Dr. Appiah Amirtharajah

Professor 
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Environmental Engineering Group

200 Bobby Dodd Way 
Georgia Institute of Technology 
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0512 USA 
Phone: (404) 894-2265 FAX: (404) 894-8266 
email: appiah.amirtharajah@ce.gatech.edu


 

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Iowa State University, 1971
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Iowa State University, 1970
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Ceylon, Colombo, 1963

Professional Registration

  • Professional Engineer: Montana
  • Diplomate American Academy of Environmental Engineers

Research Interests

  • Physicochemical processes of mixing, coagulation, flocculation and filtration in environmental engineering
  • Drinking water treatment and safe drinking water regulations

Honors/Awards

  • Advisor to 1985 AWWA Academic Achievement Award for Best M.S. Thesis in the U.S., First Place - Thomas P. Engleson
  • 1985 Rudoph Hering Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers, Environmental Engineering Division Award for Best Paper in Journal of Environmental Engineering
  • 1987 AWWA Publications Award, American Water Works Association, for Best Paper in the Journal of the American Water Works Association
  • 1989 James M. Robbins for Excellence-in-Teaching Award for the Southern District of the U.S.A., Chi Epsilon - National Civil Engineering Honor Society
  • Visiting Professor and Research Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and University College, London.
  • Advisor to 1991 AWWA Academic Achievement Award for Best M.S. Thesis in the U.S., First Place - Thomas M. Ginn, Jr.
  • Editor, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 1986-1988
  • 1994 A.P. Black Research Award, American Water Works Association
  • 1997 Sustained Research Award, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • 1997 Association of Environmental Engineering Professors' Outstanding Publication Award for "landmark paper that has withstood the test of time".