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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A. Kumar and H.
Omidvarborna, Introduction to Air Pollution, Chapter 3.1, pp 87-92, Handbook of
Environment Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
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A. Kumar and S.
Velagapudi, Air Pollution Monitoring Instrumentation, Chapter 3.2, pp 93-101,
Handbook of Environment Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
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A. Kumar and H.
Omidvarborna, Air Pollution Control Technology, Chapter 3.3, pp 103-112,
Handbook of Environment Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
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A. Kumar and S.
Velagapudi, Air Quality versus Living Quality, Chapter 3.4, pp 113-121,
Handbook of Environment Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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A. Kumar,
Environmental education (Cover Story), EM Magazine, a copyrighted publication
of the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA; www.awma.org), Feb.
2019.
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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.
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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.