त्वरित संपर्क
रिचा ओझा
PhD (Purdue University)
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
शोध करना दिलचस्पी
Flow and transport in porous media, Scaling of hydrological processes, Hydrologic extremes
Research Area
Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering
शिक्षा
M.E. in Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore (2011)
PhD in Civil Engineering, Purdue University, USA (2014)
शिक्षण क्षेत्र
Undergraduate courses
Computational Methods in Engineering (ESO 208), Civil Engineering Communication Skills (CE341), Engineering Hydrology (CE362), Hydraulic and Hydrologic Design (CE462)
Postgraduate Courses
Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering (CE604), Advanced Hydrology (CE610), Computational Methods in Hydraulics and Hydrology (CE613), Vadose Zone Hydrology (CE618), Moment Analysis for Contaminant Fate and Transport (CE737), Introduction to Profession and Communication (CE888)
पिछला कार्य अनुभव
Assistant Professor, 2015-2021
Graduate Engineer Trainee (Larsen and Toubro Ltd), 2008-2009
व्यावसायिक जुड़ाव
Indian Society of Hydraulics, 2015-present
American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011-present
चयनित प्रकाशन
Songa, U. M. R., & Ojha, R. (2026). An Empirical Model for Time to Ponding Accounting for Root Water Uptake. ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 152(2), 04025052.
Vashishth, N., Pandey, A., & Ojha, R. (2025). Estimation of dual permeability model parameters in agricultural fields using a genetic algorithm‐based inverse modeling framework. Vadose Zone Journal, 24(6), e70067.
Pandey, A., and Ojha, R. (2025). Evaluating existing flow theories for modelling macropore flow through unsaturated soils: A numerical study. Advances in Water Resources, 105136.
Kumar, S., and Ojha, R. (2025). A numerical analysis of soil-water dynamics in agricultural fields with temporally varying soil hydraulic properties. Journal of Hydrology, 661, 133628.
S. Kumar, and R. Ojha (2024), A scaling-based model to describe temporal variability in soil hydraulic properties. Journal of Hydrology, 131265.
पुरस्कार एवं फैलोशिप
Practicum Exchange Program Fellowship, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2010
Prof. N. S. Govinda Rao Memorial Gold Medal, Indian Institute of Science, 2011
Ross Fellowship, Purdue University, 2011-2014
Jacques W. Delleur Award, Purdue University, 2013
CE Best Dissertation Award, Purdue University, 2014
ASCE State of the Art of Civil Engineering Award, ASCE, 2016
Early Career Research Award, SERB, 2016
NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, NASI, 2020
S. N. Gupta Memorial Lecture Award, ISH, 2024
Editor's Choice Paper, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 2026
पेशेवर अनुभव
Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology, 2025 onwards
Guest Editor, Environmental Earth Sciences, 2021-2023