Ranjan Sri Ranjan

Ranjan Sri Ranjan is a Professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering at the Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba. His research focuses on sustainable agricultural systems through advanced irrigation, drainage, and soil remediation techniques, with a particular emphasis on modeling flow and contaminant transport in porous media.

• Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, Colorado State University (1989)
• M.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering, Colorado State University (1986)
• B.Sc.(Hon.) in Agricultural Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1981)

Current research themes include:

• Development of IoT-based soil instrumentation for real-time data collection
• Bioremediation, phytoremediation, and electrokinetic remediation of contaminated soils
• Computer modeling of irrigation-drainage systems for water conservation
• Assessment of tile drain spacing impacts on crop yields
• Hydrogeological investigations of saline soils

Publications demonstrate expertise in DRAINMOD simulations, HYDRUS modeling, and environmental geophysics, primarily applied to Canadian Prairie agriculture. Graduate students must secure external funding to pursue research in irrigation modeling and contaminant transport.