Background
Sheth, Atul Chandravadan was born on December 2, 1941 in Bombay, India. Came to the United States, 1967. Son of Chandravadan N. and Tanman C. (Randeri) Sheth.
researcher chemical engineering educator
Sheth, Atul Chandravadan was born on December 2, 1941 in Bombay, India. Came to the United States, 1967. Son of Chandravadan N. and Tanman C. (Randeri) Sheth.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Bombay, 1964. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1973.
Production supervisor, Esso Standard Eastern, Inc., Bombay, 1964-1967;
chemical operator, Riker laboratories, Northridge, California, 1967;
process engineer, Armour Industrial Chemicals Company, McCook, Illinois, 1969;
assistant plant manager, Charlotte Charles, Inc., Evanston, Illinois, 1971-1972;
chemical engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, 1972-1980;
staff engineer, Exxon Research & Engineering Company, Baytown, Texas, 1980-1984;
associate professor Space Institute, U. Tennessee, Tullahoma, 1984-1993;
professor, U. Tennessee, Tullahoma, since 1993;
secretary manager Space Institute, U. Tennessee, Tullahoma, 1985-1993. Consultant Department Energy, Chicago and Washington, 1978-1980. Team leader Argonne National Laboratory, 1978-1980, European Research Council Inc., Tullahoma, since 1994.
Co-chair Industrial Sys. Research Group, since 1995.
Judge International Science Fair, Knoxville, Nashville, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama, 1988, 92, 94. Advisor Tullahoma High School, Franklin County High School, since 1990. Pen-pa; scientist Cumberland Science Museum, Nashville, 1989-1990.
Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Air and Waste Management Association, Sigma Xi (president University Tennessee Space Institute club 1992-1993, president-elect 1991-1992, vice president membership 1988-1991, 95—).
Married Sheila A. Amin, February 16, 1965. Children: Roma, Archana.