About Us

V. (Rama) Ramanathan, Ph.D.

V. (Rama) Ramanathan, Ph.D.
Professional Engineer

952-465-0219 (Office)
952-881-0023 (Fax)



Rama has 35 years of experience in Water Resources, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering. Rama’s experience includes design, experimental research, numerical modeling and project management. His areas of expertise include both steady and unsteady free surface and closed conduit flows, dam break analysis, multiphase flows (water-sediment, water-air), hydraulic transients, fluid flow machines, flow induced vibrations, ground water and surface water hydrology; stormwater drainage systems, mass transfer in air-water systems, seawater reverse osmosis, air pollution assessment, modeling and control.

Service Areas
Hydrologic/Hydraulic Investigations and Modeling
Water Resources Projects
Environmental Engineering

Education
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Kerala, India, 1969
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, U.K., 1981
Ph.D. Fluid Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 1994