Rohit R Goswami, PhD, PE

Rohit R Goswami, PhD, PE

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Principal Engineer at RRG Professional Engineering | Groundwater SME

  • Education

    • DAV College, Chandigarh

      1996 - 1998
    • St. Stephen's, Chandigarh

      1995 - 1996
    • AFGJI, Delhi

      1990 - 1995
    • Auburn University

      2003 - 2008
      PhD Civil Engineering

      Activities and Societies: • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – associate member • National Ground Water Association (NGWA) – member • American Geophysical Union (AGU) – member • Sigma Xi research society- member • Authored peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and conference proceedings• Collaborated on interdisciplinary projects with research colleagues resulting in presentations and awards• Led the effort to develop a laboratory facility for conducting groundwater flow and transport experiments. The facility (not operational anymore) was used by different PhD and postdoctoral candidates to produce several journal publications

    • Punjab Engineering College

      1998 - 2002
      BE Civil Engineering

      Activities and Societies: President, Dramatics Club College colors for student leadership

  • Experience

    • Auburn University

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2008
      GA

      Research work on theoretical, numerical, laboratory and field-scale aspects of variable-density flow and transport modeling. Some examples include:• Re-computing Henry's semi-analytical solution• Submarine groundwater discharge in coastal aquifers• Laboratory-scale experiments of variable-density flow and transport scenarios• Development of a 2D finite-difference code for simulating variable-density flow and transport • Field-scale experiments in Sri Lanka to understand saltwater transport in tsunami-impacted coastal aquifers • Estimating errors in image analysis used for measuring concentrations in laboratory-scale variable-density experiments• Variable-density effects in nano-particle fate and transport in groundwaterTeaching assistant for hydraulics laboratory and engineering analysis (computer programming of numerical methods using MATLAB, VBA) Show less

    • International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

      May 2006 - Jul 2006
      Research Intern

      Executed a research project involving field work in Sri Lanka, physical laboratory experiments at the Colorado School of Mines and numerical modeling at Auburn University to help create well cleanup guidelines later endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO)http://goo.gl/7HxeuF

    • Geosyntec Consultants

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2012
      Engineer

      Consulting and applied research in the field of groundwater flow and transport modeling and water resources• Lead modeler on several vadose zone and groundwater modeling projects for industrial and government clients involving deterministic / probabilistic predictions of groundwater flow and/or contaminant fate and transport • Provide company-wide technical and troubleshooting support to colleagues working on numerical modeling projects including help with parameterization, parameter estimation and visualization • Manage and conduct various tasks related to hydrogeological consulting services including soil, groundwater and surface water sampling, aquifer testing and environmental permitting Show less

    • Arizona Department of Water Resources

      Jun 2013 - Oct 2013
      Engineer II

      Regional scale groundwater modeling

    • Texas Water Development Board

      Nov 2013 - Sept 2017
      Engineer IV

      Groundwater availability modeling through regional-scale models developed using the MODFLOW family of codes. • Groundwater model runs for management plan supportexample of management plan: http://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/docs/GCD/cbgcd/cbgcd_mgmt_plan2015.pdf• Desired future conditions review and estimation of modeled available groundwaterexample of desired future condition: http://www.twdb.texas.gov/groundwater/docs/GAMruns/GR16-025_MAG.pdf• Contract manager and peer-reviewer for groundwater models• In-house technical expert on variable-density flow and estimating brackish groundwater availability Show less

    • R.W. Harden & Associates, Inc.

      Sept 2017 - Jan 2019
      Senior Engineer

      Siting, design, and construction of water supply wells;Hydrogeological studies;Groundwater modeling

    • WSP USA

      Jun 2019 - Feb 2022
      • Lead Consultant

        Jan 2021 - Feb 2022
      • Senior Engineer/Groundwater Modeler

        Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
    • RRG Professional Engineering

      Feb 2022 - now
      Principal Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • The Art of Negotiation

      Coursera Course Certificates
      Jun 2016
      View certificate certificate
    • Finance for Non-Financial Professionals

      Coursera Course Certificates
      May 2016
      View certificate certificate
    • Professional Engineer

      Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
      Dec 2015
    • Professional Engineer

      Texas Board of Professional Engineers
      Jul 2016
    • Certified Texas Contract Manager

      Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
      Jul 2016