Prof.
Subhasish Dey, Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has been awarded
the
prestigious 2022
Hans Albert Einstein Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to fluvial
hydrodynamics. Citing Prof. Dey’s contributions, the Award Committee noted that
Prof. Dey has been awarded this recognition for ‘his fundamental contribution
to the fluvial sediment transport, turbulence mechanism, local scour, and
alluvial river dynamics from the perspectives of research, education and
practice.’ Prof. Dey, who is an Associate Editor of the International Journal
of Sediment Research, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, AGU Journal of
Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, IAHR Journal of Hydraulic Research,
Sedimentology, Acta Geophysica, Journal of
Hydro-Environment Research, and an Editorial Board Member of several journals
including the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, becomes the first
Indian to receive this award. He being an academician is a fellow of all
the three Indian science academies (FNA, FASc, and FNASc)
and the Indian engineering (FNAE) academy. He has received the JC Bose
Fellowship award from the Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of
India.