Som Deo Sharma

Background

Sharma, Som Deo was born on February 16, 1937 in Lucknow, India. Son of Kanhaiya Lal and Savitri Devi Sharma. arrived in Germany, 1957.

Education

Bachelor in Technology with honors, Indian Institute Technology, 1957; Doctor of Engineering, Technology U., Hanover, Germany, 1965.

Career

Naval architect, Flender Shipyard, Lubeck, Germany, 1957-1960; research scientist, Institute Shipbuilding, Hamburg, Germany, 1961-1965; research engineer, Hamburg Ship Model Basin, 1965-1968, 71; lecturer, associate professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1968-1970; project manager, Special Research Pool for Shipbuilding, Hamburg, 1972-1981; professor naval architecture, U. Hamburg, 1982-1989; professor marine technical, U. Duisburg, Germany, since 1989. Visiting professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978-1979.

Achievements

• Som Deo Sharma has been listed as a notable Naval architect, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Applied Mathematics and Mechanics Germany, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers United States of America (Georg Weinblum memorial lecturer 1986-1987), Schiffbautechnische Gesellschaft Germany, Japanese Society Naval Architects.

Interests

• Avocation: languages.

Connections

Married Ingrid Koch, January 18, 1978. Children: Cynthia, Margitta.

Father:

Kanhaiya Lal

Mother:

Savitri Devi Sharma

Spouse:

Ingrid Koch

child:

Cynthia Sharma

child:

Margitta Sharma