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Nandan Shetty

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University
M.S., Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University
B.E., Environmental Engineering, Dartmouth College
B.A., Engineering Sciences, Religion, Dartmouth College

About Nandan

Nandan Shetty joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2023. He received his PhD and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Columbia University, and his BE in Environmental Engineering from Dartmouth College. During his PhD, he worked with the New York City Parks department to design and launch the city's pilot rain gardens, now a billion-dollar program. Dr. Shetty researches green infrastructure, including street trees, rain gardens and roof gardens. He also worked as an environmental engineer for the New York City Parks Department on the planning, design, construction, and research of green infrastructure for eleven years.

Selected Publications

  • Shetty, N.H.(2023) Estimating stormwater infiltration and canopy interception for street tree pits in Manhattan, New York. Forests 14 https://doi.org/10.3390/f14020216
  • Shetty, N.H., Wang, M.K., Culligan, P.J. (2022) Examining how a smart rainwater harvesting system connected to a green roof can improve urban stormwater management. Water 14(14):2216 https://doi.org/10.3390/w14142216
  • Shetty, N.H., Elliott, R., Wang, M., Culligan, P.J., Palmer, M. (2022) Comparing the hydrological performance of an irrigated native vegetation green roof with a conventional Sedum spp. green roof in New York City. PLOS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266593
  • Shetty, N.H., Mailloux, B.J., McGillis, W.R., Culligan, P.J. (2020) Observations of the seasonal buildup and washout of salts in urban bioswale soil. Science of the Total Environment 722 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137834
  • Shetty, N.H., Hu, R., Mailloux, B.J., Hsueh, D., McGillis, W.R., Wang, M.K., Chandran, K., Culligan, P.J. (2019) Studying the effect of bioswales on nutrient pollution in urban combined sewer systems. Science of the Total Environment 665 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv
  • Shetty, N.H., Hu, R., Hoch, J., Mailloux, B., Palmer, M., Menge, D., McGuire, K., McGillis, W.R., Culligan, P.J., (2018) Quantifying urban bioswale nitrogen cycling in the soil, gas, and plant phases. Water 10(11), 1627 doi: 10.3390/w10111627
  • Roman D, Braga A, Shetty, N.H. and Culligan P.J. (2017) Design and modeling of an adaptively controlled rainwater harvesting system. Water 9 1–14 doi:10.3390/w9120974
  • Alizadehtazi, B., DiGiovanni, K., Foti, R., Morin, T., Shetty, N.H., Montalto, F.A., Gurian, P.L., (2016) Comparison of observed infiltration rates of different permeable urban surfaces using a Cornell sprinkle infiltrometer. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 21. doi:10.1061/ (ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001374

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