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Staff Id : 01205
Name : Dr. A. MURUGAPPAN
Designation : PROFESSOR
Department : CIVIL ENGINEERING
Qualification : B.E.,M.E.,Ph.D.,
Specialization : HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Date of Birth : 08-06-1965
Date of Joining : 11-08-1986
Present Address Contact Number E-Mail Address
Professor of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering & Techonology
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608002,
Tamilnadu State, India
9842484502profam@gmail.com
Research Guidance
Discipline Awarded Guidance
M.Phil./M.E./M.Sc. 191
Ph.D. 102


Conference /Seminar / Symposia / Workshop
Conference Seminar Symposia Workshop
National International
Attended -----
Conducted --3-1


Research Projects
Major Projects Minor Projects Total Amount (Rs.)
Completed 2112.35 lakhs
Ongoing ---
Teaching and Research Experience Industry Experience
37 Years -
Journals Conference Books Published Popular Article
National International National International
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List of Publications - National
A. Murugappan, N. Manikumari and S. Mohan , "Influence of multi-decadal meteorological variability on the reference evpotranspirtion in hot and humid coastal town of Annamalainagar in Tamil Nadu State.", MAUSAM, Volume 71, Number 1, Jan 2020, pp. 45-56. 2020.
Senthilkumar Palaniappan, Murugappan Alagappan and Rajkumar Ramesh, "Influence of Aeration on Vermicomposting of PreProcessed Vegetable Waste.", Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Volume 10, Number 12, Mar 2017, pp. 1-14. 10.17485/ijst/2017/v10i12/109200.
Murugappan, A., Sivaprakasam Subbarayan and Monson, C. C , "Global Climate Change and Occurrence of Kidney Stones.", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, Volume XXXXIV, Number 2, Jul 2016, pp. 9-15. 2016.
Murugappan, A., Sivaprakasam Subburayan., Monson, C. C., and Gnanakumar, S., "Probable Impacts of Cyclone Thane in the Context of Global Warming.", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, Volume 2013-2014, Number 2, Jul 2013, pp. 15-18. 2013.
Murugappan, A., and Krishnamurthy, J., "Role of Women in Domestic Water Conservation.", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, Volume 2013-2014, Number 1, Apr 2013, pp. 30-35. 2013.
Sankaran, S., Murugappan, A., and Kanakasabai, V., "Methyl Mercaptan Monitoring in the Neighbourhood of SIPCOT Industrial Estate, Cuddalore, Tamilnadu.", Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Volume 32, Number 4, Apr 2012, pp. 313-316. 2012.
Senthilkumar, G., Senthilkumar, PL., and Murugappan, A., "Investigation on Application of Catalytic Substances for Augmenting Worm Growth Rate in Vermicomposting.", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, Volume 2011-2012, Number 1, Apr 2011, pp. 15-19. 2011.
Murugappan, A., Subbarayan Sivaprakasam and Mohan, S., "Prediction of Solar Radiation with Air Temperature Data in a Coastal Location in Tamilnadu.", MAUSAM (formerly Indian Journal of Meteorology, Hydrology and Geophysics), Volume 62, Number 1, Jan 2011, pp. 85-90. 2011.
Murugappan, A., and Sivaprakasam Subbarayan., "Kidney Stones and Global Warming.", Everyman’s Science (A Publication of the Indian Science Congress Association), Volume XLV, Number 2, Jun 2010, pp. 102-105. 2010.
Murugappan, A., and Krishnamurthy, J., "Domestic Water Conservation: Role of Women.", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, Volume 2009 – 2010, Number 3, Oct 2009, pp. 32-35. 2009.
Murugappan, A., Senthilkumar, G., and Sankaran, S., "Nanotechnology: Environmental, Health and Ethical Issues.", Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, Volume 29, Number 9, Sep 2009, pp. 761-766. 2009.
Murugappan, A., and Senthilkumar, G., "Application of Nanotechnology to Water Treatment Systems – An Overview.", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, Volume 2008-2009, Number 1, Apr 2008, pp. 1-5. 2008.
Murugappan, A, "Reference Evapotranspiration Model for ArbaMinch in Gama Gofa Zone, Ethiopia’.", Ethiopian Journal of Water Science and Technology, Volume 9, Number 1, Dec 2005, pp. 0-0. 2005.
Sudarsan, J.S., Murugappan, A., and Ashutosh Das, "Agro-suitability of Lignite Fly-ash Laden Mines – discharge in Soil.", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers (India), Volume 4, Number 3, Dec 2005, pp. 12-15. 2005.
Murugappan, A., "Study on Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers in Cuddalore Taluk, Tamilnadu State.", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers (India), Volume 00, Number 00, Jul 1998, pp. 0-0. 1998.
Murugappan, A., Chockalingam, M., and Manikumari, N, "'Correlation Analysis of BOD and COD of Sugar Mill Wastewater'.", Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers (India), Volume 00, Number 00, Jul 1997, pp. 0-0. 1997.
List of Publications - International
R.M. Muthuraman, A. Murugappan, B. Soundharajan , "A sustainable material for removal of heavy metals from water: adsorption of Cd(II), Pb(II) and Cu(II) using kinetic mechanism.", Desalination and Water Treatment, Volume 220 (2021), Number 00, Apr 2021, pp. 192-198. https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2021.27002.
R. M. Muthuraman, A. Murugappan and B. Soundharajan, "Highly effective removal of presence of toxic metal concentrations in the wastewater using microalgae and pre-treatment processing.", Appl. Nanosci., Volume 00, Number 00, Apr 2021, pp. 0-0. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-021-01795-7.
R. M. Muthuraman, A. Murugappan and B. Soundharajan , "Adsorption of Cr(III) Ions Using Low-Cost Material and Assessment of Water Quality in Greywater: A Sustainable Approach.", Rasayan J. Chem, Volume 14, Number 3, Jul 2021, pp. 2024-2030. http://doi.org/10.31788/RJC.2021.1436129.
Manikumari N, Vinodhini G and Murugappan A , "Modelling of Reference Evapotransipration using Climatic Parameters for Irrigation Scheduling using Machine learning.", ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Volume 00, Number 00, May 2020, pp. 0-0. DOI: 10.1080/09715010.2020.1771783.
Manikumari Nagappan, Vinodhini Gopalakrishnan & Murugappan Alagappan , "Prediction of reference evapotransipration for irrigation scheduling using machine learning.", Hydrological Sciences Journal, Volume 65, Number 16, Oct 2020, pp. 2669-2677. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2020.1830996 .
Palaniappan Senthilkumar and Alagappan Murugappan, "Recirculation of Vermiwash in Artificially Aerated vermicomposting.", International Journal of Scientific Research and Review, Volume 7 , Number 1, Jan 2018, pp. 84-91. 2018.
Senthilkumar Palaniappan and Murugappan Alagappan, "Influence of Engineered Microorganisms on Vermicomposting of Pre-processed Vegetable Waste.", International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Volume 7 , Number (3.12), Jul 2018, pp. 784-789. 2018.
Senthilkumar Palaniappan, Murugappan Alagappan and Senthilkumar Rayar, "Influence of Substrate Particle Size on Vermicomposting of Pre-processed Vegetable Waste.", Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Volume 7 , Number 1, Mar 2018, pp. 277-286. 2018.
A. Murugappan, A. Manoharan, G. Senthilkumar and J. Krishnamurthy, "Technical and Sociological Investigation of Impacts in Using Lignite Mine Drainage for Irrigation – A Case Study.", IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 80, Number 1, Jul 2017, pp. 1-10. 10.1088/1755-1315/80/1/012070.
N Manikumari, A Murugappan and G Vinodhini, "Time Series Forecasting of Daily Reference Evapotranspiration by Neural Network Ensemble Learning for Irrigation System.", IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Volume 80, Number 1, Jul 2017, pp. 1-10. 10.1088/1755 – 1315/80/1/012069 .
A. Murugappan, S. Sivaprakasam & S. Mohan, "Ranking of Plotting Position Formulae in Frequency Analysis of Annual and Seasonal Rainfall at Puducherry, South India.", Global Journal of Engineering Science and Researches, Volume 4, Number 7, Jul 2017, pp. 67-76. 10.5281/zenodo.825021.
S. Devi and A. Murugappan , "Adsorption of basic magenta using fresh water algae and brown marine seaweed: characterization studies and error analysis.", Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Volume 11, Number 10, Oct 2016, pp. 1421-1436. 2016.
Senthilkumar Palaniappan and Murugappan Alagappan, "An Experimental Study on Accelerating the Vermicomposting Process by Stocking Vegetable Market Waste.", European Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, Volume 3, Number 10, Oct 2016, pp. 55-60. 2016.
Devi Shanmugam, Murugappan Alagappan & Rajesh Kannan Rajan, "Bench-scale packed bed sorption of Cibacron blue F3GA using lucrative algal biomass.", Alexandria Engineering Journal, Volume 55, Number 3, Sep 2016, pp. 2995-3003. 10.1016/j.aej.2016.05.012.
Senthilkumar Palaniappan, Murugappan Alagappan, Balaji Kuppuswamy and Kavimani Thirugnanasambandam, "An experimental study to assess the effect of aeration in substrate depth of vermicomposting process.", International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Volume 11, Number 3 (Special Issue), Feb 2016, pp. 124-137. 2016.
Devi, S., Murugappan, A., and Rajesh Kannan, R. , "Textile dye wastewater treatment using freshwater algae in packed-bed reactor: modeling.", Desalination and Water Treatment, Volume 57, Number 38, Aug 2016, pp. 17995-18002. 10.1080/19443994.2015.1085910.
Gnanakumar, S., Murugappan, A., and Monson, C. C. , "Effects of Improvements in Insulation, Inclination of Axis and Rotational Speed of Laboratory Scale Rotary Drum in Composting of Urban Solid Food Wastes.", International Journal of Advances in Engineering Research, Volume 10, Number 3, Sep 2015, pp. 59-72. 2015.
Devi, S., Murugappan, A., and Rajesh Kannan, R. , "The comparative study on sorption of Basic violet 10 by cost-effective sorbents.", International Journal of ChemTech Research, Volume 7 , Number 4, Jan 2015, pp. 1772-1781. 2015.
Devi, S., Murugappan, A., and Rajesh Kannan, R. , "Sorption of Reactive blue 19 onto freshwater algae and seaweed.", Desalination and Water Treatment, Volume 54, Number 9, Feb 2015, pp. 2611-2624. 10.1080/19443994.2014.902333.
Senthilkumar, G., and Murugappan, A. , "Kinetic Modeling and Multicomponent Isotherm Studies on Adsorption of Multi Heavy Metal Ions in MSW Leachate by Alcoffine.", International Journal of Chem Tech Research, Volume 8, Number 6, Jun 2015, pp. 324-343. 2015.
Senthilkumar, G., and Murugappan, A. , "Multicomponent Adsorption Isotherm Studies on Removal of Multi Heavy Metal Ions in MSW Leachate using Fly Ash.", International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Volume 4, Number 8, Aug 2015, pp. 58-66. 2015.
Senthilkumar, G., and Murugappan, A. , "Effects of Leachate Migration on Surface and Subsurface Water Quality in and Around a Municipal Solid Waste Open Dumping Site.", International Journal of Advances in Engineering Research, (IJAER), Volume 10, Number II, Aug 2015, pp. 51-65. 2015.
35. Gnanakumar. S., Murugappan, A., Monson, C.C., and Gopalakrishnan.R. , "Rotary Drum Composting of Urban Solid Food Wastes Generated in Commercial and Residential Complexes.", International Journal of Advanced Technology in Engineering and Science (IJATES), Volume 2, Number 8, Aug 2014, pp. 466-476. 2014.
Venkatesh, K. R., Rajendran, M., and Murugappan, A., "Start-Up Of An Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor Treating Low-Strength Wastewater Inoculated With Non-Granular Sludge.", International Refereed Journal of Engineering and Science (IRJES), Volume 2, Number 5, May 2013, pp. 46-53. 2013.
Senthilkumar, G., and Murugappan, A. , "Analysis of Urban Transport Noise Level – A Case Study of Chidambaram Town, Tamilnadu.", Journal of Environmental Science, Computer Science and Engineering & Technology (JECET), Volume 2, Number 4, Nov 2013, pp. 1185-1195. 2013.
Senthilkumar Palaniappan, Senthilkumar Ganapathi and Murugappan Alagappan, "A Comparative Study on Organic and Inorganic Catalytic Admixtures in Accelerating the Vermicomposting Process.", International Journal of Chemistry, Environment and Technology, Volume 1, Number 1, Jan 2013, pp. 19-26. 2013.
Latha, M., Rajendran, M., and Murugappan, A., "Comparison of GIS based SCS-CN and Strange Table Method of Rainfall – Runoff Models for Veeranam Tank, India.", International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Volume 3, Number 10, Oct 2012, pp. 1-5. 2012.
Sankaran, S., Murugappan, A., Kanakasabai, V., and Rajendran, M., "Meteorological Potential for Air Pollutant Dispersion in Urban and rural Areas along the East Coast of Tamilnadu.", International Journal of Engineering Science & Technology, Volume 4, Number 6, Jun 2012, pp. 2552-2559. 2012.
Manoharan, A. and Murugappan, A., "Estimation of Runoff in an Ungauged Rural Watershed, Tamilnadu State, India.", International Journal of Engineering Science & Technology, Volume 4, Number 2, Feb 2012, pp. 449-456. 2012.
Murugappan. A., Sivaprakasam Subburayan, and Mohan. S., "Performance Evaluation of Calibrated Hargreaves Method for Estimation of Ref- ET in a Hot and Humid Coastal Location in India.", International Journal of Engineering Science & Technology, Volume 3, Number 6, Jun 2011, pp. 4728-4743. 2011.
Sivapraksam Subburayan, Murugappan, A., and Mohan, S., "Modified Hargreaves Equation for Estimation of ET0 in a Hot and Humid Location in Tamilnadu State, India.", International Journal of Engineering Science & Technology, Volume 3, Number 1, Jan 2011, pp. 592-600. 2011.
Murugappan, A., Manoharan, A., and Senthilkumar, G., "Effects of Lignite Mine Drainage on Irrigated Command Areas – A Case Study.", Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, Volume 1, Number 1, Mar 2011, pp. 12-19. 2011.
Sivapraksam Subburayan and Murugappan, A., "Climate Change: Long Term Variability in Rainfall in and around Cuddalore Dsitrict, Tamilnadu State, India.", International Journal of Advances in Science & Technology, Volume 3, Number 2, Aug 2011, pp. 0-0. 2011.
Monson, C. C., and Murugappan, A., "Developing Optimal Combination of Bulking Agents in Composting of Vegetable Waste in an Air-vessel.", E-Journal of Chemistry, Volume 7 , Number 1, Jan 2010, pp. 93-100. 2010.
Murugappan, A., Gnanakumar, S., and Senthilkumar, G., "Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Quality in Usupur Village Panchayat in Chidambaram Taluk of Cuddalore District, Tamilnadu State.", Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, An International Quarterly Scientific Journal, Volume 9, Number 1, Mar 2010, pp. 167-172. 2010.
Monson, C. C., and Murugappan, A., "Combined Thermophillic Composting and Vermicomposting in the Bioconversion of Vegetable Market Waste.", International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Volume 5, Number 5, May 2010, pp. 785-794. 2010.
Manikumari, N., Murugappan, A., and Nagashree, B.S., "Application of GIS to Estimate Crop Water Requirement.", Quarterly International Journal of Ecology, Environment & Conservation, Volume 15, Number 1, Jan 2009, pp. 121-126. 2009.
Venkatesh, K. R., Rajendran, M., and Murugappan, A, "A Correlation Study on Physic-chemical Characteristics of Domestic Sewage.", Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, An International Quarterly Scientific Journal, Volume 8, Number 1, Mar 2009, pp. 141-145. 2009.
Monson, C. C., Murugappan, A., and Govindarajan, M., "Effects of Rate of Degradation in Vegetable Solid Waste Composting in a Rotary In-vessel with Varying Periods of Rotational Spells.", International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Volume 2, Number 5, Oct 2009, pp. 458-466. 2009.
Manikumari, N., and Murugappan, A, "Fuzzy Logic Based Model for Optimization of Tank Irrigation System.", Medwell Online Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Volume 3, Number 2, Feb 2008, pp. 199-202. 2008.
Murugappan, A., Sudarsan, J.S., and Manoharan, A, "Effects of Using Lignite Mine Discharge for Irrigation on Soils – A Case Study of Perumal Tank Command Area in Tamilnadu State.", International Journal of Industrial Pollution and Control, Enviromedia Publications, India, Volume 22, Number 1, Jun 2006, pp. 151-160. 2006.
Murugappan, A., and Kannappan, K, "Estimation of Reference Crop Evapotranspiration – Influence of Angstrom Values.", Quarterly International Journal of Ecology, Environment & Conservation, Volume 11, Number 3-4, Dec 2005, pp. 543-550. 2005.
Murugappan, A., Nandhini, R., and Manoharan, A, "Quality characteristics of Fly Ash Laden Water for Irrigation.", International Journal of Pollution Research, Volume 23, Number 4, Dec 2004, pp. 693-700. 2004.
List of Conferences - National
Monson, C. C., Murugappan, A., Rajan, K., and Gnanakumar, S., Prediction Modeling of Combined Thermophillic Composting (In-vessel) and Vermicomposting in the Bioconversion of Vegetable Market Waste, Proceedings of the National Conference on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management (SWEM-2017), Dec 21-23, 2017, Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, pp. 261-268. Hyderabad, B.S. Publications.
Murugappan, A., Manikumari, N., and Mohan, S., Trend Analysis of Reference Evapotranspiration in a Hot and Humid Coastal Location in Tamilnadu State, Proceedings of the National Conference on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management (SWEM-2017), Dec 21-23, 2017, Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, pp. 224-229. Hyderabad, B.S. Publications.
Manikumari, N., and Murugappan, A., Performance of Hargreaves Radiation Formula in Estimation of Reference Evapotranspiration in Hot and Humid Coastal Location in Tamilnadu, Proceedings of the National Conference on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management (SWEM-2017), Dec 21-23, 2017, Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, pp. 473-478. Hyderabad, B.S. Publications.
Saravanan, R. S., Murugappan, A., Sriramachandrasekharan, M. V., and Jawahar, D.,, Irrigation Water Balance and Yield Assessment for Rice Grown in Semi Arid Coastal Lowland, Tamil Nadu, India, Proceedings of the National Conference on “Energy and Environment, Sep 16-17, 2016, CODISSIA, Coimbatore, pp. 0-0. Coimbatore, Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Elektrotec 2016 of CODISSIA, Coimbatore.
Murugappan, A., Sivaprakasam Subbarayan and Mohan, S., Ranking of Plotting-position Formulae in Frequency Analysis of annual and Seasonal Rainfall, Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on “Water, Environment and Society (NCWES – 2016), Jun 6-8, 2016, Centre for Water Resources, Institute of Science and Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, pp. 12-17. Hyderabad, B.S. Publications.
Senthilkumar Palaniappan and Murugappan Alagappan, Environmental and Health Impact of Solid Waste Disposal, Proceedings of the UGC National Seminar on “Environmental Challenges: Issues and Strategies, Feb 11-12, 2016, Department of Sociology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, India, pp. 0-0. Annamalainagar-608002, Tamilnadu, Department of Sociology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, India.
Murugappan, A., Sivaprakasam Subbarayan and Monson, C. C., Global Climate Change and Occurrence of Kidney Stones, Proceedings of the UGC National Seminar on “Environmental Challenges: Issues and Strategies, Feb 11-12, 2016, Department of Sociology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, India, pp. 0-0. Annamalainagar-608002, Tamilnadu, Department of Sociology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu, India.
Manikumari, N., and Murugappan, A., Fuzzy Model for Optimal Operation of a Tank Irrigation System, Proceedings of the 36th National Systems Conference (NSC 2012) on “Recent Advancements in System Modelling and Applications, Dec 6-8, 2012, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608002, pp. 103-112. India, Springer India .
Murugappan, A., Environmental Impact, Health and Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology, Proceedings of the National Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Better Tomorrow, Dec 15-16, 2007, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India, pp. 0-0. Vellore, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.
Murugappan, A., and Krishnamurthy, J., Role of Gender in Domestic Water Conservation, Proceedings of the Twelfth National Water Convention, Nov 1-3, 2007, National Water Development Agency and Government of Puducherry, pp. 0-0. Puducherry, National Water Development Agency and Government of Puducherry.
Sudharsan, J., and Murugappan, A, Impact of Fly ash in the Irrigated Field, Proceedings of the National Seminar on 'Recent Trends in Water Management -2004', Jan 9-10, 2004, Department of civil Engineering, Alagappa chettiar College of Engineering & Technlolgy, Karaikudi, pp. 0-0. Karaikudi, Department of civil Engineering, Alagappa chettiar College of Engineering & Technlolgy, Karaikudi.
Kannappan, K., Murugappan, A., and Velayutham,T., Significance of Angstrom Values as and bs in Estimation of Reference Crop Evapotranspiration, Proceedings of the National Seminar on 'Recent Trends in Water Management -2004', Jan 9-10, 2004, Department of civil Engineering, Alagappa chettiar College of Engineering & Technlolgy, Karaikudi, pp. 0-0. Karaikudi, Department of civil Engineering, Alagappa chettiar College of Engineering & Technlolgy, Karaikudi.
Manikumari, N., Murugappan, A., Manoharan, A., and Sivarajan, P., Water Balance in the Command of a Canal of a Tank Irrigation System, Proceedings of the National Seminar on 'Recent Trends in Water Management -2004', Jan 9-10, 2004, Department of civil Engineering, Alagappa chettiar College of Engineering & Technlolgy, Karaikudi, pp. 0-0. Karaikudi, Department of civil Engineering, Alagappa chettiar College of Engineering & Technlolgy, Karaikudi.
Murugappan, A., and Sudharsan, J, Effective conservation of Water for Sustainable Management, Proceedings of the National Seminar on 'Effective Conservation of Water and Sustainable Management Techniques, Jan 2-3, 2004, School of Civil engineering, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, pp. 0-0. Thanjavur, School of Civil engineering, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur.
Rajendran, M., and Murugappan, A., Study of Chemical Characteristics of Shallow Groundwater along the Coastal Areas of Cuddalore and Chidambaram Taluks in Tamilnadu State', Proceedings of the National Seminar on "Ground Water Management & Rural Development, Oct 16-17, 2002, Anjuman Engineering College, Bhatkal, Karnataka, pp. 0-0. Bhatkal, Karanataka, Anjuman Engineering College, Bhatkal, Karnataka.
Murugappan, A., and Senthilkumar, G., Return Period of Annual Rainfall – A Comparative Study of Various Plotting Position Formulae, Proceedings of the National Conference on 'Water Resources Planning and Management, Mar 16-17, 2002, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, pp. 0-0. Mesra, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.
Murugappan, A., and Rangapathy, V, 'Simulation Approach to Rice Cropping Pattern in a Growing Season, National Seminar on 'Irrigation Strategies - Present and Future', Mar 16-17, 2000, IMTI, Trichy, pp. 0-0. Trichy, IMTI, Trichy.
Murugappan, A., and Senthilkumar, G., Resource Analysis and Plan for Efficient Water Management, National Seminar on 'Irrigation Strategies - Present and Future, Mar 15-16, 2000, IMTI, Trichy, pp. 0-0. Trichy, IMTI, Trichy.
List of Conferences - International
Murugappan, A., Manikumar, N., and Mohan, S., Assessing Multi-decadal Variability in Meteorological Parameters and their Influence on the Temporal Trend in Reference Evapotranspiration over a hot and humid Coastal Location in TamilNadu State, Proceedings of the International Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Advances in Civil Engineering (ICONTEACE 2018), May 10-12, 2018, Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram district, TamilNadu, pp. 0-0. Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram district, TamilNadu, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram district, TamilNadu.
Manikumari, N., and Murugappan, A., Estimation of Missing Weather Parameters for Computation of Ref-ET in a hot and humid coastal Location in TamilNadu, Proceedings of the International Conference on Theoretical and Experimental Advances in Civil Engineering (ICONTEACE 2018), May 10-12, 2018, Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram district, TamilNadu, pp. 0-0. Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram district, TamilNadu, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Kancheepuram district, TamilNadu.
Senthilkumar, R., Senthilkumar, PL. and Murugappan, A, Influence of Substrate Particle Size on Vermicomposting of Pre-processed Vegetable Waste, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on “Sustainable Practice in Civil Engineering (SPICE 2017), Apr 10-11, 2017, Department of Civil Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, pp. 0-0. Coimbatore, Department of Civil Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.
Rajkumar, R., Murugappan, A., and Senthilkumar, PL., Influence of Aeration on Vermicomposting of Pre-processed Vegetable Waste, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on “Sustainable Practice in Civil Engineering (SPICE 2017), Apr 10-11, 2017, Department of Civil Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, pp. 0-0. Coimbatore, Department of Civil Engineering, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore.
Murugappan, A., Manoharan, A., Senthilkumar, G., and Krishnamurthy, J, Technological and Sociological Investigation of Impacts in Using Lignite Mine Drainage for Irrigation – A Case Study, Proceedings of the International Conference on “Civil Engineering & Infrastructure Issues in Emerging Economies (ICCIEE 2017), Mar 17-18, 2017, School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, pp. 0-0. Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Manikumari, N., Murugappan, A., and Vinodhini. G, Time Series Forecasting of Daily Reference Evapotranspiration by Neural Network Ensemble Learning for Irrigation System, Proceedings of the International Conference on “Civil Engineering & Infrastructure Issues in Emerging Economies (ICCIEE 2017), Mar 17-18, 2017, School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, pp. 0-0. Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Senthilkumar Palaniappan and Murugappan Alagappan, An experimental study to assess the effect of aeration in substrate depth of vermicomposting process, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on “Advanced Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Development (ICAETSD 2016), Feb 19-20, 2016, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore – 641 032, pp. 0-0. Coimbatore, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore – 641 032.
Murugappan, A., Sivaprakasam Subburayan, Monson, C. C., and Gnanakumar, S., Future Likely Impacts of Cyclone Thane in the Northern Districts of Tamilnadu in the Context of Global Warming, Proceedings of the International Meet on Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources, Aug 17-18, 2012, Water Institute, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, India, pp. 0-0. Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, India, Water Institute, Karunya University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, India.
Sivapraksam Subburayan, Murugappan, A., and Mohan, S., Climate Change: Variability in Rainfall in the Coastal District of Cuddalore, Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management and Climate Change Adaptation, Feb 17-19, 2011, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, West Bengal, India, pp. 64-72. Durgapur, West Bengal, India, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
Sivaprakasam, S and Murugappan, A., Study on Variability in Certain Meteorological Parameters in Cuddalore District, Tamilnadu State, India’, International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technology services & Climate Change (RSTS&CC-2010), Nov 13-15, 2010, Sathyabama University, Chennai, pp. 0-0. Chennai, Sathyabama University, Chennai.
Rajendran, M., Latha, M., Murugappan, A and Mohamed Ashik Ali, J., Comparison of Rainfall-Runoff Models – A Case Study’, Proceedings of the 60th International Executive Council Meeting and 5th Asian Regional Conference on Improvement in Efficiency of Irrigation Projects through Technology Upgradation and Better Operation and Maintenance, Dec 6-11, 2009, New Delhi, pp. 0-0. India, Wiley Online Library.
Karthikeyan, K., Murugappan, A., Sivaprakasam, S., and Senthilkumar, G., Frequency Analysis of Rainfall: Inter-comparison of Plotting Position Formulae, Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Water and Environment: WE 2003, Dec 16-17, 2003, Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Bhopal, pp. 0-0. Bhopal, Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Bhopal.
Kannappan, K., Murugappan, A., Manikumari, N., and Manoharan, A., Reference Evapotranspiration Models for Certain Locations in Tamilnadu State, Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Water and Environment: WE 2003, Dec 16-17, 2003, Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Bhopal, pp. 0-0. Bhopal, Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Bhopal.
Murugappan, A., Kannappan, K., Manikumari, N., and Manoharan, A., Estimation of Crop Coefficients for Cotton Grown in South India', Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Hydrology and Watershed Management, Dec 18-20, 2002, Centre for Water Resources, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, pp. 113-119. Hyderabad, BS Publications, Hyderabad.
List of Awards /Honours / Memberships
The International Water Association - Membership ID:1613559
Indian Water Works Association - LF-1109
The Institution of Engineers (India) - F-113292-6
Institution of Public Health Engineers, India - LF 539-2008
Indian Water Resources Society - F-2002-1126
Indian Association of Hydrologists - LM-388
List of Awards
N Venkatraman Green Prize - Best Paper Award - Institution of Public Health Engineers, India - 2016