Speakers

Dr. Sinha is a tenured professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is also director of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Management Center (SWIM) Center. Dr. Sinha's research, teaching, and consulting are in the areas of infrastructure management, sustainability, pattern recognition, sensor informatics, and resilience, especially water systems. He has a total of seven years of practical experience in the infrastructure industry. His dual doctoral degree in Civil Engineering and System Design Engineering and work experience in the industry enables him to participate in interdisciplinary research opportunities, and to utilize his practical knowledge to teach students how to solve real-world problems using fundamental and practical approaches.

Dr. Sinha serves as Vice-chair of NIST Community Resilience Panel for Water and Wastewater Systems Sector, and Chair of ASCE Utility Infrastructure Asset Management Division. He was the seed behind a PBS documentary titled "Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure," that throws light on a long-buried problem ~~ America's aging water systems. The film is a startling look at water services that Americans use every day, but rarely consider. He has given many NPR interviews and featured as a water infrastructure expert in a History Channel documentary titled "The Crumbling of America".