Education

• August 1994: PhD Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA.
• 1987-1988: Graduate Studies in Eng. Hydrology, University College Galway, National University of Ireland
• December 1986: M.Eng. Water Resources Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
• May 1994: B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, India

(Photo courtesy of Todd Paris, University of Alaska Fairbanks Marketing & Communications)

Selected Awards

• Nominated for the Emil Usibelli Distinguished Teaching Award by UAF students. This award is presented with a $10,000 cash award and a citation. It is the highest honor bestowed upon the UAF faculty member who displays extraordinary excellence in teaching (2008).
• Received recognition for the technical article in the Vadose Zone Journal (VZJ) as one of the top three excellent examples of VZJ science that was promoted to a wider audience as Press Release (2007).
• Received recognition from ARSC Director Williams for significant contribution to ARSC’s Science Investment Review (2005)

Selected Publications

• D’Souza, A., S. Bandopadhyay, S. A. Naidu, R. Ganguli, and D. Misra, Exploration and estimation of gravel resource potential in southeast Chukchi Sea continental shelf off Kivalina, Alaska, Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, 2008 (in Review).
• Misra, D., T. Oommen, A. Agarwal, S.K. Mishra, and A. Thompson, Application and Analysis of Support Vector Machine Based Simulation for Runoff and Sediment Yield, 2008.
• Oommen, T., D. Misra, and A.Prakash, Multiple Regressive Pattern Recognition Technique: A Promising Approach for Georesource Estimation, 2008, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (in Review).
• Nimmer, M., A. Thompson, and D. Misra, Water Table Mounding Beneath Stormwater Infiltration Basins, 2008, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience (in Review)
• Misra, D. and R. Daanen, Visualizing Frost Boils, 2005, Challenges in Science and Engineering, Story by Lorien Nettleton, 13 (1), 18-19 & 23.