C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E Murugesu Sivapalan Chester and Helen Siess Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Science May 2015 Date of Birth: April 19, 1953. Puttur, Sri Lanka Marital Status: Married to Banumathy (since July 11, 1981) Two sons: Mayuran (born December 18, 1982), and Kavin (born January 30, 1987) Nationality: Australian Citizen & United States Permanent Resident Address: Work: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 255 Computing Applications Building MC-150, 605 East Springfield Avenue, Urbana, IL 61820, USA Phone: +1 (217) 333 2675 Fax: +1 (217) 244 1785 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: http://www.geog.illinois.edu Home: 2502 Branch Road, Champaign, IL 61822, USA Telephone: +1 (217) 378 4824 Cell: +1 (217) 417 1152 Educational Qualifications Dr. Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate) 2012 Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Ph.D., Civil Engineering (major in Hydrology) 1986 Princeton University, New Jersey, U. S. A. (Advisor: Eric F. Wood) M. A., Civil Engineering (major in Hydrology) 1983 Princeton University, New Jersey, U. S. A. M. Eng., Water Resources Engineering 1977 Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand (Advisor: S. Selvalingam) B. Sc. Eng. (Hons), Civil Engineering 1975 University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Prizes, Awards and Honors Chester and Helen Siess Endowed Professor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign