Aadhityaa Mohanavelu

Graduate Student Research Funding | 2023 - 2024 Academic Year

Developing a Consistent Water Equity Metric for Developing Countries

This project aims to develop a generalized water equity metric for potential application in the developing world. By deploying an extensive survey in India, subsequent modeling, and performing an in-depth review of existing matrices, the study will identify the key variables (such as access, socio-demographic disparity, conservation, and user perspectives) that affect water equity in developing countries. Once the pertinent variables are identified through quantitative-qualitative modeling, these variables will then be used to create a simple survey-based water equity metric. The developed metric through this project can effectively quantify the performance of water utilities in developing countries in terms of the overall levels of water service end-users receive.

Aadhityaa Mohanavelu, Doerr - Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mohanavelu is an MS and Ph.D. student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Stanford and a member of the Osman Lab. He is interested in developing water infrastructure systems that are absolutely equitable, reliable, and climate-resilient. His current research encompasses using tools such as mathematical models, quantitative-qualitative research methods, machine learning, and sensor-based devices to (i) quantify water equity challenges, (ii) establish metrices to measure water infrastructure performance, and (iii) develop innovative solutions to conserve water and mitigate climate hazard risks.

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