• Member: Board of Directors, Connecticut Innovations, Inc. 2008-2011
• Adjunct Professor, Engineering and Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2001-2004
• Engineering/Management Consultant 1998-
• President, Strategic Technologies International, Inc. 1992-1998
• Distinguished Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1995-1998
• International Gas Turbine Institute Scholar Award 1997 recipient
• Connecticut Immigrant Award 1999 recipient
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Mysore, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Iowa, Masters degree in Management from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• Academic affiliation with the College of Engineering at the University of Florida, University of Iowa, Hartford Graduate Center RPI of Connecticut (Engineering and Management), University of Connecticut and Yale. Developed and taught courses on Management of Technological Innovation, Management of Technology, R&D Management and Organizational Behavior at the Hartford Graduate Center.
• Associate Editor, Applied Mechanics Reviews (1993-1995) , Coeditor, Biomimetics (1992-1998)
• Manager, Applied Mechanics Research at the United Technologies Research Center.(1977-1992).

• Author of Smart Structures published by the Cambridge University Press (2000) and numerous technical publications in the areas of vibrations, aeroelasticity and damping
• U.S. patent in the area of vibration control through shape memory alloys.
• Vast industrial experience beginning with Kaman Aerospace Corporation and followed by P&WA and UTRC.
• Developed structural simulation systems for low rotors, turbine and compressor blade vibration and damping. These procedures continue to serve as basic framework for improvement in analysis of complex structures.
• Represented the United Technologies Corporation in the President’s Commission on Executive Exchange Program. Posted to the Senior Executive Service of the federal government and assigned to the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research as Senior Scientist and Technical Advisor. Participated in program reviews and long term planning.
• Elected Fellow (1985) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
• Served as (1) member, executive committee of the Aerospace Division, ASME, (2) chairman, ASME National Conference on Vibrations (3) Chairman, Structures and Dynamics Committee of the International Gas Turbine Institute (4) Editor, Journal of Engineering for Industry, (5) member, Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal on Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (6) member, Board of Directors of the Society of Engineering Science (7) member, Board of Directors, World Affairs Center of Greater Hartford and (8) member, Joint Indo-US Committee on Aeronautics set up by the Prime Minister of India, (9) Chairman, UConn Asian American Studies Institute Advisory Board.

• U.S. Citizen.
• Councilman, Glastonbury Town Council, 1997-1999
• Vice Chairman, Glastonbury Town Council, 1999-

Education

University of Mysore, India, B.E.
University of Iowa, M.S. Degree in Structural Mechanics
University of Iowa, Ph.D. Degree in Structural Mechanics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, M.S. Degree in Management

• Smart Structures published by Cambridge University Press, 2000
• International Gas Turbine Institute Scholar Award,1997
• Coeditor, Biomimetics (1992-1998)
• Panel Member, National Research Council to evaluate proposals (1995)
• Associate editor, Applied Mechanics Reviews (1993-1995).
• Built a strong research and development group at United Technologies Research Center and served as focal point of contact for federally funded Internal Research &Development programs (1981-1991). Marketed a major program to the Air Force in the area of Transonic Flutter, (1984). Marketed a major program to the United States Air Force Arnold Engine Development Center (AEDC) in the area of Computerized Non-contact Stress Measurement System (1986).
• Member, Board of directors, Society of Engineering Science (1993).
• Represented United Technologies Corporation in the President’s Commission on Executive Exchange (PCEE) serving in the Senior Executive Service of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research as Technical Advisor to the Aeronautics Directorate (1990-1991).
• Edited three volumes for ASME, two on the subject of blade vibrations and one in the area of smart structures and materials (1976, 1988,1993).
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal on Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (1991-1992)
• Chairman, Structures & Dynamics Committee, ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (1992-1994)
• Contributed to a major report to the Prime Minister of India as a member of a panel on Aeronautics (1987).
• Chairman, Panel to review NASA Lewis Research Center programs (LeRC) in Structures and Structural Dynamics (1985).
• Member, Executive Committee, ASME Aerospace Division (1983)
• Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Engineering for Industry (1976-1982)
• Member, Panel to review NSF programs on Research Needs in Nonlinear Dynamics (1981)..
• Team Leader, ASME lectures on Turbomachinery Aeroelasticity (1980).

• Pioneered the area of blade mistuning analysis and established the basis for analytical design of blades; earliest publication in the U.S. of the analysis and approach.
• Pioneered the area of nonlinear damping due to dry friction
• Chairman, ASME International Conference on Vibrations (1979).

Honors/Awards

* Connecticut Immigrant award, 1999
* International Gas Turbine Institute (ASME) Scholar Award, 1997
* U.S. patent holder in the area of Vibration Control Through Shape Memory Alloys, 1989.
* American Helicopter Society Award on Excellent Paper/Presentation, 1988.
* Nominated as a candidate to receive the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, 1994.

(WPI) 1995–1997Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering). Responsible for initiating and directing special joint undergraduate research programs between WPI and the University of Puerto Rico. The projects involved innovative use of shape memory alloys to control vibration of buildings during earthquakes. Research results appeared in popular as well as technical journals.

University of Connecticut (University of Connecticut) 1992- 1995

Research funding from United Technologies Corporation and Martin-Marietta. Archival publications in the area of Flutter Analysis of Cascades, Hierarchy as a Principle in Stuctural Design and Multiplexing of Ni-Ti-NOL fibers.

United States Air Force 1990-1991

Participant in the President’s Commission on Executive Exchange Program as a representative of United Technologies Corporation between April 1990 and May 1991. Posted to the Senior Executive Service of the Federal Government and assigned to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research as Senior Scientist & Technical Advisor. Participated in a series of seminars, including a weeklong educational program at the Kennedy School of Government, aimed at examining the issues related to management of public sector enterprises. Responsibilities at AFOSR included a review of Aeronautics Directorate Research Programs and preparation of a long-term plan. Extensive interaction with Air Force Laboratories.

United Technologies Research Center (1977-1992)

Manager, Applied Mechanics Research. September 1981 to January 1992. Responsibilities included directing and managing basic research programs and laboratories in the areas of Stress Analysis, Finite Elements, Fracture Mechanics, Composites, Structural Dynamics, Damping and Aeroelasticity of all components of interest to various divisions of United Technologies. The structural components include components of Turbomachinery, Prop-fans, Helicopters, Elevators, Compressors, etc.

Chief, Applied Mechanics. March 1980 September 1981. Responsibilities included developing research programs in the area of structural dynamics of turbomachinery, conducting and directing analytical and experimental efforts in the areas of blade vibration, blade damping, mistuning and system identification.

Senior Consulting Engineer. 1977-1980. Responsibilities included developing analytical and experimental research programs in the areas of Structural Dynamics of Turbomachinery, planning and coordinating the development of Vibrations Laboratory.

Hartford Graduate Center (HGC) 1966-1995

Adjunct Professor in the School of Management. 1993-1994

Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Management. 1985-1990.

Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanics. 1966 to 1979, 1984-1991.

Pratt & Whitney Aircraft 1968-1977

Senior Assistant Project Engineer, Technical and Research Engineering. 1968-1977. Responsibilities included development of analytical prediction systems.

Kaman Aircraft, Division of Kaman Corporation. 1966-1968

Research Specialist responsible for developing nonlinear gyroscopic systems analysis for vibration reduction in Helicopters.

University of Florida, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics 1965-1966

Assistant Professor and Graduate Counselor. Graduate courses taught: Theory of Plates, Theory of Shells; Undergraduate course: Strength of Materials.

University of Iowa 1961-1965

Instructor, College of Engineering. Courses taught included Mechanics of Materials, Computer Programming, Materials Testing.

Argonne National Laboratory, Summer 1963

Research Associate. Work involved thermal stress analysis of fuel plates and fuel rods.

University of Iowa (for Babcock and Wilcox Company, Ohio) Summer 1962

Research Assistant. Work involved analysis of orthotropic plates using numerical techniques; extensive use of digital computers.

Mysore Engineering Institute, Bangalore, India 1957-1960

Adjunct Lecturer.

B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India 1956-1960

Lecturer in Civil Engineering. Courses taught included Applied Mechanics, Structural Engineering, Steel and Reinforced Concrete Structures.

Courses taught

WPI: Smart Structures & Materials (Graduate Course, Spring 1996)
UConn: Advanced Mechanics (Spring 1993), Smart Structures and Materials, Fall 1994
HGC: Organizational Behavior,1993, Management of Technological Innovation, Management of Technology, Management of R&D, 1984-87, Nonlinear Oscillations, 1967, Theory of Shells, 1968, Numerical Analysis, 1969, Vibrations (different periods), Turbomachinery Structural Dynamics (different times).
Yale: Vibration Theory

UF: Strength of Materials, 1966, Theory of Plates, 1966, Theory of Shells, 1966
SUI: Mechanics of Materials, Numerical Analysis, Computer Programming

Served as “Opponent” (External Examiner) of a Ph.D Thesis examination, Linkoping Universty, Sweden, 1998
Smart Structures Workshop at University of Kassel, Germany, 1997
Turbomachinery Aeroelasticity workshop taught at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, (1993), NASA LeRC (1996), Air Force Wright Labs (1997), AEDC (1997)
Structural Dynamics of Engine Blades, 2-day Workshop for Volvo Corporation, Sweden, June 1994
Engine Blade Dynamics, 2-day lecture series, P&WA, West Palm Beach, 1995Recent Invited Lectures
Smart Structures: State of the Art, University of Vermont Graduate Engineering Seminar, 1999 Vibration Characteristics of Blades, Volvo Corporation, Sweden, 1998
Jet Engine Structural Integrity, AEROINDIA, Bangalore, India, December, 1996
Jet Engine Structural Integrity, Rolls Royce, Derby, UK, December 1996
Vibration Problems Typical of Advanced Gas Turbine Components, Lecture delivered at INSA Tech, Lyon, May, 1996
Smart Structures Research in the United States, Lecture delivered at INSA Tech , Lyon, May,1996
Engine Blade Vibration: An Historical Perspective, Chinese Vibration Engineering Conference, Hong Kong, December, 1995
Jet Engine Blade Dynamics, ONERA, France, Lecture, June 1994
Analysis of Mistuned Systems, SNECMA, France, June 1994
Forced Response of Engine Blades, University of Kassel, Germany, June 1994
Natural Composites; Special Seminar at Stanford University, December 1993
Biomimetics: A futuristic look at the past; University of Florida “Frontiers of Science”, December 1992
Turbomachinery Blade Vibrations, Textron Lycoming Lecture, April 1992

Books Published
Smart Structures: Analysis and Design, Cambridge University press 2000
How to Conduct Puja: Series, Periplus Books, 1999
Yaksha Prashna: A Hindu Primer, IND-US, Inc., 1984.
Materials Testing; BMS College of Engineering Publication, 1959.

Some Selected Research Reports
Jet engine related airplane accidents 1998
Control of High-Frequency Smart Structures Through NiTiNOL fibers, 1995
Analysis of mistuned blades with chordwise modes, 1993
Smart structures with twisted and braided optical fibers, University of Connecticut report under the Economic Development Initiative, 1993
Modeling Hierarchical Structures 1992
Modeling Buckyballs 1992
Modeling thermal cracks: A review, 1992
Characteristics of Dry Friction Damping. R84956479.
Advanced Turboprop Vibratory Characteristics. NASA:CR 174708.
Basic Study of Bladed Disk Structural Response. AFWALTR832075.
Effects of Mistuning on Blade Torsional Flutter. NASA:CR 165137.
Turbojet Engine Blade Damping. NASA:CR 165496.
Flutter Analysis of Rotating Cylindrical Shells Immersed in a Rotating Compressible Fluid.
Stage Vibration Analysis via a Modified Modal Synthesis Procedure.
Calculation of Mode Shapes of Bladed Disk Assemblies from Holograms.
Analysis and Testing of Synchronous Vibration Absorbers.
Parallel Damped Dynamic Vibration Absorbers.
Concepts of Impedence Analysis.
The Determination of Mathematical Models from Impedance Test Data.

• Student representative to Human Rights Commission, U of Iowa, 1962
• Secretary, India Students Association, U of Iowa, 1962
• President, India Students Association, U of Iowa, 1963-1964
• Advisor, India Association of Greater Hartford, 1967-1972
• Member, Board of Directors of World Affairs Council, 1969-1975
• Founder, Connecticut Valley Hindu Temple Society, 1979
• President, Connecticut Valley Hindu Temple Society, 1979-1981
• Member, Prime Minister of India’s Committee on Aeronautics 1984-86
• Facilitator “Connecticut Conversations”, 1994
• Judge, NASA Space Science Student Involvement Competition, 1994
• Chairman, Advisory Board, UConn Asian American Studies Institute, 1995
• Chairman, Programs Committee, AASI, 1995
• Councilman, Town Council, Glastonbury, 1997 – 1999
• Vice Chairman, Town Council, Glastonbury, 1999 – 2001