Doctor Surendra Shrestha

DAP - UNDER GRAD ENGINEERING,
Engineering and Construction Management

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math

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Qualifications

PhD Virginia Polytechnic & State University
MSc University of Hawaii
BSc(Eng) University of Calicut

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Engineering and Construction Management
Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math

Contact

Email:	S.Shrestha@uws.edu.au
Extension:	2007
Mobile:	0405327874
Location:	XB.3.43 Penrith (Kingswood)
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Biography

Surendra is an engineering hydrologist with both ground and surface water modelling experience. His professional interests range from surface water planning and management, to stochastic ground water flow modelling. His academic interest is in the development of easy to use tools that will aid in planning, designing, implementing and managing surface and ground water resources in an ecologically sustainable manner.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Shrestha.

Publications

Chapters in Books

Panikkar, A., Okalebo, S., Riley, S., Shrestha, S. and Hung, Y. (2010), 'Total treatment of black and grey water for rural communities', Environmental Bioengineering, Springer 9781588294937.
Shrestha, S., Riley, S. and Thomas, L. (2009), 'Rainfall trend analysis of Sydney's drinking water catchments', River Basin Management V, WIT Press 9781845641986.
Shrestha, S., Samuel, A., Ronaldson, P. and Riley, S. (2009), 'Investigation into potential impacts of implementation of water sensitive urban design components', Water Resources Management V, WIT Press 9781845641993.
Riley, S. and Shrestha, S. (2009), 'Rainfall Simulation study of the impact of unsealed roads in Cardinia Shire', Water Resources Management V, WIT Press 9781845641993.
Riley, S., Panikkar, A. and Shrestha, S. (2008), 'Development of an aerobic vermiculture whole-of-waste treatment plant and potential uses in Sub-Saharan Africa', Decentralised Water and Wastewater Systems. International Conference Fremantle, Western Australia 10-12 July 2006, International Water Association Publishing 1843395029.
Riley, S., Shrestha, S., Hackney, P. and Mann, R. (2008), 'Water quality of road runoff in the Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia', Geo-Environment and Landscape Evolution III, WIT Press 9781845641177.
Riley, S., Shrestha, S. and Riley, M. (2008), 'Stream rehabilitation - impact on water quality and long-term effectiveness in an urban environment', Water Pollution IX, WIT Press 9781845641153.

Journal Articles

Pinto, U., Maheshwari, B., Shrestha, S. and Morris, C. (2012), 'Understanding the meaning of river health for a community: perspectives from the peri-urban region of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, Australia', Water Policy, 18.
Pinto, U., Maheshwari, B., Shrestha, S. and Morris, C. (2012), 'Modelling eutrophication and microbial risks in peri-urban river systems using discriminant function analysis', Water Research, 13.
Pinto, U., Maheshwari, B., Shrestha, S. and Morris, C. (2012), 'Understanding the meaning of river health for a community : perspectives from the peri-urban region of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, Australia', Water Policy, 18.
Pinto, U., Maheshwari, B., Shrestha, S. and Morris, C. (2012), 'Understanding the meaning of river health for a community : perspectives from the peri-urban region of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, Australia', Water Policy, 18.
Pinto, U., Maheshwari, B., Shrestha, S. and Morris, C. (2012), 'Modelling eutrophication and microbial risks in peri-urban river systems using discriminant function analysis', Water Research, 13.
Pudasaini, M. and Shrestha, S. (2011), 'Rainfall energy loss: An empirical model', Australian Journal of Water Resources, 10.
Yunusa, I., Manoharan, V., Odeh, I., Shrestha, S., Skilbeck, C. and Eamus, D. (2011), 'Structural and hydrological alterations of soil due to addition of coal fly ash', Journal of Soils and Sediments, 9.
Pudasaini, M. and Shrestha, S. (2010), 'Rainfall energy loss: An empirical model', Australian Journal of Water Resources, 10.
Riley, S., Shrestha, S. and Keogh, A. (2009), 'Managing Water Pollution - The Penrith Lakes Model', The Environmental Engineer Journal, 7.
Van Der Sterren, M., Rahman, A., Shrestha, S., Barker, G. and Ryan, G. (2009), 'An overview of on-site retention and detention policies for urban stormwater management in the Greater Western Sydney Region in Australia', Water International, 11.
Rahman, A., Ali, A. and Shrestha, S. (2008), 'Life cycle cost analysis of natural channel as a component of Water Sensitive Urban Design: A case study for the Cooks River in Sydney Australia', Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), 5.
Rahman, A., Islam, S., Rahman, K., Khan, S. and Shrestha, S. (2006), 'Investigation of design rainfall temporal patterns in the Gold Coast region of Queensland', Australian Journal of Water Resources, 13.
Panikkar, A., Okalebo, S., Hackney, P., Shrestha, S. and Riley, S. (2005), 'Household Whole-of-waste Management', Water, Journal of Australian Water Association, 5.
Panikkar, A., Riley, S. and Shrestha, S. (2004), 'Risk Management in Vermicomposting of Domestic Organic Waste', Environmental Health, 9.

Conference Papers

Rahman, A., Fang, G. and Shrestha, S. (2012), 'Comparison of artificial neural networks and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for regional flood estimation in Australia', Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Sydney, N.S.W..
Rahman, A. and Shrestha, S. (2012), 'Regionalisation of rainfall temporal patterns in New South Wales for application with the Monte Carlo simulation technique to design flood estimation', Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Sydney, N.S.W..
Aziz, K., Rahman, A., Fang, G. and Shrestha, S. (2011), 'Artificial Neural Networks Based Regional Flood Estimation Methods for Eastern Australia: Identification of Optimum Regions', 34th IAHR World Congress, Brisbane.
Aziz, K., Rahman, A., Fang, G. and Shrestha, S. (2011), 'Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Regional Flood Estimation in Australia: Formation of Regions Based on Catchment Attributes', The Thirteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing, Crete, Greece.
Caballero, W., Taylor, M., Taylor, M., Rahman, A. and Shrestha, S. (2011), 'Regionalisation of Intensity-Frequency-Duration Data: A Case Study for New South Wales', The 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Perth.
Aziz, K., Rahman, A., Fang, G., Haddad, K. and Shrestha, S. (2010), 'Design flood estimation for ungauged catchments: Application of artificial neural networks for eastern Australia', World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010, Providence.
Haddad, K., Zaman, M., Rahman, A. and Shrestha, S. (2010), 'Regional Flood Modelling: Use of Monte Carlo cross-validation for the Best Model Selection', World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010, Providence.
Riley, S., Novoa, M. and Shrestha, S. (2010), 'Australia - Wet or Dry: technical approaches to water supply in a highly variable climatic and geographic regime', International Seminar 2010: 'Water: challenges of it scarcity?', Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile.
Holden, C., Shrestha, S. and Riley, S. (2009), 'Derelict Mines' Impacts into Sydney's Drinking Water Catchments', International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES-2009), New Delhi, INDIA.
Shrestha, S., Riley, S., Wolfenden, D. and Asante, E. (2009), 'Trial of a Portable Drinking Water Treatment System', Thailand 2009: An International Perspective on Environmental and Water Resources, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand.
Riley, S. and Shrestha, S. (2009), 'Rainfall Simulation Experiments on Roads', Thailand 2009: An International Perspective on Environmental and Water Resources, AIT, Bangkok, Thailand.
Shrestha, S., Riley, S. and Herben, N. (2009), 'Water Issues Facing a Remote Indegenous Community in Northern Territory in Australia', 33rd IAHR Congress: Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA.
Pinto, U., Maheshwari, B. and Shrestha, S. (2009), 'Assessing River Health - A Confluence Of Human Attitudes, Ecology And Hydrology', AWA Specialty Conference 2009: Sustaining the Rivers and Reservoirs, Canberra.
Van Der Sterren, M., Rahman, A., Shrestha, S. and Thomson, A. (2008), 'Urban Stormwater Modelling in Australia: Comparison of Three Commercial Software Packages', Water Down Under 2008, Adelaide, South Australia.
Bishop, G., Riley, S., Shrestha, S., Mcphail, A., Campbell, B. and Riley, E. (2008), 'Preparation for the Transition from High School to University - Impact on Retention in the First Year of Engineering', International Conference on Engineering Education 2008, PECS-BUDAPEST, HUNGARY.
Riley, S., Mcphail, A., Bishop, G., Campbell, B. and Shrestha, S. (2008), 'Quality Management of First Year Teaching - An Initiative in the School of Engineering, University of Western Sydney', International Conference on Engineering Education 2008, PECS-BUDAPEST, HUNGARY.
Shrestha, S., Riley, S., Novoa, M. and Essery, C. (2008), 'Penrith Campus Wetlands - Model for Water Recycling and Reuse', 11th International Conference on Wetland Systems Technology in Water Pollution Control, Vikram University, Ujjain, MP, INDIA.
Riley, S., Shrestha, S. and Keogh, A. (2008), 'Managing Water Pollution - The Penrith Lakes Model', 11th International Conference on Wetland Systems Technology in Water Pollution Control, Vikram University, Ujjain, MP, INDIA.
Pudasaini, M. and Shrestha, S. (2008), 'Rainfall Energy Losses in Presence of Shallow Overland Flow', Proceedings of the 9th National Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, Darwin, NT.
Pudasaini, M. and Shrestha, S. (2008), 'Estimation of Kinetic Energy-Rainfall Simulation', Proceedings of the 9th National Conference on Hydraulics in Water Engineering, Darwin, NT.
Riley, S. and Shrestha, S. (2008), 'The sustainable village in a changing world', CE2008 Modernising our infrastructure, Mombasa.
Shrestha, S. and Riley, S. (2008), 'Sustainable communities: a dream or a reality', CE2008 Modernising our infrastructure, Mombasa.
Riley, S., Panikkar, A. and Shrestha, S. (2008), 'Total wastewater treatment for rural communities', 8th Specialized Conference on Small Water & Wastewater Systems and 2nd Specialized Conference on Decentralised Water & Wastewater International Network, Coimtatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dbais, J., Rahman, A., Ronaldson, P. and Shrestha, S. (2007), 'Life cycle costing of rainwater tank as a component of water sensitive urban design', 13th Intl. Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference, Sydney.
Van Der Sterren, M., Rahman, A., Barker, G., Ryan, G. and Shrestha, S. (2007), 'Rainwater tanks for on-site detention in urban developments in Western Sydney: an overview', 13th Intl. Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference, Sydney.
Painuly, A., Shrestha, S. and Hackney, P. (2007), 'Distribution of Metals and Speciation of Sediment Grabs in Lake Burragorang in Sydney, Australia', Restoring Our Natural Habitat, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Van Der Sterren, M., Shrestha, S. and Rahman, A. (2007), 'A Risk Assessment of Ponding Using Grated Drainage System in Urban Areas of Western Sydney, Australia', Restoring Our Natural Habitat : World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2007, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Van Der Sterren, M., Rahman, A. and Shrestha, S. (2007), 'Investigation into Grated Drainage System: A Case Study in Western Sydney, Australia', Restoring Our Natural Habitat, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Rahman, A., Dbais, J., Mitchell, C., Ronaldson, P. and Shrestha, S. (2007), 'Study of Rainwater Tanks as a Source of Alternative Water Supply in a Multistorey Residential Building in Sydney, Australia', Restoring Our Natural Habitat, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Rahman, A., Mahbub, P., Rahman, K. and Shrestha, S. (2006), 'Variability of Rainfall Temporal Patterns and its Impacts on Design Flood Estimation', 30th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Launceston, Australia.
Rahman, A., Islam, S., Rahman, K., Khan, S. and Shrestha, S. (2005), 'A Windows-based Program to Derive Design Rainfall Temporal Patterns for Design Flood Estimation', International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Melbourne.
Pudasaini, M., Shrestha, S. and Riley, S. (2004), 'Application of Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) to Estimate Soil Erosion from Single Storm Rainfall Events from Construction Sites', Supersoil 2004: 3rd Australian New Zealand Soil Conference, University of Sydney, Australia.
Rauf, M., Shrestha, S. and Kader, F. (2004), 'Comparative Study of Hydrologic Models for Watershed Management in a Himalayan Catchment', International Conference on the Great Himalayas: Climate, Health, Ecology, Management and Conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Pudasaini, M., Shrestha, S., Riley, S., Henderson, L., Geeves, G. and Pavan, N. (2004), 'Efficiencies of Management Practices in Erosion Control at construction Sites', Conserving Soil and Water for Society: Sharing Solutions. The 13th International Soil Conservation Organisation Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Pudasaini, M., Shrestha, S. and Riley, S. (2004), 'Soil Erosion Control from Construction Sites: An Important Aspect of Watershed Conservation', Self-Sustaining Solutions for Streams, Wetlands and Watersheds, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Pudasaini, M. and Shrestha, S. (2004), 'Soil Erosion: An Integral Part of Sustainable Catchment Management in teh Greater Himalayan Region', International Conference on the Great Himalayas: Climate, Health, Ecology, Management and Conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Fleeting, J., Shrestha, S. and Ronaldson, P. (2003), 'Hydrological Modelling of South Creek Catchment', 28th International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Wollongong, NSW.
Panikkar, A., Shrestha, S., Hackney, P. and Riley, S. (2003), 'A residential blackwater and municipal solid waste treatment system - safety issues and risk management', ORBIT 2003: Organic Recovery and Biological Treatment: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference ORBIT 2003 on Biological Processing or Organics: Advances for a Sustainable Society, Perth, WA.
Rahman, A., Shanableh, A. and Shrestha, S. (2003), 'Building Industry Linkage as a Tool to Enhance Academic Career: An Australian Experience', Third Engineering Forum on Engineering Education, University of Sharjah.

Research

Surendra's research areas include catchment hydrology, erosion modelling, sustainable engineering technology, urgan hydrology (including urban stormwater harvesting, rainwater harvesting, gray & black water reuse), and wetland analysis & management.