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Academic Staff - Civil Engineering
Ashwini Otta
 Dr Ashwini Kumar Otta
B. Tech, MCE, PhD

Senior Lecturer

School of Civil and Structural Engineering,
Palace Court, Palace Street
Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2DE, UK

Tel: +44 (0)1752 233698
Fax: +44 (0)1752 233658
E-mail: A.Otta@plymouth.ac.uk
Introduction
1978 - 83: Bachelor of Technology (Naval Architecture): Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

1984 - 86: Master in Civil Engineering: Center for Applied Coastal Research, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, USA.

1986 - 91: Doctor of Philosophy: Center for Applied Coastal Research, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, USA.

1991 - 96: Research Engineer, Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands.

1997 - 98: Research Engineer, ICCH/Danish Hydraulics Institute.

1991 - 2001: Research Consultant, Splash Hydrodynamics, The Netherlands.

2001 - date: Senior Lecturer, Coastal Engineering Research Group, UoP, UK.
Teaching
Hydraulic Engineering; Coastal Processes.
Research
My research interests are related to coastal and offshore hydrodynamic phenomena. I am primarily interested in theoretical and numerical predictions and interpretations of processes involving waves and currents. I use field and lab measurements for validation of quantitative work on one hand and to provide inspiration for new developments on the other hand. I enjoy the challenges and stimulation of collaborating with others in multi-disciplinary research.

Specific areas of present research interests are nearshore wave transformation, wave-current interaction, wave-structure interaction, long-wave oscillations in harbours and algorithm development for lab and field applications.

Member of CERG (Coastal Engineering Research Group).
Publications
My recent publications include the following:-  

Chapter in book:
DINGERMANS, M.W. & OTTA, A K (2001): Nonlinear modulation of water waves, in Advances in Coastal and Ocean Engineering, vol. 7, ed. P.L.-F. Liu, World Scientific co.

Journals:
OTTA, A.K. & SCHAFFER, H.A. (1999): Finite-amplitude analysis of some Boussinesq-type equations, Coastal Engineering, (36): 323-341.

Conference proceedings:
OTTA, A.K. (2002): Harbour excitation due to a coast-parallel current, in Int. conf. on coastal engineering, Cardiff, UK.

OTTA, A.K. (2001): Nonlinearity of Boussinesq-type equations and its role on wave transformation, in proc. WAVES 2001, San Francisco.

OTTA, A.K. (2000): Reflection and transmission of waves near blocking, 6th Int. Workshop on Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting, Monterey, California.

OTTA, A.K. & VAN DER MEER, J.W. (1999): Wave height distribution at the toe of a structure with a shallow foreland from Boussinesq modelling, Proc. Int. conf. on Coastal Structures, Santander.

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Other Activities
Supervision of student projects for B.Eng & M.Eng degree in Civil Engineering with specialisation in Coastal engineering. Guiding research projects.

Member of CERG (Coastal Engineering Research Group).
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