Dr. S. M. Shiva Nagendra
Department of Civil Engineering
Dr. S. M. Shiva Nagendra is a Professor in Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras.
He is also visiting faculty at Department of Civil Engineering at IIT, Palakkad.
His major research interests are Urban Hotspot Air Quality Monitoring, Modelling and Control; Sensors for Air Pollution Monitoring; Personal Exposure and Health Impact; Real World Exhaust Emission Monitoring and Modelling; Ambient and Source Emission Control Technologies; Indoor Air Quality Monitoring, Modelling and Control.
He has filed 5 patents. He has authored about 75 research papers and peer reviewed journals and published 2 books on air quality management.
Research Interests
- Air pollution modelling- deterministic, stochastic and artificial neural network approaches.
- Policy framework for urban air quality management.
- Neuro-fuzzy applications in environmental system modelling.