FACULTY PROFILE

Dr. (Mrs.) USHA NATESAN 1. Name :

2. Faculty ID

34143

3. Initial Expansion

4. Date of Birth

15.02.1965

5. Address for Communication

B1 PRAGATI APRARTMENTS, 13, LOCK STREET, VARDHAPURAM, KOTTUR, CHENNAI 600 085

6. Permanent Address

B1 PRAGATI APRARTMENTS, 13, LOCK STREET, VARDHAPURAM, KOTTUR, CHENNAI 600 085

7. Phone No.

091-044-22203195

8. e-mail ID

u_natesan@yahoo.com

9. Qualification

Branch / Specialization M.S. Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Satellite Oceanography M.Tech. Remote Sensing B.E. Civil Engg.

Degree

Year of Passing 2000

Institution where studied College of Engg.

University / Board Anna University

1992

IIT, Madras

IIT

1988 1986 College of Engg. Anna University

College of Engg.

Anna University

10. Area of Specialisation

: Applications of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System in Environmental and Marine studies

11. Research Projects : S. Title of the project Funding Agency Total Grant with No. Grant No. INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

Project Duration

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Rs.3.87 Lakhs Impacts of coastal International pollution on Foundation for ($8600) biodiversity at Ennore, Science, Sweden India NATIONAL PROJECTS Coastal Ecosystems Ministry of Science Rs.35,000/and Degradation of and Technology Vedaranyam Coast of Tamilnadu Coastal Processes Off Indian Space Rs.5.0 Lakhs Mangalore Coast Research through an Integrated Organisation Approach Modelling World Bank Rs.4.49 Lakhs Groundwater pollution through IWS due to solid waste dumping at Perungudi Ecosystem Modelling Department of Rs.27.3 Lakhs for Vedaranyam Ocean Development Prediction of offshore Indian Space Rs. 7.5 Lakhs and nearshore wave Research climate and sediment Organisation transport along the east coast of India using MSMR Integrated CZM and Indian Space Rs.4.84 Lakhs Ecological evaluation Research of Vedaranyam Coast Organisation using Remote Sensing and GIS Mapping of areas of Ministry of Science Rs.4.6 Lakhs inundation for and Technology Vedaranyam Nagai District Monitoring and Ministry of Rs.16.90 Lakhs Database Management Environment and of the waterways of Forests Chennai City

2004-2006 16 months

2001 6 months

2000-2001 (2 years)

2002-2003 1 year

2002-2004 2 years 6 months 2002-2006 4 years

2003-2005 2 years

2005 6 months

2005-2006

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ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

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Title of the project

Funding Agency

Total Grant with

Project

No. 1 An Environmental and Ecological Assessment of Coastal Waters of Kalpakkam

Prediction of oceanic dispersion of radionuclides released from MAPS into the coastal waters of Kalpakkam

Grant No. Indira Gandhi Rs.15 Lakhs Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Dept. of Atomic Energy Atomic Energy Rs.12 Lakhs Regulatory Board (AERB), Dept. of Atomic Energy

Duration 2005-2008

2005-2008

12. Teaching Experience

14 years of Teaching and Research Experience

COURSE WORKS TAUGHT

Under Graduate level B.E. Civil Engineering / Geoinformatics 1. Environmental Engineering I 2. Environmental Engineering II 3. Hygiene and Sanitation 4. Engineering Graphics 5. Engineering Mechanics 6. Computer Practice Post graduate level M.E. Environmental Engineering/ Management M.Sc. Environmental Science/ M.Tech. Remote Sensing 1. Remote Sensing Applications to Environmental studies 2. Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Environmental Engineering 3. Environmental Monitoring using Remote sensing and GIS Techniques 4. GIS applications to resources Management 5. GIS Applications in Water Resources Studies 6. Remote Sensing and GIS applications to Ocean Engineering and Ocean Resources 7. Remote Sensing and GIS applications to Integrated Coastal Zone Management 8. Remote Sensing and GIS applications to Coastal and Ocean resources 9. Solid and Hazardous waste management 10. Hazardous waste management 11. Environmental Impact Assessment 12. Coastal Zone Management 13. Environmental Risk Assessment 14. Marine Resources Management
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13. Research Guidance M.E. / M.Tech. / M.Sc./ No. of students supervised / Researchers : 37 guided Ph.D./ M.S 19

Ph.D. Thesis

8 3 1 4 3 M.S. By Research Thesis -

Degree awarded Thesis submitted Synopsis submitted Ongoing Degree awarded

M.E. Environmental Engineering ThesisM.Sc. Environmental Science Thesis B.E. Civil Engineering Thesis -

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Name of the Student Ph.D. C.Lakshumanan Modelling organic carbon deposition, degradation and preservation in sediments of Pichchavaram Mangrove wetlands, Southeast coast of India E.S.M.Suresh Multi-objective decision support system using GIS for siting sanitary landfills G.S.Dwarakish Study of sediment dynamics off Mangalore coast using conventional and satellite data B.Srisathya Spatial and temporal variations in water quality and plankton along Buckingham Canal and Coastal waters of Ennore, Tamilnadu M.Madan Kumar Chemical Diagenesis of Wetland Sediments Near Muthupet Mangroves, Southeast Coast of Tamilnadu M.SundaraRajan Sedimentology and Geochemistry of sediments along Vedaranyam, Southeast coast of India S.Viswanathan Spatial and seasonal variations of coastal water quality along Vedaranyam Coast, Tamilnadu S.Kalaivani Pollution induced inter and intra specific changes in the benthic community struture in the Buckingham Canal, Ennore

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Thesis Watershed Modelling for Kundapallam using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Submitted in June 2006 System Thesis 10 V.R.Sumathi Perspective Development plan for Solid Waste Submitted Management in Pondicherry in June 2006 Thesis 11 P.R.Rajalakshmi Wave and sediment dynamics along southeast coast of India through numerical modelling Submitted in June 2006 and remote sensing 12 G.Dinakaran Hydrodynamic Modelling of fate of pollutants Synopsis submitted for Uppanar Estuary, Cuddalore, India Ongoing 13 S.Sarguru Heavy Metal Accumulation, Mobilization and Dispersion in Buckingham Canal, Ennore, India (Registered in July 2006) Ongoing 14 Ranga Rama Seasonal Heavy Metal Dispersion in the coastal Seshan waters of Ennore (Registered in January 2007) 15 G.Kalpana Influence of sand bar on water quality in Ongoing Muttukadu backwaters Ongoing 16 K.Deepthi Benthic Assemblage around Kalpakkam M.S. By RESEARCH (Degree awarded) 2002 1 M.Jayachandran Digital Photogrammetry and Geographic Information System applications in air quality modelling 2004 2 K.Pushpanathan Modelling Groundwater pollution due to solid waste dumping at Perungudi 2006 3 N.ThulasiRaman Shoreline Change Analysis of Vedaranyam Coast M.E. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING/MANAGEMENT (Degree awarded) 1 A.Jayapandy Groundwater targeting using Geographic 1996 Information System 2 R.Rajarajan Spectral Characteristics of Tannery Effluent 1996 3 V.Gopala Application of Geographic information System 1997 krishnan on groundwater targeting and quality assessment 4 M.Nainadurai Spectral reflectance of heavy metals in water: A 1997 Laboratory study 5 G.Rajeswari Study on Air Quality management for Manali 1998 using GIS 6 I.Leena Chitra Impact of Sea level rise along Coramandal Coast 1999 using GIS 7 K.Shankar Studies on Environmental Changes using 1999 Geographic Information System A case study in Bhavani Block 9 Rajesh Prasanna
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T.N.Shaji

P.Sundararajan

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S.Naga Suresh

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S.Sathiyamurthi

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K.Ramakrishna

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Venkateswara Rao B.Krishna moorthy S.Md.Sattar Hussain A.Bharthi

Spectral fluorescence study of oil contaminants in the Refinery effluent Modelling of groundwater in Pernampet Block using MODFLOW Integrated Coastal Zone Management using Geographic Information System Study of ambient air quality monitoring using GIS Groundwater Pollution modelling of Lower Palar River zone using Visual Modflow Dispersion studies in coastal waters near Adyar Estuary using numerical analysis Optimal Routing for solid waste collection using GIS Shoreline changes and sediment dynamics at Vedaranyam using GIS Groundwater modeling for Nandanam area

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S.Uma Sankari

Optimal routing for biomedical waste collection using GIS

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B.Vijaya Priya

Sediment dynamics along Ennore coast

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A.Arun Babu

Heavy metal pollutant dispersion pattern from Ennore Creek using MIKE 21

2006

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R.Rajasehar

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V.Raja Gopal

Variations of groundwater quality in the coastal aquifer of Vedaranyam Shoreline dynamics of Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram using GIS

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K.Dhivya

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Coastal dynamics and sediment modeling around Chennai Port K.Balasubramani Groundwater Quality deterioration along the am coastal tract of Cuddalore using GIS R.Sridhar Rajan Disaster Management plan for New Kalpakkam Nilima A. Natoo Coastal Hydrodynamics of Kalpakkam M.Sc. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (Degree awarded) B.Srisathya Groundwater pollution modelling of Upper Palar River using MODFLOW K.Pushpanathan Groundwater modelling for Chennai using MODFLOW S.Viswanathan Simulation of groundwater pollution in

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Tiruppur Block using Visual Modflow S.Kalaivani Studies on water quality in and around Chennai Port Trust S.Sathya Influence of tidal inlets on sea Harini Quantitative study on Chlorophyll using Ocean Santhanam Colour Monitor data in the coastal waters of Vedaranyam N.K.Nithila Bacteriological quality along the coastal waters of Tamil nadu S.Sarguru Enumeration of Plankton along the coastal waters of Vedaranyam V.Sivaranjani Marine Environment around Ennore Creek and Pulicat Lagoon A comparative study S. Kalaivani Impacts of Industrial discharges on the water quality of Buckingham canal near Manali G.Kalpana Influence of sand bar on water quality in Muttukadu backwaters K.Deepthi Vertical distribution of Benthic Assemblage in Buckingham Canal B.E. CIVIL ENGINEERING (Degree awarded) R.Aravamudha Study on site suitability of existing marine outfall n near Tuticorin Rajprasanth Site selection for Hazardous waste disposal V.T.Meenakshi Impact of tannery discharges on groundwater quality (TDS) using GIS D.Jaiprakash Impact of tannery effluent on Chloride concentration of groundwater in Palar river basin using GIS E.Sivasankaran Characterisation of wastewater using Spectroradiometer R.Thenmozhi Modelling of groundwater pollution due to Adyar river using Visual MODFLOW L.Vijay Anand Simulation of Groundwater pollution using Visual Modflow A case study for Ennore B.Ramya Groundwater studies of Palar river

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

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Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1994, Identification of erosion-accretion regimes along Tamilnadu coast, India, Journal of Coastal Research, 10(1), 203-205. Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1994, Satellite observations of wave heights in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 120(6), 576-579. G.S.Dwarakish and Usha Natesan, Prediction of shoreline evolution by statistical analysis of beach samples and surveys at New Mangalore Port, 2005, Water and Energy International Journal, 62(2), 37-43. Usha Natesan and S.Viswanathan, Nutrients in the coastal waters of Vedaranyam, International Journal of Environment (Communicated) Usha Natesan and M.Sundararajan, Geochemistry of sea bed sediments around Vedaranyam, Environmental Geology (Communicated) Usha Natesan and M.Sundararajan, Sediment transport along the Vedaranyam Coast, Journal of Coastal Research (Communicated) Usha Natesan and Nilima A. Natoo, Coastal Hydrodynamics of Kalpakkam, Journal of Coastal Research (Communicated)

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Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1992, Wind-wave relationship for Bay of Bengal from GEOSAT data, Indian Journal of Remote Sensing, 20 (2&3), 159-164. Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1993, Minimum swell heights over Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal derived from GEOSAT Altimeter data, Mausam, 44(3), 290-291. Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1993, Seasonal shoreline oscillation of Tamilnadu coast, Current Science, 65(9), 667-668. Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1993, Assessment of GEOSAT data, Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, 35(1&2), 205-207. Usha Natesan, 1994, Satellite assistance in oil pollution studies, Pollution Research, 13(1), 91-93. Usha Natesan, 1994, Energy from ocean waves, Energy Management, 18(1), 31-36. Usha Natesan, 1994, Monitoring marine environmental problems using Remote Sensing Technology, ENVIS Newsletter, 6(4), 2. Usha Natesan, 1996, GIS application in EIA, Envis Newsletter, 9(1), 4. Usha Natesan, 1999, GIS applications in Industrial Siting, Envis Newsletter (13)1, 4-5. M.Narayana Rao, E.S.M.Suresh and Usha Natesan, 1999, Applications of Geographical Information Systems in Environmental Impact Assessment Studies, Journal of Technical and Vocational Education, 16, 12-16.

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Usha Natesan, 2000, Spectral fluorescence study of oil, Envis Newsletter, (13)2, 8. E.S.M. Suresh and Usha Natesan, 2000, Siting Sanitary landfills using GIS: A case study of Chennai Metropolitan Development Area, The Indian Geographical Journal, 75(2), 95-108. Usha Natesan, E.S.M. Suresh and M.Narayana Rao, 2002, Site suitability evaluation for locating sanitary landfills using GIS, Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 30(4), 261-264. G.S.Dwarakish, Usha Natesan, 2002, Coastal Structures Vs Shoreline Configuration, NITK Research Bulletin, 11(3), 25-33. Usha Natesan, 2004, Role of satellites in monitoring sediment dynamics, Current Science, 86(8), 1068-1069 Usha Natesan, 2005, GIS application in groundwater targeting and quality assessment, Indian Journal Water Works Association, 26(1), 7-11 Usha Natesan, Impacts of Sea Level rise along Coromandal coast using GIS, 2005, Indian Journal of Remote Sensing, Photonirvachak, 33(1), 1-4. B.Srisathya and Usha Natesan, 2005, Density of meiofauna in four stations of Ennore, Tamilnadu with different types of pollution, Journal of Aquatic Biology, 20(2), 63-72. G.V.M.Gupta, Usha Natesan, M.V.Ramana Murthy, V.G.Sravan Kumar, S.Viswanathan, M.S.Bhat, Ajay Kumar Ray and B.R.Subramanian, 2006, Nutrient budgets for Muthupet lagoon, southeastern India, Current Science, 90(7), 967-972. Rajesh Prasanna and Usha Natesan, 2006, Eco-degradation analysis in Kundapallam watershed using Remote sensing and GIS, Engineering Today, 8(2), 17-19. V.R.Sumathi and Usha Natesan, 2006, Status of Ground Water around the solid wastes dumping sites in Pondicherry Region, Pollution Research, 25(2), 131-135. V.R.Sumathi and Usha Natesan, 2006, Study on Air Quality around the dumping sites of solid wastes in Pondicherry Region, Pollution Research, 25(2), 391-396. K.Palanivelu, Nisha Priya, A.Muthamil Selvan and Usha Natesan, 2006, Water quality assessment of tsunami affected coastal areas of Chennai, Current Science, 91(5), 583-584. K.K.Satpathy, Usha Natesan, S.Kalaivani, A.K.Mohanty, M.Rajan and Baldev Raj, 2006, Total Dissolved copper concentrations in coastal waters of Kalpakkam, Current Science, 91(8), 1008-1010. M.Sundararajan and Usha Natesan, 2007, Heavy mineral distribution along the East Coast of India, Met News, 25(2), 3-5. M. Madan Kumar and Usha Natesan, 2007, A study on the dynamic changes of Landuse/Landcover for Muthupet wetland using Remote

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Sensing and Geographical Information System, Engineering Today, IX, 1719. Usha Natesan and Rajalakshmi, P.R., 2007, Dynamics of Pulicat mouth, Engineering Today, IX, 29-32. Usha Natesan, Sundararajan, S. and S.Sattar Hussain, 2007, Sediment transport along Vedaranyam coast, Southeast India, Engineering Today, IX, 41-44. Usha Natesan and Kalaivani, S., 2007, Influence of tidal variations on the water quality of Buckingham Canal, Ennore, Engineering Today, IX, 5355. Usha Natesan and Kalaivani, S., 2007, Water Quality in and around Chennai Port during post monsoon, Pollution Research, 26(4), 25-31. G.Dinagaran and Usha Natesan, 2007, Post monsoon season water quality around Cuddalore Port, Tamilnadu, India, Environment and Ecology, 25S(3), 694-697. K.K. Satpathy, A.K. Mohanty, G. Sahu, M.V.R. Prasad, R. Venkatesan, Usha Natesan and M. Rajan, 2007, On the occurrence of Trichodesmium erythraeum (Ehr.) bloom in the coastal waters of Kalpakkam east coast of India, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 1 (2), 1-9. G.Dinagaran, Usha Natesan and C.K.N.Manikandan, Tidal level measurement and development of bathymetry for Cuddalore Port, India, Journal of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Monitoring (In Press). Usha Natesan and K.Balasubramanian, Assessment of groundwater quality and quantity changes using GIS, Indian Association of Environmental Management (Communicated) Usha Natesan and K.Divya, Coastal hydrodynamics around Chennai port, Indian Journal of Marine Sciences (Communicated) Usha Natesan and K.Deepthi, Vertical profile of Benthic assemblage of Buckingham Canal, Indian Journal of Marine Biological Association (Communicated) Usha Natesan and G.Kalpana, Influence of sand bar on the water quality at Muttukkadu, Current Science (Communicated)

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Krishnamoorthy,R., Usha Natesan, S.Ramachandran and R.Natarajan, 1992, Qualitative Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediment Content, Coral reef and Chlorophyll concentration in Gulf of Mannar. In: Remote Sensing Applications and Geographic Information Systems - Recent Trends (Ed.I.V.Muralikrishna), Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd. New Delhi, 309-313. Usha Natesan, R.Krishnamoorthy, R.Ramesh and R.Natarajan, 1992, Mapping of suspended sediment concentration in coastal waters through

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satellite remote sensing - A case study of Tamil Nadu and Northern Srilanka coast, In: Remote Sensing Applications and Geographic Information Systems - Recent Trends (Ed.I.V.Muralikrishna), Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd. New Delhi, 320-324. Usha Natesan, 2005, Environmental damage of Tsunami in Tsunami: The Indian Context, Editors, SM.Ramasamy and C.J.Kumanan, Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 239-249. Usha Natesan and S.Kalaivani, 2006, Tsunami Induced Water Quality changes in Buckingham Canal, Chennai Region, India, in Geomatics in Tsunami, Editors: SM.Ramasamy, C.J.Kumanan, Brig.R.Sivakumar, Bhoop Singh, New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, 191-198.

15. Conferences

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K.Usha, SM.Ramasamy and SP.Subramanian, 1989, Fracture pattern modelling for groundwater targeting - A study aided by remote sensing technique, International Groundwater Conference, Hyderabad, 319-328. K.Usha and SP.Subramanian, 1991, Comparison of wind speeds over Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal from Geosat Altimeter data, International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Edinburgh, 83-88. Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1992, Study of the ocean parameters of southern India from space, Sixth Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Wellington, Newzealand, Vol.I, 360-365. Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1992, Interrelation between wave height and wave period - An observation from GEOSAT, Sixth Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Wellington, Newzealand, Vol.I, 370-373. Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1992, Oceanic capabilities of GEOSAT Altimeter sensor, Sixth Australasian Remote Sensing Conference, Wellington, Newzealand, Vol.I, 374-378. R.Krishnamoorthy, Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1992, Wetlands and its interaction with watershed and coastal morphology: A case study of Indian Coastal wetlands through remote Sensing, IV International Wetlands Conference, Ohio, USA, 62. Usha Natesan, 1993, Distribution pattern of significant wave height from GEOSAT Altimeter data near Tamilnadu Coast, Ninth Thematic Conference on Geologic Remote sensing, Pasadena, California, Vol.I, 131-137. Usha Natesan, 1994, GEOSAT derived monthly pressure distributions in the Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal - Second Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, New Orleans, Louisiana, Vol.II, 163-167.

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M.Narayana Rao, E.S.M.Suresh and Usha Natesan, 1998, Assessing site suitability conditions for waste disposal facilities using GIS for Chennai City, 14th International Conferenece on Solid Waste Technologies and Management, Philadelphia, USA Usha Natesan, 1999, Satellite Remote sensing Applications to Coastal Sedimentation studies, UNESCO Regional Training Programme on Remote sensing Applications to Geology, Organised by Anna University, Chennai, 135-140. E.S.M.Suresh, M.Narayana Rao and Usha Natesan, 1999, Evaluating the site suitability conditions for sanitary landfills using Geographical Information System for Chennai Metropolitan Development Area, 15th International Conference on Solid Waste Technologies and Management, Philadelphia, USA E.S.M.Suresh, M.Narayana Rao and Usha Natesan, 2000, Siting Solid Waste Disposal facilities using GIS for Chennai Metropolitan Development Area, International Conference on Asian Urbanization 21st Century, challenges of Urbanization G.S.Dwarakish, T.Natarajan and Usha Natesan, 2000, Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Mangalore coast using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: A Review, ISRS National Symposium on Remote Sensing Application of Natural Resources, Bhubaneswar, 100-104. Usha Natesan, 2000, Site selection for hazardous waste disposal using Geographic Information System, International Conference on Hazardous Waste Management, Anna University. Usha Natesan, E.S.M.Suresh and M.Narayana Rao, 2000, Siting solid waste disposal facilities using GIS for CMDA, International Conference on Asian Urbanization 21st Century, Challenges of Urbanization, University of Madras. E.S.M.Suresh, Usha Natesan and M.Narayana Rao, 2000, GIS based Multiobjective Decision support system for siting sanitary landfills Chennai Metropolitan Development Areas A Case study using Arc View Spatial Analyst, ESRI Users Conference, Redlands, California, USA. Usha Natesan and S.Sathiya Murthi, 2000, Ambient air quality study in Coimbatore using GIS, ICORG 2000, Hyderabad G.S.Dwarakish, Usha Natesan, A.R. Santhakumar and T.Natarajan, 2001, Effect of New Mangalore Port Breakwaters on Shoreline and Bathymetry: An Integrated Approach, International Conference on Remote Sensing and GIS/GPS, Hyderabad, 659-658. G.S.Dwarakish, Usha Natesan, D.V.Reddy, S.R.Nayak and P.Chauhan, 2002, Estimation of SSC along Mangalore coast Using OCM data, International Seminar on Sedimentation and Tectonics in Space and Time, Karnataka University, Dharwad, 55-56.

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Hong Yeon CHO, C.Lakshumanan and Usha Natesan, 2004, Coastal Wetland and shoreline change mapping of Pichavaram, Southeast coast of India using Satellite data, Map Asia 2005, Beijing, China. G.S.Dwarakish and Usha Natesan, 2005, Sediment transport along the Mangalore coast on the West coast of India, Map Asia 2005, 22-25 August 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia Usha Natesan and S.Kalaivani, 2005, Impacts of Tsunami on the water quality of Buckingham Canal, Third International Conference on Asia and Pacific Coasts, 4-8 September, 2005 at Seogwipo KAL Hotel, Jeju, Korea K.K.Satpathy, A.K.Mohanty, M.V.R.Prasad, S.Bhaskar, K.E.Jebakumar and Usha Natesan, 2006, Impact of bio-fouling community on the cooling water quality with special emphasis in its nutrient content, International Conference on Recent Advances in Marine antifouling Technology, NIOT, Chennai, 326-337. Usha Natesan and S.Kalaivani, 2007, Identification of polluted and unpolluted sites using zooplankton abundance, Asian and Pacific Coasts 2007, Nanjing, China.

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K.Usha and SP.Subramanian, 1989, Analysis of waves and beach behaviour of Kanyakumari Coast, Dock & Harbour Engineering Conference, Surathkal, 561-568. K.Usha and Abhijit Sarkar, 1990, Analysis of wave parameter with SEASAT Altimeter data near Tamilnadu Coast, National Space Science Symposium, Nagpur, 436-438. Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1990, Wave and wind analysis of Bay of Bengal using SEASAT Altimeter data, Thrust Areas in the Applications of Remote Sensing, Trichy Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1991, Pattern recognition of shoreline trend of SouthEast Coast of India, Fourth Indian Conference on Ocean Engineering, NIO, Goa, 417-418. Usha Natesan and R.Krishnamoorthy, 1991, Observation of Global Environmental Changes through Satellites, Madras Forum on Global Change, CLRI, Madras K.Usha, 1991, Remote Sensing in Oceanographic studies, UGC Workshop, School of Earth Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Trichy Usha Natesan, 1994, Spatial Wave height information of North Indian Ocean from GEOSAT - National Symposium on Microwave Remote Sensing & User's Meet (MRSUM), Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

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Usha Natesan and SP.Subramanian, 1994, Study of sediment transport processes along Tamilnadu coast - Indian National Conference on Harbour and Ocean Engg. (INCHOE-94), CWPRS, Pune, D103-D108. Usha Natesan, 1995, Role of satellites in Environmental Monitoring - ISRS Silver Jubilee Year Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring and Management with Special Emphasis on Hill Regions, IIRS, Dehradun, 392. Usha Natesan, 1997, GIS applications for groundwater studies - National Seminar on Applications of GIS for solving Environmental problems, TTTI, Taramani. M.Narayana Rao, Usha Natesan and E.S.M.Suresh, 1997, Siting of sanitary landfills using Geographic Information System for Chennai city - National Seminar on Applications of GIS for solving Environmental problems, TTTI, Taramani. G.S.Dwarakish, T.Natarajan, Usha Natesan and Raghupal Reddy, 1999, Analysis of sedimentary processes through sediment trend matrix, National Conference on Hydraylics Hydro 99, Nagpur. E.S.M.Suresh, Usha Natesan and M.Narayana Rao, 1999, Multiobjective Decision Support System for siting sanitary landfills A case study of Chennai Metropolitan development area using Arc View Spatial Analyst, 4th Indian Annual ESRI/ERDAS user Conference, New Delhi. G.S.Dwarakish, T.Natarajan and Usha Natesan, 2000, Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Mangalore coast using remote sensing and GIS Techniques: A Review, National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Natural Resources with special emphasis on watershed management, ORSAC, Bhubaneshwar, 100-104. G.S.Dwarakish, Usha Natesan and T. Natarajan, 2000, Integrated Approach for Coastal Processes: Mangalore Coast, National Conference on Hydraulics and Water Resources (HYDRO 2000), Kurukshetra, 358367. G.S.Dwarakish, Usha Natesan, R. Jegankumar, I. and Mallikarjuna Rao, 2000, Geomorphology and Confluence Width Changes of River mouths by Remotely Sensed Data - Mangalore Coast, National Conference on Geoinformatics, Coimbatore, 1-5. G.S.Dwarakish, D.Venkat Reddy, B.M. Dodamani and Usha Natesan, 2004, Coastal Sediment Dynamics along Mangalore Coast through Sediment Trend Matrix Analysis (STMA), National Symposium on Applications of Marine Geosciences, NIO, Goa, p.16. G.S.Dwarakish, K.P.Chandrashekhar, A.Chandrashekhara, B.Jagadeesha Pai and Usha Natesan, 2004, Identification of Suitable Site for Solid Waste Disposal using Remote Sensing and GIS A Case Study, 24th ISRS Annual Convention and National Symposium, Jaipur, 220-221.

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G.S.Dwarakish, A.Vittal Hegde, B. Jagadeesha Pai and Usha Natesan, 2004, Integrated Coastal Zone Management(ICZM) and its application in the Indian Marine Environment A RS and GIS Approach, National Symposium on Natural Resources Management for Sustainable Development, Bangalore, Karnataka, 57-77. P.Venkateswara Rao, Usha Natesan and S.M.Shiva Nagendra, 2004, Study of Biological Oxygen Demand concentration dispersion in coastal waters using CORMIX-III model, Workshop Need of environmental and Pollution awareness program for Bangalore city, MSRIT, Bangalore, 102111. G.S.Dwarakish, A.Vittal Hegde, B.Jagadeesha Pai and Usha Natesan, 2005, Wetland Issues In Integrated Coastal Management, Workshop on Wetland Monitoring and Management, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, 32-51. N.Thulasiraman and Usha Natesan, 2006, Mapping shoreline variations due to Tsunami at Vedaranyam An assessment using remotely sensed data, National Conference on Geomatics for Infrastructure Development, IRS, Chennai, p.32 R.Rajasehar and Usha Natesan, 2006, Variation of ground water quality in the coastal aquifer in Vedaranyam, National Conference on Disaster Mitigation and Management using Space Technology, Centre for Remote Sensing, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, p.50 Usha Natesan, 2007, Monitoring of Environmental changes through spatial technology, National Seminar on Climate Change and Environment, Bharathidasan University, Trichy.

16. Awards

Second Rank holder in M.Tech. Remote Sensing

Selected for Japanese Government Scholarship 1991-1992 to do Ph.D. But not utilised as Ph.D. at IIT, Chennai was in the submission stage.

Recipient of Tamilnadu Young Women Scientist Award 2002 in the discipline of ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY for the work on Environmental Management. The award was given by Science City, Govt. of Tamilnadu

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