Background
Menon, Padmanabhan was born on May 30, 1951 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Son of Achutha Aikara and Mani Kothenath Menon. came to the United States, 1982.
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Padmanabhan Menon
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Padmanabhan Menon, Indian, American Aerospace engineer. Achievements include development of new method for solving aircraft guidance problems, methods for machine vision-based helicopter guidance, missile guidance laws, advanced control systems for high performance aircraft, model for describing technology growth, hydraulic micromanipulator and intra-aortic heart assist device.
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Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Osmania U., 1973; Master of Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1983.
Career
Research assistant, Indiana Institute Science, Bangalore, 1975;
mission analyst, Indian Space Research Organisation, Trivandrum, India, 1976-1981;
research assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1982-1983;
research scientist, Integrated Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, California, 1983-1986;
associate professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1986-1988;
president, chief scientist, Optimal Synthesis, Palo Alto, California, since 1992. Visiting scientist National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1988-1991. Research professor Santa Clara U., 1989-1997.
Session organizer and chairman, Am.Control Conference, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Boston, San Diego, 1988-1991. National chairman workshop International Federation Automatic Control Conference, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Boston, San Diego, 1988-1991. National chairman workshop International Federation Automatic Control, Boston, 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Team coach Odyssey of the Mind, Palo Alto, 1992. Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Atlanta, 1987-1988. Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate).
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Helicopter Society, Sigma Xi, SigmaGamma Tau.
Connections
Married Prasanna Menon, November 6, 1977. Children: Jishnu P., Jayant P.
Awards
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Recipient research recognition certified National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1992, M. Barry Carlton award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1993, Outstanding Adjunct Professor, Santa Clara U., 1997. Merit scholar Osmania U., 1973.Recipient research recognition certified National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1992, M. Barry Carlton award Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1993, Outstanding Adjunct Professor, Santa Clara U., 1997. Merit scholar Osmania U., 1973.