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Dr Vivek Agarwal

Lecturer

Department: Mechanical and Construction Engineering

Dr. Vivek Agarwal is a Civil Engineer, with a specialisation in Geospatial Environmental Engineering. He is a result-oriented academic, with a proven ability to conduct research in Environment Engineering, Earth Sciences, InSAR, GIS, Groundwater, and Land subsidence. His expertise is in conducting and designing experiments, analysing and interpreting data, optimising experiments and developing industry application-specified products. He gained expertise in Civil Engineering through research, teaching and learning activities. He has the ability to deliver high-quality research-led teaching in Civil Engineering and has a strong publication profile, and can supervise individuals to plan, execute and deliver project goals.

He has coherent experience working with complex data, and he can handle large datasets, to deliver multiple objectives within the set deadline. So far, he has presented his work at various international conferences based on his broad range of technical and software skills in civil engineering, remote sensing, earth observation, data analysis, data visualisation, programming, and research. He has several funding, scholarships and awards under his name, such as Harris Spotlight 2022, Young Researcher Award 2022, Best PhD 2022 - UoN, Engineering Excellence Award, DAAD-IIT Sandwich Award, ESA-Eohops project, Graduate school research prize, and others.

Vivek Agarwal

Campus Address

507
Wynne Jones Building, Northumbria University
New Castle
NE1 8ST

+44 7436035061Mobile

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Forest Fragmentation and Human-Wildlife Conflict: Assessing the Impact of Land Use Land Cover Change in Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, India, Singh, B., Batar, A., Agarwal, V., Sen, A., Kulhari, K. 17 Jun 2025, In: Environmental Research Communications
  • Integrated Remote Sensing for Enhanced Drought Assessment: A Multi‐Index Approach in Rajasthan, India, Agarwal, V., Vishvendra Raj Singh, B., Marsh, S., Qin, Z., Sen, A., Kulhari, K. Feb 2025, In: Earth and Space Science
  • Isomers of perfluorooctanesulfonate exhibit preferential infiltration and contrasting ionic associations between surface water and groundwater, Agrawal, V., Kumar, M., Dogra, K., Mejia-Avendaño, S. 29 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Options and strategies for managing droughts: Case studies from agro-ecological regions, Tripathi, P., Agarwal, V., Mishra, V., Raj Singh, B. 1 Jan 2025, Water Sustainability and Hydrological Extremes, Elsevier B.V.
  • Relationship of water supply, irrigation, and droughts: Overview and synthesis, Agarwal, V., Panday, D., Kumar, M. 1 Jan 2025, Water Sustainability and Hydrological Extremes, Elsevier B.V.
  • Statistical variability of precipitation and the detection approaches, Panday, D., Agarwal, V., Kumar, M. 1 Jan 2025, Water Sustainability and Hydrological Extremes, Elsevier B.V.
  • Water Sustainability and Hydrological Extremes, Kumar, M., Agarwal, V., Gomes, R., Panday, D. 1 Jan 2025, Water Sustainability and Hydrological Extremes, Elsevier B.V.
  • A Framework to Identify Rock Glaciers and Model Mountain Permafrost in the Jhelum Basin, Kashmir Himalaya, India, Remya, S., Ghosh, T., Agarwal, V., Majeed, Z., Raj, B., Sharma, A., Kulkarni, A., Mukhtar, M., Mishra, R. 1 Jan 2024, In: Earth and Space Science
  • Assessing Groundwater Quality in the Rapidly Industrialising Selaqui Area of Dehradun, India: Implications for Sustainable Water Management, Silori, R., Agarwal, V., Panday, D., Giri, B., Khandelwal, M., Garg, M., Shrivastava, V. 4 Dec 2024, In: Water Conservation Science and Engineering
  • Climatic Shifts and Vegetation Response in Western India: A Four-Decade Retrospective Through GIS and Multi-Variable Analysis, Singh, B., Agarwal, V., Sanwal, V. 2024, In: Oxford Open Climate Change

  • Civil Engineering PhD November 26 2021
  • Civil Engineering MEng July 01 2016
  • Member IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society 2023
  • Member European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2022
  • Member American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022


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