. Loganathan
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Prof. G. V. Loganathan
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| Born | Gobichettipalayam Vasudevan Loganathan April 8, 1954 Karatadipalayam, Gobichettipalayam, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India |
| Died | April 16, 2007 (aged 53) Blacksburg, Virginia, United States |
| Residence | Virginia |
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India United States |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Civil and environmental engineering |
| Institutions | Virginia Tech |
| Alma mater | B.E., PSG College of Technology (Madras University), 1976 M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1978 Ph.D., Purdue University, 1982 |
| Known for | Hydrology, water resources systems, hydraulic networks |
| Notable awards | Wesley W. Horner Award (1996) |
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Gobichettipalayam Vasudevan "G. V." Loganathan (April 8, 1954 – April 16, 2007) was an Indian-born American professor, who, at the time of his death, was a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental engineering, part of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, United States.
Loganathan hailed from Karatadipalayam, Gobichettipalayam in Erode district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore affiliated to the University of Madras 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. His dissertation was titled Multiple objective planning of land/water interface in medium-size cities.
G. V. Loganathan joined Virginia Tech on December 16, 1981 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. 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. He also served as a member of the Virginia Tech faculty senate and a counselor in the Virginia Tech honor court.
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