Biographical Sketch
Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
1983
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 1980
B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 1978
Positions
Held:
- The Pennsylvania State University, 1983-Present
- Researcher, Pratt & Whitney, E. Hartford, CT, August 2001 - August 2002, (Sabbatical)
- Visiting Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Cambridge, MA (January-August, 1992, Sabbatical)
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002
- NASA Certificate of Recognition for Significant Contribution to Space Shuttle Microgravity Mission, 1997
Affiliations:
- Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 1996-1999
- Member, Structural Dynamics Committee, ASME Gas Turbine Division
- Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Turbomachinery
- Associate Editor, PiTech, PanIIT Technology Review Magazine
- Honorary Editorial Board, Advances in Vibration Engineering, Journal of Vibration Institute of India.