Background
Sutera, Salvatore Philip was born on January 12, 1933 in Baltimore. Son of Philip and Ann (D'Amico) Sutera.
Sutera, Salvatore Philip was born on January 12, 1933 in Baltimore. Son of Philip and Ann (D'Amico) Sutera.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins, 1954. Postgraduate, University Paris, 1956. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1955.
Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1960. Master of Arts (honorary), Brown University, 1965.
Assistant professor mechanical engineering Brown University, Providence, 1960-1965, associate professor, 1965-1968, executive officer division engineering, 1966-1968. Professor department mechanical engineering Washington University, St. Louis, 1968-1997, chairman department, 1968-1982, 86-97, Spencer T. Olin professor engineering and applied science, 1997—2003, professor biomedical engineering, 1997—2003, senior professor, 2003—2007. Interim dean School Engineering Washington University, 2008—2010, professor emeritus, since 2010.
Visiting professor University Paris VI, 1973.
President St. Louis-Lyon Sister Cities, Inc., since 2000. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Med and Biological Engineering (founding). Member biomedical Engineering Society (board directors 1997-2000), International Society Biorheology, North America Society Biorheology (president-elect 1986-1989, president 1989-1990), American Society Artificial Internal Organs, American Society Engineering Education, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Lindbergh award St. Louis section 1988), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, European Academy of Sciences, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Celia Ann Fielden, June 21, 1958. Children: Marie-Anne, Annette Nicole, Michelle Cecile.