Background
Sreenivasan, Katepalli Raju was born on September 30, 1947 in Kolar, India.
Sreenivasan, Katepalli Raju was born on September 30, 1947 in Kolar, India.
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore University, 1968. Master of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, 1975.
Master of Arts (Privatim), Yale University, 1985. Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Lucknow University, India, 2006. Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University Hyderabad, India, 2007.
Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Romanian Academy, Bucharest, 2008.
JRD Tata fellow Indian Institute of Science, 1972-1974, project assistant, 1974-1975. Fellow University Sydney, Australia, 1975, University Newcastle, 1976-1977. Research associate, lecturer Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1977-1979.
Assistant professor, department engineering and applied science Yale University, New Haven, 1979—1982, associate professor department mechanical engineering, 1982—1985, professor department mechanical engineering New Haven, 1985—2002, Harold W. Cheel professor mechanical engineering, 1988—2002, Andrew W. Melon professor, 1991—1996, professor physics, 1989—2002, professor applied physics, 1993—2002, professor mathematics, 2000—2002, member Center for Computational Ecology, 1995—2000, chairman mechanical engineering department, 1987—1992, acting chairman, Council of Engineering to the Faculty of Engineering, 1989. Distinguished University professor, professor physics, Glenn L. Martin professor engineering University Maryland, College Park, since 2002, director Institute Physical Science and Technology, 2002—2003. Abdus Salam honorary professor, director International Center Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 2003—2009.
Senior vice president provost special advisor for science and technology to the vice chancellor (New York University Abu Dhabi) New York University, since 2009. Visiting scientist Indian Institute of Science, 1979, visiting professor, 1982, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1986, Rockefeller University, 1989, Jawaharlala Nehru Center Advancement of Science Studies, 1992, chairman mechanical engineering department, 1987-1992. Visiting science DFVLR, Gottingen, Germany, 1983.
Member School Mathematics Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1995-1996. Rothschild Distinguished Visiting professor, Newton Institute, Cambridge University, England, 1999, 2008. Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, since 2001.
Satish Dhawan Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, 2001. Sir Curriculum Vitae Raman Distinguished Professor, Indian Academy of Sciences, 2002. Invited lecturer and speaker in field.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (award for International Scientific Cooperation, 2009), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Physical Society (Otto Laporte award 1995, Dwight Nicholson medal for Human Outreach, 2008), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Third World Academy of Sciences (Engineering Science medal lecture 2003), Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Indian Academy Sciences (honorary). Member National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, American Mathematics Society, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering, Mongolian National Academy Sciences (foreign member), Accademia Torre e Tasso, Dunio-Aurisina, Trieste, Italy (honorary), Sigma Xi.
Married 1980; 2 children.