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Professor Vijay Panchang, Ph.D., P.E., serves as the Head of the Department of Maritime Systems Engineering.  He joined TAMUG in 2002 after spending nearly 17 years at the University of Maine, where he held the rank of Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and in the School of Marine Sciences from 1998-2002.  At the University of Maine, he received the College of Engineering's "Outstanding Faculty Researcher" Award, 1992.  Dr. Panchang also served as Program Director for Coastal & Technology Transfer Programs at the National Sea Grant Office (NOAA, Department of Commerce) in Washington.  For his administrative/research work, he received the "Research Partner" Commendation in September 2001 from NOAA’s Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research.

Professor Panchang’s expertise lies in the area of coastal hydraulics in general and mathematical modeling (computer simulations) of coastal ocean processes in particular.  He has developed wave prediction models like CGWAVE and coastal circulation models which have found wide usage among government and consulting engineers.  Typically, Dr. Panchang’s work is aimed at predicting wave and current conditions for applications such as port design, containment transport, etc.  He has supervised several M.S. and Ph.D. students with whose assistance he has conducted over 4 million dollars of R&D activity sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Office of Naval Research, the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Aeronautical & Space Administration, and various other industry/academic partners. 
 

Professor Panchang’s teaching interests include fluid mechanics, open channel hydraulics, wave mechanics, and numerical methods for coastal and ocean processes.  He is the author of over 25 journal papers and several other conference papers and reports.  He is the Editor of the Journal of Waterways, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, published by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

 Education

 Awards

  Publications

 "Estimation of Extreme Wave Heights Using GEOSAT Measurements", V. G. Panchang, L. Zhao, & Z. Demirbilek.  Ocean Engg, v26, pp205-225, 1999.

Effects of Exterior Bathymetry in Elliptic Harbor Wave Models", V. G. Panchang, B. Xu, Z. Demirbilek, K. Schlenker, & M. Okihiro. Jnl. Waterway, Port, Coastal & Ocean Engineering, ASCE. v126, 2, pp71-78. 2000.

“Improved Coastal Boundary Conditions for Water Wave Simulation Models”, D. R. Steward & V. G. Panchang. Ocean Engineering, v 28, 139-157, 2000.

“Application of a Comprehensive Modeling Strategy for the Management of Net-pen Aquaculture Waste Transport”, R. W. Dudley, V. G. Panchang, and C. R. Newell. Aquaculture, (187) 3-4, 2000. pp319-349.

“Simulation of Breaking Effects in a Two-dimensional Harbor Wave Prediction Model”, L. Zhao, V. G. Panchang, W. Chen, Z. Demirbilek, & N. Chhabbra. Coastal Engrng, v42, no. 4, 2001, 359-373.

“Simulation of Waves in Harbors Using Two-Dimensional Elliptic Equation Models”, V. G. Panchang & Z. Demirbilek. Advances in Coastal & Ocean Engg, vol 7. (World Scientific). v. 7., 125-162, 2001.

"Simulation of Waves At Duck (North Carolina) Using Two Numerical Models." K Zubier, V. G. Panchang & Z. Demirbilek, Coastal Engineering Journal, Vol. 45, No. 3 (2003) 439-469.

"On the modeling of wave-current interaction using the elliptic mild-slope wave equation." Wei Chen, Vijay Panchang, Zeki Demirbilek, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 32 No.17-18, 2005. pp2135-2164

“Evaluation of an Approximate Method for Incorporating Floating Docks in two-dimensional Harbor Wave Prediction Models”, D. Li, V. G. Panchang, T. Zhaoxiang, Z. Demirbilek, and J. Ramsden. Canadian Jnl. of Civil Engg, 32, 1082-1092, 2005.

“Large Waves in the Gulf of Mexico Caused by Hurricane Ivan”, V. G. Panchang and D. Li. Bulletin of the Am. Meteorological Soc. v87, 4, 481-489, Apr 2006.

 “A Note from the Editor”, V. G. Panchang, .Jnl. Waterway, Port, Coastal & Ocean Engineering, ASCE. 132, 2, pp 75.  2006.

"One-Day Wave Forecasts Based on Artificial Neural Networks", Jnl. of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology, Am Meteor. Soc., S. N. Londhe and Vijay Panchang, v23, 11, 1593-1603, 2006.

“Wave Attenuation in Navigation Channels by Pocket Absorbers”, V. G. Panchang, J. Zhang, and Z. Demirbilek. Submitted to Jnl. Waterways, Port, Coastal & Ocean Engg. Aug 2006.

"Wave Climatology Influencing Aquaculture Operations In Coastal Maine".  Final Report, submitted to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration November 2006

Grants/Contracts/Projects Obtained as Principal Investigator

Wave prediction near Scripps canyon (Nearshore Canyon Experiment), Office of Naval Research, $18,000. 2/1/03-12/31/03.

Wave Modeling in Nearshore Maine, Univ of New Hampshire Subcontract on NOAA project, $30,000, 10/03-10/05.

Wave Forecasting System for Coastal Maine, NOAA Sea Grant, $95,000. 2004-2007.

Wave Measurement and Forecasting System for Galveston, Coastal Zone Management Program (Texas), $70k (PI: Tom Ravens); 10/03 - 1/05.

Design of Douglas Harbor (Alaska) Modifications, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc (Ports & Marine Div), Portland (OR), $7,000. 12/03-3/04.

Groundwater-Coastal Waters Interaction, $48,000 Subcontract to Texas A&M University-Kingsville, on NOAA project. 2003-2006.

Wave Forecasting System for Prince William Sound (Alaska), Prince William Sound Oil Spill Recovery Institute, $130,000.  2005-2006.

Modeling Currents Near Proposed Pelican Island LNG Terminal, Moffatt Nichol Inc. (On behalf of British Petroleum), $42,000. 2005. (With Tom Ravens).

Wave Forecasting System for Coastal Texas.  $58,000. Texas Coastal Management Program, 2006-2007.

 Impacts of NASA Data and Models on Decision Support Tools in Alaska Coastal Waters. NASA (Subcontract to U. of Alaska) $30,000. 2006-2007.

Waves in Puget Sound, Pacific Shellfish Institute, $20,000, 2006-2007. Subcontract on NOAA-NMAI project, “Alternative shellfish production methods: Environmental interactions and regulatory compliance”.

Modeling Waves for Harbor Development in Costa Rica, $450, RETEC Engineering Inc. Seattle. 2006.