Background

Kapila, Ashwani Kumar was born on August 26, 1946 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Son of Anand Kumar and Pushpa Kapila. came to the United States 1970.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Thapar Institute, India, 1968; Master of Science, U. Saskatchewan, Canada, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1975.

Career

Assistant professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1976-1981; associate professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1982-1986; professor mathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, since 1987. Visiting professor mathematics University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1979-1980, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1986-1987;consultant in field.

Achievements

• Ashwani Kumar Kapila has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Combustion Institute, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Connections

Married Judith Katherine Tansey, August 14, 1971. Children: Shaanti Marie, Sunil Tansey.

Father:

Anand Kumar Kapila

Mother:

Pushpa Kapila

Spouse:

Judith Katherine Tansey

child:

Shaanti Marie Kapila

child:

Sunil Tansey Kapila