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| caption = Prof. G. V. Loganathan
| birth_name = Gobichettipalayam Vasudevan Loganathan
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1954|4|8}}
| birth_place = [[Karatadipalayam]], [[Gobichettipalayam]], [[Madras State]] (now [[Tamil Nadu]]), [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2007|4|16|1954|4|8}}
| Parents = Vasudevan
| death_place = [[Blacksburg, Virginia|Blacksburg]], [[Virginia]], [[United States]]
| death_cause = [[Virginia Tech shooting|Murder]] (gunshot wounds)
| residence = [[Virginia]]
| citizenship = [[India]] [[United States]]
| nationality = [[Demographics of India|Indian]]
| ethnicity =
| field = [[Civil engineering|Civil]] and [[environmental engineering]]
| work_institution = [[Virginia Tech]]
| alma_mater = B.E., [[PSG College of Technology]] ([[Madras University]]), 1976 M.Tech., [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]], 1978 Ph.D., [[Purdue University]], 1982
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| known_for = [[Hydrology]], [[water resources]] systems, [[hydraulic]] networks
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| prizes = Wesley W. Horner Award (1996)
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'''Gobichettipalayam Vasudevan "G. V." Loganathan''' (April 8, 1954 – April 16, 2007)<ref name="Eulogy1">{{cite web |url=http://filebox.vt.edu/a/asuhadi/loganathan/ |title=Dr. Loganathan's visitation and eulogy service pamphlet |access-date=2007-04-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070531210619/http://filebox.vt.edu/a/asuhadi/loganathan/ |archive-date=2007-05-31 }}</ref> was an [[India]]n-born [[Americans|American]] [[professor]], who, at the time of his death, was a professor in the Department of [[Civil engineering|Civil]] and [[Environmental engineering]], part of the College of Engineering at [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]], [[United States]].

==Life and career==
Loganathan was from [[Karatadipalayam]], [[Gobichettipalayam]] in [[Erode district]] in the southern Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He completed his [[Bachelor of Engineering]] at [[PSG College of Technology]], [[Coimbatore]] affiliated to the [[University of Madras]] in 1976. He later did his [[Master of Engineering|M. Tech.]] at [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] and received a doctorate from [[Purdue University]], United States studying under Dr. Jack Delleur.<ref name="ASCE2">{{cite web |url=http://live.asce.org/blog/1/virginia/GV%20Loganathan/ |title=ASCE Condolence Book for G.V. Loganathan |access-date=2007-04-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427164931/http://live.asce.org/blog/1/virginia/GV%20Loganathan/ |archive-date=2007-04-27 }}</ref> His [[Thesis#US 2|dissertation]] was titled ''Multiple objective planning of land/water interface in medium-size cities''.<ref name="IndyStar">{{cite news | url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070418/NATIONWORLD/704180455/1012/NATIONWORLD| title=The victims: Among the dead were 2 professors who had done postgraduate work at Purdue University | publisher=IndyStar |date=2007-04-18}}</ref>

G. V. Loganathan joined [[Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|Virginia Tech]] on December 16, 1981<ref>[http://www.vt.edu/tragedy/list.php] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423191021/http://www.vt.edu/tragedy/list.php |date=April 23, 2007 }}</ref> for his first job teaching civil and environmental engineering courses, and continued to teach at Virginia Tech until his death in 2007. His work focused on the areas of [[hydrology]] and [[Hydraulic power network|hydraulic network]]s (pipelines). He co-authored a number of publications and books which have been particularly useful in the field of municipal water supply distribution networks, such as the 2002 [[American Water Works Association|AWWA]] book ''Prioritizing Main Replacement and Rehabilitation'' which has been used by organizations such as [[East Bay Municipal Utility District]].<ref name="ASCE2"/>
He received several Virginia Tech honors, including the Outstanding Faculty Award, the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Civil Engineering Education.<ref name="VTech1">{{cite news | url=http://www.cee.vt.edu/index.php?module=10&item=1&id=1&do=view&news=22 | title=G.V. Loganathan wins Wine Award for Excellence in Teaching | publisher=Virginia Tech Civil Engineering Department | date=2006-05-08}}</ref><ref name="WineAward">{{cite web|url=http://www.ate.ceut.vt.edu/WINE.htm |title=Academy of Teaching Excellence W.E. Wine Award Recipients |access-date=2007-04-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702002610/http://www.ate.ceut.vt.edu/WINE.htm |archive-date=2007-07-02 }}</ref> He also served as a member of the Virginia Tech faculty senate and a counselor in the Virginia Tech honor court.<ref name="NBCcom1">{{cite news |url=http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/stories/wcnc-041707-victims.1b119feb.html |title=Profiles of the victims |publisher=WCNC.com |date=2007-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520234106/http://www.wcnc.com/news/topstories/stories/wcnc-041707-victims.1b119feb.html |archive-date=2007-05-20 }}</ref>

He was an active member of the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]] and Associate Editor of the ''[[Journal of Hydrologic Engineering]]'', with expertise in the area of stochastic [[hydrology]]. His work at the university also involved collaboration with the [[National Weather Service]] office located on campus.<ref name="ASCE3">{{cite web |url=http://live.asce.org/blog/1/virginia/ |title=ASCE Condolence Book for the Virginia Tech |access-date=2007-04-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502051402/http://live.asce.org/blog/1/virginia/ |archive-date=2007-05-02 }}</ref> Loganathan also served on the American Society of Civil Engineers' Environmental and Water Resources Institute's Trenchless Installation of Pipelines Technical Committee, Environmental and Water Resources Systems Technical Committee and acted as vice chair for the Operations Management Technical Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ewrinstitute.org/vt.cfm |title=EWRI Expresses its Sympathies |access-date=2007-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515052326/http://www.ewrinstitute.org/vt.cfm |archive-date=2007-05-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Death ==
Eight days after turning 53, Loganathan was among the 32 people killed by a gunman in the [[Virginia Tech shooting]] on April 16, 2007. Loganathan taught an Advanced Hydrology class in Norris Hall's Room 206. On April 16, 2007, [[Seung-Hui Cho]] entered Norris 206, chained the doors shut and opened fire; Loganathan was Cho's first target. Of the fifteen registered students in Loganathan's class, nine were killed (Brian Bluhm, Matthew Gwaltney, Jeremy Herbstritt, Jarrett Lane, Partahi Lumbantoruan, Daniel O'Neil, Juan Ramon Ortiz, Julia Pryde and Waleed Shaalan){{cn|date=June 2022}} and two more were injured. Another male student survived after being missed by a single shot.

==Honors==
*[[American Society of Civil Engineers]] [[American Society of Civil Engineers#Wesley W. Horner Award|Wesley W. Horner Award]] in 1996<ref name="ASCE1">{{cite web|url=http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/pressroom/HornerWinners.pdf |title=Wesley W. Horner Award |access-date=2007-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614054901/http://www.asce.org/files/pdf/pressroom/HornerWinners.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> for his paper ''Sizing Stormwater Detention Basins for Pollutant Removal''.
*[[American Water Resources Association]] Best Graduate Paper Award 1996 for the paper ''An Early Warning System for Drought Management Using The Palmer Drought Index'' he co-authored with his PhD student V.K. Lohani.<ref name="AWRA1">{{cite web|url=http://www.beevt.ef.vt.edu/ist129assignments/vinodbio_july09_2004.pdf |title=Vinod K. Lohani Biography |access-date=2007-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614054901/http://www.beevt.ef.vt.edu/ist129assignments/vinodbio_july09_2004.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-14 }}</ref>
*Virginia Tech Academy of Teaching Excellence W.E. Wine Award in 2006<ref name="WineAward"/>

==Selected publications==
Loganathan had published at least 62 papers, almost all in peer-reviewed journals. He also was a contributing author to at least one published book. This is a partial list of Loganathan's published articles <ref>[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=G.+V.+Loganathan GV Loganathan publications] on [[Google Scholar]]</ref> and books:
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* Kuo, Chin Y., K. A. Cave and G. V. Loganathan. (1988) "Planning of Urban Best Management Practices." ''[[Water Resources Bulletin]]'', 24(1):125–132.
* Kuo, Chin Y., G.V. Loganathan, W.E. Cox, S.P. Shrestha, and K.J. Ying. (1988) "Effectiveness of BMPs for Stormwater Management in Urbanized Watersheds." ''Document NA Bulletin 159''. Virginia Water Resources Research Center.
* Loganathan, G.V., E.W. Watkins, and D. F. Kibler. (1994) "Sizing storm-water detention basins for pollutant removal." ''[[Journal of Environmental Engineering]]'', 120(6):1380–1399. New York: [[American Society of Civil Engineers|ASCE]].
* Loganathan, G.V., J. J. Greene, and T. J. Ahn. (1995) "Design Heuristic for Globally Minimum Cost Water-Distribution Systems." ''[[Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management]]'', 121(2):182–192. New York: [[American Society of Civil Engineers|ASCE]].
* V.K. Lohani, and Loganathan, G. V. (1997) "An Early Warning System for Drought Management Using The Palmer Drought Index.’" ''[[Journal of the American Water Resources Association]]'', 33(6):1375-1386.
* V.K. Lohani, G.V. Loganathan, S. Mostaghimi. (1998) "Long-term analysis and short-term forecasting of dry spells by Palmer Drought Severity Index." ''[[Nordic Hydrology]]'', 29(1):21-40.
* Deb, A.K., Grablutz, F.M., Hasit, Y.J., Snyder, J.K., Loganathan, G.V., and N. Agbenowski. (2002) ''Prioritizing Water Main Replacement and Rehabilitation.'' [[American Water Works Association]] Research Foundation. Denver, CO. 234 pp.<ref name=USEPA1>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r05038/600r05038ref.pdf |title=White Paper on Improvement of Structural Integrity Monitoring for Drinking Water Mains |access-date=2007-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614054900/http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r05038/600r05038ref.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Loganathan, G.V., Park, S., and Sherali, H.D., "A Threshold Break Rate for Pipeline Replacement in Water Distribution Systems", J. of Water Resou. Plan. and Mgmt., ASCE, vol. 128, no. 4, July 2002, pp. 271–279.
* Park, S., and Loganathan, G.V., "A Review and A Methodology for Scheduling Optimal Replacement of Pipes in Water Distribution Systems", Water Engineering Research, Vol.3, No.1, 2002, pp. 63–74.
* Geem, Z.W., Kim, J.H., and Loganathan, G.V., "Harmony Search Optimization: Application to Pipe Network Design", International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, vol.22, no.2, paper no. 205–2005, June 2002, pp. 125–133.

==References==
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==External links==

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* [http://www.cee.vt.edu/index.php?do=memoriam&content=0&apps=2&level=2&id=17&pid=loganathan Virginia Tech faculty profile: G. V. Loganathan]

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