Ram S. Gupta

Professor of Engineering at RWU, Ram Gupta holds forty years of experience working on projects in the United States, Australia, India and Liberia (West Africa). He is a full time faculty at RWU for over 22 years. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Dr. Gupta is President of Delta Engineers, Inc., a RI based consulting company specializing in Structures and WAter REsources. He holds a master of engineering from IIT, Roorkee, India and a Ph.D. from Polytechnic University, New York. Besides contributing a large number of research papers, he has authored two very successful textbooks, Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems, and Introduction to Environmental Engineering. He worked on the technical scrutiny of energy related projects for inclusion in the National Five Year Plans of India and to monitor their progress. He was a member of the team to investigate the UN sponsored multinational Mano River Valley Hydropower Project in Africa. As a hydrology expert to the Government of Liberia, he set up a network of hydrometric stations and assessed the hydropower potential of the nation. For New York State Energy Resources Development Authority (NYSERDA) , he investigated the small hydropower potential in New York, as part of the team at Center of Regional Technology of Polytechnic University. The center developed the User's Manual for Small Hydropower Development. His research interest has been focused on the energy alternatives and renewable energy developments including wind energy sources which he covered in his environmental book.