Prof. Ashok Kumar

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The University of Toledo, USA

Distinguished Professor

Email: ashok.kumar@utoledo.edu

Qualifications

1977 Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Environmental Fluid Mechanics (ME)

1972 M.Sc., University of Ottawa, Mechanical Engineering

1970 B.Sc.Eng. (Hons.), Aligarh University, in Mechanical Engineering

Publications (Selected)

1. Hamid Omidvarborna, Ashok Kumar, and Dong-Shik Kim, Artificial Neural Network based prediction of NOx emissions from transit buses running on soybean biodiesel fuel (B5) in cold idle mode, EGR and non-EGR engines, Environmental Progress and Sustainability, DOI: 10.1002/ep.12376, 35(5), pages 1537-1544, 2016.
2. H. Omidvarborna, A. Kumar, and D. S. Kim, Variation in soot morphology and its characteristics induced by the unsaturation degree of various biodiesel feedstocks and their blends with ULSD in a laboratory combustion chamber, Science of Total Environment, Volume 544, 15 February 2016, Pages 450–459.
3. A. Kadiyala and A. Kumar, Univariate Time Series Based Radial Basis Function Neural Network Modeling of Air Quality Inside a Public Transportation Bus Using Available Software, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 35(2), 320-324, 2016.
4. A. Kadiyala and A. Kumar, Multivariate Time Series Based Radial Basis Function Neural Network Modeling of Air Quality Inside a Public Transportation Bus Using Available Software,Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 35(4), 1259–1266, DOI: 10.1002/ep.12387, 2016.
5. H. Omidvarborna, A. Kumar, and D. S. Kim, Prediction of NOx emissions from a simplified biodiesel surrogate by applying stochastic simulation algorithms (SSA), Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2016.
6. N.M. Kalita, Z. Xu, and A. Kumar, Application of Software to Study the Impact of Transportation Sectors' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction on Climate Change, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 35(6), 1559-1565, 2016.
7. H. Omidvarborna, A. Kumar, and D. S. Kim, A laboratory investigation on the effects of unsaturated bonds and chain lengths of different biodiesel feedstocks on carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane emissions under low-temperature combustion, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 4(4), Part A, 4769-4775, 2016.
8. A. Kadiyala and A. Kumar, Vector Time Series Based Radial Basis Function Neural Network Modeling of Air Quality Inside a Public Transportation Bus Using Available Software, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 36(1), 4–10, 2017.
9. S. Velagapudi, A. Kumar, and M. V. Saripalli Application of the USEPA’s Risk-Screening Indicators Model and Toxic Release Inventory Database to Study Pollution Prevention Trends in Paper Manufacturing Industry, Environmental Management and Sustainable Development, DOI: 10.1002/ep.12646, 2017.
10. A. Kumar and H. Omidvarborna, Introduction to Air Pollution, Chapter 3.1, pp 87-92, Handbook of Environment Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
11. A. Kumar and S. Velagapudi, Air Pollution Monitoring Instrumentation, Chapter 3.2, pp 93-101, Handbook of Environment Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
12. A. Kumar and H. Omidvarborna, Air Pollution Control Technology, Chapter 3.3, pp 103-112, Handbook of Environment Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
13. A. Kumar and S. Velagapudi, Air Quality versus Living Quality, Chapter 3.4, pp 113-121, Handbook of Environment Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
14. A. Kumar and H. Omidvarborna, Role of Air Pollution in Climate Change and Global Warming: Present Global Scenario, Chapter 3.5, pp 123-133, Handbook of Environment Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
15. Dong-Shik Kim, Mohammadmatin Hanifzadeh, Ashok Kumar, Trend of biodiesel feedstock and its impact on biodiesel emission characteristics, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 37(1), 7-19, 2018, (DOI: 10.1002/ep.12800).
16. Xiaoyu Han , Yanqing Xu , Ashok Kumar , Xinwei Lu, Decoupling analysis of transportation carbon emissions and economic growth in China, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, DOI: 10.1002/ep.12857, 2018.
17. A. Kadiyala and A. Kumar, Applications of Python to Evaluate the Performance of Decision Tree Based Boosting Algorithms, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 37(2), 618- 623, DOI: 10.1002/ep.12888, 2018.
18. A. Kumar, H. Omidvarborna, and K. K. Shandilya, Air Pollution and Climate Change: Relationship between Air Quality and Climate Change, Book Chapter 1, “Global Perspective on Air Pollution Prevention and Control System Design”, edited by: G. Venkatesan and J. Thirumal, IGI Global, 2019.
19. A. Kadiyala and A. Kumar, Applications of Python to Evaluate the Performance of Bagging Methods, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, DOI: 10.1002/ep.13016, 2018 (in press).
20. A. Kumar, Environmental education (Cover Story), EM Magazine, a copyrighted publication of the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA; www.awma.org), Feb. 2019.
21. Hyun Soo Joo, Ashok Kumar and Hamid Omidvarborna, Introduction, Chapter 1, 1-12, World Biodiesel Policy and Production, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, August 2019.
22. Sudheer Kumar Kuppili, Ashok Kumar, and Dong-Shik Kim, Biodiesel Properties Depending on Blends and Feedstocks: Cloud point, kinematic viscosity and flash point, Chapter 6, 155-173, World Biodiesel Policy and Production, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, August 2019.