Background
Sarma, Gabbita Sundara Rama was born on August 1, 1937 in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. Son of Somasundara Rao and Varalakshmi (Kunisi) G.
Sarma, Gabbita Sundara Rama was born on August 1, 1937 in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. Son of Somasundara Rao and Varalakshmi (Kunisi) G.
Bachelor of Science (honours), Andhra University, Waltair, India, 1958. Master of Science, Andhra University, Waltair, India, 1959. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1965.
Doctor of Philosophy, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, 1969.
Demonstrator Andhra University, Waltair, 1958-1959, lecturer, 1959-1964. Smith-Mundt fellow University Illinois, Urbana, 1964-1965. Graduate assistant Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, 1965-1968.
Research associate Case Western Reserve University, 1968-1970. Research scientist German Aerospace Center, Freiburg, 1970-1977, Göttingen, since 1977. Member COSPAR ISC and Working Group Material Science Space, SPACELAB Advisory Committee, Freiburg/Göttingen, 1975-1982.
Advisory council Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Göttingen and Cologne, 1978-1993. Adjunct professor, visiting professor von Kármán Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Brussels, since 1993. Consultant for European Space Agency/ESTEC Project contract Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, 2003-2005.
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member Gesellschaft Angew. Mathematics and Mechanical, International Association Math and Computers in Simulation (technical committee), European Mechanical Society.
Married Lalitha Sista, August 24, 1970. Children: Ushasri, Sumitra, Anita.