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Professional affiliation:

• Society of Environmental Professionals (since 2001)
• Water Environment Federation (since 2004)
• Geologic Society of America (since 2004)
• American Chemical Society (since 2003)

Awards and Recognition: 

• Best Faculty Award from SSNCE for year 2015
• Co-author of ES&T Best Science Paper of the Year 2005
• Awarded competitive scholarship from Department of Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University for Jan 2001- Aug 2001

Courses taught : 

• Water Supply Engineering
• Wastewater Engineering
• Applied Hydraulics Engineering
• Air Pollution Control Engineering
• Environmental Science and Engineering
• Surveying
• Engineering Graphics
• Basic Civil Engineering
• Water and Wastewater Analysis Lab
• Environmental and Irrigation Design and Drawing
• Design Project
• Surveying Lab

Research Interest : 

• Contamination Fate and Transport
• Bioremediation
• Alternate Building Materials
• Water reuse

Supervision:

Anna University Recognised Supervisor (Reference NO. 2110141)

Fund Detail: 

• 2016-17 SSN Trust (4.5 lakhs), Rajagopalan, S., Mahalingam B., In-situ remediation of hexavalent chromium in soil and aquifers.
• 2015-16 PA Footwear (5 lakhs), Nagarajan V., Rajagopalan S., Sivapriya S.V. Beneficial use of leather waste in poultry feed.

Publication: (Conferences and Journal from latest)

Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. Jackson, W.A., Böhlke, J.K., Andraski, B.J., Fahlquist, L., Bexfield, L., Eckardt, F.D., Gates, J.B., Davila, A.F., McKay, C.P., Rao, B., Sevanthi, R., Rajagopalan, S., Estrada, N., Sturchio, N., Hatzinger, P.B., Anderson, T. A., Orris, G., Betancourt, J., Stonestrom, D., Latorreo, C., Li, Y., Harvey, G.J. 2015, “Global patterns and environmental controls of perchlorate and nitrate co-occurrence in arid and semi-arid environments”. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , 164:  502-522 Rajagopalan, S., Anderson, T.A., Cox, S., Harvey, G., Cheng, Q., and Jackson, W.A. 2009. Perchlorate in wet deposition across North America. Environ. Sci. Technol., 43: 616-622.
2. Munster, J., Hanson, G.N., Jackson, W.A., and Rajagopalan, S.  2008. The fallout from fireworks: Perchlorate in total deposition. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 198: 149 .Jayawickrama, P.W. and Rajagopalan S. 2007. Use of alternative water sources in earthwork construction. Journal of Transportation Research Board No.2004 : 88
3. Rao, B., Anderson, T.A., Orris, G.J., Rainwater, K.A., Rajagopalan, S., Sandvig, R.M., Scanlon, B.R., Stonestrom, D.A., Walvoord, M.A., and Jackson, W.A. 2007. Widespread natural perchlorate in unsaturated zones of the Southwest United States. Environ. Sci. Technol.. 41: 4522-4528
4. Rajagopalan, S., Anderson, T.A., Fahlquist, L., Rainwater, K.A. Ridley, M, and Jackson, W.A. 2006. Widespread presence of naturally occurring perchlorate in High Plains of Texas and New Mexico. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40: 3156-3162
5. Dasgupta, P.K., Martinelango, P.K., Jackson, W.A., Anderson, T.A., Tian, K., Tock, R.W., and
6. Rajagopalan, S. 2005. The origin of naturally occurring perchlorate: the role of atmospheric processes. Environ. Sci.Technol. 39:1569-1575. (Best Science paper of year 2005).
7. Jackson, W.A., Anandam, S. Anderson, T.A., Lehman, T., Rainwater, K.A., Rajagopalan, S., Ridley, M., and Tock, R.W. 2005. Perchlorate occurrence in the Texas southern high plains aquifer system. Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation. 25:137-149

Report

1. Jackson, W.A., Anderson, T.A., Rajagopalan, S., and Rainwater, K. 2009 Chromium Sequestration Following Treatment with Newman Zone™ Amendment. Final Report to B&W Pantex plant, Amarillo, TX
2. Jackson, W.A., Anderson, T.A., Rajagopalan, S., and Rainwater, K. 2009 Laboratory  demonstration of in situ treatment effectiveness for reduction of Perchlorate, TCE, in perched  aquifer sediments at the Pantex Plant  Final Report to B&W Pantex plant, Amarillo, TX
3. Harvey, G.J., McMillen, D., Jackson, W.A., Rajagopalan, S., 2009 Perchlorate occurrence in Namibian, and South African biomes. Report to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.
4. Jackson, W. A., Rainwater, K.A., Anderson, T. A., Lehman, T. M., Tock, R.W., Rajagopalan, S., Ridley, M. 2004. Distribution and potential sources of perchlorate in the high plains region of Texas. Final Report to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin, TX
5. Jayawickrama, P., Jackson, W.A., Fedler, C.B., Morse, A.N., Rajagopalan, S.2005. Use of alternate water sources. Texas Department of Transportation, Research Report 0- 4412-1.

Book Chapter

1. Rajagopalan S., Sreehari P., Mahalingam B., Haneefa K.M. (2019) On Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Concretes with Rubber as Partial Replacement to Well-Graded Conventional Aggregates. In: Lakshminarayanan A., Idapalapati S., Vasudevan M. (eds) Advances in Materials and Metallurgy. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore.
2. Mahalingam B., Sreehari P., Rajagopalan S., Ramana Gopal S., Mohammed Haneefa K. (2019) Mechanical Characterization and Robustness of Self-compacting Concrete with Quarry Dust Waste and Class-F Fly Ash as Fillers. In: Lakshminarayanan A., Idapalapati S., Vasudevan M. (eds) Advances in Materials and Metallurgy. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore.
3. Jackson, W.A., Anderson, T.A., Harvey, G., Orris, G., Rajagopalan, S., and Kang, N. 2006. Occurrence and Formation of Non-Anthropogenic Perchlorate in Gu, B. and Coates, J.D. Eds. Perchlorate Environmental Occurrence, Chemistry, Toxicology, and Remediation Technologies. Springer, New York, NY. pp 49-70.

Doctoral Dissertation

1. Rajagopalan, S. Distribution and source evaluation of perchlorate in arid and semi-arid regions. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2005 

Master’s Thesis

1. Rajagopalan, S. Use of alternate water sources in construction operations. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 2003

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