Kumar Krishen

Background

Krishen, Kumar was born on June 22, 1939 in Kashmir, India. Came to the United States, 1964, naturalized, 1976. Son of Srikanth and Dhanwate Bhat.

Education

Bachelor with highest merit in Mathematics & Physics, Jammu and Kashmir University, India, 1959. Bachelor of Technology, Calcutta University, 1962. Master of Technology, Calcutta University, 1963.

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Kansas State University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy with distinction, Kansas State University, 1969.

Career

Assistant professor electrical engineering department Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1968-1969. Staff scientist and engineer Lockheed Electronics Company, Inc., Houston, 1969-1976. Manager microwave program National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, 1976-1978, manager advanced microwave programs, 1978-1981, coordinator advanced programs experiment system division, 1981, manager advanced programs tracking and communications, 1981-1988.

Assistant for technical and advanced programs Mission Support Directorate, 1988-1989. Chief technologist NIO, Johnson Space Center, 1990—2001, Technology Transfer and Commercialization, Johnson Space Center, 1994—1998. Visiting professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 2001—2004.

Member Advanced Planning Office National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center, since 2004. Adjunct professor Rice University, 1986-1996. Visiting professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute University, 2001-2003.

Research advisory National Research Council. Coordinator The Krishen Trio Performers, since 1969. Established Krishen Foundation, since 1983, member Texas Medical Physicists Board Governor Rick Perry & George W. Bush.

Chief techonologist, Technology Transfer & Commercialization Office Joint-stock company, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003-2007, lead technologist, Technology Transfer Office and Advanced Planning Office National Aeronautics and Space Administration Joint-stock company, since 2007.

Achievements

• Kumar Krishen has been listed as a noteworthy research technologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-founder president Hindu Worship Society, 1970-1972, 74, 79-80, 83. President Interstate Commerce Commission-CL, 1987. Program chairman World Congress on Superconductivity, 1990-1996.

Fellow Society Design Process Science. Associate fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior, chairman Galveston Bay section 1994), Sigma Xi (president, founding president Clear Lake chapter 1994-1996), Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu.

Connections

Married vijay Lakshmi Raina, August 6, 1961. Children: Lovely, Sweetie, Anjala.